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$144.44 -2.40 (-1.63%) Q2 2026 earnings call transcript
Market Cap
$176.40B
Shares
1.20B
Volume · Nov 3 8.62M Avg daily vol (3M) 6.61M

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

COP Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 18,636,187 COP shares sold short as of the October 15, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 3,308,458 shares. Days to cover was 3.28 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

COP Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 18,207,924 shares sold short for the October 30, 2026 settlement, -2.3% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 15,591,359 to 20,830,137 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through October 30, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected November 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Oct 30 short interest

as of Oct 30 Low confidence 63% chance it falls
18,207,924 -2.3% vs reported
Likely range 15,591,359 to 20,830,137 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Nov 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
69/100
Short interest 1.6% of shares — P44 Days to cover 3.3 — P48 Price vs VWAP +7.9% — P89 Short-volume trend +7.8% — P79 Short interest change +21.6% — P85 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P22 Earnings soon +10

Positioning score 58.9 + catalyst boost 10 (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 (2026-10-15). 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 2026-11-03 22:42 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
2026-11-13 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 24
— — — —
2026-10-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 10
— — — —
2026-10-15 18,636,187 15,327,729 +3,308,458 3.28
2026-09-30 15,327,729 16,065,330 -737,601 1.96
2026-09-15 16,065,330 16,764,745 -699,415 2.77
2026-08-31 16,764,745 16,864,931 -100,186 2.41
2026-08-14 16,864,931 18,512,066 -1,647,135 2.40
2026-07-31 18,512,066 20,698,828 -2,186,762 3.09
2026-07-15 20,698,828 19,181,879 +1,516,949 3.14
2026-06-30 19,181,879 23,943,572 -4,761,693 2.02
2026-06-15 23,943,572 22,268,790 +1,674,782 3.49
2026-05-29 22,268,790 27,894,997 -5,626,207 3.36
2026-05-15 27,894,997 24,119,524 +3,775,473 3.58
2026-04-30 24,119,524 19,807,604 +4,311,920 2.67
2026-04-15 19,807,604 23,987,827 -4,180,223 2.23
2026-03-31 23,987,827 23,829,040 +158,787 2.10
2026-03-13 23,829,040 19,817,813 +4,011,227 1.84
2026-02-27 19,817,813 20,337,546 -519,733 2.71
2026-02-13 20,337,546 15,732,676 +4,604,870 2.41
2026-01-30 15,732,676 19,567,055 -3,834,379 1.75
2026-01-15 19,567,055 16,584,037 +2,983,018 2.01
2025-12-31 16,584,037 16,927,069 -343,032 2.53
2025-12-15 16,927,069 17,166,468 -239,399 2.21
2025-11-28 17,166,468 13,164,917 +4,001,551 2.81
2025-11-14 13,164,917 15,646,486 -2,481,569 1.79

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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