Nicolet Bankshares Inc. (NIC) short interest & short volume · 8.2% of float short
Nicolet Bankshares Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NIC short interest fell 2.1% to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.2% of float, 6.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 70.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 69.8% the 20 sessions before, the 54th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.1M
- prior 1.1M
- % of float
- 8.2%
- float 13.4M
- Days to cover
- 6.8
- avg vol 161K
- Change vs prior report
- -2.1%
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)
- 44.9%
- 25K of 57K
- 20-day average
- 70.5%
- prior 69.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 54th
- 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: +4.9%
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 · NIC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 25,458 | 56,749 | 44.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 25,867 | 34,635 | 74.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 60,732 | 65,301 | 93.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 17,166 | 25,016 | 68.6% |
| 2026-10-27 | 41,949 | 53,469 | 78.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 33,949 | 39,790 | 85.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 30,191 | 44,562 | 67.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 32,609 | 69,230 | 47.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 33,057 | 46,771 | 70.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 53,823 | 63,973 | 84.1% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
NIC is rated 2.71 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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NIC short interest FAQ
What is NIC's short interest?
Nicolet Bankshares Inc. (NIC) had 1.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.2% of its 13.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does NIC have?
6.8 days: 1.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 161K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NIC short interest rising or falling?
NIC short interest fell (-2.1%) from 1.1M to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NIC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NIC 32 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 10.9/40, days to cover 16.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 3.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of NIC daily volume is sold short?
70.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 54th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NIC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Nicolet Bankshares Inc. (NIC) was 25,458 shares, 44.9% of 56,749 total volume.
How many NIC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Nicolet Bankshares Inc. (NIC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NIC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Nicolet Bankshares Inc. (NIC) moved from 74.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 44.9% on Nov 2, 2026, down 29.8 percentage points.
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