Geo Group Inc (GEO) short interest & short volume · 9.9M shares short
Geo 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
GEO short interest rose 2.5% to 9.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 59.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 52.4% the 20 sessions before, the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 9.9M
- prior 9.6M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.6
- avg vol 2.8M
- Change vs prior report
- +2.5%
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)
- 67.8%
- 671K of 990K
- 20-day average
- 59.2%
- prior 52.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 99th
- 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: -4.3%
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 · GEO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 671,331 | 989,734 | 67.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 386,517 | 631,749 | 61.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 247,546 | 644,529 | 38.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 203,705 | 466,155 | 43.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 355,044 | 470,327 | 75.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 212,179 | 318,796 | 66.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 274,756 | 379,794 | 72.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 637,364 | 1,043,272 | 61.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 308,573 | 492,625 | 62.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 220,120 | 363,424 | 60.6% |
Industrials peers with similar quant ratings
GEO is rated 4.96 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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GEO on Lician stock screens
GEO is rated Strong Buy (4.96 of 5) and passes 4 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
GEO short interest FAQ
What is GEO's short interest?
Geo Group Inc (GEO) had 9.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does GEO have?
3.6 days: 9.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GEO short interest rising or falling?
GEO short interest rose (+2.5%) from 9.6M to 9.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GEO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GEO 10 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 8.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.7/15, 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 GEO daily volume is sold short?
59.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was GEO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Geo Group Inc (GEO) was 671,331 shares, 67.8% of 989,734 total volume.
How many GEO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Geo Group Inc (GEO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did GEO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Geo Group Inc (GEO) moved from 61.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 67.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 6.6 percentage points.
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