HOST stock
HOST (HOST) short interest & short volume · 248K shares short
HOST official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HOST short interest rose 13.1% to 248K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 34.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 248K
- prior 219K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.6
- avg vol 154K
- Change vs prior report
- +13.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 248K | $620K | +13.1% | — | 1.6 | $2.50 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 219K | $1.0M | +189.7% | — | 1.0 | $4.75 |
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 11)
- 55.5%
- 23K of 42K
- 20-day average
- 34.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- —
- needs ~3 months
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -17.2%
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 · HOST overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 23,261 | 41,925 | 55.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 2,809 | 13,979 | 20.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 13,717 | 39,775 | 34.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 28,151 | 51,210 | 55.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 9,121 | 49,037 | 18.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 14,194 | 66,947 | 21.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 16,264 | 53,194 | 30.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 11,590 | 60,791 | 19.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 12,673 | 33,030 | 38.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 10,622 | 26,484 | 40.1% |
Consumer Staples peers with similar quant ratings
HOST among 120 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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HOST short interest FAQ
What is HOST's short interest?
HOST had 248K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HOST have?
1.6 days: 248K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 154K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HOST short interest rising or falling?
HOST short interest rose (+13.1%) from 219K to 248K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HOST a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HOST 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.9/15, 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 HOST daily volume is sold short?
34.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HOST's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for HOST was 23,261 shares, 55.5% of 41,925 total volume.
How many HOST short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for HOST, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HOST short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for HOST moved from 20.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 55.5% on Nov 11, 2026, up 35.4 percentage points.
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