What is CNQ's short interest?

182,920,552 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.

What percentage of the float is short?

We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.

It is 17 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.

What does days to cover mean?

It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 22.08. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.

Where does this come from?

FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

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CNQ

Canadian Natural Resources Limited Common Stock (CNQ)

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CNQ in the last 90 days

Canadian Natural Resources Limited Common Stock (CNQ) (CNQ) had no congress transactions and no insider purchases in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 182,920,552 shares held short, 22.1 days to cover, up 61.6% from the report before.

Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 10 OCT 2025 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days

1 of 4 sources

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Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

The disclosed money is leaning away from this name, on what has actually been filed. This reads on one source only, so treat it lightly.

Short interest: Short interest rose 284.6% — 47,565,794 to 182,920,552 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →; -100

This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

182,920,552shares held short

Days to cover

22.08

Avg daily volume

8,283,071

Since last report

+61.63%

As of 15 September 2026, 182,920,552 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Common Stock (CNQ) shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 69,750,384 shares more than the previous report, a 61.63% increase. At the average daily volume of 8,283,071 shares, that position represents 22.08 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 17 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it about eight business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for CNQ — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 100,415,896 shares on 31 March 2026 to 182,920,552 today, a change of 82.2%. The highest reading in that window was 182,920,552 shares on 15 September 2026.

Settlement	Shares short	Days to cover
15 SEPT 2026	182,920,552	22.08
31 AUG 2026	113,170,168	20.49
14 AUG 2026	57,647,400	8.42
31 JUL 2026	48,494,402	7.29
15 JUL 2026	47,565,794	5.21
30 JUN 2026	95,572,175	7.77
15 JUN 2026	112,605,424	15.04
29 MAY 2026	51,596,398	7.43
15 MAY 2026	13,559,429	1.71
30 APR 2026	9,862,575	1.00
15 APR 2026	22,608,646	1.96
31 MAR 2026	100,415,896	7.36

What is CNQ's short interest?: 182,920,552 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?: We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?: It is 17 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?: It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 22.08. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?: FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

—no purchase on file passed the price check

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases0

Congress transactions4

Latest change10 OCT 2025

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 0CONGRESS · 4

Congress transactions on file

4 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing

Who		Amount as filed	Traded	Filed	Lag
Hon. Valerie Hoyle	SOLD	$1,001 – $15,000	23 SEPT 2025	10 OCT 2025	17 days
Hon. Valerie Hoyle	BOUGHT	$1,001 – $15,000	29 OCT 2024	12 SEPT 2025	318 days — the law says 45
Hon. Bruce Westerman	SOLD	$1,001 – $15,000	21 APR 2025	12 MAY 2025	21 days
Hon. Bruce Westerman	BOUGHT	$1,001 – $15,000	03 MAR 2025	16 APR 2025	44 days

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