ALM stock
ALM (ALM) short interest & short volume · 21.1M shares short
ALM official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ALM short interest was little changed at 21.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 49.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 47.6% the 20 sessions before, the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 21.1M
- prior 21.1M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 6.2M
- Change vs prior report
- -0.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 21.1M | $212.9M | -0.2% | — | 3.4 | $10.10 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 21.1M | $278.1M | +5.0% | — | 3.5 | $13.16 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 20.1M | $282.5M | -16.1% | — | 2.8 | $14.04 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 24.0M | $426.7M | -2.1% | — | 3.9 | $17.80 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 24.5M | $369.4M | -10.8% | — | 3.5 | $15.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 27.5M | $303.6M | +44.3% | — | 4.2 | $11.06 |
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 11)
- 42.7%
- 784K of 1.8M
- 20-day average
- 49.3%
- prior 47.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 76th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -24.5%
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 · ALM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 784,064 | 1,835,392 | 42.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 757,108 | 1,791,402 | 42.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 499,723 | 1,612,704 | 31.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 833,921 | 2,720,516 | 30.6% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,664,196 | 3,296,853 | 50.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,605,250 | 2,387,181 | 67.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 511,132 | 1,072,936 | 47.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 943,236 | 1,885,579 | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,177,338 | 2,410,117 | 48.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 828,025 | 1,868,055 | 44.3% |
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ALM is rated 1.09 of 5 among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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ALM short interest FAQ
What is ALM's short interest?
ALM had 21.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does ALM have?
3.4 days: 21.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 6.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ALM short interest rising or falling?
ALM short interest was little changed (-0.2%) from 21.1M to 21.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ALM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ALM 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 8.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 ALM daily volume is sold short?
49.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ALM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for ALM was 784,064 shares, 42.7% of 1,835,392 total volume.
How many ALM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for ALM, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did ALM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for ALM moved from 42.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 42.7% on Nov 11, 2026, up 0.4 percentage points.
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