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Market Cap
$20.82B
Shares
529.57M

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

IP Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 46,102,558 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -0.2% 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
46,102,558 -0.2% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
70/100
Short interest 8.7% of shares — P87 Days to cover 11.9 — P92 Price vs VWAP +3.3% — P65 Short-volume trend +3.8% — P66 Short interest change -3.4% — P40 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P23

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 46,180,591 47,799,778 -1,619,187 11.86
2026-07-31 47,799,778 51,676,852 -3,877,074 7.52
2026-07-15 51,676,852 54,035,708 -2,358,856 10.37
2026-06-30 54,035,708 49,602,585 +4,433,123 8.40
2026-06-15 49,602,585 44,248,131 +5,354,454 7.84
2026-05-29 44,248,131 43,380,955 +867,176 7.52
2026-05-15 43,380,955 44,390,361 -1,009,406 6.08
2026-04-30 44,390,361 43,860,373 +529,988 5.29
2026-04-15 43,860,373 45,721,815 -1,861,442 7.01
2026-03-31 45,721,815 46,807,223 -1,085,408 6.21
2026-03-13 46,807,223 47,495,666 -688,443 8.09
2026-02-27 47,495,666 51,836,899 -4,341,233 7.31
2026-02-13 51,836,899 48,949,809 +2,887,090 5.96
2026-01-30 48,949,809 49,623,031 -673,222 4.88
2026-01-15 49,623,031 51,562,527 -1,939,496 10.08
2025-12-31 51,562,527 51,805,001 -242,474 14.51
2025-12-15 51,805,001 53,537,148 -1,732,147 10.09
2025-11-28 53,537,148 55,052,657 -1,515,509 11.36
2025-11-14 55,052,657 52,478,479 +2,574,178 9.97
2025-10-31 52,478,479 54,045,435 -1,566,956 9.21
2025-10-15 54,045,435 51,822,634 +2,222,801 12.86
2025-09-30 51,822,634 50,026,043 +1,796,591 13.08
2025-09-15 50,026,043 49,572,657 +453,386 13.87

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