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MPT · Medical Properties Trust Inc

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Market Cap
$2.42B
Shares
598.10M

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

MPT Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 144,500,823 MPT shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 227,931 shares. Days to cover was 15.55 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

MPT Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 149,594,200 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +3.5% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 138,568,269 to 160,895,768 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 31, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 31 Low confidence 53% chance it rises
149,594,200 +3.5% vs reported
Likely range 138,568,269 to 160,895,768 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
74/100
Short interest 24.2% of shares — P99 Days to cover 15.6 — P95 Price vs VWAP -9.7% — P23 Short-volume trend +6.7% — P74 Short interest change +0.2% — P56 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P50

Peer-relative percentile rank across all listed securities 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
2026-08-14 144,500,823 144,272,892 +227,931 15.55
2026-07-31 144,272,892 138,225,896 +6,046,996 30.82
2026-07-15 138,225,896 138,111,712 +114,184 22.89
2026-06-30 138,111,712 131,572,045 +6,539,667 16.93
2026-06-15 131,572,045 133,170,961 -1,598,916 24.17
2026-05-29 133,170,961 132,951,445 +219,516 28.39
2026-05-15 132,951,445 135,040,009 -2,088,564 21.60
2026-04-30 135,040,009 137,165,092 -2,125,083 26.33
2026-04-15 137,165,092 140,601,682 -3,436,590 28.71
2026-03-31 140,601,682 142,367,887 -1,766,205 23.27
2026-03-13 142,367,887 133,239,838 +9,128,049 18.39
2026-02-27 133,239,838 138,964,134 -5,724,296 16.06
2026-02-13 138,964,134 150,604,080 -11,639,946 24.24

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