AVAT (AVAT) short interest & short volume · 611K shares short
AVAT official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AVAT short interest fell 3.5% to 611K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 39.4% the 20 sessions before, the 91st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Jul 9, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 611K
- prior 634K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 875K
- Change vs prior report
- -3.5%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 611K | $813K | -3.5% | — | 1.0 | $1.33 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 634K | $1.2M | +1207.5% | — | 1.0 | $1.83 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 48K | $43K | -86.9% | — | 1.0 | $0.89 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 371K | $268K | +26.5% | — | 1.0 | $0.72 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 293K | $111K | -9.0% | — | 1.7 | $0.38 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 322K | $96K | +178.1% | — | 1.0 | $0.30 |
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 4)
- 51.9%
- 85K of 163K
- 20-day average
- 51.4%
- prior 39.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 91st
- 65 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 4, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · AVAT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 84,549 | 163,074 | 51.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 32,061 | 58,203 | 55.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 106,364 | 193,223 | 55.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 55,146 | 204,850 | 26.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 61,832 | 160,891 | 38.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 93,212 | 135,509 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 69,393 | 148,299 | 46.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 76,271 | 158,897 | 48.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 76,367 | 178,432 | 42.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 69,958 | 149,004 | 47.0% |
AVAT short interest FAQ
What is AVAT's short interest?
AVAT had 611K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does AVAT have?
1.0 days: 611K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 875K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AVAT short interest rising or falling?
AVAT short interest fell (-3.5%) from 634K to 611K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AVAT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AVAT 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of AVAT daily volume is sold short?
51.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 4, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 91st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AVAT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 4, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for AVAT was 84,549 shares, 51.9% of 163,074 total volume.
How many AVAT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for AVAT, from Oct 22, 2026 through Nov 4, 2026.
How did AVAT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for AVAT moved from 55.1% on Nov 3, 2026 to 51.9% on Nov 4, 2026, down 3.2 percentage points.
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