Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR (LYG) short interest & short volume · 0.0% of float short
Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
LYG short interest fell 2.0% to 16.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.0% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 48.8% the 20 sessions before, the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 24, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 16.4M
- prior 16.7M
- % of float
- 0.0%
- float 56.83B
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 18.8M
- Change vs prior report
- -2.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 16.4M | $89.7M | -2.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $5.47 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.7M | $94.2M | +81.6% | 0.0% | 1.1 | $5.63 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 9.2M | $54.2M | +120.6% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $5.88 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.2M | $24.5M | +49.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $5.87 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.8M | $17.4M | +69.0% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $6.21 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.7M | $10.2M | -49.3% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $6.17 |
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 3)
- 43.0%
- 1.9M of 4.3M
- 20-day average
- 46.3%
- prior 48.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 73rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 3, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -9.0%
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 · LYG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 1,862,318 | 4,336,158 | 43.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 4,207,270 | 9,252,108 | 45.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,615,969 | 6,252,107 | 41.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,741,041 | 6,182,216 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 3,247,111 | 6,804,669 | 47.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 2,305,515 | 5,270,743 | 43.7% |
| 2026-10-26 | 2,895,210 | 10,350,040 | 28.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,696,280 | 5,448,832 | 31.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 2,644,683 | 6,283,623 | 42.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,981,201 | 3,695,657 | 53.6% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
LYG among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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LYG short interest FAQ
What is LYG's short interest?
Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR (LYG) had 16.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.0% of its 56.83B-share float.
How many days to cover does LYG have?
1.0 days: 16.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 18.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is LYG short interest rising or falling?
LYG short interest fell (-2.0%) from 16.7M to 16.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is LYG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores LYG 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 LYG daily volume is sold short?
46.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 3, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was LYG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 3, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR (LYG) was 1,862,318 shares, 43.0% of 4,336,158 total volume.
How many LYG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR (LYG), from Oct 21, 2026 through Nov 3, 2026.
How did LYG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Lloyds Banking Group PLC ADR (LYG) moved from 45.5% on Nov 2, 2026 to 43.0% on Nov 3, 2026, down 2.5 percentage points.
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