Abbott Laboratories (ABT) short interest & short volume · 17.4M shares short
Abbott Laboratories official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ABT short interest rose 27.5% to 17.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 46.6% the 20 sessions before, the 63rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 17.4M
- prior 13.6M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.8
- avg vol 9.8M
- Change vs prior report
- +27.5%
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.
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
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 56.9%
- 1.9M of 3.4M
- 20-day average
- 43.4%
- prior 46.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 63rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +4.5%
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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · ABT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,932,919 | 3,400,129 | 56.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,875,141 | 3,141,115 | 59.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,102,825 | 3,498,022 | 31.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 991,632 | 2,305,531 | 43.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,230,864 | 2,341,901 | 52.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,630,260 | 3,196,309 | 51.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,532,153 | 4,200,770 | 36.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 2,136,953 | 4,413,425 | 48.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 4,464,087 | 8,867,939 | 50.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 2,736,506 | 5,070,987 | 54.0% |
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ABT short interest FAQ
What is ABT's short interest?
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) had 17.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does ABT have?
1.8 days: 17.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 9.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ABT short interest rising or falling?
ABT short interest rose (+27.5%) from 13.6M to 17.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ABT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ABT 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 8.3/15, price change since settlement date 3.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of ABT daily volume is sold short?
43.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 63rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ABT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) was 1,932,919 shares, 56.9% of 3,400,129 total volume.
How many ABT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Abbott Laboratories (ABT), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did ABT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) moved from 59.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 56.9% on Nov 2, 2026, down 2.8 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.