InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) short interest & short volume · 0.2% of float short
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IHG short interest rose 6.7% to 314K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.2% of float, 1.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 64.4% the 20 sessions before, the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 314K
- prior 294K
- % of float
- 0.2%
- float 146.9M
- Days to cover
- 1.7
- avg vol 187K
- Change vs prior report
- +6.7%
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 2)
- 59.9%
- 48K of 80K
- 20-day average
- 61.8%
- prior 64.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 76th
- 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: +2.4%
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 · IHG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 47,931 | 79,989 | 59.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 34,054 | 49,960 | 68.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 32,926 | 58,259 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 35,021 | 53,762 | 65.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 55,006 | 81,445 | 67.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 72,519 | 97,898 | 74.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 69,737 | 103,338 | 67.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 82,907 | 119,464 | 69.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 59,396 | 79,362 | 74.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 32,682 | 60,843 | 53.7% |
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IHG on Lician stock screens
IHG is rated Strong Buy (4.98 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
IHG short interest FAQ
What is IHG's short interest?
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) had 314K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.2% of its 146.9M-share float.
How many days to cover does IHG have?
1.7 days: 314K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 187K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IHG short interest rising or falling?
IHG short interest rose (+6.7%) from 294K to 314K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IHG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IHG 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.3/40, days to cover 4.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2/15, price change since settlement date 1.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of IHG daily volume is sold short?
61.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IHG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) was 47,931 shares, 59.9% of 79,989 total volume.
How many IHG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did IHG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR (IHG) moved from 68.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 59.9% on Nov 2, 2026, down 8.3 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.