UBS (UBS) short interest & short volume · 5.9M shares short
UBS official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
UBS short interest rose 1.2% to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.7% the 20 sessions before, the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.9M
- prior 5.8M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.1
- avg vol 1.9M
- Change vs prior report
- +1.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5.9M | $282.1M | +1.2% | — | 3.1 | $47.78 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.8M | $280.7M | -1.7% | — | 2.2 | $48.13 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5.9M | $305.6M | +4.2% | — | 3.6 | $51.49 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 5.7M | $317.5M | +6.3% | — | 3.3 | $55.72 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5.4M | $287.6M | -10.6% | — | 3.9 | $53.63 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.0M | $316.3M | -3.5% | — | 3.0 | $52.74 |
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 11)
- 65.2%
- 190K of 291K
- 20-day average
- 53.8%
- prior 54.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 42nd
- 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: +1.4%
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 · UBS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 189,684 | 290,907 | 65.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 227,874 | 343,171 | 66.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 383,406 | 583,671 | 65.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 349,274 | 590,402 | 59.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 568,082 | 854,615 | 66.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 398,738 | 690,905 | 57.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 265,749 | 465,213 | 57.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 395,877 | 946,633 | 41.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 352,319 | 570,527 | 61.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 304,689 | 593,113 | 51.4% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
UBS is rated 1.29 of 5 among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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UBS short interest FAQ
What is UBS's short interest?
UBS had 5.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does UBS have?
3.1 days: 5.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.9M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is UBS short interest rising or falling?
UBS short interest rose (+1.2%) from 5.8M to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is UBS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores UBS 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.4/15, price change since settlement date 1.1/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of UBS daily volume is sold short?
53.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was UBS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for UBS was 189,684 shares, 65.2% of 290,907 total volume.
How many UBS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for UBS, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did UBS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for UBS moved from 66.4% on Nov 10, 2026 to 65.2% on Nov 11, 2026, down 1.2 percentage points.
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