KARD (KARD) short interest & short volume · 5.3M shares short
KARD official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KARD short interest rose 19.3% to 5.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 78.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Jul 9, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.3M
- prior 4.4M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.6
- avg vol 696K
- Change vs prior report
- +19.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5.3M | $73.6M | +19.3% | — | 7.6 | $13.88 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.4M | $65.6M | +73.0% | — | 3.8 | $14.75 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2.6M | $47.7M | +16.3% | — | 6.3 | $18.56 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2.2M | $44.5M | +14.0% | — | 9.1 | $20.16 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.9M | $39.1M | +22.6% | — | 9.3 | $20.20 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.6M | $32.9M | -5.4% | — | 6.7 | $20.82 |
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 5)
- 87.1%
- 259K of 297K
- 20-day average
- 78.0%
- prior 77.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 80th
- 66 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 5, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.1%
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 · KARD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 258,634 | 297,032 | 87.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 172,709 | 204,256 | 84.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 188,298 | 220,128 | 85.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 137,807 | 164,780 | 83.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 129,218 | 148,346 | 87.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 144,011 | 181,402 | 79.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 107,189 | 152,388 | 70.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 139,439 | 165,283 | 84.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 56,137 | 69,303 | 81.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 90,096 | 385,370 | 23.4% |
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KARD short interest FAQ
What is KARD's short interest?
KARD had 5.3M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KARD have?
7.6 days: 5.3M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 696K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KARD short interest rising or falling?
KARD short interest rose (+19.3%) from 4.4M to 5.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KARD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KARD 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 19.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 5.8/15, 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 KARD daily volume is sold short?
78.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 5, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KARD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 5, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for KARD was 258,634 shares, 87.1% of 297,032 total volume.
How many KARD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for KARD, from Oct 23, 2026 through Nov 5, 2026.
How did KARD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for KARD moved from 84.6% on Nov 4, 2026 to 87.1% on Nov 5, 2026, up 2.5 percentage points.
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