Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2026-02-13 and 2026-02-27

Short interest in February 2026

At the February 27, 2026 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 21,578 securities with 49.45 billion shares held short, +2.9% against the January 30, 2026 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was PLUG at 327.3M 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 2026-01-30 (21,375 rows), 2026-02-13 (21,530 rows) and 2026-02-27 (21,578 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2026-02-27, and measure change against 2026-01-30. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2026-02-27

By shares held short, among the 5,749 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,325 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 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 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 2026-02-27 against settlement 2026-01-30 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	327.3M	81.0M	4.0	-6.1%
2	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	248.3M	190.3M	1.3	-3.4%
3	GRAB	Grab Holdings Limited Class A	Nasdaq NM	230.5M	32.7M	7.1	+13.2%
4	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	175.7M	51.0M	3.4	+32.4%
5	RXRX	Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Nasdaq NM	168.5M	19.0M	8.9	+1.8%
6	ABEV	AMBEV S.A.	NYSE	160.0M	19.8M	8.1	+3.2%
7	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	159.5M	63.8M	2.5	-7.4%
8	ONDS	Ondas Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	157.8M	76.7M	2.1	+38.1%
9	AUR	Aurora Innovation, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	155.4M	16.7M	9.3	+7.6%
10	INFY	Infosys Limited American Depos	NYSE	152.9M	20.6M	7.4	+14.0%
11	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	147.2M	31.4M	4.7	+3.9%
12	BYND	Beyond Meat, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	143.5M	40.1M	3.6	+1.7%
13	PFE	Pfizer Inc.	NYSE	142.8M	35.1M	4.1	-0.1%
14	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	142.0M	25.9M	5.5	-1.2%
15	BBAI	BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	133.8M	36.6M	3.7	+10.8%
16	MPT	Medical Properties Trust, Inc.	NYSE	133.2M	8.3M	16.1	not in the prior file
17	IBRX	ImmunityBio, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	132.4M	49.4M	2.7	-2.0%
18	OPEN	Opendoor Technologies Inc Comm	Nasdaq NM	132.4M	51.9M	2.6	+12.0%
19	IOVA	Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.	Nasdaq NM	130.9M	18.0M	7.3	+24.4%
20	AAPL	Apple Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	129.6M	39.8M	3.3	+10.9%

Longest days to cover at 2026-02-27

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 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 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 2026-02-27 against settlement 2026-01-30 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	KALV	name not recorded	not recorded	19.3M	0.5M	38.7	-3.9%
2	PROK	ProKidney Corp. Class A Ordina	Nasdaq SC	15.6M	0.4M	37.4	-0.3%
3	SPRY	ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	22.8M	0.7M	32.3	+6.3%
4	IMO	Imperial Oil Limited	NYSE American	19.7M	0.6M	31.7	+11.0%
5	IMCR	Immunocore Holdings plc Americ	Nasdaq NM	12.0M	0.4M	31.4	+9.6%
6	NN	NextNav Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	18.2M	0.7M	26.4	+4.0%
7	LCTX	Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc	NYSE American	25.1M	1.0M	26.0	-1.2%
8	IMNM	Immunome, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	17.9M	0.8M	23.6	+13.4%
9	TSHA	Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. Co	Nasdaq NM	49.7M	2.1M	23.6	-10.8%
10	CRDF	Cardiff Oncology, Inc. Common	Nasdaq SC	17.7M	0.8M	23.5	+2.9%
11	SANA	Sana Biotechnology, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	35.8M	1.6M	22.6	-2.9%
12	EH	EHang Holdings Limited ADS	Nasdaq NM	7.0M	0.3M	22.5	+6.3%
13	WB	Weibo Corporation American Dep	Nasdaq NM	13.5M	0.6M	22.2	+2.5%
14	TRON	Tron Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	8.4M	0.4M	22.2	-12.7%
15	SKIN	SkinHealth Systems Inc. Class	Nasdaq SC	15.7M	0.7M	21.6	-2.5%
16	AVXL	Anavex Life Sciences Corp. Com	Nasdaq NM	20.4M	0.9M	21.6	+2.1%
17	OMER	Omeros Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	17.3M	0.8M	21.2	-2.1%
18	GEVO	Gevo, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	33.1M	1.6M	21.0	+0.2%
19	CHRS	Coherus Oncology, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	27.7M	1.3M	20.6	-6.6%
20	ORGO	Organogenesis Holdings Inc. Cl	Nasdaq SC	12.6M	0.6M	20.4	-3.3%

Largest increases from 2026-01-30 to 2026-02-27

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2026-01-30 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 3,139 positions that clear both floors, 1,710 grew, 1,429 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 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 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 2026-02-27 against settlement 2026-01-30 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	SAN	Banco Santander S.A.	NYSE	58.5M	15.7M	3.7	+1492.3%
2	QNCX	Quince Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	8.3M	41.4M	0.2	+342.4%
3	BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	NYSE Arca	66.8M	34.2M	2.0	+291.7%
4	IDEV	iShares Core MSCI Internationa	NYSE Arca	4.2M	2.6M	1.6	+235.4%
5	CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources Lim	NYSE	62.8M	7.9M	7.9	+233.7%
6	OS	name not recorded	not recorded	10.9M	2.3M	4.6	+215.2%
7	IXUS	iShares Core MSCI Total Intern	Nasdaq NM	6.6M	3.2M	2.1	+205.2%
8	SLF	Sun Life Financial Inc.	NYSE	5.6M	1.2M	4.9	+196.8%
9	SU	Suncor Energy, Inc.	NYSE	18.7M	4.3M	4.3	+194.5%
10	CNI	Canadian National Railway	NYSE	6.3M	1.9M	3.3	+183.1%
11	AMX	America Movil S.A.B de C.V Ame	NYSE	9.9M	3.4M	2.9	+164.3%
12	MFC	Manulife Financial Corp.	NYSE	19.7M	4.1M	4.8	+161.3%
13	ITT	ITT Inc.	NYSE	3.0M	0.8M	3.9	+159.1%
14	OXSQ	Oxford Square Capital Corp. Co	Nasdaq NM	5.6M	1.3M	4.3	+157.5%
15	STIP	iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF	NYSE Arca	7.4M	0.8M	9.5	+150.7%

Largest decreases from 2026-01-30 to 2026-02-27

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-02-27 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 2026-02-27 against settlement 2026-01-30 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	RPGL	Republic Power Group Limited C	Nasdaq SC	0.0M	0.5M	0.1	-97.0%
2	HYT	BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD	NYSE	0.2M	0.9M	0.3	-96.4%
3	VCRB	Vanguard Malvern Funds Vanguar	Nasdaq NM	0.1M	0.4M	0.1	-96.3%
4	XRPT	Volatility Shares Trust 2x XRP	Nasdaq NM	0.1M	0.3M	0.3	-96.2%
5	IXHL	Incannex Healthcare Inc. Commo	Nasdaq SC	0.8M	0.4M	2.3	-96.1%
6	RNA	Atrium Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	0.4M	0.7M	0.6	-95.1%
7	GGB	Gerdau S.A.	NYSE	1.5M	14.1M	0.1	-94.1%
8	GDXD	MicroSectors Gold Miners -3x I	NYSE Arca	0.3M	1.0M	0.3	-93.8%
9	ASST	Strive, Inc. Class A Common St	Nasdaq NM	12.4M	2.8M	4.5	-93.4%
10	AVEM	Avantis Emerging Markets Equit	NYSE Arca	0.1M	2.8M	0.0	-92.7%
11	FALN	iShares Trust iShares Fallen A	Nasdaq NM	0.1M	0.7M	0.1	-92.5%
12	VMBS	Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Secur	Nasdaq NM	0.2M	1.6M	0.1	-92.1%
13	PFSA	Profusa, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	0.4M	1.5M	0.3	-90.9%
14	CRCA	ProShares Ultra CRCL	NYSE Arca	0.6M	2.2M	0.3	-90.4%
15	SOLT	Volatility Shares Trust 2x Sol	Nasdaq NM	0.6M	0.9M	0.7	-90.3%

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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