AAFRF stock
Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF) short interest & short volume · 0.1% of float short
Airtel Africa Plc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AAFRF short interest rose 50.4% to 595K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.1% of float, 1000.0 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 595K
- prior 395K
- % of float
- 0.1%
- float 767.5M
- Days to cover
- 1000.0
- avg vol 491
- Change vs prior report
- +50.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 595K | $2.1M | +50.4% | 0.1% | 1000.0 | $3.52 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 395K | $1.6M | +52.4% | 0.1% | 109.1 | $4.12 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 259K | $1.2M | +4.0% | 0.0% | 76.9 | $4.75 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 249K | $1.1M | +18.1% | 0.0% | 22.3 | $4.60 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 211K | $971K | +2.2% | 0.0% | 7.0 | $4.60 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 206K | $949K | -41.2% | 0.0% | 8.4 | $4.59 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
No FINRA daily short volume on file for AAFRF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +6.3%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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AAFRF short interest FAQ
What is AAFRF's short interest?
Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF) had 595K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.1% of its 767.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does AAFRF have?
1000.0 days: 595K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 491 for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AAFRF short interest rising or falling?
AAFRF short interest rose (+50.4%) from 395K to 595K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AAFRF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AAFRF 45 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.1/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, price change since settlement date 5/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What is AAFRF's market cap?
Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF) market cap is $9.24B on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is AAFRF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/aafrf.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.