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Market Cap
$657.68B
Shares
2.41B
Volume · Nov 2 8.3M Avg daily vol (3M) 6.92M

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

JNJ Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 16,766,729 JNJ shares sold short as of the October 15, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 5,304,244 shares. Days to cover was 1.97 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

JNJ Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 16,423,704 shares sold short for the October 30, 2026 settlement, -2.0% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 13,703,946 to 19,310,886 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 Medium confidence 64% chance it falls
16,423,704 -2.0% vs reported
Likely range 13,703,946 to 19,310,886 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Nov 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
36/100
Short interest 0.7% of shares — P36 Days to cover 2.0 — P35 Price vs VWAP +2.4% — P77 Short-volume trend -14.0% — P11 Short interest change -24.0% — P12 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P39

Positioning score 36.1 + 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 (2026-10-15). 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 05:40 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 16,766,729 22,070,973 -5,304,244 1.97
2026-09-30 22,070,973 21,188,522 +882,451 3.27
2026-09-15 21,188,522 21,670,595 -482,073 3.65
2026-08-31 21,670,595 21,591,738 +78,857 3.31
2026-08-14 21,591,738 25,408,119 -3,816,381 3.33
2026-07-31 25,408,119 27,425,456 -2,017,337 2.99
2026-07-15 27,425,456 26,576,975 +848,481 3.67
2026-06-30 26,576,975 26,689,694 -112,719 2.48
2026-06-15 26,689,694 23,407,721 +3,281,973 3.61
2026-05-29 23,407,721 23,038,990 +368,731 2.95
2026-05-15 23,038,990 22,349,005 +689,985 3.06
2026-04-30 22,349,005 19,671,868 +2,677,137 2.74
2026-04-15 19,671,868 22,265,636 -2,593,768 2.78
2026-03-31 22,265,636 23,327,094 -1,061,458 2.76
2026-03-13 23,327,094 25,086,679 -1,759,585 3.17
2026-02-27 25,086,679 20,767,056 +4,319,623 2.51
2026-02-13 20,767,056 19,562,840 +1,204,216 2.28
2026-01-30 19,562,840 21,326,879 -1,764,039 1.89
2026-01-15 21,326,879 20,427,016 +899,863 2.43
2025-12-31 20,427,016 23,972,906 -3,545,890 2.71
2025-12-15 23,972,906 23,910,602 +62,304 2.82
2025-11-28 23,910,602 20,122,322 +3,788,280 2.12
2025-11-14 20,122,322 19,529,775 +592,547 2.77

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