NWSA · News Corp

$30.65 +0.02 (+0.07%) At close · Sep 2

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Market Cap

$16.57B

541.05M

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

NWSA Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 12,044,715 NWSA shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 53,214 shares. Days to cover was 2.81 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent stock splits

NWSA Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 11,961,938 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -0.7% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 10,354,276 to 13,624,711 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 58% chance it falls

11,961,938 -0.7% vs reported

Likely range 10,354,276 to 13,624,711 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

54/100

Short interest 2.2% of shares — P52 Days to cover 2.8 — P47 Price vs VWAP +12.5% — P86 Short-volume trend -5.2% — P32 Short interest change +0.4% — P56 Worst FTD 0.02% of shares — P58

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.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 24	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14	12,044,715	11,991,501	+53,214	4,286,723	2.81
2026-07-31	11,991,501	12,370,016	-378,515	3,276,145	3.66
2026-07-15	12,370,016	11,490,215	+879,801	3,831,586	3.23
2026-06-30	11,490,215	16,318,029	-4,827,814	9,114,663	1.26
2026-06-15	16,318,029	16,165,195	+152,834	4,551,108	3.59
2026-05-29	16,165,195	14,515,723	+1,649,472	4,016,685	4.02
2026-05-15	14,515,723	14,757,264	-241,541	5,286,338	2.75
2026-04-30	14,757,264	16,003,969	-1,246,705	3,296,769	4.48
2026-04-15	16,003,969	11,697,467	+4,306,502	3,459,102	4.63
2026-03-31	11,697,467	11,084,741	+612,726	6,410,061	1.82
2026-03-13	11,084,741	12,715,523	-1,630,782	3,451,132	3.21
2026-02-27	12,715,523	12,334,676	+380,847	3,660,531	3.47
2026-02-13	12,334,676	10,327,918	+2,006,758	5,948,087	2.07
2026-01-30	10,327,918	9,336,217	+991,701	3,085,000	3.35
2026-01-15	9,336,217	10,133,362	-797,145	2,915,166	3.20
2025-12-31	10,133,362	10,398,323	-264,961	4,251,000	2.38
2025-12-15	10,398,323	10,872,451	-474,128	2,839,249	3.66
2025-11-28	10,872,451	10,477,527	+394,924	3,991,638	2.72
2025-11-14	10,477,527	11,190,323	-712,796	4,702,395	2.23
2025-10-31	11,190,323	11,258,520	-68,197	2,760,119	4.05
2025-10-15	11,258,520	8,766,160	+2,492,360	3,995,606	2.82
2025-09-30	8,766,160	8,508,016	+258,144	4,884,314	1.79
2025-09-15	8,508,016	7,428,585	+1,079,431	4,992,413	1.70

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