United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) short interest & short volume · 13.5M shares short
United Airlines Holdings Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
UAL short interest fell 19.8% to 13.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 39.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 45.7% the 20 sessions before, the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 13.5M
- prior 16.8M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.9
- avg vol 4.7M
- Change vs prior report
- -19.8%
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)
- 31.8%
- 928K of 2.9M
- 20-day average
- 39.5%
- prior 45.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 13th
- 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: +5.8%
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 · UAL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 927,747 | 2,916,398 | 31.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 751,616 | 2,078,805 | 36.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 805,921 | 1,654,076 | 48.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 775,845 | 2,006,699 | 38.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 971,551 | 1,967,873 | 49.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 798,730 | 1,820,852 | 43.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 614,488 | 1,756,230 | 35.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,048,006 | 2,841,595 | 36.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,810,928 | 4,726,715 | 38.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,126,823 | 2,991,752 | 37.7% |
Industrials peers with similar quant ratings
UAL is rated 4.52 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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UAL on Lician stock screens
UAL is rated Strong Buy (4.52 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
UAL short interest FAQ
What is UAL's short interest?
United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) had 13.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does UAL have?
2.9 days: 13.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 4.7M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is UAL short interest rising or falling?
UAL short interest fell (-19.8%) from 16.8M to 13.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is UAL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores UAL 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 4.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of UAL daily volume is sold short?
39.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was UAL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) was 927,747 shares, 31.8% of 2,916,398 total volume.
How many UAL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did UAL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL) moved from 36.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 31.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 4.4 percentage points.
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