WHLR stock
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (WHLR) short interest & short volume · 71.3% of float short
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WHLR short interest fell 31.9% to 158K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (71.3% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 48.6% the 20 sessions before, the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 158K
- prior 232K
- % of float
- 71.3%
- float 222K
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 3.3M
- Change vs prior report
- -31.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 158K | $65K | -31.9% | 71.3% | 1.0 | $0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 232K | $754K | -10.4% | 104.7% | 1.0 | $3.25 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 259K | $91K | -54.3% | 116.8% | 1.0 | $0.35 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 566K | $385K | +584.6% | 255.4% | 1.0 | $0.68 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 83K | $30K | -9.6% | 37.3% | 1.0 | $0.36 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 91K | $54K | +3.6% | 41.3% | 1.0 | $0.59 |
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 11)
- 54.4%
- 23.6M of 43.3M
- 20-day average
- 46.8%
- prior 48.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 73rd
- 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: +23.8%
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 · WHLR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 23,558,452 | 43,277,077 | 54.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 96,350 | 344,465 | 28.0% |
| 2026-11-09 | 175,966 | 380,553 | 46.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 478,089 | 869,256 | 55.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 314,859 | 804,352 | 39.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 153,847 | 377,437 | 40.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 430,349 | 735,332 | 58.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 280,752 | 813,973 | 34.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 177,770 | 264,776 | 67.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 425,284 | 629,394 | 67.6% |
Real Estate peers with similar quant ratings
WHLR among 170 rated Real Estate stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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WHLR short interest FAQ
What is WHLR's short interest?
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (WHLR) had 158K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 71.3% of its 222K-share float.
How many days to cover does WHLR have?
1.0 days: 158K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WHLR short interest rising or falling?
WHLR short interest fell (-31.9%) from 232K to 158K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WHLR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WHLR 62 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 40/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 19/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of WHLR daily volume is sold short?
46.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WHLR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (WHLR) was 23,558,452 shares, 54.4% of 43,277,077 total volume.
How many WHLR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (WHLR), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did WHLR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (WHLR) moved from 28.0% on Nov 10, 2026 to 54.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 26.4 percentage points.
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