M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) short interest & short volume · 3.6% of float short
M&T Bank Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MTB short interest rose 2.0% to 5.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.6% of float, 5.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 60.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 57.5% the 20 sessions before, the 23rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.2M
- prior 5.1M
- % of float
- 3.6%
- float 145.7M
- Days to cover
- 5.2
- avg vol 1.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +2.0%
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 2)
- 59.4%
- 169K of 285K
- 20-day average
- 60.4%
- prior 57.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 23rd
- 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: +1.6%
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 · MTB overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 169,370 | 285,291 | 59.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 154,084 | 268,232 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 178,026 | 282,404 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 146,615 | 272,107 | 53.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 168,037 | 284,728 | 59.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 178,595 | 320,652 | 55.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 155,267 | 323,163 | 48.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 146,088 | 410,868 | 35.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 194,959 | 318,017 | 61.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 203,596 | 329,109 | 61.9% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
MTB is rated 2.47 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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MTB short interest FAQ
What is MTB's short interest?
M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) had 5.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 3.6% of its 145.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does MTB have?
5.2 days: 5.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MTB short interest rising or falling?
MTB short interest rose (+2.0%) from 5.1M to 5.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MTB a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MTB 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 4.7/40, days to cover 13/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.6/15, 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 MTB daily volume is sold short?
60.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 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 MTB's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) was 169,370 shares, 59.4% of 285,291 total volume.
How many MTB short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for M&T Bank Corporation (MTB), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MTB short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) moved from 57.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 59.4% on Nov 2, 2026, up 2.0 percentage points.
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