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AI · C3.ai, Inc. · Short Interest

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$11.09 +0.08 (+0.73%)
Market Cap
$1.66B
Shares
160.78M
Volume · Oct 5 3.69M Avg daily vol (3M) 5M

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

AI Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 42,395,077 AI shares sold short as of the September 15, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 4,304,576 shares. Days to cover was 6.93 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

AI Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 42,148,375 shares sold short for the September 30, 2026 settlement, -0.6% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 38,539,823 to 46,156,840 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through September 30, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 9, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Sep 30 short interest

as of Sep 30 Low confidence 55% chance it falls
42,148,375 -0.6% vs reported
Likely range 38,539,823 to 46,156,840 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 9. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
75/100
Short interest 26.4% of shares — P99 Days to cover 6.9 — P77 Price vs VWAP +11.0% — P92 Short-volume trend +0.4% — P47 Short interest change -9.2% — P22 Worst FTD 0.02% of shares — P65

Positioning score 74.8 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-09-15). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-10-05 20:15 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
— — — —
2026-09-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 9
— — — —
2026-09-15 42,395,077 46,699,653 -4,304,576 6.93
2026-08-31 46,699,653 48,144,524 -1,444,871 10.02
2026-08-14 48,144,524 46,307,686 +1,836,838 11.46
2026-07-31 46,307,686 44,419,287 +1,888,399 8.40
2026-07-15 44,419,287 44,665,831 -246,544 8.81
2026-06-30 44,665,831 45,233,138 -567,307 6.77
2026-06-15 45,233,138 48,994,743 -3,761,605 4.42
2026-05-29 48,994,743 47,128,342 +1,866,401 8.67
2026-05-15 47,128,342 46,758,972 +369,370 10.19
2026-04-30 46,758,972 44,000,221 +2,758,751 10.55
2026-04-15 44,000,221 42,240,293 +1,759,928 9.80
2026-03-31 42,240,293 40,830,355 +1,409,938 8.47
2026-03-13 40,830,355 42,583,720 -1,753,365 6.31
2026-02-27 42,583,720 40,717,378 +1,866,342 4.46
2026-02-13 40,717,378 41,027,887 -310,509 5.56
2026-01-30 41,027,887 40,268,384 +759,503 5.23
2026-01-15 40,268,384 39,448,219 +820,165 6.47
2025-12-31 39,448,219 37,992,412 +1,455,807 8.01
2025-12-15 37,992,412 38,418,971 -426,559 5.88
2025-11-28 38,418,971 40,541,795 -2,122,824 6.75
2025-11-14 40,541,795 39,434,433 +1,107,362 5.52
2025-10-31 39,434,433 39,767,758 -333,325 7.73
2025-10-15 39,767,758 40,229,733 -461,975 4.22

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