UL (UL) short interest & short volume · 4.4M shares short
UL official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
UL short interest fell 10.7% to 4.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 41.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 55.7% the 20 sessions before, the 29th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 24, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.4M
- prior 5.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.3
- avg vol 3.3M
- Change vs prior report
- -10.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4.4M | $286.2M | -10.7% | — | 1.3 | $64.65 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.0M | $300.9M | +8.3% | — | 1.9 | $60.73 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4.6M | $285.7M | +10.3% | — | 1.2 | $62.44 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.1M | $269.1M | +74.2% | — | 1.0 | $64.85 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.4M | $147.9M | +6.3% | — | 1.0 | $62.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.2M | $142.1M | +106.6% | — | 1.0 | $63.41 |
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 3)
- 56.6%
- 615K of 1.1M
- 20-day average
- 41.9%
- prior 55.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 29th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 3, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +0.2%
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 · UL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 614,626 | 1,086,200 | 56.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 651,738 | 1,159,810 | 56.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,401,145 | 2,266,851 | 61.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 789,311 | 1,583,353 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,923,865 | 6,210,587 | 31.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 252,864 | 1,149,583 | 22.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 275,936 | 676,931 | 40.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 445,680 | 1,081,635 | 41.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 450,948 | 1,737,525 | 25.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 274,862 | 964,584 | 28.5% |
Consumer Staples peers with similar quant ratings
UL among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- KO short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- CCEP short interest4.95 · Strong Buy
- CHD short interest4.91 · Strong Buy · stock
- MNST short interest4.88 · Strong Buy · stock
- FRPT short interest4.84 · Strong Buy · stock
- DG short interest4.81 · Strong Buy · stock
- ACU short interest4.78 · Strong Buy · stock
- CENT short interest4.74 · Strong Buy · stock
UL short interest FAQ
What is UL's short interest?
UL had 4.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does UL have?
1.3 days: 4.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is UL short interest rising or falling?
UL short interest fell (-10.7%) from 5.0M to 4.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is UL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores UL 4 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of UL daily volume is sold short?
41.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 3, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 29th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was UL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 3, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for UL was 614,626 shares, 56.6% of 1,086,200 total volume.
How many UL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for UL, from Oct 21, 2026 through Nov 3, 2026.
How did UL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for UL moved from 56.2% on Nov 2, 2026 to 56.6% on Nov 3, 2026, up 0.4 percentage points.
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