C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) short interest & short volume · 2.2% of float short
C&F Financial Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CFFI short interest rose 37.2% to 67K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.2% of float, 1.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 73.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 67K
- prior 49K
- % of float
- 2.2%
- float 3.0M
- Days to cover
- 1.2
- avg vol 55K
- Change vs prior report
- +37.2%
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)
- 69.5%
- 9K of 13K
- 20-day average
- 73.9%
- prior 74.0%
- 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: +8.0%
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 · CFFI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 9,105 | 13,103 | 69.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 15,040 | 17,238 | 87.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 20,736 | 25,070 | 82.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 12,973 | 16,258 | 79.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 11,057 | 17,097 | 64.7% |
| 2026-10-26 | 12,297 | 15,199 | 80.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 5,535 | 8,768 | 63.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 4,960 | 5,528 | 89.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 5,496 | 6,784 | 81.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 7,293 | 9,696 | 75.2% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
CFFI is rated 3.70 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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CFFI on Lician stock screens
CFFI is rated Buy (3.70 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
CFFI short interest FAQ
What is CFFI's short interest?
C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) had 67K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 2.2% of its 3.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does CFFI have?
1.2 days: 67K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 55K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CFFI short interest rising or falling?
CFFI short interest rose (+37.2%) from 49K to 67K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CFFI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CFFI 24 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 3/40, days to cover 3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 11.1/15, price change since settlement date 6.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of CFFI daily volume is sold short?
73.9% 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 CFFI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) was 9,105 shares, 69.5% of 13,103 total volume.
How many CFFI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did CFFI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for C&F Financial Corporation (CFFI) moved from 87.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 69.5% on Nov 2, 2026, down 17.8 percentage points.
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