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Atlanticus Holdings Corp. short interest

575K shares of Atlanticus Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 Feb 2023. Short sellers would need 4.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short575Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+13.8%+54% over a year
Days to cover4.59at 125K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.79%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is the most since 15 Feb 2023, and the share price moved +69% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026575K+13.8%125K4.59
    30 September 2026505K-10.4%110K4.58
    15 September 2026563K+4.7%126K4.46
    31 August 2026538K+15.3%119K4.52
    14 August 2026466K-5.9%171K2.73
    31 July 2026495K+10.4%172K2.88
    15 July 2026449K+22.7%174K2.58
    30 June 2026366K-8.0%227K1.61
    15 June 2026397K+4.9%139K2.86
    29 May 2026379K-6.1%120K3.16
    15 May 2026403K-4.6%69K5.84
    30 April 2026423K-10.8%68K6.21
    15 April 2026474K-2.2%69K6.91
    31 March 2026484K+1.4%63K7.66
    13 March 2026478K-1.0%78K6.11
    27 February 2026482K-2.7%54K8.94
    13 February 2026496K-2.0%62K7.99
    30 January 2026506K+17.5%73K6.97
    15 January 2026430K-9.3%67K6.46
    31 December 2025474K+4.2%61K7.76
    15 December 2025455K-0.6%70K6.48
    28 November 2025458K+8.6%92K4.96
    14 November 2025422K+8.5%77K5.46
    31 October 2025389K+4.3%68K5.71
    15 October 2025373K+9.3%82K4.55
    30 September 2025341K+7.4%94K3.63
    15 September 2025317K+4.8%47K6.78
    29 August 2025303K+8.3%43K7.01
    15 August 2025280K+2.2%46K6.14
    31 July 2025274K+3.7%44K6.23
    15 July 2025264K-7.5%119K2.22
    30 June 2025286K+4.9%63K4.51
    13 June 2025272K+11.4%51K5.30
    30 May 2025245K+12.1%44K5.53
    15 May 2025218K+15.2%47K4.62
    30 April 2025189K-8.0%45K4.25
    15 April 2025206K+0.3%61K3.37
    31 March 2025205K-2.9%53K3.88
    14 March 2025211K+25.0%76K2.77
    28 February 2025169K+0.5%54K3.12
    14 February 2025168K+6.6%58K2.91
    31 January 2025158K-14.8%71K2.23
    15 January 2025185K-2.6%52K3.57
    31 December 2024190K-32.7%50K3.80
    13 December 2024282K+13.2%68K4.17
    29 November 2024249K-14.0%48K5.14
    15 November 2024290K-9.6%37K7.88
    31 October 2024320K-3.4%14K22.23
    15 October 2024332K-0.3%10K32.64
    30 September 2024333K+1.1%14K23.89
    13 September 2024329K-9.9%12K27.86
    30 August 2024365K-1.3%17K20.97
    15 August 2024370K+4.7%19K19.18
    31 July 2024353K-1.6%16K21.87
    15 July 2024359K+7.6%23K15.33
    28 June 2024334K+1.9%30K11.08
    14 June 2024328K-17.6%13K24.36
    31 May 2024397K+14.1%36K11.07
    15 May 2024348K+2.0%15K22.48
    30 April 2024341K-0.1%15K22.15
    15 April 2024342K+0.0%11K32.34
    28 March 2024341K-1.7%12K28.59
    15 March 2024347K-8.3%17K20.79
    29 February 2024379K-2.1%12K32.48
    15 February 2024387K+0.4%10K39.30
    31 January 2024385K-9.7%9K44.53
    12 January 2024426K-1.5%14K30.42
    29 December 2023433K-5.9%27K15.85
    15 December 2023460K+12.1%21K21.60
    30 November 2023410K-3.4%12K33.91
    15 November 2023425K-1.2%20K21.68
    31 October 2023430K+0.0%16K26.47
    13 October 2023430K-3.4%22K19.21
    29 September 2023445K-0.8%11K39.85
    15 September 2023449K-1.5%15K29.55
    31 August 2023456K-0.8%14K32.21
    15 August 2023459K-1.2%15K30.89
    31 July 2023465K-1.4%15K31.80
    14 July 2023471K-2.9%21K22.31
    30 June 2023485K-0.2%29K16.54
    15 June 2023486K+0.4%18K26.76
    31 May 2023484K-6.0%17K28.84
    15 May 2023516K+1.9%17K31.12
    28 April 2023506K+0.9%15K33.52
    14 April 2023502K+0.6%20K24.99
    31 March 2023499K-3.3%24K20.97
    15 March 2023515K-0.5%18K28.06
    28 February 2023518K-12.1%20K25.93
    15 February 2023589K+3.2%23K25.65
    31 January 2023571K-3.7%15K38.05
    13 January 2023593K-1.3%18K32.42
    30 December 2022601K-4.4%27K22.12
    15 December 2022629K+0.1%28K22.79
    30 November 2022628K-0.9%17K36.05
    15 November 2022634K-4.1%21K30.72
    31 October 2022661K+1.9%19K35.63
    14 October 2022649K+2.7%14K46.49
    30 September 2022632K+4.4%38K16.51
    15 September 2022605K+4.0%35K17.09
    31 August 2022581K-4.0%37K15.83
    15 August 2022605K+3.7%34K18.06
    29 July 2022584K-7.0%24K24.15
    15 July 2022628K-0.6%28K22.50
    30 June 2022632K+0.8%58K10.91
    15 June 2022626K-2.7%40K15.79
    31 May 2022644K+1.3%61K10.51
    13 May 2022636K+1.2%87K7.30
    29 April 2022628K-1.2%55K11.43
    14 April 2022635K-7.2%66K9.57
    31 March 2022685K+8.6%81K8.45
    15 March 2022630K+39.2%114K5.54
    28 February 2022453K-5.0%99K4.58
    15 February 2022477K+50.3%63K7.55
    31 January 2022317K+13.4%73K4.33
    14 January 2022280K-7.6%73K3.83
    31 December 2021303K-12.3%97K3.12
    15 December 2021345K-3.3%100K3.44
    30 November 2021357K+3.5%116K3.07
    15 November 2021345K+18.8%149K2.31
    29 October 2021290K+30.9%126K2.31
    15 October 2021222K+3.7%61K3.63
    30 September 2021214K+54.1%80K2.68
    15 September 2021139K+8.9%87K1.60
    31 August 2021127K-22.4%96K1.33
    13 August 2021164K-35.6%49K3.34
    30 July 2021255K-27.7%35K7.21
    15 July 2021352K-29.1%44K8.02
    30 June 2021497K-14.1%87K5.72
    15 June 2021578K-0.1%34K17.03
    28 May 2021579K-1.1%41K14.28
    14 May 2021586K+1.0%38K15.26
    30 April 2021580K+0.4%52K11.05
    15 April 2021578K-11.6%28K20.51
    31 March 2021653K-18.2%70K9.32
    15 March 2021798K-0.0%49K16.42
    26 February 2021798K+7.7%68K11.80
    12 February 2021741K+0.0%38K19.48
    29 January 2021741K+1.8%65K11.48
    15 January 2021728K+2.6%40K18.18
    31 December 2020710K-2.4%56K12.57
    15 December 2020728K-1.7%26K27.68
    30 November 2020740K-1.7%16K45.42
    13 November 2020753K-0.5%10K73.10
    30 October 2020757K-0.5%6K123.76
    15 October 2020760K-0.4%6K131.63
    30 September 2020763K-2.1%10K79.82
    15 September 2020780K-0.3%10K76.96
    31 August 2020782K-0.5%11K69.66
    14 August 2020786K-1.3%9K91.19
    31 July 2020797K-3.4%8K98.17
    15 July 2020825K-4.5%14K59.35
    30 June 2020863K+8.7%64K13.51
    15 June 2020794K-0.7%20K39.56
    29 May 2020800K-0.8%20K39.07
    15 May 2020806K-0.9%20K41.05
    30 April 2020814K-0.9%14K59.72
    15 April 2020821K+0.0%10K79.54
    31 March 2020821K-7.1%34K23.80
    13 March 2020884K-1.2%19K46.90
    28 February 2020894K-2.3%49K18.37
    14 February 2020916K+6.2%74K12.39
    31 January 2020863K+3.2%38K22.86
    15 January 2020836K-0.2%11K78.13
    31 December 2019838K-0.0%7K125.89
    13 December 2019838K-2.4%8K105.34
    29 November 2019858K+0.1%8K108.70
    15 November 2019858K-0.9%11K74.81
    31 October 2019865K-0.1%29K29.46
    15 October 2019866K-2.1%48K18.14
    30 September 2019885K+15.2%108K8.20
    13 September 2019768K-0.8%54K14.22
    30 August 2019774K-4.7%85K9.10
    15 August 2019813K+0.3%18K45.12
    31 July 2019810K+0.3%6K125.71
    15 July 2019808K+0.3%4K187.32
    28 June 2019806K+0.1%7K112.05
    14 June 2019805K-0.3%9K85.52
    31 May 2019808K+0.1%8K98.14
    15 May 2019808K-0.1%17K48.14
    30 April 2019808K-0.2%12K65.95
    15 April 2019810K-0.0%14K58.54
    29 March 2019810K-0.4%16K49.52
    15 March 2019813K+0.3%12K69.47
    28 February 2019811K+0.3%4K210.52
    15 February 2019808K-1.5%3K271.49
    31 January 2019820K-1.8%5K152.25
    15 January 2019836K-0.1%3K323.60
    31 December 2018837K+0.2%3K307.23
    14 December 2018835K-0.5%7K124.13
    30 November 2018840K-0.1%3K273.92
    15 November 2018841K-0.8%9K91.19
    31 October 2018847K-0.4%7K119.90
    15 October 2018851K-7.5%43K19.60
    28 September 2018920K-3.7%9K101.36
    14 September 2018955K-4.6%14K67.93
    31 August 20181.0M-4.2%90K11.07
    15 August 20181.0M+14.0%93K11.30
    31 July 2018917K+0.1%793K1.16
    13 July 2018916K-0.1%6K144.78
    29 June 2018917K+0.2%20K45.93
    15 June 2018915K+0.1%4K230.74
    31 May 2018914K+0.0%6K150.85
    15 May 2018914K-0.1%1K837.57
    30 April 2018914K-0.1%1K838.81
    13 April 2018915K-0.3%3K322.65
    29 March 2018918K+0.5%7K129.42
    15 March 2018914K-0.0%1K626.48
    28 February 2018914K+0.0%297999.99
    15 February 2018914K-0.2%2K394.62
    31 January 2018916K-0.3%2K370.24
    12 January 2018919K+0.2%5K179.78
    29 December 2017917K5K170.45
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.