American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) short interest & short volume · 1.1% of float short
American Vanguard Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AVD short interest fell 21.5% to 306K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.1% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 53.5% the 20 sessions before, the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 306K
- prior 390K
- % of float
- 1.1%
- float 26.7M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 659K
- Change vs prior report
- -21.5%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 63.8%
- 61K of 96K
- 20-day average
- 48.0%
- prior 53.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 55th
- 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: -16.0%
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 · AVD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 61,040 | 95,663 | 63.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 33,897 | 60,351 | 56.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 87,930 | 145,848 | 60.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 59,581 | 187,773 | 31.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 45,061 | 178,666 | 25.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 31,439 | 109,339 | 28.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 66,725 | 201,628 | 33.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 45,585 | 83,304 | 54.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 80,171 | 285,010 | 28.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 80,416 | 172,589 | 46.6% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
AVD among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- ERO short interest4.99 · Strong Buy
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- SCCO short interest4.90 · Strong Buy · stock
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AVD short interest FAQ
What is AVD's short interest?
American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) had 306K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.1% of its 26.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does AVD have?
1.0 days: 306K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 659K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AVD short interest rising or falling?
AVD short interest fell (-21.5%) from 390K to 306K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AVD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AVD 4 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 1.5/40, days to cover 2.5/25, 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 AVD daily volume is sold short?
48.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AVD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) was 61,040 shares, 63.8% of 95,663 total volume.
How many AVD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for American Vanguard Corporation (AVD), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did AVD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) moved from 56.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 63.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 7.6 percentage points.
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