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$35.27 -0.13 (-0.37%) Earnings today
Market Cap
$53.04B
Shares
1.48B
Volume · Sep 30 38.15M Avg daily vol (3M) 27.27M

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

NKE Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 85,698,150 NKE shares sold short as of the September 15, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 10,103,816 shares. Days to cover was 3.10 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

NKE Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 88,231,899 shares sold short for the September 30, 2026 settlement, +3.0% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 76,304,978 to 101,957,100 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through September 30, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 9, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Sep 30 short interest

as of Sep 30 Medium confidence 60% chance it rises
88,231,899 +3.0% vs reported
Likely range 76,304,978 to 101,957,100 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 9. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
73/100
Short interest 5.8% of shares — P76 Days to cover 3.1 — P46 Price vs VWAP -10.6% — P32 Short-volume trend +5.0% — P66 Short interest change +13.4% — P78 Worst FTD 0.08% of shares — P82 Earnings soon +10

Positioning score 62.5 + catalyst boost 10 (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 (2026-09-15). 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 2026-10-01 13:05 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
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
— — — —
2026-09-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 9
— — — —
2026-09-15 85,698,150 75,594,334 +10,103,816 3.10
2026-08-31 75,594,334 68,828,976 +6,765,358 2.45
2026-08-14 68,828,976 57,371,605 +11,457,371 2.93
2026-07-31 57,371,605 63,943,595 -6,571,990 3.22
2026-07-15 63,943,595 72,292,448 -8,348,853 2.46
2026-06-30 72,292,448 57,042,189 +15,250,259 2.19
2026-06-15 57,042,189 51,395,885 +5,646,304 2.95
2026-05-29 51,395,885 53,918,467 -2,522,582 2.24
2026-05-15 53,918,467 50,404,209 +3,514,258 2.58
2026-04-30 50,404,209 56,120,601 -5,716,392 2.67
2026-04-15 56,120,601 45,707,416 +10,413,185 1.41
2026-03-31 45,707,416 42,717,391 +2,990,025 2.84
2026-03-13 42,717,391 42,400,002 +317,389 2.45
2026-02-27 42,400,002 40,064,023 +2,335,979 2.77
2026-02-13 40,064,023 44,360,004 -4,295,981 2.69
2026-01-30 44,360,004 39,181,203 +5,178,801 3.12
2026-01-15 39,181,203 41,136,389 -1,955,186 2.17
2025-12-31 41,136,389 36,882,181 +4,254,208 1.25
2025-12-15 36,882,181 41,567,390 -4,685,209 2.83
2025-11-28 41,567,390 38,391,572 +3,175,818 3.21
2025-11-14 38,391,572 36,774,637 +1,616,935 2.22
2025-10-31 36,774,637 34,228,532 +2,546,105 3.22
2025-10-15 34,228,532 32,100,882 +2,127,650 1.75

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