Greif Inc (GEF-B) short interest & short volume · 1.7% of float short
Greif Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
GEF-B short interest rose 2.1% to 451K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.7% of float, 6.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 64.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 74.9% the 20 sessions before, the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 29, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 451K
- prior 442K
- % of float
- 1.7%
- float 26.6M
- Days to cover
- 6.7
- avg vol 67K
- Change vs prior report
- +2.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 451K | $49.7M | +2.1% | 1.7% | 6.7 | $110.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 442K | $45.5M | +19.9% | 1.7% | 4.0 | $102.89 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 369K | $39.0M | +31.7% | 1.4% | 4.1 | $105.67 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 280K | $29.6M | +12.3% | 1.1% | 3.7 | $105.64 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 249K | $27.6M | -21.3% | 0.9% | 3.0 | $110.70 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 317K | $34.4M | +0.3% | 1.2% | 4.8 | $108.48 |
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 5)
- 63.5%
- 16K of 24K
- 20-day average
- 64.7%
- prior 74.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 48th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 5, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -33.4%
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 · GEF-B overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 15,522 | 24,457 | 63.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 13,058 | 26,683 | 48.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 19,332 | 23,026 | 84.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 21,222 | 29,709 | 71.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 23,664 | 29,769 | 79.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 9,264 | 15,671 | 59.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 27,020 | 33,025 | 81.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 9,416 | 11,503 | 81.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 8,926 | 11,003 | 81.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 15,074 | 16,990 | 88.7% |
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GEF-B short interest FAQ
What is GEF-B's short interest?
Greif Inc (GEF-B) had 451K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.7% of its 26.6M-share float.
How many days to cover does GEF-B have?
6.7 days: 451K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 67K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GEF-B short interest rising or falling?
GEF-B short interest rose (+2.1%) from 442K to 451K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GEF-B a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GEF-B 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 2.3/40, days to cover 16.7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.6/15, 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 GEF-B daily volume is sold short?
64.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 5, 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 GEF-B's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 5, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Greif Inc (GEF-B) was 15,522 shares, 63.5% of 24,457 total volume.
How many GEF-B short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Greif Inc (GEF-B), from Oct 23, 2026 through Nov 5, 2026.
How did GEF-B short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Greif Inc (GEF-B) moved from 48.9% on Nov 4, 2026 to 63.5% on Nov 5, 2026, up 14.6 percentage points.
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