Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2024-02-15 and 2024-02-29

Short interest in February 2024

At the February 29, 2024 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 19,276 securities with 36.03 billion shares held short, +2.4% against the January 31, 2024 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was DNA at 255.7M shares. This is the measured record of one month, not a list of ideas: nothing here says what anyone should do with a security.

What this page reads. Our stored copy of FINRA’s consolidated short interest files for the settlements 2024-01-31 (19,271 rows), 2024-02-15 (19,323 rows) and 2024-02-29 (19,276 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2024-02-29, and measure change against 2024-01-31. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2024-02-29

By shares held short, among the 5,074 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (999 OTC rows left out). Shares, not percent of float: FINRA publishes no float, and a large company carries a large position.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 against settlement 2024-01-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	DNA	Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	255.7M	20.7M	12.3	+7.9%
2	LCID	Lucid Group, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	251.6M	39.4M	6.4	-6.7%
3	NKLA	name not recorded	not recorded	216.7M	103.6M	2.1	-0.3%
4	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	196.1M	21.2M	9.2	-4.3%
5	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	179.2M	52.8M	3.4	+11.3%
6	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	159.8M	41.9M	3.8	-13.1%
7	GOEV	name not recorded	not recorded	157.8M	92.8M	1.7	+63.9%
8	SOFI	SoFi Technologies, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	154.4M	41.0M	3.8	+2.4%
9	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	152.6M	41.1M	3.7	-0.1%
10	SIRI	SiriusXM Holdings Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	151.7M	13.1M	11.6	-8.8%
11	LUMN	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	143.0M	10.1M	14.2	-2.5%
12	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	127.9M	18.2M	7.0	-1.5%
13	TELL	name not recorded	not recorded	124.5M	42.7M	2.9	+7.1%
14	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	122.4M	71.6M	1.7	+20.2%
15	TLRY	Tilray Brands, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq NM	117.5M	16.4M	7.2	+5.0%
16	AAPL	Apple Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	111.9M	57.6M	1.9	+12.8%
17	XLF	State Street Financial Select	NYSE Arca	111.7M	41.6M	2.7	+4.3%
18	SPY	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF	NYSE Arca	110.5M	64.9M	1.7	+3.6%
19	XOM	ExxonMobil Holdings Corporatio	NYSE	106.5M	17.5M	6.1	+13.9%
20	FSR	name not recorded	not recorded	100.6M	53.8M	1.9	-5.1%

Longest days to cover at 2024-02-29

Short shares divided by FINRA’s average daily volume, for names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. The floor is the one the short squeeze screener uses.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 against settlement 2024-01-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	LWLG	Lightwave Logic, Inc. Common S	Nasdaq SC	20.8M	0.5M	40.3	-3.9%
2	IMO	Imperial Oil Limited	NYSE American	15.1M	0.4M	36.1	+7.7%
3	BARK	BARK, Inc.	NYSE	18.0M	0.6M	29.2	-1.8%
4	OMER	Omeros Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	13.8M	0.5M	25.9	+1.0%
5	TBPH	Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Ord	Nasdaq NM	8.6M	0.3M	25.6	+3.2%
6	INFN	name not recorded	not recorded	44.5M	1.8M	24.9	+1.1%
7	GME	GameStop Corp. Class A	NYSE	60.5M	2.5M	24.6	+1.4%
8	DOYU	DouYu International Holdings L	Nasdaq NM	13.7M	0.6M	24.5	+1.6%
9	SVV	Savers Value Village, Inc.	NYSE	10.4M	0.5M	22.9	+7.7%
10	BAM	Brookfield Asset Management Lt	NYSE	16.4M	0.7M	22.6	+43.6%
11	SAVA	name not recorded	not recorded	11.3M	0.5M	22.2	-7.1%
12	MVIS	MicroVision, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	48.3M	2.2M	22.0	-3.5%
13	PROK	ProKidney Corp. Class A Ordina	Nasdaq SC	14.3M	0.7M	21.9	+9.3%
14	FFIN	First Financial Bankshares, In	Nasdaq NM	9.0M	0.4M	21.4	-0.9%
15	CTXR	Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. C	Nasdaq SC	11.9M	0.6M	21.2	+2.2%
16	NRGV	Energy Vault Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	11.9M	0.6M	21.0	+2.2%
17	PYCR	name not recorded	not recorded	9.5M	0.5M	21.0	+7.9%
18	IMTX	Immatics N.V. Ordinary Shares	Nasdaq SC	8.0M	0.4M	20.8	+0.8%
19	PLRX	Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	6.9M	0.3M	20.8	+10.5%
20	ASXC	name not recorded	not recorded	17.6M	0.9M	20.5	+0.5%

Largest increases from 2024-01-31 to 2024-02-29

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2024-01-31 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 2,669 positions that clear both floors, 1,524 grew, 1,145 shrank and 0 did not change.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 against settlement 2024-01-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	SLF	Sun Life Financial Inc.	NYSE	14.7M	1.2M	12.7	+757.5%
2	VZIO	name not recorded	not recorded	11.5M	8.2M	1.4	+445.7%
3	SU	Suncor Energy, Inc.	NYSE	72.1M	4.7M	15.3	+419.6%
4	ADVM	name not recorded	not recorded	5.4M	1.4M	4.0	+343.7%
5	SPSB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Sh	NYSE Arca	4.8M	5.0M	1.0	+333.1%
6	MFC	Manulife Financial Corp.	NYSE	43.9M	4.4M	9.9	+313.5%
7	IJH	iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	NYSE Arca	4.9M	5.4M	0.9	+279.7%
8	IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	NYSE Arca	5.4M	10.2M	0.5	+253.3%
9	WMT	Walmart Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	39.0M	37.0M	1.1	+235.6%
10	PBA	PEMBINA PIPELINE CORPORATION	NYSE	20.2M	1.2M	16.8	+214.3%
11	TMV	Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasu	NYSE Arca	4.8M	2.1M	2.3	+199.6%
12	APPS	Digital Turbine, Inc. Common S	Nasdaq SC	9.0M	2.9M	3.1	+195.8%
13	CMI	Cummins Inc.	NYSE	5.8M	2.6M	2.2	+194.4%
14	BZFD	BuzzFeed, Inc. Class A Common	Nasdaq SC	5.6M	16.9M	0.3	+190.3%
15	ICU	SeaStar Medical Holding Corpor	Nasdaq SC	4.1M	14.7M	0.3	+173.7%

Largest decreases from 2024-01-31 to 2024-02-29

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2024-02-29 against settlement 2024-01-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	VLCN	name not recorded	not recorded	0.1M	17.1M	0.0	-98.2%
2	PHUN	Phunware, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	2.1M	1.2M	1.8	-94.8%
3	ACB	Aurora Cannabis Inc. Common Sh	Nasdaq SC	3.3M	1.3M	2.6	-90.8%
4	UAVS	AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.	NYSE American	0.8M	1.2M	0.7	-90.0%
5	MIMO	name not recorded	not recorded	0.2M	0.8M	0.2	-89.5%
6	ONMD	OneMedNet Corp Class A Common	Nasdaq SC	0.2M	2.8M	0.1	-88.0%
7	CNXA	name not recorded	not recorded	0.2M	3.7M	0.1	-87.4%
8	VWOB	Vanguard Whitehall Funds Vangu	Nasdaq NM	0.2M	0.4M	0.5	-86.3%
9	IUSB	iShares Trust iShares Core Uni	Nasdaq NM	0.6M	1.9M	0.3	-84.8%
10	SPIB	State Street SPDR Portfolio In	NYSE Arca	0.2M	4.5M	0.1	-82.0%
11	GLDM	SPDR Gold MiniShares	NYSE Arca	0.4M	2.5M	0.2	-80.1%
12	JEPQ	J.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fu	Nasdaq NM	0.3M	2.8M	0.1	-80.0%
13	BIL	State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-	NYSE Arca	1.0M	6.3M	0.2	-79.9%
14	HUBC	Hub Cyber Security Ltd. Ordina	Nasdaq SC	0.3M	0.5M	0.5	-79.0%
15	IQLT	iShares MSCI Intl Quality Fact	NYSE Arca	0.5M	1.2M	0.4	-78.8%

How to read a month of short interest

A short position is a count of borrowed shares sold and not yet bought back, reported by brokers twice a month. A large count can be a hedge against a convertible bond, an index arbitrage leg or a pair trade, so the tables show size and change, never intent. Days to cover says how many average sessions of volume the position equals; it is a ratio, not a forecast of a squeeze.

The change tables compare share counts, so a corporate action moves them as surely as trading does. A reverse split shrinks a position without anyone buying shares back, and a spin-off or merger can add one overnight. Before reading a large change as a decision by short sellers, check the company’s filings for the same weeks.

Names and venues come from the FINRA rows themselves. Rows stored before August 2026 carry neither, so they are read from the newest stored row for the same symbol; where no such row exists the table says the venue is not recorded instead of guessing it.

FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data. Free on every plan; not for redistribution.

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