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ESAB Short Interest

ESAB Corporation
1W: +6.3% 1M: +3.2% 3M: -19.9% YTD: -38.5% 1Y: -42.3% 3Y: +7.1%
$69.29
+1.98 (+2.94%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±6.5%
$58 $63 $67 $71 $76
NYSE · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery · Tech Score Neutral · Power 52 · $4.3B mcap · 58M float · 1.52% daily turnover · Short 63% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 61% of companies Debt: 36.0% of company value Bonds: $190.4M held by 310 funds, 148 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.14 (down 95%), ESAB Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.42B against a stock market value of $4.31B.
Distance to default 4.12 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-07-03, debt counted $1.20B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 45.9%; Altman Z 1.61. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
72.5%
Short Ratio
of total volume
59.7%
20-Day Avg
52.8%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.3M
Short Volume
0.4M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 249,355 342,332 72.8%
NYSE 5,448 9,352 58.3%
BATS 438 613 71.4%

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