WesBanco, Inc. (WSBCO) short interest & short volume · 15K shares short
WesBanco, Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WSBCO short interest rose 86.7% to 15K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 60.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 43.3% the 20 sessions before, the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 15K
- prior 8K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.2
- avg vol 12K
- Change vs prior report
- +86.7%
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)
- 16.7%
- 254 of 2K
- 20-day average
- 60.5%
- prior 43.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 94th
- 206 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: -1.3%
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 · WSBCO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 254 | 1,519 | 16.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,136 | 3,733 | 57.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 5,882 | 8,747 | 67.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 2,668 | 4,018 | 66.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,345 | 1,345 | 100.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,040 | 1,040 | 100.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 531 | 2,031 | 26.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,054 | 1,059 | 99.5% |
| 2026-10-19 | 4,036 | 5,863 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-16 | 1,207 | 3,385 | 35.7% |
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WSBCO among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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WSBCO short interest FAQ
What is WSBCO's short interest?
WesBanco, Inc. (WSBCO) had 15K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does WSBCO have?
1.2 days: 15K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 12K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WSBCO short interest rising or falling?
WSBCO short interest rose (+86.7%) from 8K to 15K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WSBCO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WSBCO 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 WSBCO daily volume is sold short?
60.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WSBCO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for WesBanco, Inc. (WSBCO) was 254 shares, 16.7% of 1,519 total volume.
How many WSBCO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for WesBanco, Inc. (WSBCO), from Oct 16, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WSBCO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for WesBanco, Inc. (WSBCO) moved from 57.2% on Oct 30, 2026 to 16.7% on Nov 2, 2026, down 40.5 percentage points.
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