First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCP) short interest & short volume · 0.1% of float short
First Citizens BancShares Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FCNCP short interest fell 10.7% to 6K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.1% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 52.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 39.7% the 20 sessions before, the 53rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 6K
- prior 7K
- % of float
- 0.1%
- float 9.4M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 28K
- Change vs prior report
- -10.7%
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)
- 53.2%
- 5K of 9K
- 20-day average
- 52.0%
- prior 39.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 53rd
- 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: +1.1%
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 · FCNCP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 4,713 | 8,852 | 53.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 10,989 | 17,546 | 62.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 15,577 | 19,492 | 79.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 859 | 2,764 | 31.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,848 | 6,310 | 29.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 4,237 | 5,682 | 74.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 16,241 | 23,583 | 68.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 7,810 | 16,820 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 4,507 | 13,791 | 32.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 11,295 | 17,404 | 64.9% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
FCNCP among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- OPHC short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
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- SPNT short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
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FCNCP short interest FAQ
What is FCNCP's short interest?
First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCP) had 6K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.1% of its 9.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does FCNCP have?
1.0 days: 6K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 28K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FCNCP short interest rising or falling?
FCNCP short interest fell (-10.7%) from 7K to 6K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FCNCP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FCNCP 4 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.1/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FCNCP daily volume is sold short?
52.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 53rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FCNCP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCP) was 4,713 shares, 53.2% of 8,852 total volume.
How many FCNCP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCP), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did FCNCP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCP) moved from 62.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 53.2% on Nov 2, 2026, down 9.4 percentage points.
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