MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF) short interest & short volume · 443K shares short
MSC Income Fund, Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MSIF short interest rose 43.9% to 443K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 37.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 29.7% the 20 sessions before, the 79th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 443K
- prior 308K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.4
- avg vol 186K
- Change vs prior report
- +43.9%
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)
- 28.1%
- 15K of 53K
- 20-day average
- 37.1%
- prior 29.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 79th
- 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: +1.4%
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 · MSIF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 15,020 | 53,456 | 28.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 26,050 | 74,067 | 35.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 12,831 | 63,494 | 20.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 21,651 | 67,759 | 31.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 21,555 | 87,722 | 24.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 26,336 | 75,468 | 34.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 19,317 | 52,204 | 37.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 29,939 | 80,881 | 37.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 28,954 | 75,678 | 38.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 21,203 | 49,824 | 42.6% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
MSIF is rated 4.02 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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MSIF on Lician stock screens
MSIF is rated Buy (4.02 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
MSIF short interest FAQ
What is MSIF's short interest?
MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF) had 443K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MSIF have?
2.4 days: 443K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 186K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MSIF short interest rising or falling?
MSIF short interest rose (+43.9%) from 308K to 443K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MSIF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MSIF 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 5.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 13.2/15, price change since settlement date 1.1/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MSIF daily volume is sold short?
37.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 79th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MSIF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF) was 15,020 shares, 28.1% of 53,456 total volume.
How many MSIF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MSIF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for MSC Income Fund, Inc. (MSIF) moved from 35.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 28.1% on Nov 2, 2026, down 7.1 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.