RUSMF stock
Russel Metals Inc (RUSMF) short interest & short volume · 1.5% of float short
Russel Metals Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
RUSMF short interest fell 7.1% to 857K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.5% of float, 40.1 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 857K
- prior 922K
- % of float
- 1.5%
- float 55.9M
- Days to cover
- 40.1
- avg vol 21K
- Change vs prior report
- -7.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 857K | $54.3M | -7.1% | 1.5% | 40.1 | $63.42 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 922K | $58.6M | -4.2% | 1.6% | 81.6 | $63.50 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 962K | $53.1M | -2.3% | 1.7% | 39.6 | $55.12 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 985K | $52.6M | -3.3% | 1.8% | 22.5 | $53.37 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.0M | $59.0M | +13.8% | 1.8% | 142.0 | $57.88 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 896K | — | +39.0% | 1.6% | 59.4 | — |
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
No FINRA daily short volume on file for RUSMF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
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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RUSMF short interest FAQ
What is RUSMF's short interest?
Russel Metals Inc (RUSMF) had 857K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.5% of its 55.9M-share float.
How many days to cover does RUSMF have?
40.1 days: 857K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 21K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is RUSMF short interest rising or falling?
RUSMF short interest fell (-7.1%) from 922K to 857K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is RUSMF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores RUSMF 27 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 2/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What is RUSMF's market cap?
Russel Metals Inc (RUSMF) market cap is $1.83B on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is RUSMF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Russel Metals Inc (RUSMF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/rusmf.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.