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AD (AD) short interest & short volume · 1.4M shares short

AD official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.

What changed

AD short interest rose 12.2% to 1.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (6.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 54.6% the 20 sessions before, the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short
1.4M
prior 1.3M
% of float
—
no float on file
Days to cover
6.5
avg vol 220K
Change vs prior report
+12.2%

6 reports

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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)
40.6%
52K of 127K
20-day average
55.6%
prior 54.6%
Percentile vs own history
7th
233 periods since 2025

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Short volumeRest of the day's volume

Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026

Short squeeze score (model)

Price since settlement: -0.8%

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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Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
DateShortTotalShort % of volume
2026-11-0251,710127,44540.6%
2026-10-3059,882123,45548.5%
2026-10-2967,203192,68234.9%
2026-10-2861,571130,85247.0%
2026-10-2761,378142,16043.2%
2026-10-2651,79086,19560.1%
2026-10-2347,300107,59344.0%
2026-10-2255,12684,48865.3%
2026-10-2180,040115,18169.5%
2026-10-2032,31650,28064.3%

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AD short interest FAQ

What is AD's short interest?

AD had 1.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does AD have?

6.5 days: 1.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 220K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is AD short interest rising or falling?

AD short interest rose (+12.2%) from 1.3M to 1.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is AD a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores AD 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 16.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.6/15, 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 AD daily volume is sold short?

55.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was AD's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for AD was 51,710 shares, 40.6% of 127,445 total volume.

How many AD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for AD, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.

How did AD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?

Cached FINRA short volume for AD moved from 48.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 40.6% on Nov 2, 2026, down 7.9 percentage points.

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