Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM) short interest & short volume · 12.3M shares short
Sprouts Farmers Market LLC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SFM short interest fell 8.1% to 12.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 63.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.3M
- prior 13.4M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.8
- avg vol 2.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -8.1%
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.
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)
- 22.1%
- 915K of 4.1M
- 20-day average
- 63.3%
- prior 63.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 55th
- 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: -21.2%
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 · SFM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 915,199 | 4,135,209 | 22.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 701,657 | 3,458,094 | 20.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,108,280 | 8,655,007 | 24.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,612,828 | 1,969,926 | 81.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 728,566 | 1,100,668 | 66.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 538,457 | 807,691 | 66.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 573,107 | 828,466 | 69.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,165,133 | 1,694,802 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 752,660 | 883,940 | 85.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 655,890 | 894,655 | 73.3% |
Consumer Staples peers with similar quant ratings
SFM is rated 2.84 of 5 among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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- GO short interest2.88 · Hold · stock
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SFM short interest FAQ
What is SFM's short interest?
Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM) had 12.3M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SFM have?
5.8 days: 12.3M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SFM short interest rising or falling?
SFM short interest fell (-8.1%) from 13.4M to 12.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SFM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SFM 15 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 14.5/25, 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 SFM daily volume is sold short?
63.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SFM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM) was 915,199 shares, 22.1% of 4,135,209 total volume.
How many SFM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SFM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (SFM) moved from 20.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 22.1% on Nov 2, 2026, up 1.8 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.