Novo Nordisk A S (NVO) short interest & short volume · 37.4M shares short
Novo Nordisk A S official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NVO short interest rose 18.4% to 37.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 41.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 44.2% the 20 sessions before, the 67th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 37.4M
- prior 31.6M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.1
- avg vol 12.1M
- Change vs prior report
- +18.4%
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)
- 45.7%
- 2.0M of 4.3M
- 20-day average
- 41.5%
- prior 44.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 67th
- 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: +2.5%
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 · NVO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,982,180 | 4,337,822 | 45.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,758,508 | 6,158,456 | 44.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,666,103 | 4,181,269 | 39.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,204,632 | 3,395,039 | 35.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,723,067 | 3,024,136 | 57.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,124,706 | 2,946,206 | 38.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,292,922 | 3,033,320 | 42.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,177,349 | 3,337,700 | 35.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,050,254 | 2,632,651 | 39.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,400,647 | 3,910,057 | 35.8% |
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NVO on Lician stock screens
NVO is rated Buy (4.24 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
NVO short interest FAQ
What is NVO's short interest?
Novo Nordisk A S (NVO) had 37.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NVO have?
3.1 days: 37.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 12.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NVO short interest rising or falling?
NVO short interest rose (+18.4%) from 31.6M to 37.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NVO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NVO 15 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 5.5/15, price change since settlement date 2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of NVO daily volume is sold short?
41.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 67th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NVO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Novo Nordisk A S (NVO) was 1,982,180 shares, 45.7% of 4,337,822 total volume.
How many NVO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Novo Nordisk A S (NVO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NVO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Novo Nordisk A S (NVO) moved from 44.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 45.7% on Nov 2, 2026, up 0.9 percentage points.
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