American States Water Company (AWR) short interest & short volume · 2.5% of float short
American States Water Company official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AWR short interest fell 3.6% to 955K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.5% of float, 3.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 48.2% the 20 sessions before, the 32nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 955K
- prior 991K
- % of float
- 2.5%
- float 38.8M
- Days to cover
- 3.9
- avg vol 245K
- Change vs prior report
- -3.6%
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)
- 63.0%
- 34K of 54K
- 20-day average
- 53.4%
- prior 48.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 32nd
- 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: +5.0%
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 · AWR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 33,742 | 53,514 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 26,379 | 54,691 | 48.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 47,906 | 80,669 | 59.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 26,702 | 52,448 | 50.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 30,316 | 55,513 | 54.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 34,814 | 49,953 | 69.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 29,963 | 61,825 | 48.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 29,725 | 69,221 | 42.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 23,138 | 57,034 | 40.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 21,254 | 41,735 | 50.9% |
Utilities peers with similar quant ratings
AWR is rated 3.87 of 5 among 78 rated Utilities stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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AWR short interest FAQ
What is AWR's short interest?
American States Water Company (AWR) had 955K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 2.5% of its 38.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does AWR have?
3.9 days: 955K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 245K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AWR short interest rising or falling?
AWR short interest fell (-3.6%) from 991K to 955K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AWR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AWR 17 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 3.3/40, days to cover 9.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of AWR daily volume is sold short?
53.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 32nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AWR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for American States Water Company (AWR) was 33,742 shares, 63.0% of 53,514 total volume.
How many AWR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for American States Water Company (AWR), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did AWR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for American States Water Company (AWR) moved from 48.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 63.0% on Nov 2, 2026, up 14.8 percentage points.
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