KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) short interest & short volume · 17.1M shares short
KKR & Co. Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KKR short interest rose 24.1% to 17.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 37.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 46.4% the 20 sessions before, the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 17.1M
- prior 13.8M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.6
- avg vol 6.5M
- Change vs prior report
- +24.1%
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)
- 40.5%
- 694K of 1.7M
- 20-day average
- 37.6%
- prior 46.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 34th
- 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: +9.5%
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 · KKR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 693,632 | 1,714,514 | 40.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 400,437 | 1,087,305 | 36.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 470,163 | 1,223,323 | 38.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 506,880 | 1,202,717 | 42.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 549,237 | 1,116,959 | 49.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 507,071 | 988,469 | 51.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 356,050 | 1,471,318 | 24.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,016,154 | 2,620,738 | 38.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,231,678 | 2,062,977 | 59.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 614,405 | 2,159,924 | 28.4% |
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KKR short interest FAQ
What is KKR's short interest?
KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) had 17.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KKR have?
2.6 days: 17.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 6.5M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KKR short interest rising or falling?
KKR short interest rose (+24.1%) from 13.8M to 17.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KKR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KKR 21 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 7.2/15, price change since settlement date 7.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KKR daily volume is sold short?
37.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KKR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) was 693,632 shares, 40.5% of 1,714,514 total volume.
How many KKR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did KKR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) moved from 36.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 40.5% on Nov 2, 2026, up 3.7 percentage points.
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