MetLife Inc (MET) short interest & short volume · 1.9% of float short
MetLife Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MET short interest fell 4.0% to 10.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.9% of float, 3.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 55.2% the 20 sessions before, the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 10.8M
- prior 11.2M
- % of float
- 1.9%
- float 559.8M
- Days to cover
- 3.3
- avg vol 3.3M
- Change vs prior report
- -4.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 10.8M | $1.08B | -4.0% | 1.9% | 3.3 | $100.27 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 11.2M | $1.05B | -8.8% | 2.0% | 3.3 | $94.16 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 12.3M | $1.21B | +3.6% | 2.2% | 4.4 | $98.22 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 11.9M | $1.13B | +4.8% | 2.1% | 4.0 | $95.17 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 11.3M | $1.10B | +0.2% | 2.0% | 3.3 | $97.66 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 11.3M | $1.09B | -11.6% | 2.0% | 2.6 | $96.13 |
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 11)
- 48.8%
- 473K of 968K
- 20-day average
- 51.4%
- prior 55.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 52nd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +1.6%
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 · MET overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 472,841 | 968,046 | 48.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 296,839 | 953,579 | 31.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 667,151 | 1,176,244 | 56.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 514,847 | 980,970 | 52.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 815,825 | 1,335,806 | 61.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 853,183 | 1,695,688 | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 382,704 | 687,426 | 55.7% |
| 2026-11-02 | 488,451 | 965,518 | 50.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 647,388 | 1,018,633 | 63.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 295,007 | 770,643 | 38.3% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
MET is rated 4.03 of 5 among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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- CBOE short interest4.00 · Buy · stock
MET on Lician stock screens
MET is rated Buy (4.03 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 13, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
MET short interest FAQ
What is MET's short interest?
MetLife Inc (MET) had 10.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.9% of its 559.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does MET have?
3.3 days: 10.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MET short interest rising or falling?
MET short interest fell (-4.0%) from 11.2M to 10.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MET a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MET 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 2.6/40, days to cover 8.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 1.3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MET daily volume is sold short?
51.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MET's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for MetLife Inc (MET) was 472,841 shares, 48.8% of 968,046 total volume.
How many MET short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for MetLife Inc (MET), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did MET short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for MetLife Inc (MET) moved from 31.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 48.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 17.7 percentage points.
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