NWN Short Volume
Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN) operates in the Utilities sector, specifically the Regulated Gas industry, with a market capitalization near $2.09B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,452 people, carrying a beta of 0.46 to the broader market. Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation customers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Led by Justin Palfreyman, public since 1990-03-26.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 35.2K
- Total Volume
- 74.4K
- Short %
- 47.24%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.93%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Northwest Natural Holding Company.
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Frequently asked NWN short volume questions
- What is the daily NWN short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Northwest Natural Holding Company (NWN) short volume is 35.2K shares against 74.4K total reported volume, or 47.24% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is NWN short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does NWN short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.