FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL) short interest & short volume · 25.8M shares short
FuelCell Energy Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FCEL short interest rose 5.5% to 25.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 45.1% the 20 sessions before, the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 25.8M
- prior 24.5M
- % of float
- 113.6%
- float 22.7M
- Days to cover
- 3.2
- avg vol 8.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +5.5%
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.
% 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)
- 45.2%
- 912K of 2.0M
- 20-day average
- 44.0%
- prior 45.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 48th
- 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: -20.4%
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 · FCEL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 911,702 | 2,017,645 | 45.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 846,490 | 2,141,033 | 39.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 578,615 | 1,170,180 | 49.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,035,611 | 1,950,825 | 53.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,448,245 | 3,229,416 | 44.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 855,289 | 3,127,174 | 27.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 619,602 | 3,278,924 | 18.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,796,049 | 5,332,381 | 33.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,759,972 | 4,112,258 | 42.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,099,543 | 2,935,220 | 37.5% |
Industrials peers with similar quant ratings
FCEL is rated 1.15 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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FCEL short interest FAQ
What is FCEL's short interest?
FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL) had 25.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FCEL have?
3.2 days: 25.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 8.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FCEL short interest rising or falling?
FCEL short interest rose (+5.5%) from 24.5M to 25.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FCEL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FCEL 50 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 40/40, days to cover 8.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.7/15, 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 FCEL daily volume is sold short?
44.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FCEL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL) was 911,702 shares, 45.2% of 2,017,645 total volume.
How many FCEL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did FCEL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL) moved from 39.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 45.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 5.7 percentage points.
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