OneSpan Inc (OSPN) short interest & short volume · 3.5M shares short
OneSpan Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
OSPN short interest fell 4.7% to 3.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 67.0% the 20 sessions before, the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.5M
- prior 3.6M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.8
- avg vol 445K
- Change vs prior report
- -4.7%
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)
- 47.1%
- 256K of 543K
- 20-day average
- 55.9%
- prior 67.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 42nd
- 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: +36.8%
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 · OSPN overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 256,028 | 543,274 | 47.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 680,064 | 1,663,553 | 40.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 178,871 | 312,576 | 57.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 157,153 | 279,202 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 141,074 | 272,079 | 51.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 233,254 | 369,666 | 63.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 368,080 | 480,364 | 76.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 404,929 | 593,635 | 68.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 81,373 | 170,862 | 47.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 70,930 | 182,905 | 38.8% |
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OSPN on Lician stock screens
OSPN is rated Strong Buy (4.55 of 5) and passes 4 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
OSPN short interest FAQ
What is OSPN's short interest?
OneSpan Inc (OSPN) had 3.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does OSPN have?
7.8 days: 3.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 445K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is OSPN short interest rising or falling?
OSPN short interest fell (-4.7%) from 3.6M to 3.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is OSPN a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores OSPN 39 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 19.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 20/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of OSPN daily volume is sold short?
55.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was OSPN's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for OneSpan Inc (OSPN) was 256,028 shares, 47.1% of 543,274 total volume.
How many OSPN short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for OneSpan Inc (OSPN), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did OSPN short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for OneSpan Inc (OSPN) moved from 40.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 47.1% on Nov 2, 2026, up 6.2 percentage points.
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