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ZH · Zhihu Inc. · Short Interest

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$3.46 -0.05 (-1.42%) At close · Oct 21
Market Cap
$289.64M
Shares
83.83M
Volume · Oct 21 289.55K Avg daily vol (3M) 365.5K

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

ZH Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 806,975 ZH shares sold short as of the September 30, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 312,621 shares. Days to cover was 1.00 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

ZH Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 721,937 shares sold short for the October 15, 2026 settlement, -10.5% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 551,502 to 905,330 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through October 15, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 26, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Oct 15 short interest

as of Oct 15 Low confidence 57% chance it falls
721,937 -10.5% vs reported
Likely range 551,502 to 905,330 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 26. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
39/100
Short interest 1.0% of shares — P39 Days to cover 1.0 — P14 Price vs VWAP +6.5% — P88 Short-volume trend -12.8% — P14 Short interest change -27.9% — P11 Worst FTD 0.06% of shares — P76

Positioning score 38.6 + 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 (2026-09-30). 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 2026-10-22 04:02 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
2026-10-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 10
— — — —
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
— — — —
2026-09-30 806,975 1,119,596 -312,621 1.00
2026-09-15 1,119,596 1,077,445 +42,151 2.63
2026-08-31 1,077,445 1,010,586 +66,859 3.77
2026-08-14 1,010,586 724,550 +286,036 6.33
2026-07-31 724,550 1,029,120 -304,570 3.89
2026-07-15 1,029,120 1,170,919 -141,799 6.70
2026-06-30 1,170,919 1,222,551 -51,632 4.35
2026-06-15 1,222,551 1,289,857 -67,306 5.85
2026-05-29 1,289,857 1,399,128 -109,271 7.00
2026-05-15 1,399,128 1,562,073 -162,945 7.39
2026-04-30 1,562,073 1,313,120 +248,953 4.93
2026-04-15 1,313,120 1,069,906 +243,214 2.75
2026-03-31 1,069,906 1,127,389 -57,483 1.32
2026-03-13 1,127,389 940,021 +187,368 3.78
2026-02-27 940,021 806,006 +134,015 3.74
2026-02-13 806,006 690,593 +115,413 2.14
2026-01-30 690,593 706,350 -15,757 2.80
2026-01-15 706,350 656,456 +49,894 1.49
2025-12-31 656,456 804,705 -148,249 1.76
2025-12-15 804,705 736,084 +68,621 2.77
2025-11-28 736,084 723,413 +12,671 2.83
2025-11-14 723,413 688,448 +34,965 6.02
2025-10-31 688,448 750,028 -61,580 4.69

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