LUV · Southwest Airlines Co

$44.26 -0.61 (-1.36%) At close · Aug 14

Market Cap

$21.65B

489.21M

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

Model estimate

Expected Aug 14 short interest

as of Aug 14

32,906,104 +0.0% vs reported

The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

71/100

Short interest 6.7% of shares — P81 Days to cover 5.7 — P73 Price vs VWAP -3.4% — P34 Short-volume trend +12.0% — P87 Short interest change +4.2% — P69 Worst FTD 0.07% of shares — P72

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-31). 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.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14 Scheduled FINRA publishes Aug 25	—	—	—	—	—
2026-07-31	32,904,494	31,577,502	+1,326,992	5,801,770	5.67
2026-07-15	31,577,502	31,162,829	+414,673	5,140,364	6.14
2026-06-30	31,162,829	32,024,477	-861,648	8,301,421	3.75
2026-06-15	32,024,477	29,255,490	+2,768,987	5,613,521	5.70
2026-05-29	29,255,490	23,540,203	+5,715,287	7,178,435	4.08
2026-05-15	23,540,203	22,685,540	+854,663	6,429,384	3.66
2026-04-30	22,685,540	19,343,197	+3,342,343	7,872,119	2.88
2026-04-15	19,343,197	20,445,702	-1,102,505	7,413,007	2.61
2026-03-31	20,445,702	22,476,745	-2,031,043	8,494,319	2.41
2026-03-13	22,476,745	24,449,185	-1,972,440	11,400,023	1.97
2026-02-27	24,449,185	23,812,123	+637,062	10,210,241	2.39
2026-02-13	23,812,123	30,747,629	-6,935,506	10,863,950	2.19
2026-01-30	30,747,629	22,175,818	+8,571,811	11,960,153	2.57
2026-01-15	22,175,818	24,888,501	-2,712,683	8,536,016	2.60
2025-12-31	24,888,501	25,775,997	-887,496	8,542,587	2.91
2025-12-15	25,775,997	32,079,035	-6,303,038	13,333,618	1.93
2025-11-28	32,079,035	33,499,729	-1,420,694	6,002,984	5.34
2025-11-14	33,499,729	33,537,516	-37,787	8,717,038	3.84
2025-10-31	33,537,516	32,527,269	+1,010,247	11,405,427	2.94
2025-10-15	32,527,269	33,930,195	-1,402,926	8,162,901	3.98
2025-09-30	33,930,195	38,319,981	-4,389,786	10,777,800	3.15
2025-09-15	38,319,981	35,557,471	+2,762,510	8,465,639	4.53
2025-08-29	35,557,471	36,320,197	-762,726	6,202,854	5.73

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