Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) short interest & short volume · 9.4% of float short
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NGVC short interest fell 7.6% to 991K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (9.4% of float, 9.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 65.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 72.3% the 20 sessions before, the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 991K
- prior 1.1M
- % of float
- 9.4%
- float 10.5M
- Days to cover
- 9.6
- avg vol 103K
- Change vs prior report
- -7.6%
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.
% 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)
- 60.2%
- 16K of 27K
- 20-day average
- 65.4%
- prior 72.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 90th
- 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: -8.7%
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 · NGVC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 16,254 | 27,003 | 60.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 21,637 | 29,387 | 73.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 40,273 | 52,580 | 76.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 15,284 | 20,729 | 73.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 15,401 | 18,767 | 82.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 12,200 | 17,885 | 68.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 21,446 | 35,716 | 60.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 29,553 | 41,751 | 70.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 25,226 | 34,325 | 73.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 26,961 | 32,889 | 82.0% |
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NGVC is rated 4.36 of 5 among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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NGVC on Lician stock screens
NGVC is rated Buy (4.36 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
NGVC short interest FAQ
What is NGVC's short interest?
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) had 991K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 9.4% of its 10.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does NGVC have?
9.6 days: 991K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 103K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NGVC short interest rising or falling?
NGVC short interest fell (-7.6%) from 1.1M to 991K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NGVC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NGVC 37 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 12.6/40, days to cover 24.1/25, 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 NGVC daily volume is sold short?
65.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 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 NGVC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) was 16,254 shares, 60.2% of 27,003 total volume.
How many NGVC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NGVC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) moved from 73.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 60.2% on Nov 2, 2026, down 13.4 percentage points.
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