Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) short interest & short volume · 13.8% of float short
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CHLSY short interest fell 82.0% to 28K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (13.8% of float, 1.0 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 28K
- prior 157K
- % of float
- 13.8%
- float 205K
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 571K
- Change vs prior report
- -82.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 28K | $283K | -82.0% | 13.8% | 1.0 | $9.98 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 157K | $1.5M | +488.6% | 76.6% | 1.0 | $9.28 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 27K | $279K | -3.3% | 13.0% | 1.0 | $10.45 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 28K | $297K | +51.2% | 13.5% | 1.0 | $10.77 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 18K | $211K | +1162.5% | 8.9% | 1.0 | $11.53 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1K | $17K | -63.4% | 0.7% | 1.0 | $11.49 |
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
No FINRA daily short volume on file for CHLSY yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +1.6%
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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CHLSY short interest FAQ
What is CHLSY's short interest?
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) had 28K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 13.8% of its 205K-share float.
How many days to cover does CHLSY have?
1.0 days: 28K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 571K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CHLSY short interest rising or falling?
CHLSY short interest fell (-82.0%) from 157K to 28K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CHLSY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CHLSY 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 18.4/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 1.3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What is CHLSY's market cap?
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) market cap is $38.94B on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is CHLSY short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (CHLSY) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/chlsy.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.