Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) short interest & short volume · 5.1% of float short
Kronos Worldwide Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KRO short interest rose 7.9% to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.1% of float, 3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 56.8% the 20 sessions before, the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.1M
- prior 1.0M
- % of float
- 5.1%
- float 21.5M
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 320K
- Change vs prior report
- +7.9%
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 2)
- 45.8%
- 51K of 111K
- 20-day average
- 44.0%
- prior 56.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 55th
- 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: +1.5%
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 · KRO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 51,011 | 111,396 | 45.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 42,912 | 77,790 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 43,259 | 116,039 | 37.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 20,126 | 56,796 | 35.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 17,119 | 79,988 | 21.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 90,038 | 140,371 | 64.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 54,942 | 93,242 | 58.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 51,752 | 200,489 | 25.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 83,629 | 171,657 | 48.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 25,086 | 75,229 | 33.4% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
KRO is rated 3.48 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- MATV short interest3.59 · Buy · stock
- SHW short interest3.56 · Buy · stock
- RPM short interest3.53 · Buy · stock
- CDE short interest3.51 · Buy · stock
- CRH short interest3.45 · Hold · stock
- ESI short interest3.42 · Hold · stock
- AREC short interest3.40 · Hold · stock
- CLMT short interest3.37 · Hold · stock
KRO short interest FAQ
What is KRO's short interest?
Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) had 1.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 5.1% of its 21.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does KRO have?
3.4 days: 1.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 320K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KRO short interest rising or falling?
KRO short interest rose (+7.9%) from 1.0M to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KRO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KRO 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 6.8/40, days to cover 8.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.4/15, price change since settlement date 1.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KRO daily volume is sold short?
44.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KRO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) was 51,011 shares, 45.8% of 111,396 total volume.
How many KRO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did KRO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) moved from 55.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 45.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 9.4 percentage points.
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