Loews Corp (L) Short Interest, Short Squeeze & Borrow Rates LIVE

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Loews Corp (NYSE: L) had 4,126,971 shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, as reported by FINRA. That is 2.5% of the company's free float and a days-to-cover ratio of 6.39.

Loews Corp (NYSE: L) is a financial services company whose short-side positioning we track across four independent reporting systems: exchange short interest settled twice a month, FINRA off-exchange short volume published every trading day, SEC fails to deliver that arrive about two weeks in arrears, and securities-lending terms that move intraday. Each carries its own as-of date, so the sections below are read alongside one another rather than as a single snapshot.

FINRA has reported 4 consecutive declines in L settled short interest, a cumulative 15.9% decrease across those settlements. Borrowing L indicates around 27.1% annualised, a level that reflects tight lending supply at the reporting facility rather than a market-wide rate. As of the August 14, 2026 settlement, 4,126,971 L shares were reported short, equal to 2.5% of its free float.

The measured drivers disagree: days to cover at 6.39 and a borrow fee near 27.1% sit toward the stretched end, while short interest at 2.5% of float does not. A mixed reading like this says more than any single figure taken alone.

Our squeeze score reads 26 out of 100, higher than 38% of the 4,940 US stocks we currently score. It shares that score with 185 other stocks, so this is a band rather than a precise placing.

Reported short interest for L at each date, shown with days to cover and short interest as a percent of float. Short interest updates twice a month; the percentages are recomputed as float changes.

How many L shares were sold short off exchange each day, summed across the reporting venues we track. It includes market maker hedging and other routine activity, so a high reading is normal and is not the same as outstanding short interest.

The same off-exchange volume above, split across the FINRA trade reporting facilities that publish it. These are reporting venues, not exchanges — FINRA publishes off-exchange activity only, so this is not a full market count and the rows are not summed here. The consolidated total in the section above is the authoritative figure.

L shares that did not settle on time, reported by the SEC. Each figure is a running balance on a given date rather than a daily tally, and it is not added up across dates. Fails happen for many ordinary reasons and are not on their own a sign of anything improper.

The annualized rate a short seller pays to borrow L. The latest reading is 27.05%. A high or rising fee means shares are getting harder and more expensive to short, which is one of the conditions that can feed a squeeze.