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Centene Corp. short interest

Short interest in Centene Corp. was 13.4 million shares at the 31 August 2026 settlement, up 1.2% on the previous settlement, with 3.46 days to cover at an average daily volume of 3.9 million shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
31 August 202613,426,202+1.2%3,879,0573.46
14 August 202613,270,562-2.4%4,413,2943.01
31 July 202613,590,512+1.1%5,606,6522.42
15 July 202613,435,405-11.2%4,002,8793.36
30 June 202615,126,981+2.2%6,097,1982.48
15 June 202614,797,561+0.9%5,378,4612.75
29 May 202614,669,935-3.1%4,118,7723.56
15 May 202615,140,918-0.6%6,429,1342.36
30 April 202615,228,981+10.6%8,225,2721.85
15 April 202613,764,013+0.7%4,756,6912.89
31 March 202613,667,720+16.8%7,528,5531.82
13 March 202611,704,730-7.8%6,873,1551.70

FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement. Days to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.

Source

FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.

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