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Market Cap
$2.59B
Shares
60.40M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

AAP Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 10,767,003 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +7.7% versus the latest reported position. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 21, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 21
10,767,003 +7.7% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
71/100
Short interest 16.6% of shares — P97 Days to cover 8.2 — P86 Price vs VWAP -21.2% — P12 Short-volume trend +6.9% — P74 Short interest change -9.4% — P27 Worst FTD 0.20% of shares — P89

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 24
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 9,999,484 11,032,772 -1,033,288 8.17
2026-07-31 11,032,772 10,770,232 +262,540 7.10
2026-07-15 10,770,232 11,772,073 -1,001,841 5.75
2026-06-30 11,772,073 12,297,133 -525,060 6.61
2026-06-15 12,297,133 11,063,821 +1,233,312 6.86
2026-05-29 11,063,821 11,304,035 -240,214 3.21
2026-05-15 11,304,035 11,550,790 -246,755 7.05
2026-04-30 11,550,790 11,523,194 +27,596 9.14
2026-04-15 11,523,194 10,556,482 +966,712 8.76
2026-03-31 10,556,482 11,422,465 -865,983 6.81
2026-03-13 11,422,465 11,433,921 -11,456 7.42
2026-02-27 11,433,921 11,797,009 -363,088 5.61
2026-02-13 11,797,009 11,546,779 +250,230 4.73
2026-01-30 11,546,779 13,128,255 -1,581,476 5.76
2026-01-15 13,128,255 13,054,561 +73,694 6.67
2025-12-31 13,054,561 10,451,941 +2,602,620 6.20
2025-12-15 10,451,941 10,340,326 +111,615 6.94
2025-11-28 10,340,326 9,666,660 +673,666 7.99
2025-11-14 9,666,660 8,883,224 +783,436 5.94
2025-10-31 8,883,224 7,753,328 +1,129,896 4.39
2025-10-15 7,753,328 7,862,397 -109,069 4.30
2025-09-30 7,862,397 8,130,167 -267,770 4.23
2025-09-15 8,130,167 7,596,054 +534,113 5.82

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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