NFJ stock
NFJ (NFJ) short interest & short volume · 230K shares short
NFJ official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NFJ short interest fell 55.3% to 230K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 40.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 40.8% the 20 sessions before, the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 230K
- prior 515K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 375K
- Change vs prior report
- -55.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 230K | $3.4M | -55.3% | — | 1.0 | $14.62 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 515K | $7.8M | +214.2% | — | 1.6 | $15.05 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 164K | $2.5M | +252.5% | — | 1.0 | $15.03 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 47K | $725K | +500.5% | — | 1.0 | $15.57 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 8K | $122K | +38.4% | — | 1.0 | $15.70 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6K | $85K | -96.9% | — | 1.0 | $15.22 |
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)
- 41.4%
- 60K of 146K
- 20-day average
- 40.0%
- prior 40.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 73rd
- 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: -2.4%
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 · NFJ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 60,341 | 145,782 | 41.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 23,553 | 106,605 | 22.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 14,963 | 64,871 | 23.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 56,656 | 109,369 | 51.8% |
| 2026-11-05 | 82,637 | 148,656 | 55.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 48,058 | 122,896 | 39.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 35,981 | 113,526 | 31.7% |
| 2026-11-02 | 59,948 | 134,004 | 44.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 106,431 | 278,266 | 38.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 107,346 | 253,348 | 42.4% |
NFJ short interest FAQ
What is NFJ's short interest?
NFJ had 230K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NFJ have?
1.0 days: 230K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 375K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NFJ short interest rising or falling?
NFJ short interest fell (-55.3%) from 515K to 230K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NFJ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NFJ 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, 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 NFJ daily volume is sold short?
40.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NFJ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for NFJ was 60,341 shares, 41.4% of 145,782 total volume.
How many NFJ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for NFJ, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NFJ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for NFJ moved from 22.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 41.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 19.3 percentage points.
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