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$18.62 +0.17 (+0.89%) Q2 2026 earnings call transcript
Market Cap
$253.98M
Shares
13.77M
Volume · Oct 28 8334 Avg daily vol (3M) 37.38K

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

ESCA Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 281,186 ESCA shares sold short as of the October 15, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 1,591 shares. Days to cover was 9.28 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

ESCA Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 279,890 shares sold short for the October 30, 2026 settlement, -0.5% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 250,809 to 306,375 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through October 27, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected November 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Oct 30 short interest

as of Oct 27 Low confidence 60% chance it falls
279,890 -0.5% vs reported
Likely range 250,809 to 306,375 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Nov 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
64/100
Short interest 2.0% of shares — P49 Days to cover 9.3 — P88 Price vs VWAP -8.3% — P41 Short-volume trend -5.3% — P30 Short interest change -0.6% — P46 Worst FTD 0.04% of shares — P71 Earnings soon +10

Positioning score 54.4 + 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 2026-10-28 16:54 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
— — — —
2026-10-15 281,186 282,777 -1,591 9.28
2026-09-30 282,777 294,353 -11,576 10.04
2026-09-15 294,353 281,060 +13,293 10.64
2026-08-31 281,060 277,566 +3,494 8.15
2026-08-14 277,566 219,574 +57,992 4.13
2026-07-31 219,574 215,950 +3,624 6.86
2026-07-15 215,950 186,059 +29,891 6.36
2026-06-30 186,059 185,743 +316 3.94
2026-06-15 185,743 200,256 -14,513 7.41
2026-05-29 200,256 176,101 +24,155 5.87
2026-05-15 176,101 167,019 +9,082 3.30
2026-04-30 167,019 168,549 -1,530 6.83
2026-04-15 168,549 178,129 -9,580 3.76
2026-03-31 178,129 177,587 +542 3.25
2026-03-13 177,587 179,065 -1,478 3.67
2026-02-27 179,065 182,858 -3,793 14.11
2026-02-13 182,858 178,626 +4,232 11.12
2026-01-30 178,626 168,847 +9,779 11.27
2026-01-15 168,847 124,984 +43,863 7.19
2025-12-31 124,984 102,568 +22,416 5.94
2025-12-15 102,568 91,355 +11,213 2.99
2025-11-28 91,355 88,218 +3,137 5.87
2025-11-14 88,218 73,627 +14,591 5.25
2025-10-31 73,627 77,339 -3,712 5.21

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