Towne Bank (TOWN) short interest & short volume · 4.0% of float short
Towne Bank official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
TOWN short interest was little changed at 2.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.0% of float, 5.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.9% the 20 sessions before, the 33rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.8M
- prior 2.8M
- % of float
- 4.0%
- float 69.0M
- Days to cover
- 5.1
- avg vol 545K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.8M | $98.4M | -0.6% | 4.0% | 5.1 | $35.28 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.8M | $100.0M | +5.7% | 4.1% | 5.0 | $35.65 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2.7M | $99.7M | -5.2% | 3.8% | 6.0 | $37.58 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2.8M | $103.6M | +14.8% | 4.0% | 5.1 | $37.04 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.4M | $92.1M | +1.8% | 3.5% | 4.3 | $37.82 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.4M | $90.7M | -5.8% | 3.5% | 3.3 | $37.91 |
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)
- 42.4%
- 56K of 133K
- 20-day average
- 48.8%
- prior 63.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 33rd
- 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: +3.7%
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 · TOWN overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 56,265 | 132,814 | 42.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 67,007 | 115,881 | 57.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 65,385 | 175,911 | 37.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 56,859 | 131,933 | 43.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 74,780 | 148,736 | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-04 | 96,631 | 184,473 | 52.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 52,265 | 112,758 | 46.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 62,403 | 312,236 | 20.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 82,351 | 152,984 | 53.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 47,723 | 166,888 | 28.6% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
TOWN among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- SLDE short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
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TOWN short interest FAQ
What is TOWN's short interest?
Towne Bank (TOWN) had 2.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 4.0% of its 69.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does TOWN have?
5.1 days: 2.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 545K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is TOWN short interest rising or falling?
TOWN short interest was little changed (-0.6%) from 2.8M to 2.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is TOWN a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores TOWN 21 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 5.4/40, days to cover 12.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of TOWN daily volume is sold short?
48.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 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 TOWN's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Towne Bank (TOWN) was 56,265 shares, 42.4% of 132,814 total volume.
How many TOWN short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Towne Bank (TOWN), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did TOWN short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Towne Bank (TOWN) moved from 57.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 42.4% on Nov 11, 2026, down 15.4 percentage points.
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