JHX (JHX) short interest & short volume · 25.8M shares short
JHX official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
JHX short interest was little changed at 25.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 53.4% the 20 sessions before, the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 25.8M
- prior 25.9M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.6
- avg vol 7.2M
- Change vs prior report
- -0.5%
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)
- 19.8%
- 542K of 2.7M
- 20-day average
- 43.9%
- prior 53.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 13th
- 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: +5.3%
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 · JHX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 542,039 | 2,737,099 | 19.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 767,745 | 2,705,491 | 28.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,038,211 | 2,695,497 | 38.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 561,596 | 1,712,867 | 32.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 792,130 | 5,035,417 | 15.7% |
| 2026-10-26 | 590,438 | 1,480,551 | 39.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 853,826 | 2,041,732 | 41.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 984,721 | 4,319,018 | 22.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,777,827 | 2,511,329 | 70.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,114,215 | 1,935,986 | 57.5% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
JHX is rated 3.15 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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JHX short interest FAQ
What is JHX's short interest?
JHX had 25.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does JHX have?
3.6 days: 25.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 7.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is JHX short interest rising or falling?
JHX short interest was little changed (-0.5%) from 25.9M to 25.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is JHX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores JHX 13 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 4.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of JHX daily volume is sold short?
43.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was JHX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for JHX was 542,039 shares, 19.8% of 2,737,099 total volume.
How many JHX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for JHX, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did JHX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for JHX moved from 28.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 19.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 8.6 percentage points.
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