Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) short interest & short volume · 4.5M shares short
Federal Realty Investment Trust official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FRT short interest fell 4.4% to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 45.3% the 20 sessions before, the 17th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.5M
- prior 4.7M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.8
- avg vol 942K
- Change vs prior report
- -4.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4.5M | $475.4M | -4.4% | — | 4.8 | $105.68 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.7M | $509.7M | +27.7% | — | 4.1 | $108.29 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3.7M | $419.8M | -1.5% | — | 5.1 | $113.93 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.7M | $433.9M | +7.0% | — | 6.3 | $116.03 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3.5M | $413.6M | +14.0% | — | 3.6 | $118.39 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.1M | $380.2M | +1.4% | — | 3.2 | $124.09 |
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 11)
- 43.8%
- 76K of 175K
- 20-day average
- 54.0%
- prior 45.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 17th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +6.5%
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 · FRT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 76,484 | 174,779 | 43.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 75,952 | 191,535 | 39.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 158,282 | 236,998 | 66.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 160,390 | 262,323 | 61.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 182,527 | 360,905 | 50.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 291,451 | 385,678 | 75.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 171,017 | 336,149 | 50.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 360,718 | 526,655 | 68.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 239,680 | 569,922 | 42.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 403,195 | 576,755 | 69.9% |
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FRT on Lician stock screens
FRT is rated Strong Buy (4.71 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 13, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
FRT short interest FAQ
What is FRT's short interest?
Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) had 4.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FRT have?
4.8 days: 4.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 942K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FRT short interest rising or falling?
FRT short interest fell (-4.4%) from 4.7M to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FRT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FRT 17 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 12/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 5.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FRT daily volume is sold short?
54.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 17th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FRT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) was 76,484 shares, 43.8% of 174,779 total volume.
How many FRT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FRT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) moved from 39.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 43.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 4.2 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.