Navios Maritime Partners (NMM) announced on August 20, 2026, that it is authorizing an equity buyback program worth up to $200 million of its own shares. An authorization is not a purchase — no shares have been repurchased yet. The program gives the partnership the ability to buy back units in the open market over time, reducing the number of shares outstanding.
For current holders, a buyback can reduce share count and increase each remaining unit's proportional ownership, though the pace and scale of actual repurchases are not specified here. For short sellers, the picture is calm: short interest sits at just 2.5% of free float, with only 368,038 shares sold short and 3.3 days to cover. Cost to borrow is 1.56% annually — a routine rate. Availability in the lending market is loose, with utilization at just 11.7%, meaning the vast majority of borrowable shares remain unlent.
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