Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) short interest & short volume · 911K shares short
Vera Bradley Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
VRA short interest rose 54.2% to 911K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 35.4% the 20 sessions before, the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 911K
- prior 591K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.6
- avg vol 567K
- Change vs prior report
- +54.2%
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)
- 48.4%
- 122K of 253K
- 20-day average
- 43.0%
- prior 35.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 89th
- 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: +16.9%
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 · VRA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 122,298 | 252,962 | 48.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 90,949 | 242,650 | 37.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 174,600 | 310,101 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 122,728 | 198,727 | 61.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 70,273 | 160,051 | 43.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 132,084 | 209,067 | 63.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 71,678 | 197,204 | 36.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 177,613 | 281,893 | 63.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 72,726 | 157,341 | 46.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 140,356 | 237,143 | 59.2% |
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VRA short interest FAQ
What is VRA's short interest?
Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) had 911K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does VRA have?
1.6 days: 911K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 567K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is VRA short interest rising or falling?
VRA short interest rose (+54.2%) from 591K to 911K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is VRA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores VRA 33 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, price change since settlement date 13.5/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of VRA daily volume is sold short?
43.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was VRA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) was 122,298 shares, 48.4% of 252,962 total volume.
How many VRA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Vera Bradley Inc (VRA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did VRA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Vera Bradley Inc (VRA) moved from 37.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 48.4% on Nov 2, 2026, up 10.9 percentage points.
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