BPOP (BPOP) short interest & short volume · 1.9M shares short
BPOP official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BPOP short interest fell 1.1% to 1.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 36.4% the 20 sessions before, the 22nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.9M
- prior 2.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.5
- avg vol 434K
- Change vs prior report
- -1.1%
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)
- 42.4%
- 56K of 131K
- 20-day average
- 44.2%
- prior 36.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 22nd
- 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: -0.4%
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 · BPOP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 55,530 | 130,978 | 42.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 72,240 | 133,537 | 54.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 49,877 | 157,500 | 31.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 67,266 | 192,462 | 35.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 76,380 | 124,736 | 61.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 66,219 | 192,260 | 34.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 113,300 | 224,622 | 50.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 237,487 | 553,880 | 42.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 104,255 | 196,600 | 53.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 104,378 | 181,669 | 57.5% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
BPOP is rated 3.74 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BPOP short interest FAQ
What is BPOP's short interest?
BPOP had 1.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BPOP have?
4.5 days: 1.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 434K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BPOP short interest rising or falling?
BPOP short interest fell (-1.1%) from 2.0M to 1.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BPOP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BPOP 11 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 11.2/25, 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 BPOP daily volume is sold short?
44.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 22nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BPOP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BPOP was 55,530 shares, 42.4% of 130,978 total volume.
How many BPOP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BPOP, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BPOP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BPOP moved from 54.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 42.4% on Nov 2, 2026, down 11.7 percentage points.
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