KMLI stock
KMLI (KMLI) short interest & short volume · 36K shares short
KMLI official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KMLI short interest fell 70.3% to 36K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 36.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 44.7% the 20 sessions before, the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 36K
- prior 122K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 107K
- Change vs prior report
- -70.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 36K | $332K | -70.3% | — | 1.0 | $9.21 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 122K | $988K | +67.0% | — | 1.9 | $8.13 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 73K | $667K | -15.8% | — | 1.4 | $9.17 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 86K | $898K | +1057.7% | — | 1.8 | $10.39 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 7K | $71K | +161.1% | — | 1.0 | $9.54 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3K | $29K | -96.0% | — | 1.0 | $10.06 |
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 (Oct 26)
- 26.8%
- 19K of 71K
- 20-day average
- 36.4%
- prior 44.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 8th
- 232 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Oct 26, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · KMLI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-26 | 18,977 | 70,837 | 26.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 3,054 | 10,676 | 28.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 11,189 | 14,540 | 77.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 283 | 3,440 | 8.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 7,530 | 34,214 | 22.0% |
| 2026-10-19 | 4,630 | 6,462 | 71.7% |
| 2026-10-16 | 1,593 | 11,014 | 14.5% |
| 2026-10-15 | 1,404 | 20,196 | 7.0% |
| 2026-10-14 | 1,384 | 34,091 | 4.1% |
| 2026-10-13 | 3,133 | 9,721 | 32.2% |
KMLI short interest FAQ
What is KMLI's short interest?
KMLI had 36K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KMLI have?
1.0 days: 36K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 107K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KMLI short interest rising or falling?
KMLI short interest fell (-70.3%) from 122K to 36K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KMLI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KMLI 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KMLI daily volume is sold short?
36.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Oct 26, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KMLI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Oct 26, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for KMLI was 18,977 shares, 26.8% of 70,837 total volume.
How many KMLI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for KMLI, from Oct 13, 2026 through Oct 26, 2026.
How did KMLI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for KMLI moved from 28.6% on Oct 23, 2026 to 26.8% on Oct 26, 2026, down 1.8 percentage points.
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