PERF stock
Perfect Corp. (PERF) short interest & short volume · 0.7% of float short
Perfect Corp. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PERF short interest fell 12.0% to 187K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.7% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 55.1% the 20 sessions before, the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 187K
- prior 213K
- % of float
- 0.7%
- float 28.0M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 268K
- Change vs prior report
- -12.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 187K | $1.8M | -12.0% | 0.7% | 1.0 | $9.75 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 213K | $2.2M | +35.4% | 0.8% | 1.7 | $10.12 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 157K | $1.6M | -27.6% | 0.6% | 1.0 | $10.04 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 218K | $2.2M | -4.4% | 0.8% | 2.5 | $10.02 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 228K | $2.2M | +105.3% | 0.8% | 1.0 | $9.68 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 111K | $1.1M | +680.3% | 0.4% | 1.0 | $9.93 |
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 (Oct 22)
- 49.0%
- 110K of 225K
- 20-day average
- 53.8%
- prior 55.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 87th
- 230 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Oct 22, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -3.1%
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 · PERF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 110,042 | 224,802 | 49.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 32,738 | 64,028 | 51.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 30,570 | 110,012 | 27.8% |
| 2026-10-19 | 270,845 | 406,367 | 66.7% |
| 2026-10-16 | 49,985 | 84,568 | 59.1% |
| 2026-10-15 | 33,726 | 50,630 | 66.6% |
| 2026-10-14 | 74,917 | 154,418 | 48.5% |
| 2026-10-13 | 4,648 | 27,879 | 16.7% |
| 2026-10-12 | 92,135 | 238,699 | 38.6% |
| 2026-10-09 | 14,962 | 31,561 | 47.4% |
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PERF short interest FAQ
What is PERF's short interest?
Perfect Corp. (PERF) had 187K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.7% of its 28.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does PERF have?
1.0 days: 187K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 268K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PERF short interest rising or falling?
PERF short interest fell (-12.0%) from 213K to 187K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PERF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PERF 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.9/40, days to cover 2.5/25, 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 PERF daily volume is sold short?
53.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Oct 22, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PERF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Oct 22, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Perfect Corp. (PERF) was 110,042 shares, 49.0% of 224,802 total volume.
How many PERF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Perfect Corp. (PERF), from Oct 9, 2026 through Oct 22, 2026.
How did PERF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Perfect Corp. (PERF) moved from 51.1% on Oct 21, 2026 to 49.0% on Oct 22, 2026, down 2.1 percentage points.
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