HCI stock
HCI Group Inc (HCI) short interest & short volume · 5.3% of float short
HCI 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
HCI short interest rose 16.9% to 581K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.3% of float, 3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 581K
- prior 497K
- % of float
- 5.3%
- float 10.9M
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 172K
- Change vs prior report
- +16.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 581K | $114.1M | +16.9% | 5.3% | 3.4 | $196.38 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 497K | $86.4M | -13.5% | 4.6% | 2.7 | $173.82 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 575K | $107.0M | +4.3% | 5.3% | 3.7 | $186.22 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 551K | $102.3M | +10.6% | 5.1% | 4.2 | $185.73 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 498K | $91.8M | +8.8% | 4.6% | 2.8 | $184.35 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 458K | $80.1M | -8.2% | 4.2% | 3.0 | $175.01 |
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)
- 60.8%
- 22K of 36K
- 20-day average
- 61.1%
- prior 60.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 65th
- 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: -2.8%
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 · HCI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 22,074 | 36,286 | 60.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 35,925 | 54,022 | 66.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 26,581 | 48,947 | 54.3% |
| 2026-11-06 | 32,747 | 65,002 | 50.4% |
| 2026-11-05 | 50,259 | 122,017 | 41.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 32,836 | 49,663 | 66.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 21,023 | 31,523 | 66.7% |
| 2026-11-02 | 61,613 | 79,416 | 77.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 16,624 | 24,489 | 67.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 16,947 | 29,222 | 58.0% |
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HCI is rated 4.90 of 5 among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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HCI short interest FAQ
What is HCI's short interest?
HCI Group Inc (HCI) had 581K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 5.3% of its 10.9M-share float.
How many days to cover does HCI have?
3.4 days: 581K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 172K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HCI short interest rising or falling?
HCI short interest rose (+16.9%) from 497K to 581K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HCI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HCI 21 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 7.1/40, days to cover 8.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 5.1/15, 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 HCI daily volume is sold short?
61.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HCI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for HCI Group Inc (HCI) was 22,074 shares, 60.8% of 36,286 total volume.
How many HCI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for HCI Group Inc (HCI), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HCI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for HCI Group Inc (HCI) moved from 66.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 60.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 5.7 percentage points.
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