Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FSUMF) short interest & short volume · 0.4% of float short
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FSUMF short interest rose 5.9% to 8.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.4% of float, 1000.0 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 8.4M
- prior 8.0M
- % of float
- 0.4%
- float 1.95B
- Days to cover
- 1000.0
- avg vol 1K
- Change vs prior report
- +5.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 8.4M | $97.8M | +5.9% | 0.4% | 1000.0 | $11.60 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.0M | $96.4M | +5.3% | 0.4% | 1000.0 | $12.10 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 7.6M | $92.3M | -21.3% | 0.4% | 288.1 | $12.21 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 9.6M | $124.8M | +10.0% | 0.5% | 1000.0 | $13.00 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 8.7M | $112.6M | +1.4% | 0.5% | 1000.0 | $12.90 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 8.6M | — | -0.1% | 0.4% | 786.7 | — |
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
No FINRA daily short volume on file for FSUMF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -5.5%
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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FSUMF among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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FSUMF short interest FAQ
What is FSUMF's short interest?
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FSUMF) had 8.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.4% of its 1.95B-share float.
How many days to cover does FSUMF have?
1000.0 days: 8.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FSUMF short interest rising or falling?
FSUMF short interest rose (+5.9%) from 8.0M to 8.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FSUMF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FSUMF 27 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.6/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.8/15, 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 is FSUMF's market cap?
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FSUMF) market cap is $50.34B on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is FSUMF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FSUMF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/fsumf.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.