SQM stock
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) short interest & short volume · 3.4% of float short
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SQM short interest rose 4.3% to 3.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.4% of float, 4.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 49.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 52.7% the 20 sessions before, the 55th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.6M
- prior 3.4M
- % of float
- 3.4%
- float 104.3M
- Days to cover
- 4.0
- avg vol 903K
- Change vs prior report
- +4.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 3.6M | $217.2M | +4.3% | 3.4% | 4.0 | $60.47 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.4M | $223.4M | +42.1% | 3.3% | 3.4 | $64.87 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2.4M | $167.9M | +2.7% | 2.3% | 2.4 | $69.29 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2.4M | $186.4M | -3.6% | 2.3% | 2.4 | $79.01 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.4M | $182.0M | -5.0% | 2.4% | 3.0 | $74.32 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.6M | $172.8M | +14.8% | 2.5% | 2.4 | $67.06 |
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 11)
- 58.5%
- 199K of 341K
- 20-day average
- 49.6%
- prior 52.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 55th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -10.9%
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 · SQM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 199,120 | 340,538 | 58.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 117,916 | 208,501 | 56.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 134,812 | 265,961 | 50.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 131,341 | 276,151 | 47.6% |
| 2026-11-05 | 151,908 | 291,839 | 52.0% |
| 2026-11-04 | 255,310 | 417,811 | 61.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 110,657 | 202,892 | 54.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 420,010 | 711,003 | 59.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 259,410 | 411,005 | 63.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 144,988 | 525,437 | 27.6% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
SQM among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- FRD short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
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SQM short interest FAQ
What is SQM's short interest?
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) had 3.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 3.4% of its 104.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does SQM have?
4.0 days: 3.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 903K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SQM short interest rising or falling?
SQM short interest rose (+4.3%) from 3.4M to 3.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SQM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SQM 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 4.6/40, days to cover 10/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.3/15, 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 SQM daily volume is sold short?
49.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 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 SQM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) was 199,120 shares, 58.5% of 340,538 total volume.
How many SQM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SQM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) moved from 56.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 58.5% on Nov 11, 2026, up 2.0 percentage points.
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