McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) short interest & short volume · 468K shares short
McGrath RentCorp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MGRC short interest fell 6.5% to 468K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 47.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 48.4% the 20 sessions before, the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 468K
- prior 501K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.0
- avg vol 158K
- Change vs prior report
- -6.5%
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)
- 47.8%
- 218K of 456K
- 20-day average
- 47.2%
- prior 48.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 36th
- 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: +17.4%
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 · MGRC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 217,888 | 456,196 | 47.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 16,597 | 48,885 | 34.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 39,407 | 106,213 | 37.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 45,904 | 133,888 | 34.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 28,100 | 64,808 | 43.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 30,733 | 44,847 | 68.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 33,460 | 62,127 | 53.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 28,993 | 50,990 | 56.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 34,052 | 59,160 | 57.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 15,796 | 28,815 | 54.8% |
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MGRC is rated 4.16 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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MGRC on Lician stock screens
MGRC is rated Buy (4.16 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
MGRC short interest FAQ
What is MGRC's short interest?
McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) had 468K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MGRC have?
3.0 days: 468K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 158K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MGRC short interest rising or falling?
MGRC short interest fell (-6.5%) from 501K to 468K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MGRC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MGRC 21 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 13.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MGRC daily volume is sold short?
47.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MGRC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) was 217,888 shares, 47.8% of 456,196 total volume.
How many MGRC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MGRC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) moved from 34.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 47.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 13.8 percentage points.
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