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PEP · Pepsico Inc · Short Interest

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Market Cap
$198.20B
Shares
1.36B
Volume · Nov 13 7.92M Avg daily vol (3M) 9.14M

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

PEP Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 27,779,596 PEP shares sold short as of the October 30, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 293,401 shares. Days to cover was 3.00 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

PEP Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 28,117,334 shares sold short for the November 13, 2026 settlement, +1.2% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 24,493,334 to 31,985,201 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through November 13, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected November 24, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Nov 13 short interest

as of Nov 13 Low confidence 56% chance it falls
28,117,334 +1.2% vs reported
Likely range 24,493,334 to 31,985,201 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Nov 24. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
56/100
Short interest 2.0% of shares — P50 Days to cover 3.0 — P46 Price vs VWAP +7.9% — P87 Short-volume trend -1.6% — P47 Short interest change +1.1% — P61 Worst FTD 0.02% of shares — P58

Positioning score 56.2 + 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 (2026-10-30). 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 2026-11-15 05:42 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
2026-11-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Dec 9
— — — —
2026-11-13 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 24
— — — —
2026-10-30 27,779,596 27,486,195 +293,401 3.00
2026-10-15 27,486,195 23,293,009 +4,193,186 2.52
2026-09-30 23,293,009 25,853,939 -2,560,930 2.34
2026-09-15 25,853,939 21,279,663 +4,574,276 3.21
2026-08-31 21,279,663 23,558,326 -2,278,663 3.15
2026-08-14 23,558,326 29,388,790 -5,830,464 3.84
2026-07-31 29,388,790 32,637,580 -3,248,790 3.59
2026-07-15 32,637,580 33,304,413 -666,833 3.28
2026-06-30 33,304,413 31,455,776 +1,848,637 3.16
2026-06-15 31,455,776 25,087,625 +6,368,151 3.56
2026-05-29 25,087,625 24,887,206 +200,419 2.96
2026-05-15 24,887,206 23,761,145 +1,126,061 4.45
2026-04-30 23,761,145 20,750,821 +3,010,324 3.89
2026-04-15 20,750,821 20,477,176 +273,645 3.86
2026-03-31 20,477,176 21,536,067 -1,058,891 2.97
2026-03-13 21,536,067 20,841,738 +694,329 3.56
2026-02-27 20,841,738 29,665,371 -8,823,633 3.09
2026-02-13 29,665,371 23,630,340 +6,035,031 2.61
2026-01-30 23,630,340 21,730,146 +1,900,194 2.86
2026-01-15 21,730,146 21,554,918 +175,228 2.57
2025-12-31 21,554,918 21,269,278 +285,640 3.00
2025-12-15 21,269,278 20,427,866 +841,412 2.58
2025-11-28 20,427,866 19,304,418 +1,123,448 2.74

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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