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APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.

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APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.

AERG·OTC·Technology·CIK 0000879911

Applied Energetics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells advanced high-performance lasers, optical systems, and integrated guided energy systems globally. The company develops and owns intellectual property rights, including laser guided energy and laser induced plasma channel technology, which are utilized in high-tech directed energy systems. It serves customers in the defense, national security, industrial, biomedical, and scientific sectors. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Tucson, Arizona.

APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC. (OTC:AERG) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 5 items for AERG at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-06-04, rated 7/10. Across its 5 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for AERG spans 10-K, 8-K, 424B3.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Applied Energetics Partners with West Point for Advanced Directed Energy Research
  • Federal Contracts Unfunded, Applied Energetics' Q1 Revenue Hits $0
  • Auditors Raise Going Concern Doubt Amidst 81% Revenue Drop and Internal Control Weakness
  • Applied Energetics Appoints Warren Spector as Chief Financial Officer to Drive Financial Strategy and Uplisting Efforts
  • Selling Stockholders Register Over 11 Million Shares for Resale, Company Receives No Proceeds

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.04 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 528,463 shares in AERG as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 7.9% decrease from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 0.3% of AERG volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)528,463 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 7.9%
Days to cover1.04 at avg daily volume of 508,185
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)0.3% of 55,713 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume11.7%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$0.7822 -0.02% today
52-week range · as of 2026-03-30 $0.6124 – $2.99
Market cap
$175.32M
Volume
55.7K (0.3× avg)
3-mo avg 171.5K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:48 UTC · Market closed

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AERG
Jun 04, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT
Source: ACCESS Newswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.55
Real-time Price: $0.78223 info
Change: -$0.76777 (-50%) info
Market Cap: $175.32M info
AERG
May 14, 2026, 6:11 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.48
Real-time Price: $0.78223 info
Change: -$0.69527 (-47%) info
Market Cap: $175.32M info
AERG
Mar 30, 2026, 5:57 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $1.26
Real-time Price: $0.78223 info
Change: -$0.47777 (-38%) info
Market Cap: $175.32M info
AERG
Feb 03, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $1.37
Real-time Price: $0.78223 info
Change: -$0.58777 (-43%) info
Market Cap: $175.32M info
AERG
Jan 13, 2026, 8:38 PM EST
Filing Type: 424B3
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $1.82
Real-time Price: $0.78223 info
Change: -$1.04 (-57%) info
Market Cap: $175.32M info
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