Short interest in Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 43.03M to 44.74M. This put 27.45% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Corp (XNAS:LXRX) decreased during the last reporting period, falling from 280.30M to 275.20M. This put 1.17% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 2.92M shares traded per day, it would take 15.34 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.