Netflix Inc (NFLX) short interest & short volume · 86.0M shares short
Netflix Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NFLX short interest rose 4.6% to 86.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 31.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 34.6% the 20 sessions before, the 18th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 24, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 86.0M
- prior 82.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.5
- avg vol 35.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +4.6%
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)
- 25.9%
- 4.4M of 16.9M
- 20-day average
- 31.0%
- prior 34.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 18th
- 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: -12.7%
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 · NFLX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 4,370,744 | 16,864,380 | 25.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 6,175,626 | 18,704,941 | 33.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 6,255,007 | 18,013,617 | 34.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 7,429,847 | 19,746,898 | 37.6% |
| 2026-10-27 | 6,548,120 | 21,423,996 | 30.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 9,597,989 | 25,699,425 | 37.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 4,540,035 | 13,028,461 | 34.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 5,577,574 | 22,166,792 | 25.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 11,078,463 | 41,157,859 | 26.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 6,954,805 | 23,239,832 | 29.9% |
Communication Services peers with similar quant ratings
NFLX is rated 2.60 of 5 among 108 rated Communication Services stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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- GTN short interest2.64 · Hold · stock
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NFLX short interest FAQ
What is NFLX's short interest?
Netflix Inc (NFLX) had 86.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NFLX have?
2.5 days: 86.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 35.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NFLX short interest rising or falling?
NFLX short interest rose (+4.6%) from 82.2M to 86.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NFLX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NFLX 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.4/15, 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 NFLX daily volume is sold short?
31.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 18th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NFLX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Netflix Inc (NFLX) was 4,370,744 shares, 25.9% of 16,864,380 total volume.
How many NFLX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Netflix Inc (NFLX), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NFLX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Netflix Inc (NFLX) moved from 33.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 25.9% on Nov 2, 2026, down 7.1 percentage points.
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