SW Short Volume
Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Packaging & Containers industry, with a market capitalization near $21.21B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 100,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.94 to the broader market. Smurfit Westrock Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland and internationally. Led by Anthony Paul J. Smurfit, public since 2024-07-08.
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
- 744.2K
- Total Volume
- 1.3M
- Short %
- 55.97%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 60.08%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Smurfit Westrock Plc.
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Frequently asked SW short volume questions
- What is the daily SW short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Smurfit Westrock Plc (SW) short volume is 744.2K shares against 1.3M total reported volume, or 55.97% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SW 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 SW 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.