NEWT (NEWT) short interest & short volume · 3.9M shares short
NEWT official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NEWT short interest was little changed at 3.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (17.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 49.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.5% the 20 sessions before, the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.9M
- prior 3.9M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 17.0
- avg vol 230K
- Change vs prior report
- 0.0%
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.
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)
- 39.7%
- 58K of 147K
- 20-day average
- 49.9%
- prior 54.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 58th
- 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: -2.7%
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 · NEWT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 58,143 | 146,506 | 39.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 55,313 | 127,650 | 43.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 125,518 | 209,029 | 60.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 39,935 | 95,784 | 41.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 70,447 | 94,476 | 74.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 25,457 | 47,628 | 53.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 30,783 | 66,978 | 46.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 67,185 | 107,439 | 62.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 54,382 | 111,800 | 48.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 42,177 | 95,553 | 44.1% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
NEWT is rated 3.47 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- PRI short interest3.51 · Buy · stock
- OBDC short interest3.50 · Buy · stock
- MS short interest3.49 · Hold · stock
- MC short interest3.48 · Hold · stock
- SLM short interest3.47 · Hold · stock
- CRVL short interest3.46 · Hold · stock
- QCRH short interest3.45 · Hold · stock
- EVR short interest3.44 · Hold · stock
NEWT short interest FAQ
What is NEWT's short interest?
NEWT had 3.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NEWT have?
17.0 days: 3.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 230K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NEWT short interest rising or falling?
NEWT short interest was little changed (0.0%) from 3.9M to 3.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NEWT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NEWT 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 NEWT daily volume is sold short?
49.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NEWT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for NEWT was 58,143 shares, 39.7% of 146,506 total volume.
How many NEWT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for NEWT, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NEWT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for NEWT moved from 43.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 39.7% on Nov 2, 2026, down 3.6 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.