Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) short interest & short volume · 8.9% of float short
Xcel Energy Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
XEL short interest rose 4.1% to 51.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.9% of float, 9.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.5% the 20 sessions before, the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 51.3M
- prior 49.2M
- % of float
- 8.9%
- float 575.4M
- Days to cover
- 9.9
- avg vol 5.2M
- Change vs prior report
- +4.1%
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)
- 78.8%
- 3.7M of 4.7M
- 20-day average
- 48.9%
- prior 54.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 48th
- 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: +4.8%
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 · XEL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 3,700,113 | 4,697,150 | 78.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,249,622 | 2,078,725 | 60.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,136,794 | 2,283,558 | 49.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 485,765 | 1,635,274 | 29.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 310,929 | 1,094,940 | 28.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 542,291 | 1,661,985 | 32.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 437,298 | 1,367,528 | 32.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,007,002 | 2,206,547 | 45.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,261,574 | 1,780,635 | 70.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 943,206 | 1,461,081 | 64.6% |
Utilities peers with similar quant ratings
XEL is rated 4.18 of 5 among 78 rated Utilities stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- PCYO short interest4.39 · Buy · stock
- AVA short interest4.34 · Buy · stock
- UGI short interest4.29 · Buy · stock
- PEG short interest4.24 · Buy · stock
- UTL short interest4.13 · Buy · stock
- ED short interest4.08 · Buy · stock
- GNE short interest4.03 · Buy · stock
- ARIS short interest3.97 · Buy
XEL short interest FAQ
What is XEL's short interest?
Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) had 51.3M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.9% of its 575.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does XEL have?
9.9 days: 51.3M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 5.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is XEL short interest rising or falling?
XEL short interest rose (+4.1%) from 49.2M to 51.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is XEL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores XEL 42 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 11.9/40, days to cover 24.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.2/15, price change since settlement date 3.8/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of XEL daily volume is sold short?
48.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was XEL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) was 3,700,113 shares, 78.8% of 4,697,150 total volume.
How many XEL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Xcel Energy Inc (XEL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did XEL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) moved from 60.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 78.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 18.7 percentage points.
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