IHRT stock
iHeartMedia Inc Class A (IHRT) short interest & short volume · 3.9% of float short
iHeartMedia Inc Class A official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IHRT short interest fell 1.2% to 5.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.9% of float, 7.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 51.0% the 20 sessions before, the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.4M
- prior 5.5M
- % of float
- 3.9%
- float 139.1M
- Days to cover
- 7.8
- avg vol 692K
- Change vs prior report
- -1.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5.4M | $9.6M | -1.2% | 3.9% | 7.8 | $1.77 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.5M | $11.5M | -13.7% | 4.0% | 6.8 | $2.10 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6.4M | $16.8M | +0.2% | 4.6% | 13.4 | $2.63 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 6.4M | $17.3M | +4.5% | 4.6% | 13.1 | $2.72 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 6.1M | $17.9M | -1.2% | 4.4% | 7.7 | $2.95 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.2M | $22.1M | +2.0% | 4.4% | 10.3 | $3.59 |
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)
- 56.0%
- 3.4M of 6.0M
- 20-day average
- 53.2%
- prior 51.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 58th
- 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: -67.0%
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 · IHRT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 3,370,979 | 6,024,986 | 56.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 20,242,993 | 29,115,884 | 69.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 81,471 | 142,372 | 57.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 136,365 | 371,880 | 36.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 181,412 | 275,470 | 65.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 189,017 | 344,130 | 54.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 235,040 | 444,206 | 52.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 65,690 | 144,824 | 45.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 91,691 | 139,956 | 65.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 140,297 | 277,938 | 50.5% |
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IHRT short interest FAQ
What is IHRT's short interest?
iHeartMedia Inc Class A (IHRT) had 5.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 3.9% of its 139.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does IHRT have?
7.8 days: 5.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 692K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IHRT short interest rising or falling?
IHRT short interest fell (-1.2%) from 5.5M to 5.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IHRT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IHRT 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 5.2/40, days to cover 19.6/25, 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 IHRT daily volume is sold short?
53.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IHRT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iHeartMedia Inc Class A (IHRT) was 3,370,979 shares, 56.0% of 6,024,986 total volume.
How many IHRT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iHeartMedia Inc Class A (IHRT), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IHRT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iHeartMedia Inc Class A (IHRT) moved from 69.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 56.0% on Nov 11, 2026, down 13.5 percentage points.
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