Nexa Resources SA (NEXA) short interest & short volume · 1.1% of float short
Nexa Resources SA official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NEXA short interest rose 90.1% to 489K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.1% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 40.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 35.5% the 20 sessions before, the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 489K
- prior 257K
- % of float
- 1.1%
- float 46.2M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 570K
- Change vs prior report
- +90.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 489K | $6.1M | +90.1% | 1.1% | 1.0 | $12.48 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 257K | $3.1M | +12.0% | 0.6% | 1.0 | $12.19 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 230K | $2.9M | -27.1% | 0.5% | 1.0 | $12.62 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 315K | $4.3M | +47.4% | 0.7% | 1.0 | $13.61 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 214K | $3.0M | +98.7% | 0.5% | 1.0 | $14.18 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 108K | $1.4M | -26.2% | 0.2% | 1.0 | $12.85 |
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 11)
- 35.3%
- 79K of 225K
- 20-day average
- 40.5%
- prior 35.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 90th
- 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: -8.4%
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 · NEXA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 79,262 | 224,671 | 35.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 69,641 | 175,492 | 39.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 104,080 | 234,287 | 44.4% |
| 2026-11-06 | 130,490 | 231,936 | 56.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 182,831 | 379,451 | 48.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 152,576 | 263,486 | 57.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 96,628 | 184,295 | 52.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 117,834 | 304,487 | 38.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 177,648 | 396,579 | 44.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 110,230 | 220,143 | 50.1% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
NEXA is rated 3.04 of 5 among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- MTUS short interest3.12 · Hold · stock
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- ECVT short interest3.04 · Hold · stock
- AG short interest3.00 · Hold
- HUN short interest2.98 · Hold · stock
- CRH short interest2.95 · Hold · stock
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NEXA short interest FAQ
What is NEXA's short interest?
Nexa Resources SA (NEXA) had 489K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.1% of its 46.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does NEXA have?
1.0 days: 489K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 570K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NEXA short interest rising or falling?
NEXA short interest rose (+90.1%) from 257K to 489K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NEXA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NEXA 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 1.4/40, 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 NEXA daily volume is sold short?
40.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NEXA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Nexa Resources SA (NEXA) was 79,262 shares, 35.3% of 224,671 total volume.
How many NEXA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Nexa Resources SA (NEXA), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NEXA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Nexa Resources SA (NEXA) moved from 39.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 35.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 4.4 percentage points.
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