Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ) short interest & short volume · 5K shares short
Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HWCPZ short interest fell 40.1% to 5K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 37.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 55.6% the 20 sessions before, the 2nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5K
- prior 8K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 7K
- Change vs prior report
- -40.1%
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)
- 35.9%
- 2K of 7K
- 20-day average
- 37.2%
- prior 55.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 2nd
- 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: -4.9%
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 · HWCPZ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 2,406 | 6,696 | 35.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 4,025 | 12,844 | 31.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 303 | 1,693 | 17.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 530 | 1,825 | 29.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 2,407 | 3,884 | 62.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 2,216 | 5,701 | 38.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 2,656 | 10,113 | 26.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 166 | 1,607 | 10.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 28 | 2,103 | 1.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,367 | 3,241 | 42.2% |
HWCPZ short interest FAQ
What is HWCPZ's short interest?
Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ) had 5K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HWCPZ have?
1.0 days: 5K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 7K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HWCPZ short interest rising or falling?
HWCPZ short interest fell (-40.1%) from 8K to 5K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HWCPZ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HWCPZ 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, 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 HWCPZ daily volume is sold short?
37.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 2nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HWCPZ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ) was 2,406 shares, 35.9% of 6,696 total volume.
How many HWCPZ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did HWCPZ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Hancock Whitney Corporation - 6 (HWCPZ) moved from 31.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 35.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 4.6 percentage points.
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