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WAT · Waters Corp /De/

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Market Cap
$40.63B
Shares
98.25M

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

WAT Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 3,635,708 WAT shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 531,140 shares. Days to cover was 3.89 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

WAT Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 3,686,078 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +1.4% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 3,231,756 to 4,146,102 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 61% chance it falls
3,686,078 +1.4% vs reported
Likely range 3,231,756 to 4,146,102 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
55/100
Short interest 3.7% of shares — P65 Days to cover 3.9 — P59 Price vs VWAP +6.8% — P75 Short-volume trend -4.1% — P35 Short interest change -12.7% — P22 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P49

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 3,635,708 4,166,848 -531,140 3.89
2026-07-31 4,166,848 3,662,258 +504,590 4.74
2026-07-15 3,662,258 3,702,766 -40,508 5.32
2026-06-30 3,702,766 4,510,715 -807,949 3.21
2026-06-15 4,510,715 4,475,854 +34,861 5.30
2026-05-29 4,475,854 3,938,447 +537,407 4.30
2026-05-15 3,938,447 3,428,205 +510,242 2.86
2026-04-30 3,428,205 3,730,912 -302,707 3.55
2026-04-15 3,730,912 3,319,229 +411,683 4.59
2026-03-31 3,319,229 2,573,341 +745,888 3.07
2026-03-13 2,573,341 2,570,136 +3,205 2.21
2026-02-27 2,570,136 2,667,586 -97,450 1.82
2026-02-13 2,667,586 2,249,650 +417,936 1.34
2026-01-30 2,249,650 2,028,660 +220,990 4.36
2026-01-15 2,028,660 2,123,488 -94,828 4.20
2025-12-31 2,123,488 2,309,807 -186,319 4.10
2025-12-15 2,309,807 2,356,870 -47,063 4.28
2025-11-28 2,356,870 2,294,458 +62,412 4.18
2025-11-14 2,294,458 2,251,808 +42,650 3.09
2025-10-31 2,251,808 2,381,697 -129,889 3.97
2025-10-15 2,381,697 1,919,934 +461,763 3.09
2025-09-30 1,919,934 2,289,893 -369,959 2.44
2025-09-15 2,289,893 2,339,370 -49,477 3.76

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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