Westwater Resources Inc (WWR) short interest & short volume · 5.0% of float short
Westwater Resources Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WWR short interest rose 2.4% to 4.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.0% of float, 4.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 59.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 51.0% the 20 sessions before, the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.2M
- prior 4.1M
- % of float
- 5.0%
- float 84.0M
- Days to cover
- 4.7
- avg vol 898K
- Change vs prior report
- +2.4%
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 2)
- 37.6%
- 103K of 274K
- 20-day average
- 59.1%
- prior 51.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 99th
- 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: -4.5%
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 · WWR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 103,050 | 274,252 | 37.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 498,099 | 755,569 | 65.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 141,950 | 265,079 | 53.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 172,816 | 236,869 | 73.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 108,748 | 193,739 | 56.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 255,993 | 378,865 | 67.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 157,157 | 291,295 | 54.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 271,212 | 374,565 | 72.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 207,258 | 313,698 | 66.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 186,467 | 288,487 | 64.6% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
WWR among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- ERO short interest4.99 · Strong Buy
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WWR short interest FAQ
What is WWR's short interest?
Westwater Resources Inc (WWR) had 4.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 5.0% of its 84.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does WWR have?
4.7 days: 4.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 898K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WWR short interest rising or falling?
WWR short interest rose (+2.4%) from 4.1M to 4.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WWR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WWR 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 6.7/40, days to cover 11.7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.7/15, 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 WWR daily volume is sold short?
59.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WWR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Westwater Resources Inc (WWR) was 103,050 shares, 37.6% of 274,252 total volume.
How many WWR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Westwater Resources Inc (WWR), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WWR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Westwater Resources Inc (WWR) moved from 65.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 37.6% on Nov 2, 2026, down 28.3 percentage points.
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