SWRD (SWRD) short interest & short volume · 229K shares short
SWRD official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SWRD short interest fell 25.1% to 229K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 36.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 43.0% the 20 sessions before.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 229K
- prior 306K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.2
- avg vol 190K
- Change vs prior report
- -25.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 229K | $592K | -25.1% | — | 1.2 | $2.59 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 306K | $740K | +17.9% | — | 1.0 | $2.42 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 259K | $503K | +100.0% | — | 1.0 | $1.94 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 469 | $2K | +260.8% | — | 1.0 | $4.01 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 130 | $527 | +100.0% | — | 1.0 | $4.05 |
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 9)
- 70.8%
- 61K of 86K
- 20-day average
- 36.0%
- prior 43.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- —
- needs ~3 months
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 9, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -17.8%
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 · SWRD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 60,680 | 85,674 | 70.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 33,360 | 100,764 | 33.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 20,847 | 42,333 | 49.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 30,425 | 62,856 | 48.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 11,559 | 28,511 | 40.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 34,660 | 69,184 | 50.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 15,555 | 62,590 | 24.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 74,005 | 238,774 | 31.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 47,304 | 209,780 | 22.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 32,666 | 162,980 | 20.0% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
SWRD among 526 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 11, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
- SLDE short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
- WTM short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.97 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- CCNE short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
- ECPG short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
- AII short interest4.94 · Strong Buy · stock
SWRD short interest FAQ
What is SWRD's short interest?
SWRD had 229K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SWRD have?
1.2 days: 229K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 190K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SWRD short interest rising or falling?
SWRD short interest fell (-25.1%) from 306K to 229K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SWRD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SWRD 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3/25, 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 SWRD daily volume is sold short?
36.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 9, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SWRD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 9, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SWRD was 60,680 shares, 70.8% of 85,674 total volume.
How many SWRD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SWRD, from Oct 26, 2026 through Nov 9, 2026.
How did SWRD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SWRD moved from 33.1% on Nov 6, 2026 to 70.8% on Nov 9, 2026, up 37.7 percentage points.
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