Freightcar America Inc (RAIL) short interest & short volume · 1.1M shares short
Freightcar America Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
RAIL short interest fell 8.5% to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (6.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 65.5% the 20 sessions before, the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.1M
- prior 1.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 6.5
- avg vol 167K
- Change vs prior report
- -8.5%
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)
- 41.2%
- 48K of 117K
- 20-day average
- 51.7%
- prior 65.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 73rd
- 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: -31.8%
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 · RAIL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 48,223 | 116,932 | 41.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 35,875 | 64,439 | 55.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 37,554 | 96,920 | 38.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 51,797 | 92,693 | 55.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 60,773 | 107,859 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 69,215 | 101,035 | 68.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 89,633 | 137,025 | 65.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 80,513 | 235,280 | 34.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 268,213 | 572,400 | 46.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 794,624 | 1,370,300 | 58.0% |
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RAIL is rated 1.10 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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RAIL short interest FAQ
What is RAIL's short interest?
Freightcar America Inc (RAIL) had 1.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does RAIL have?
6.5 days: 1.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 167K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is RAIL short interest rising or falling?
RAIL short interest fell (-8.5%) from 1.2M to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is RAIL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores RAIL 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 16.3/25, 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 RAIL daily volume is sold short?
51.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was RAIL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Freightcar America Inc (RAIL) was 48,223 shares, 41.2% of 116,932 total volume.
How many RAIL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Freightcar America Inc (RAIL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did RAIL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Freightcar America Inc (RAIL) moved from 55.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 41.2% on Nov 2, 2026, down 14.5 percentage points.
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