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$81.00 +0.92 (+1.15%) At close · Aug 14
Market Cap
$25.84B
Shares
325.37M

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
18,963,767 +0.1% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
73/100
Short interest 5.8% of shares — P78 Days to cover 4.4 — P63 Price vs VWAP +9.8% — P80 Short-volume trend +20.8% — P95 Short interest change -2.2% — P47 Worst FTD 0.03% of shares — P57

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.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Aug 25
2026-07-31 18,945,815 19,367,244 -421,429 4.44
2026-07-15 19,367,244 18,154,332 +1,212,912 4.99
2026-06-30 18,154,332 21,242,534 -3,088,202 4.76
2026-06-15 21,242,534 22,942,347 -1,699,813 6.51
2026-05-29 22,942,347 20,812,288 +2,130,059 5.40
2026-05-15 20,812,288 20,808,305 +3,983 5.56
2026-04-30 20,808,305 14,658,820 +6,149,485 4.63
2026-04-15 14,658,820 14,495,914 +162,906 4.95
2026-03-31 14,495,914 15,515,556 -1,019,642 3.62
2026-03-13 15,515,556 14,731,523 +784,033 3.97
2026-02-27 14,731,523 14,348,854 +382,669 2.98
2026-02-13 14,348,854 13,143,709 +1,205,145 2.69
2026-01-30 13,143,709 18,021,650 -4,877,941 2.05
2026-01-15 18,021,650 16,633,689 +1,387,961 4.48
2025-12-31 16,633,689 18,464,755 -1,831,066 6.29
2025-12-15 18,464,755 19,152,016 -687,261 5.78
2025-11-28 19,152,016 20,105,417 -953,401 4.72
2025-11-14 20,105,417 19,393,535 +711,882 6.01
2025-10-31 19,393,535 17,321,466 +2,072,069 5.92
2025-10-15 17,321,466 15,791,552 +1,529,914 4.46
2025-09-30 15,791,552 15,256,199 +535,353 4.42
2025-09-15 15,256,199 15,168,874 +87,325 5.57
2025-08-29 15,168,874 14,530,082 +638,792 5.62
2025-08-15 14,530,082 12,318,847 +2,211,235 4.09
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