Forestar Group Inc (FOR) short interest & short volume · 1.0M shares short
Forestar Group Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FOR short interest rose 10.5% to 1.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 47.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 52.4% the 20 sessions before, the 26th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.0M
- prior 919K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.0
- avg vol 201K
- Change vs prior report
- +10.5%
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)
- 48.7%
- 43K of 87K
- 20-day average
- 47.7%
- prior 52.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 26th
- 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: -8.5%
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 · FOR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 42,579 | 87,400 | 48.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 54,668 | 117,901 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 80,776 | 120,081 | 67.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 30,960 | 69,263 | 44.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 23,611 | 42,578 | 55.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 14,047 | 29,355 | 47.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 16,921 | 43,595 | 38.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 18,863 | 49,776 | 37.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 20,486 | 55,065 | 37.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 30,151 | 59,668 | 50.5% |
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FOR on Lician stock screens
FOR is rated Buy (3.54 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
FOR short interest FAQ
What is FOR's short interest?
Forestar Group Inc (FOR) had 1.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FOR have?
5.0 days: 1.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 201K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FOR short interest rising or falling?
FOR short interest rose (+10.5%) from 919K to 1.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FOR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FOR 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 12.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.2/15, 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 FOR daily volume is sold short?
47.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 26th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FOR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Forestar Group Inc (FOR) was 42,579 shares, 48.7% of 87,400 total volume.
How many FOR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Forestar Group Inc (FOR), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did FOR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Forestar Group Inc (FOR) moved from 46.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 48.7% on Nov 2, 2026, up 2.3 percentage points.
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