Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE) short interest & short volume · 34.3% of float short
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
COKE short interest fell 1.3% to 2.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (34.3% of float, 6.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 67.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 64.7% the 20 sessions before, the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.7M
- prior 2.8M
- % of float
- 34.3%
- float 8.0M
- Days to cover
- 6.0
- avg vol 451K
- Change vs prior report
- -1.3%
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)
- 44.3%
- 117K of 263K
- 20-day average
- 67.7%
- prior 64.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 87th
- 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: +0.8%
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 · COKE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 116,508 | 262,759 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 88,842 | 132,072 | 67.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 136,740 | 241,215 | 56.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 100,462 | 218,814 | 45.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 123,521 | 261,668 | 47.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 138,377 | 188,740 | 73.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 208,297 | 321,507 | 64.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 145,519 | 216,963 | 67.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 187,314 | 230,064 | 81.4% |
| 2026-10-20 | 111,178 | 162,949 | 68.2% |
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COKE is rated 4.43 of 5 among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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COKE on Lician stock screens
COKE is rated Buy (4.43 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
COKE short interest FAQ
What is COKE's short interest?
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE) had 2.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 34.3% of its 8.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does COKE have?
6.0 days: 2.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 451K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is COKE short interest rising or falling?
COKE short interest fell (-1.3%) from 2.8M to 2.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is COKE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores COKE 56 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 40/40, days to cover 15.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of COKE daily volume is sold short?
67.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was COKE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE) was 116,508 shares, 44.3% of 262,759 total volume.
How many COKE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did COKE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (COKE) moved from 67.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 44.3% on Nov 2, 2026, down 23.0 percentage points.
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