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$21.43 +0.73 (+3.53%) At close · Aug 27
Market Cap
$14.40B
Shares
671.77M

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

HL Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 41,552,884 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +9.6% 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
41,552,884 +9.6% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
51/100
Short interest 5.6% of shares — P77 Days to cover 1.0 — P13 Price vs VWAP +30.7% — P96 Short-volume trend -7.6% — P24 Short interest change -19.9% — P15 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P53

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 37,913,954 47,342,354 -9,428,400 1.00
2026-07-31 47,342,354 41,153,121 +6,189,233 1.00
2026-07-15 41,153,121 41,989,495 -836,374 1.42
2026-06-30 41,989,495 39,413,610 +2,575,885 1.07
2026-06-15 39,413,610 32,899,863 +6,513,747 1.80
2026-05-29 32,899,863 33,017,675 -117,812 2.45
2026-05-15 33,017,675 30,954,889 +2,062,786 2.04
2026-04-30 30,954,889 32,344,029 -1,389,140 2.79
2026-04-15 32,344,029 33,378,985 -1,034,956 2.65
2026-03-31 33,378,985 30,744,606 +2,634,379 1.67
2026-03-13 30,744,606 27,839,141 +2,905,465 1.62
2026-02-27 27,839,141 29,530,679 -1,691,538 1.18
2026-02-13 29,530,679 29,199,949 +330,730 1.27
2026-01-30 29,199,949 28,362,574 +837,375 1.00
2026-01-15 28,362,574 28,521,770 -159,196 1.24
2025-12-31 28,521,770 28,063,834 +457,936 1.00
2025-12-15 28,063,834 27,467,569 +596,265 1.40
2025-11-28 27,467,569 26,628,408 +839,161 1.74
2025-11-14 26,628,408 27,947,200 -1,318,792 1.40
2025-10-31 27,947,200 30,394,910 -2,447,710 1.54
2025-10-15 30,394,910 34,745,557 -4,350,647 1.58
2025-09-30 34,745,557 21,856,541 +12,889,016 1.00
2025-09-15 21,856,541 21,509,505 +347,036 1.00
2025-08-29 21,509,505 27,294,339 -5,784,834 1.20

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