Danaos Corporation (DAC) short interest & short volume · 19.6% of float short
Danaos Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DAC short interest rose 31.9% to 1.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (19.6% of float, 7.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.0% the 20 sessions before, the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.6M
- prior 1.3M
- % of float
- 19.6%
- float 8.4M
- Days to cover
- 7.6
- avg vol 217K
- Change vs prior report
- +31.9%
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)
- 81.8%
- 116K of 142K
- 20-day average
- 61.6%
- prior 63.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 83rd
- 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: -3.5%
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 · DAC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 116,426 | 142,355 | 81.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 12,783 | 32,721 | 39.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 12,569 | 27,508 | 45.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 17,099 | 29,794 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 12,334 | 26,285 | 46.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 22,254 | 42,925 | 51.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 29,949 | 47,985 | 62.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 41,597 | 76,248 | 54.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 22,657 | 39,503 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-20 | 30,534 | 44,111 | 69.2% |
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DAC is rated 4.94 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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DAC short interest FAQ
What is DAC's short interest?
Danaos Corporation (DAC) had 1.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 19.6% of its 8.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does DAC have?
7.6 days: 1.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 217K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DAC short interest rising or falling?
DAC short interest rose (+31.9%) from 1.3M to 1.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DAC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DAC 55 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 26.2/40, days to cover 19/25, change in short interest vs prior report 9.6/15, 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 DAC daily volume is sold short?
61.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DAC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Danaos Corporation (DAC) was 116,426 shares, 81.8% of 142,355 total volume.
How many DAC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Danaos Corporation (DAC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did DAC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Danaos Corporation (DAC) moved from 39.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 81.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 42.7 percentage points.
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