Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI) short interest & short volume · 19.7% of float short
Douglas Emmett Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DEI short interest rose 1.6% to 32.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (19.7% of float, 14.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 44.8% the 20 sessions before, the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 32.0M
- prior 31.5M
- % of float
- 19.7%
- float 162.2M
- Days to cover
- 14.8
- avg vol 2.2M
- Change vs prior report
- +1.6%
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)
- 42.4%
- 242K of 571K
- 20-day average
- 51.9%
- prior 44.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 52nd
- 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: +2.6%
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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · DEI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 241,906 | 571,053 | 42.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 439,431 | 581,773 | 75.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 383,457 | 934,978 | 41.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 421,870 | 644,649 | 65.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 241,792 | 557,114 | 43.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 201,648 | 331,536 | 60.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 256,952 | 680,863 | 37.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 512,351 | 782,921 | 65.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 368,929 | 573,305 | 64.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 260,505 | 524,459 | 49.7% |
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DEI short interest FAQ
What is DEI's short interest?
Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI) had 32.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 19.7% of its 162.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does DEI have?
14.8 days: 32.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DEI short interest rising or falling?
DEI short interest rose (+1.6%) from 31.5M to 32.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DEI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DEI 54 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 26.3/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.5/15, price change since settlement date 2.1/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of DEI daily volume is sold short?
51.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DEI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI) was 241,906 shares, 42.4% of 571,053 total volume.
How many DEI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did DEI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI) moved from 75.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 42.4% on Nov 2, 2026, down 33.1 percentage points.
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