Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX) short interest & short volume · 8.6% of float short
Pliant Therapeutics Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PLRX short interest rose 9.1% to 4.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.6% of float, 10.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 36.8% the 20 sessions before, the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.6M
- prior 4.2M
- % of float
- 8.6%
- float 54.1M
- Days to cover
- 10.4
- avg vol 447K
- Change vs prior report
- +9.1%
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)
- 37.8%
- 57K of 151K
- 20-day average
- 42.0%
- prior 36.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 88th
- 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: -11.5%
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 · PLRX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 57,090 | 151,241 | 37.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 35,367 | 75,734 | 46.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 47,192 | 96,734 | 48.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 12,472 | 65,993 | 18.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 20,378 | 151,090 | 13.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 61,688 | 146,342 | 42.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 94,705 | 189,149 | 50.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 81,904 | 139,741 | 58.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 67,375 | 203,116 | 33.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 63,568 | 150,546 | 42.2% |
Healthcare peers with similar quant ratings
PLRX among 532 rated Healthcare stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- QTTB short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- HALO short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
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- BTSG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
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PLRX short interest FAQ
What is PLRX's short interest?
Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX) had 4.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.6% of its 54.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does PLRX have?
10.4 days: 4.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 447K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PLRX short interest rising or falling?
PLRX short interest rose (+9.1%) from 4.2M to 4.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PLRX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PLRX 39 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 11.4/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.7/15, 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 PLRX daily volume is sold short?
42.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PLRX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX) was 57,090 shares, 37.8% of 151,241 total volume.
How many PLRX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did PLRX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Pliant Therapeutics Inc (PLRX) moved from 46.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 37.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 8.9 percentage points.
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