EastGroup Properties Inc (EGP) short interest & short volume · 4.5M shares short
EastGroup Properties Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
EGP short interest rose 3.5% to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (10.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 72.2% the 20 sessions before, the 4th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.5M
- prior 4.3M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 10.1
- avg vol 447K
- Change vs prior report
- +3.5%
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.
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)
- 40.0%
- 136K of 340K
- 20-day average
- 58.4%
- prior 72.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 4th
- 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: +3.0%
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 · EGP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 136,189 | 340,285 | 40.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 145,928 | 231,437 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 59,775 | 266,072 | 22.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 73,622 | 167,199 | 44.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 80,576 | 351,878 | 22.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 81,629 | 171,649 | 47.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 149,173 | 291,205 | 51.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 385,753 | 525,750 | 73.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 187,967 | 254,594 | 73.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 156,806 | 238,142 | 65.8% |
Real Estate peers with similar quant ratings
EGP is rated 4.08 of 5 among 171 rated Real Estate stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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EGP on Lician stock screens
EGP is rated Buy (4.08 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
EGP short interest FAQ
What is EGP's short interest?
EastGroup Properties Inc (EGP) had 4.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does EGP have?
10.1 days: 4.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 447K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is EGP short interest rising or falling?
EGP short interest rose (+3.5%) from 4.3M to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is EGP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores EGP 29 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.1/15, price change since settlement date 2.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of EGP daily volume is sold short?
58.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 4th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was EGP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for EastGroup Properties Inc (EGP) was 136,189 shares, 40.0% of 340,285 total volume.
How many EGP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for EastGroup Properties Inc (EGP), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did EGP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for EastGroup Properties Inc (EGP) moved from 63.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 40.0% on Nov 2, 2026, down 23.0 percentage points.
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