EZCORP Inc (EZPW) short interest & short volume · 23.1% of float short
EZCORP Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
EZPW short interest rose 3.9% to 12.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (23.1% of float, 19.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 63.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 62.6% the 20 sessions before, the 92nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.8M
- prior 12.3M
- % of float
- 23.1%
- float 55.5M
- Days to cover
- 19.5
- avg vol 657K
- Change vs prior report
- +3.9%
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)
- 34.2%
- 83K of 243K
- 20-day average
- 63.1%
- prior 62.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 92nd
- 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: -13.3%
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 · EZPW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 83,048 | 243,028 | 34.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 142,986 | 429,594 | 33.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 102,388 | 210,860 | 48.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 205,123 | 258,277 | 79.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 121,040 | 199,784 | 60.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 158,899 | 292,322 | 54.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 558,567 | 861,668 | 64.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,063,470 | 1,544,024 | 68.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 84,572 | 134,206 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 155,809 | 204,487 | 76.2% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
EZPW is rated 4.24 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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- BRK.A short interest4.20 · Buy
EZPW on Lician stock screens
EZPW is rated Buy (4.24 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
EZPW short interest FAQ
What is EZPW's short interest?
EZCORP Inc (EZPW) had 12.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 23.1% of its 55.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does EZPW have?
19.5 days: 12.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 657K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is EZPW short interest rising or falling?
EZPW short interest rose (+3.9%) from 12.3M to 12.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is EZPW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores EZPW 57 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 30.8/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.2/15, 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 EZPW daily volume is sold short?
63.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 92nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was EZPW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for EZCORP Inc (EZPW) was 83,048 shares, 34.2% of 243,028 total volume.
How many EZPW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for EZCORP Inc (EZPW), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did EZPW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for EZCORP Inc (EZPW) moved from 33.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 34.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 0.9 percentage points.
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