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$79.17 +0.19 (+0.24%) At close · Aug 14
Market Cap
$48.77B
Shares
624.63M

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
41,990,115 -1.1% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
66/100
Short interest 6.8% of shares — P81 Days to cover 8.5 — P85 Price vs VWAP +0.0% — P46 Short-volume trend -3.8% — P35 Short interest change -1.2% — P50 Worst FTD 0.10% of shares — P77

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 42,456,946 42,965,745 -508,799 8.50
2026-07-15 42,965,745 45,021,688 -2,055,943 8.86
2026-06-30 45,021,688 37,155,011 +7,866,677 6.86
2026-06-15 37,155,011 37,009,548 +145,463 6.04
2026-05-29 37,009,548 32,713,898 +4,295,650 6.58
2026-05-15 32,713,898 28,416,494 +4,297,404 5.87
2026-04-30 28,416,494 28,023,038 +393,456 5.96
2026-04-15 28,023,038 30,107,428 -2,084,390 6.91
2026-03-31 30,107,428 25,611,258 +4,496,170 6.61
2026-03-13 25,611,258 25,946,535 -335,277 6.08
2026-02-27 25,946,535 26,841,145 -894,610 5.70
2026-02-13 26,841,145 23,767,732 +3,073,413 4.78
2026-01-30 23,767,732 25,012,838 -1,245,106 4.40
2026-01-15 25,012,838 25,245,915 -233,077 4.94
2025-12-31 25,245,915 32,389,484 -7,143,569 3.71
2025-12-15 32,389,484 32,278,969 +110,515 6.70
2025-11-28 32,278,969 25,850,654 +6,428,315 8.22
2025-11-14 25,850,654 21,829,009 +4,021,645 5.04
2025-10-31 21,829,009 21,963,400 -134,391 4.97
2025-10-15 21,963,400 27,008,766 -5,045,366 5.22
2025-09-30 27,008,766 15,700,332 +11,308,434 4.19
2025-09-15 15,700,332 14,526,119 +1,174,213 2.93
2025-08-29 14,526,119 11,442,109 +3,084,010 4.61
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