SLM Corp Pb Pref (SLMBP) short interest & short volume · 4K shares short
SLM Corp Pb Pref official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SLMBP short interest fell 11.9% to 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 21st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4K
- prior 5K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.9
- avg vol 2K
- Change vs prior report
- -11.9%
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)
- 30.5%
- 492 of 2K
- 20-day average
- 50.8%
- prior 50.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 21st
- 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: -4.3%
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 · SLMBP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 492 | 1,612 | 30.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 285 | 1,607 | 17.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 594 | 744 | 79.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 264 | 1,426 | 18.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 26 | 126 | 20.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 194 | 392 | 49.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 2,955 | 3,331 | 88.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3,225 | 3,775 | 85.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 123 | 239 | 51.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 46 | 191 | 24.1% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
SLMBP among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- OPHC short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
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- SPNT short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
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SLMBP short interest FAQ
What is SLMBP's short interest?
SLM Corp Pb Pref (SLMBP) had 4K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SLMBP have?
1.9 days: 4K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SLMBP short interest rising or falling?
SLMBP short interest fell (-11.9%) from 5K to 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SLMBP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SLMBP 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.8/25, 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 SLMBP daily volume is sold short?
50.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 21st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SLMBP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SLM Corp Pb Pref (SLMBP) was 492 shares, 30.5% of 1,612 total volume.
How many SLMBP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SLM Corp Pb Pref (SLMBP), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SLMBP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SLM Corp Pb Pref (SLMBP) moved from 17.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 30.5% on Nov 2, 2026, up 12.8 percentage points.
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