HCHL Short Interest
Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares (HCHL) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $68.9M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 104 people, carrying a beta of -1.30 to the broader market. Operates three all-you-can-eat Thai and Japanese hotpot restaurants in Hong Kong through wholly owned subsidiaries, established in 2019 and headquartered in Kwai Chung Led by Suk Yee Kwan, public since 2025-06-24.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Interest
- 137.5K
- Previous Short Interest
- 120.6K
- Change
- 13.99%
- Days to Cover
- 1.00
- Avg Daily Volume
- 421.2K
- Avg Days to Cover (22 reports)
- 1.35
Showing 22 bi-monthly FINRA short interest reports for Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares.
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Frequently asked HCHL short interest questions
- What is the current HCHL short interest?
- As of the May 15, 2026 settlement, Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares (HCHL) short interest is 137.5K shares, a +13.99% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the HCHL days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 1.00, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does HCHL short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.