Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) short interest & short volume · 19.0% of float short
Hingham Institution for Savings official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HIFS short interest was little changed at 325K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (19.0% of float, 10.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 57.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.0% the 20 sessions before, the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 325K
- prior 325K
- % of float
- 19.0%
- float 1.7M
- Days to cover
- 10.5
- avg vol 31K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 325K | $95.5M | -0.1% | 19.0% | 10.5 | $293.95 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 325K | $91.9M | +10.0% | 19.0% | 7.2 | $282.59 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 296K | $90.5M | +10.6% | 17.3% | 8.0 | $306.08 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 267K | $77.1M | +5.6% | 15.6% | 5.5 | $288.27 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 253K | $78.3M | -16.6% | 14.8% | 5.1 | $309.33 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 304K | $86.6M | -4.9% | 17.8% | 6.1 | $285.18 |
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)
- 61.6%
- 3K of 5K
- 20-day average
- 57.8%
- prior 63.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 0th
- 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: +2.3%
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 · HIFS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 3,322 | 5,391 | 61.6% |
| 2026-11-10 | 7,359 | 12,208 | 60.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 4,770 | 8,661 | 55.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 7,256 | 12,944 | 56.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 6,815 | 16,562 | 41.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 8,969 | 14,878 | 60.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 6,535 | 10,349 | 63.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 6,488 | 13,367 | 48.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 6,493 | 10,602 | 61.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,798 | 7,108 | 53.4% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
HIFS among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
- WTM short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
- TW short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- SLDE short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.97 · Strong Buy
- ECPG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- TWFG short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
- CCNE short interest4.94 · Strong Buy
HIFS short interest FAQ
What is HIFS's short interest?
Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) had 325K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 19.0% of its 1.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does HIFS have?
10.5 days: 325K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 31K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HIFS short interest rising or falling?
HIFS short interest was little changed (-0.1%) from 325K to 325K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HIFS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HIFS 52 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 25.3/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 1.8/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of HIFS daily volume is sold short?
57.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HIFS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) was 3,322 shares, 61.6% of 5,391 total volume.
How many HIFS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HIFS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS) moved from 60.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 61.6% on Nov 11, 2026, up 1.3 percentage points.
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