John Wiley & Sons (WLY) short interest & short volume · 10.2% of float short
John Wiley & Sons official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WLY short interest fell 8.2% to 4.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (10.2% of float, 9.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 69.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 75.5% the 20 sessions before, the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.1M
- prior 4.5M
- % of float
- 10.2%
- float 40.2M
- Days to cover
- 9.6
- avg vol 427K
- Change vs prior report
- -8.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4.1M | $218.0M | -8.2% | 10.2% | 9.6 | $52.97 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.5M | $214.2M | -3.7% | 11.2% | 9.3 | $47.76 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4.7M | $229.7M | +1.3% | 11.6% | 6.2 | $49.33 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.6M | $240.8M | +1.7% | 11.4% | 12.2 | $52.39 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4.5M | $232.3M | +8.6% | 11.3% | 11.2 | $51.39 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.2M | $217.3M | +10.1% | 10.4% | 9.3 | $52.20 |
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)
- 56.9%
- 51K of 90K
- 20-day average
- 69.2%
- prior 75.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 65th
- 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: -6.7%
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 · WLY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 51,432 | 90,445 | 56.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 66,108 | 88,902 | 74.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 44,968 | 70,103 | 64.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 68,094 | 81,288 | 83.8% |
| 2026-11-05 | 122,996 | 159,018 | 77.3% |
| 2026-11-04 | 58,498 | 166,941 | 35.0% |
| 2026-11-03 | 49,932 | 77,080 | 64.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 72,219 | 95,814 | 75.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 78,326 | 98,186 | 79.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 75,351 | 121,656 | 61.9% |
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WLY short interest FAQ
What is WLY's short interest?
John Wiley & Sons (WLY) had 4.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 10.2% of its 40.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does WLY have?
9.6 days: 4.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 427K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WLY short interest rising or falling?
WLY short interest fell (-8.2%) from 4.5M to 4.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WLY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WLY 38 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 13.7/40, days to cover 24.1/25, 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 WLY daily volume is sold short?
69.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WLY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) was 51,432 shares, 56.9% of 90,445 total volume.
How many WLY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for John Wiley & Sons (WLY), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did WLY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for John Wiley & Sons (WLY) moved from 74.4% on Nov 10, 2026 to 56.9% on Nov 11, 2026, down 17.5 percentage points.
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