Short interest in XORTX Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:XRTX) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 24.49K to 26.70K. This put 0.85% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Short interest in XORTX Therapeutics Corp (XNAS:XRTX) 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 49.57K shares traded per day, it would take 1 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.