Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) short interest & short volume · 7.9% of float short
Vermilion Energy Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
VET short interest fell 6.8% to 11.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.9% of float, 9.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 40.4% the 20 sessions before, the 59th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 25, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 11.5M
- prior 12.4M
- % of float
- 7.9%
- float 145.3M
- Days to cover
- 9.9
- avg vol 1.2M
- Change vs prior report
- -6.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 11.5M | $145.9M | -6.8% | 7.9% | 9.9 | $12.65 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 12.4M | $140.9M | -4.4% | 8.5% | 8.9 | $11.39 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 12.9M | $174.3M | -3.9% | 8.9% | 8.3 | $13.46 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 10.0M | $128.9M | +0.3% | 6.9% | 7.6 | $12.83 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 10.0M | $113.6M | -26.5% | 6.9% | 9.0 | $11.34 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 13.6M | $162.4M | +0.2% | 9.4% | 7.0 | $11.92 |
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 4)
- 53.2%
- 898K of 1.7M
- 20-day average
- 42.7%
- prior 40.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 59th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 4, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -17.0%
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 · VET overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 897,852 | 1,688,619 | 53.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 166,316 | 373,191 | 44.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 325,852 | 735,515 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 132,651 | 297,263 | 44.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 121,228 | 259,302 | 46.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 102,912 | 300,478 | 34.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 130,823 | 363,260 | 36.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 149,643 | 392,650 | 38.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 280,499 | 764,434 | 36.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 190,648 | 390,038 | 48.9% |
Energy peers with similar quant ratings
VET is rated 1.35 of 5 among 156 rated Energy stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 5, 2026). How the rating works
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VET short interest FAQ
What is VET's short interest?
Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) had 11.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 7.9% of its 145.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does VET have?
9.9 days: 11.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is VET short interest rising or falling?
VET short interest fell (-6.8%) from 12.4M to 11.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is VET a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores VET 36 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 10.6/40, days to cover 24.9/25, 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 VET daily volume is sold short?
42.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 4, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 59th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was VET's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 4, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) was 897,852 shares, 53.2% of 1,688,619 total volume.
How many VET short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET), from Oct 22, 2026 through Nov 4, 2026.
How did VET short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) moved from 44.6% on Nov 3, 2026 to 53.2% on Nov 4, 2026, up 8.6 percentage points.
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