NIQ short interest
NIQ Global Intelligence · settlement of Oct 30, 2026
As of Oct 30, 2026, 4.8M NIQ shares were sold short, down 6.4% from the Oct 15, 2026 count. At the stock's average daily volume, that is 4.4 days to cover.
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- Shares sold short
- 4.8M4,799,071
- Change
- −6.4%from 5.1M
- Of shares outstanding
- 1.63%#3,048 of 3,781 stocks measured
- Days to cover
- 4.4at the average daily volume
- Average daily volume
- 1.1Mshares, as FINRA reports it
- Most in 24 settlements
- 12.2MMay 15, 2026
Every settlement
24 settlements, newest first| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Avg daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 4,799,071 | −6.4% | 1,094,192 | 4.4 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5,125,456 | +37.2% | 1,297,452 | 4.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3,735,764 | +9.4% | 1,210,100 | 3.1 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3,413,696 | −4.4% | 1,038,232 | 3.3 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3,570,762 | −33.2% | 1,340,923 | 2.7 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5,349,343 | −30.2% | 2,524,773 | 2.1 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 7,661,709 | −1.2% | 1,431,911 | 5.3 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 7,756,464 | +8.1% | 1,575,664 | 4.9 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7,178,328 | +3.9% | 1,454,265 | 4.9 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6,906,524 | +6.1% | 1,359,245 | 5.1 |
| May 29, 2026 | 6,507,043 | −46.5% | 1,771,908 | 3.7 |
| May 15, 2026 | 12,172,670 | +75.5% | 1,685,442 | 7.2 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 6,934,481 | −10.7% | 1,049,018 | 6.6 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 7,764,218 | −0.7% | 1,644,248 | 4.7 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7,816,111 | +2.2% | 1,804,729 | 4.3 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 7,650,503 | +6.2% | 1,082,032 | 7.1 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 7,205,940 | +7.2% | 1,019,752 | 7.1 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 6,722,569 | +11.4% | 2,093,325 | 3.2 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 6,034,546 | +1.5% | 984,835 | 6.1 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 5,942,848 | −9.2% | 1,130,023 | 5.3 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6,547,685 | +22.8% | 933,975 | 7.0 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 5,331,248 | −2.2% | 736,112 | 7.2 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 5,448,487 | −1.4% | 1,765,180 | 3.1 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 5,523,724 | — | 2,099,037 | 2.6 |
Source
Short interest is the number of shares sold short and not yet bought back. Brokers report it to FINRA for two settlement dates a month, the middle and the end, and FINRA publishes each count about a week later. It is not a daily figure: between settlements no one publishes a count. Days to cover is the short interest divided by the average daily volume FINRA reports beside it. A rising count is shown in red and a falling one in green.