USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) short interest & short volume · 25.4M shares short
USA TODAY Co., Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
TDAY short interest was little changed at 25.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 73.2% the 20 sessions before, the 46th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Nov 18, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 25.4M
- prior 25.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.7
- avg vol 3.3M
- Change vs prior report
- -0.2%
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)
- 68.8%
- 475K of 690K
- 20-day average
- 58.6%
- prior 73.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 46th
- 198 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: -20.3%
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 · TDAY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 474,669 | 689,739 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 481,220 | 724,564 | 66.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 395,187 | 714,816 | 55.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 431,326 | 560,430 | 77.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 459,232 | 887,424 | 51.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 397,421 | 593,138 | 67.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 315,098 | 532,590 | 59.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 285,939 | 442,985 | 64.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 300,322 | 490,908 | 61.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 235,590 | 436,469 | 54.0% |
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TDAY short interest FAQ
What is TDAY's short interest?
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) had 25.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does TDAY have?
7.7 days: 25.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is TDAY short interest rising or falling?
TDAY short interest was little changed (-0.2%) from 25.5M to 25.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is TDAY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores TDAY 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 19.2/25, 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 TDAY daily volume is sold short?
58.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 46th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was TDAY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) was 474,669 shares, 68.8% of 689,739 total volume.
How many TDAY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did TDAY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for USA TODAY Co., Inc. (TDAY) moved from 66.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 68.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 2.4 percentage points.
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