PRA Group Inc (PRAA) short interest & short volume · 901K shares short
PRA Group Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PRAA short interest rose 7.3% to 901K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 39.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 52.2% the 20 sessions before, the 16th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 901K
- prior 840K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.6
- avg vol 351K
- Change vs prior report
- +7.3%
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)
- 32.5%
- 20K of 60K
- 20-day average
- 39.4%
- prior 52.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 16th
- 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: -0.4%
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 · PRAA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 19,600 | 60,310 | 32.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 15,938 | 73,883 | 21.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 45,313 | 205,860 | 22.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 61,664 | 161,418 | 38.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 68,403 | 142,007 | 48.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 70,692 | 188,952 | 37.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 75,454 | 162,653 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 45,213 | 73,223 | 61.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 28,615 | 74,855 | 38.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 28,584 | 79,813 | 35.8% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
PRAA is rated 3.66 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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PRAA on Lician stock screens
PRAA is rated Buy (3.66 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
PRAA short interest FAQ
What is PRAA's short interest?
PRA Group Inc (PRAA) had 901K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does PRAA have?
2.6 days: 901K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 351K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PRAA short interest rising or falling?
PRAA short interest rose (+7.3%) from 840K to 901K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PRAA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PRAA 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.2/15, 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 PRAA daily volume is sold short?
39.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 16th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PRAA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for PRA Group Inc (PRAA) was 19,600 shares, 32.5% of 60,310 total volume.
How many PRAA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for PRA Group Inc (PRAA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did PRAA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for PRA Group Inc (PRAA) moved from 21.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 32.5% on Nov 2, 2026, up 10.9 percentage points.
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