The Southern Company (SOJF) short interest & short volume · 87K shares short
The Southern Company official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SOJF short interest rose 167.3% to 87K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 48.6% the 20 sessions before, the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 87K
- prior 33K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.1
- avg vol 78K
- Change vs prior report
- +167.3%
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)
- 54.0%
- 13K of 23K
- 20-day average
- 51.4%
- prior 48.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 76th
- 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: -2.8%
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 · SOJF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 12,681 | 23,486 | 54.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 25,301 | 37,646 | 67.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 26,885 | 39,367 | 68.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 26,984 | 45,778 | 59.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 16,314 | 35,460 | 46.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 15,814 | 28,799 | 54.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 9,887 | 17,866 | 55.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 6,800 | 19,780 | 34.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 22,622 | 36,801 | 61.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 8,618 | 19,263 | 44.7% |
SOJF short interest FAQ
What is SOJF's short interest?
The Southern Company (SOJF) had 87K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SOJF have?
1.1 days: 87K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 78K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SOJF short interest rising or falling?
SOJF short interest rose (+167.3%) from 33K to 87K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SOJF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SOJF 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 SOJF daily volume is sold short?
51.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 76th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SOJF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for The Southern Company (SOJF) was 12,681 shares, 54.0% of 23,486 total volume.
How many SOJF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for The Southern Company (SOJF), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SOJF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for The Southern Company (SOJF) moved from 67.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 54.0% on Nov 2, 2026, down 13.2 percentage points.
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