MSC stock
MSC (MSC) short interest & short volume · 48K shares short
MSC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MSC short interest rose 691.8% to 48K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 29.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 31.5% the 20 sessions before, the 23rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 24, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 48K
- prior 6K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 92K
- Change vs prior report
- +691.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 48K | $48K | +691.8% | — | 1.0 | $1.00 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 6K | $6K | +1.4% | — | 1.0 | $0.92 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6K | $8K | +45.6% | — | 1.0 | $1.40 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4K | $7K | -22.7% | — | 1.0 | $1.74 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5K | $10K | +124.3% | — | 1.0 | $1.80 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2K | $4K | -12.7% | — | 1.0 | $1.88 |
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 11)
- 71.2%
- 1K of 2K
- 20-day average
- 29.8%
- prior 31.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 23rd
- 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: 0.0%
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 · MSC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 1,281 | 1,800 | 71.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 6,788 | 40,559 | 16.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 4,927 | 16,329 | 30.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 6,978 | 31,511 | 22.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 5,774 | 22,990 | 25.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 5,557 | 18,784 | 29.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 8,725 | 12,288 | 71.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 41,894 | 48,882 | 85.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,187 | 11,474 | 10.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,108 | 3,060 | 36.2% |
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MSC short interest FAQ
What is MSC's short interest?
MSC had 48K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MSC have?
1.0 days: 48K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 92K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MSC short interest rising or falling?
MSC short interest rose (+691.8%) from 6K to 48K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MSC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MSC 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 MSC daily volume is sold short?
29.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 23rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MSC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for MSC was 1,281 shares, 71.2% of 1,800 total volume.
How many MSC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for MSC, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did MSC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for MSC moved from 16.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 71.2% on Nov 11, 2026, up 54.5 percentage points.
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