VIP stock
VIP (VIP) short interest & short volume · 264K shares short
VIP official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
VIP short interest fell 4.0% to 264K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 49.3% the 20 sessions before, the 49th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Jul 24, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 264K
- prior 275K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.6
- avg vol 102K
- Change vs prior report
- -4.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 264K | $348K | -4.0% | — | 2.6 | $1.32 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 275K | $445K | -28.8% | — | 2.0 | $1.62 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 385K | $694K | +18.2% | — | 2.9 | $1.80 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 326K | $564K | +4.3% | — | 2.9 | $1.73 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 313K | $575K | -35.8% | — | 1.2 | $1.84 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 487K | $1.0M | +23.9% | — | 1.0 | $2.10 |
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)
- 68.3%
- 36K of 53K
- 20-day average
- 48.5%
- prior 49.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 49th
- 59 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -29.0%
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 · VIP overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 36,086 | 52,809 | 68.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 28,721 | 51,045 | 56.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 39,431 | 79,584 | 49.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 6,879 | 27,289 | 25.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 33,321 | 89,958 | 37.0% |
| 2026-11-04 | 15,167 | 51,103 | 29.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 6,175 | 13,282 | 46.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 46,389 | 68,550 | 67.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 36,029 | 57,143 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 6,980 | 9,522 | 73.3% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
VIP among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
- WTM short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
- TW short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- SLDE short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.97 · Strong Buy
- ECPG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- TWFG short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
- CCNE short interest4.94 · Strong Buy
VIP short interest FAQ
What is VIP's short interest?
VIP had 264K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does VIP have?
2.6 days: 264K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 102K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is VIP short interest rising or falling?
VIP short interest fell (-4.0%) from 275K to 264K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is VIP a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores VIP 7 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.5/25, 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 VIP daily volume is sold short?
48.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 49th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was VIP's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for VIP was 36,086 shares, 68.3% of 52,809 total volume.
How many VIP short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for VIP, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did VIP short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for VIP moved from 56.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 68.3% on Nov 11, 2026, up 12.0 percentage points.
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