Cato Corporation (CATO) short interest & short volume · 2.9% of float short
Cato Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CATO short interest rose 12.1% to 410K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.9% of float, 7.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 36.7% the 20 sessions before, the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 410K
- prior 365K
- % of float
- 2.9%
- float 14.3M
- Days to cover
- 7.9
- avg vol 52K
- Change vs prior report
- +12.1%
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.
% 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)
- 34.8%
- 10K of 28K
- 20-day average
- 48.2%
- prior 36.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 89th
- 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: -1.3%
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 · CATO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 9,729 | 27,956 | 34.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 11,211 | 29,747 | 37.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,610 | 18,984 | 13.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 13,068 | 22,570 | 57.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 6,014 | 8,125 | 74.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 15,758 | 33,976 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 3,303 | 8,977 | 36.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 7,756 | 16,546 | 46.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 9,392 | 18,203 | 51.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 3,620 | 12,977 | 27.9% |
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CATO short interest FAQ
What is CATO's short interest?
Cato Corporation (CATO) had 410K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 2.9% of its 14.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does CATO have?
7.9 days: 410K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 52K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CATO short interest rising or falling?
CATO short interest rose (+12.1%) from 365K to 410K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CATO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CATO 27 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 3.8/40, days to cover 19.7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.6/15, 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 CATO daily volume is sold short?
48.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was CATO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Cato Corporation (CATO) was 9,729 shares, 34.8% of 27,956 total volume.
How many CATO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Cato Corporation (CATO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did CATO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Cato Corporation (CATO) moved from 37.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 34.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 2.9 percentage points.
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