Sonoco Products Company (SON) short interest & short volume · 12.2% of float short
Sonoco Products Company official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SON short interest rose 7.4% to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (12.2% of float, 12.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 67.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 72.7% the 20 sessions before, the 33rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 11.9M
- prior 11.1M
- % of float
- 12.2%
- float 97.4M
- Days to cover
- 12.3
- avg vol 971K
- Change vs prior report
- +7.4%
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
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 57.6%
- 369K of 640K
- 20-day average
- 67.0%
- prior 72.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 33rd
- 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: -1.7%
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 · SON overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 368,797 | 640,052 | 57.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 229,499 | 444,255 | 51.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 222,270 | 290,581 | 76.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 297,593 | 398,048 | 74.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 274,249 | 465,697 | 58.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 423,795 | 758,704 | 55.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 547,717 | 985,953 | 55.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 728,892 | 1,389,741 | 52.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 421,292 | 652,714 | 64.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 344,583 | 834,065 | 41.3% |
Consumer Discretionary peers with similar quant ratings
SON is rated 1.43 of 5 among 333 rated Consumer Discretionary stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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SON short interest FAQ
What is SON's short interest?
Sonoco Products Company (SON) had 11.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 12.2% of its 97.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does SON have?
12.3 days: 11.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 971K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SON short interest rising or falling?
SON short interest rose (+7.4%) from 11.1M to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SON a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SON 44 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 16.3/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.2/15, 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 SON daily volume is sold short?
67.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 33rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SON's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Sonoco Products Company (SON) was 368,797 shares, 57.6% of 640,052 total volume.
How many SON short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Sonoco Products Company (SON), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SON short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Sonoco Products Company (SON) moved from 51.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 57.6% on Nov 2, 2026, up 5.9 percentage points.
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