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Essex Property Trust, Inc. short interest

Short interest in Essex Property Trust, Inc. was 2.4 million shares at the 31 August 2026 settlement, up 20.6% on the previous settlement, with 5.13 days to cover at an average daily volume of 463,374 shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
31 August 20262,378,744+20.6%463,3745.13
14 August 20261,971,746-11.5%341,8135.77
31 July 20262,227,641+9.7%522,9134.26
15 July 20262,030,071+13.2%483,2474.20
30 June 20261,792,568+7.9%509,2723.52
15 June 20261,661,975-14.9%477,5403.48
29 May 20261,952,906+7.3%492,1143.97
15 May 20261,819,537-0.6%433,2374.20
30 April 20261,829,820+4.2%506,6173.61
15 April 20261,755,974-5.5%410,3914.28
31 March 20261,857,474+1.2%541,4843.43
13 March 20261,835,490+2.9%473,8373.87

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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