Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) short interest & short volume · 2.6M shares short
Ares Commercial Real Estate official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ACRE short interest rose 7.8% to 2.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 64.9% the 20 sessions before, the 37th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.6M
- prior 2.4M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.6
- avg vol 713K
- Change vs prior report
- +7.8%
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)
- 44.1%
- 107K of 243K
- 20-day average
- 53.8%
- prior 64.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 37th
- 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: -6.1%
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 · ACRE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 107,279 | 243,240 | 44.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 90,336 | 159,002 | 56.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 84,539 | 207,926 | 40.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 100,431 | 228,773 | 43.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 112,361 | 245,443 | 45.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 101,319 | 167,912 | 60.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 115,709 | 160,459 | 72.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 95,610 | 169,940 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 177,865 | 322,047 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 120,036 | 258,958 | 46.4% |
Real Estate peers with similar quant ratings
ACRE is rated 1.74 of 5 among 171 rated Real Estate stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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ACRE short interest FAQ
What is ACRE's short interest?
Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) had 2.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does ACRE have?
3.6 days: 2.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 713K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ACRE short interest rising or falling?
ACRE short interest rose (+7.8%) from 2.4M to 2.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ACRE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ACRE 11 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.3/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of ACRE daily volume is sold short?
53.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 37th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ACRE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) was 107,279 shares, 44.1% of 243,240 total volume.
How many ACRE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did ACRE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) moved from 56.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 44.1% on Nov 2, 2026, down 12.7 percentage points.
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