HPE Short Interest

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) operates in the Technology sector, specifically the Communication Equipment industry, with a market capitalization near $42.57B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 61,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.29 to the broader market. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Led by Antonio Fabio Neri, public since 2015-10-19.

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
2026-04-30
Short Interest
71.1M
Previous Short Interest
73.5M
Change
-3.21%
Days to Cover
4.81
Avg Daily Volume
14.8M
Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
3.22

Showing 24 bi-monthly FINRA short interest reports for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

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HPE most-active contracts

TypeStrikeExpirationVolumeOIIVBidAsk
PUT$22.00Mar 19, 202720.8K20.8K59.0%$1.54$2.02

Top 1 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.

Frequently asked HPE short interest questions

What is the current HPE short interest?
As of the Apr 30, 2026 settlement, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) short interest is 71.1M shares, a -3.21% 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 HPE days-to-cover ratio?
Days-to-cover is 4.81, 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 HPE 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.