Pineapple Financial Inc. (PAPL) short interest & short volume · 112K shares short
Pineapple Financial Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PAPL short interest rose 56.1% to 112K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 32.5% the 20 sessions before, the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 112K
- prior 72K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 169K
- Change vs prior report
- +56.1%
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.
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 (Oct 23)
- 70.2%
- 21K of 30K
- 20-day average
- 44.5%
- prior 32.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 80th
- 231 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Oct 23, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +7.7%
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 · PAPL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | 21,259 | 30,291 | 70.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 22,572 | 63,554 | 35.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 10,038 | 16,120 | 62.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 11,688 | 77,670 | 15.1% |
| 2026-10-19 | 28,177 | 62,209 | 45.3% |
| 2026-10-16 | 19,361 | 104,338 | 18.6% |
| 2026-10-15 | 24,090 | 50,729 | 47.5% |
| 2026-10-14 | 49,582 | 230,965 | 21.5% |
| 2026-10-13 | 179,681 | 270,675 | 66.4% |
| 2026-10-12 | 5,054 | 9,915 | 51.0% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
PAPL among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- SLDE short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- OPHC short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- HRTG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
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PAPL short interest FAQ
What is PAPL's short interest?
Pineapple Financial Inc. (PAPL) had 112K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does PAPL have?
1.0 days: 112K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 169K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PAPL short interest rising or falling?
PAPL short interest rose (+56.1%) from 72K to 112K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PAPL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PAPL 24 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, price change since settlement date 6.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of PAPL daily volume is sold short?
44.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Oct 23, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PAPL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Oct 23, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Pineapple Financial Inc. (PAPL) was 21,259 shares, 70.2% of 30,291 total volume.
How many PAPL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Pineapple Financial Inc. (PAPL), from Oct 12, 2026 through Oct 23, 2026.
How did PAPL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Pineapple Financial Inc. (PAPL) moved from 35.5% on Oct 22, 2026 to 70.2% on Oct 23, 2026, up 34.7 percentage points.
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