Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II (GROV) short interest & short volume · 7.3% of float short
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
GROV short interest was little changed at 1.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.3% of float, 26.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 18.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 28.2% the 20 sessions before, the 6th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.8M
- prior 1.8M
- % of float
- 7.3%
- float 24.7M
- Days to cover
- 26.5
- avg vol 68K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1.8M | $1.8M | -0.4% | 7.3% | 26.5 | $1.00 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.8M | $1.9M | -0.6% | 7.3% | 27.6 | $1.06 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.8M | $1.8M | +0.1% | 7.4% | 10.2 | $1.00 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.8M | $1.8M | -0.6% | 7.4% | 47.7 | $0.98 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.8M | $1.9M | -0.2% | 7.4% | 51.0 | $1.03 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.8M | $2.0M | +1.0% | 7.4% | 83.0 | $1.10 |
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 11)
- 16.8%
- 3K of 17K
- 20-day average
- 18.7%
- prior 28.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 6th
- 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: -3.4%
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 · GROV overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 2,904 | 17,242 | 16.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 5,089 | 11,031 | 46.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 290 | 6,310 | 4.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,180 | 26,631 | 4.4% |
| 2026-11-05 | 205 | 5,304 | 3.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 6,068 | 17,168 | 35.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 4,045 | 19,928 | 20.3% |
| 2026-11-02 | 2,637 | 9,867 | 26.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,106 | 9,827 | 21.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,255 | 10,836 | 11.6% |
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GROV short interest FAQ
What is GROV's short interest?
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II (GROV) had 1.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 7.3% of its 24.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does GROV have?
26.5 days: 1.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 68K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GROV short interest rising or falling?
GROV short interest was little changed (-0.4%) from 1.8M to 1.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GROV a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GROV 35 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 9.7/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 GROV daily volume is sold short?
18.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 6th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was GROV's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II (GROV) was 2,904 shares, 16.8% of 17,242 total volume.
How many GROV short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II (GROV), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did GROV short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Virgin Group Acquisition Corp II (GROV) moved from 46.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 16.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 29.3 percentage points.
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