JBS N.V. (JBS) short interest & short volume · 12.9% of float short
JBS N.V. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
JBS short interest was little changed at 42.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (12.9% of float, 6.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 65.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 69.3% the 20 sessions before, the 68th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 1, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 42.1M
- prior 42.5M
- % of float
- 12.9%
- float 327.6M
- Days to cover
- 6.3
- avg vol 6.6M
- Change vs prior report
- -0.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 42.1M | $536.1M | -0.9% | 12.9% | 6.3 | $12.72 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 42.5M | $480.1M | +6.6% | 13.0% | 8.4 | $11.29 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 39.9M | $490.0M | +0.4% | 12.2% | 8.3 | $12.28 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 39.7M | $533.9M | +5.7% | 12.1% | 7.4 | $13.44 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 37.6M | $513.0M | +6.8% | 11.5% | 5.7 | $13.65 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 35.2M | $493.5M | +10.4% | 10.8% | 6.6 | $14.02 |
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 9)
- 67.6%
- 2.7M of 4.0M
- 20-day average
- 65.0%
- prior 69.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 68th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 9, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +3.1%
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 · JBS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 2,734,686 | 4,043,661 | 67.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,466,538 | 2,916,227 | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,224,725 | 2,036,530 | 60.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,086,027 | 1,908,132 | 56.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,099,500 | 1,446,259 | 76.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 782,678 | 1,137,554 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,227,004 | 1,902,226 | 64.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,362,911 | 2,111,572 | 64.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,904,806 | 2,553,217 | 74.6% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,766,156 | 2,954,536 | 59.8% |
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JBS short interest FAQ
What is JBS's short interest?
JBS N.V. (JBS) had 42.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 12.9% of its 327.6M-share float.
How many days to cover does JBS have?
6.3 days: 42.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 6.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is JBS short interest rising or falling?
JBS short interest was little changed (-0.9%) from 42.5M to 42.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is JBS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores JBS 36 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 17.2/40, days to cover 15.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 2.5/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of JBS daily volume is sold short?
65.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 9, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 68th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was JBS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 9, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for JBS N.V. (JBS) was 2,734,686 shares, 67.6% of 4,043,661 total volume.
How many JBS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for JBS N.V. (JBS), from Oct 27, 2026 through Nov 9, 2026.
How did JBS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for JBS N.V. (JBS) moved from 50.3% on Nov 6, 2026 to 67.6% on Nov 9, 2026, up 17.3 percentage points.
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