MEOH (MEOH) short interest & short volume · 2.4M shares short
MEOH official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MEOH short interest fell 4.1% to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 39.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 48.0% the 20 sessions before, the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.4M
- prior 2.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.3
- avg vol 543K
- Change vs prior report
- -4.1%
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)
- 38.2%
- 162K of 423K
- 20-day average
- 39.0%
- prior 48.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 25th
- 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: +9.9%
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 · MEOH overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 161,542 | 422,696 | 38.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 308,351 | 1,115,937 | 27.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 69,722 | 154,701 | 45.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 52,219 | 148,848 | 35.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 35,490 | 119,854 | 29.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 81,113 | 204,645 | 39.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 78,638 | 162,969 | 48.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 68,236 | 319,297 | 21.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 48,471 | 137,358 | 35.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 92,158 | 169,797 | 54.3% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
MEOH is rated 3.84 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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MEOH on Lician stock screens
MEOH is rated Buy (3.84 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
MEOH short interest FAQ
What is MEOH's short interest?
MEOH had 2.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MEOH have?
4.3 days: 2.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 543K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MEOH short interest rising or falling?
MEOH short interest fell (-4.1%) from 2.5M to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MEOH a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MEOH 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 10.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 7.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MEOH daily volume is sold short?
39.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MEOH's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for MEOH was 161,542 shares, 38.2% of 422,696 total volume.
How many MEOH short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for MEOH, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MEOH short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for MEOH moved from 27.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 38.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 10.6 percentage points.
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