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KELSO TECHNOLOGIES INC

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KELSO TECHNOLOGIES INC

KIQSF·OTC·Manufacturing·CIK 0001161814

Kelso is a diverse light industrial production company that researches, develops, produces, and distributes proprietary equipment for various transportation sectors. The company manufactures high-quality tank car equipment used for handling, containment, and transport of commodities. Kelso's products are designed to offer economic and operational advantages to customers while reducing human error and environmental releases. The company provides specialized tank car and tank trailer equipment, no-spill fast fuel loading systems, and emergency response equipment specifically for the rail industry. Kelso is a leading North American manufacturer of specialized tank car equipment. Its core tank car products include safety relief valves for general purpose and pressure tank cars, along with vacuum relief valves, bottom outlet valves, and angle valves. These products are key structural components of a tank car, ensuring safe handling, containment, and transport of materials. Kelso serves many of North America's largest tank car builders, lessors, and shippers. The company's common shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol "KLS". Kelso first listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange on May 22, 2014, and on the NYSE American Exchange on October 14, 2014. On March 5, 2024, the company announced its intention to voluntarily delist its common shares from the NYSE American due to minimum share price requirements, which became effective on March 26, 2024. The common shares continue to trade on the TSX and on the OTC markets in the United States. Kelso operates with its wholly owned subsidiaries, Kelso Technologies (USA) Inc. and KIQ X Industries Inc. Three wholly owned and inactive subsidiaries ceased in 2025: KIQ Industries Inc.

KELSO TECHNOLOGIES INC (OTC:KIQSF) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 4 items for KIQSF at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-04-17, rated 7/10. Across its 4 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 2 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for KIQSF spans 6-K, 20-F.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Kelso Technologies Announces CEO Transition, Appoints New Leadership and Director
  • Kelso Technologies Reports First Profitable Year Since 2020, Cites Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls
  • Kelso Technologies Achieves First Profit Since 2020, Reports Audited FY2025 Results with Strong Cost Cuts
  • Kelso Technologies Returns to Profitability in FY2025, Reports Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 49 shares in KIQSF as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 99.9% decrease from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 56.1% of KIQSF volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)49 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 99.9%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 58,915
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)56.1% of 178,146 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume68.1%

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.

Insider Transactions

KIQSF files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.

$0.11 +0.02% today
52-week range · as of 2026-04-17 $0.08 – $0.1723
Market cap
$6.17M
Volume
178.1K (7.8× avg)
3-mo avg 22.7K
Live data · 2026-10-05 02:50 UTC · Market closed

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KIQSF
Apr 16, 2026, 8:54 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $0.0977
Real-time Price: $0.110 info
Change: +$0.0123 (+13%) info
Market Cap: $6.171M info
KIQSF
Mar 30, 2026, 1:18 PM EDT
Filing Type: 20-F
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $0.1003
Real-time Price: $0.110 info
Change: +$0.0097 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $6.171M info
KIQSF
Mar 30, 2026, 8:18 AM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $0.120
Real-time Price: $0.110 info
Change: -$0.0100 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $6.171M info
KIQSF
Mar 27, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 6-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $0.120
Real-time Price: $0.110 info
Change: -$0.0100 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $6.171M info
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