Simon Property Group (SPG) short interest & short volume · 9.2M shares short
Simon Property Group official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SPG short interest fell 7.6% to 9.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (6.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 47.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 58.5% the 20 sessions before, the 11th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 9.2M
- prior 10.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 6.8
- avg vol 1.4M
- Change vs prior report
- -7.6%
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)
- 48.8%
- 289K of 593K
- 20-day average
- 47.3%
- prior 58.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 11th
- 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: +9.2%
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 · SPG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 289,290 | 592,515 | 48.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 320,597 | 452,477 | 70.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 166,714 | 304,489 | 54.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 173,862 | 350,638 | 49.6% |
| 2026-10-27 | 233,510 | 315,077 | 74.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 296,430 | 387,548 | 76.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 244,156 | 469,438 | 52.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 349,785 | 552,276 | 63.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 152,375 | 258,379 | 59.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 180,263 | 429,288 | 42.0% |
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SPG is rated 4.99 of 5 among 171 rated Real Estate stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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SPG short interest FAQ
What is SPG's short interest?
Simon Property Group (SPG) had 9.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SPG have?
6.8 days: 9.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.4M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SPG short interest rising or falling?
SPG short interest fell (-7.6%) from 10.0M to 9.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SPG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SPG 24 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 17/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 7.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SPG daily volume is sold short?
47.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 11th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SPG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Simon Property Group (SPG) was 289,290 shares, 48.8% of 592,515 total volume.
How many SPG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Simon Property Group (SPG), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SPG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Simon Property Group (SPG) moved from 70.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 48.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 22.0 percentage points.
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