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Globe Life Inc. short interest

2.2M shares of Globe Life were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 Jul 2024. Short sellers would need 5.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short2.2Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+3.7%+52% over a year
Days to cover5.15at 431K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.41%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 Jul 2024, and the share price moved +14% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 15 Aug 2019 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20262.2M+3.7%431K5.15
    30 September 20262.1M+3.7%478K4.48
    15 September 20262.1M+0.0%335K6.16
    31 August 20262.1M+14.9%494K4.18
    14 August 20261.8M+9.8%558K3.22
    31 July 20261.6M-9.2%796K2.05
    15 July 20261.8M+8.8%567K3.18
    30 June 20261.7M-10.3%829K2.00
    15 June 20261.8M+6.0%523K3.53
    29 May 20261.7M+7.7%603K2.89
    15 May 20261.6M-0.2%548K2.95
    30 April 20261.6M+9.8%563K2.88
    15 April 20261.5M-2.2%458K3.23
    31 March 20261.5M+10.1%502K3.00
    13 March 20261.4M-3.6%496K2.76
    27 February 20261.4M-7.7%461K3.09
    13 February 20261.5M+16.7%557K2.77
    30 January 20261.3M+0.1%533K2.48
    15 January 20261.3M-4.6%501K2.63
    31 December 20251.4M-11.8%481K2.87
    15 December 20251.6M-3.9%515K3.04
    28 November 20251.6M+5.2%477K3.41
    14 November 20251.5M+6.7%549K2.82
    31 October 20251.5M-0.5%635K2.29
    15 October 20251.5M-14.0%624K2.34
    30 September 20251.7M+7.8%590K2.88
    15 September 20251.6M-3.6%434K3.63
    29 August 20251.6M-0.3%471K3.47
    15 August 20251.6M+18.3%710K2.31
    31 July 20251.4M+5.0%844K1.64
    15 July 20251.3M-3.7%711K1.85
    30 June 20251.4M-1.9%542K2.52
    13 June 20251.4M+6.2%431K3.23
    30 May 20251.3M-4.3%587K2.24
    15 May 20251.4M+6.0%747K1.84
    30 April 20251.3M+2.6%621K2.08
    15 April 20251.3M+3.2%806K1.57
    31 March 20251.2M-24.7%721K1.70
    14 March 20251.6M-1.6%727K2.24
    28 February 20251.7M-1.9%649K2.54
    14 February 20251.7M+8.4%659K2.55
    31 January 20251.6M-3.5%473K3.28
    15 January 20251.6M-6.0%621K2.59
    31 December 20241.7M-21.9%878K1.95
    13 December 20242.2M+12.6%867K2.53
    29 November 20241.9M-3.1%448K4.35
    15 November 20242.0M+1.9%580K3.46
    31 October 20242.0M-2.2%676K2.92
    15 October 20242.0M-4.4%509K3.97
    30 September 20242.1M-2.3%1.0M2.09
    13 September 20242.2M+3.9%905K2.39
    30 August 20242.1M-3.3%854K2.43
    15 August 20242.1M-1.1%874K2.46
    31 July 20242.2M-9.6%996K2.18
    15 July 20242.4M-11.6%813K2.96
    28 June 20242.7M+7.3%1.4M1.90
    14 June 20242.5M-17.5%1.5M1.73
    31 May 20243.1M-25.1%2.3M1.31
    15 May 20244.1M-2.4%2.3M1.81
    30 April 20244.2M+22.5%5.4M1.00
    15 April 20243.4M+24.8%7.4M1.00
    28 March 20242.7M+19.2%1.1M2.58
    15 March 20242.3M+94.7%966K2.39
    29 February 20241.2M+23.4%494K2.40
    15 February 2024959K+1.7%597K1.61
    31 January 2024943K+13.6%438K2.15
    12 January 2024830K+9.2%554K1.50
    29 December 2023760K-17.2%416K1.83
    15 December 2023919K+0.1%732K1.26
    30 November 2023918K-15.8%584K1.57
    15 November 20231.1M-15.1%496K2.20
    31 October 20231.3M+28.5%584K2.20
    13 October 20231,000K+48.2%566K1.77
    29 September 2023675K-13.1%462K1.46
    15 September 2023776K-2.0%579K1.34
    31 August 2023792K-10.7%431K1.84
    15 August 2023888K+25.8%394K2.25
    31 July 2023706K-22.6%455K1.55
    14 July 2023912K+6.3%443K2.06
    30 June 2023858K-21.5%585K1.47
    15 June 20231.1M-8.5%477K2.29
    31 May 20231.2M-1.5%468K2.55
    15 May 20231.2M+5.2%542K2.23
    28 April 20231.2M-7.3%546K2.11
    14 April 20231.2M+2.3%737K1.68
    31 March 20231.2M-5.2%561K2.16
    15 March 20231.3M+12.3%598K2.14
    28 February 20231.1M+7.6%419K2.72
    15 February 20231.1M-3.4%569K1.86
    31 January 20231.1M+12.8%451K2.43
    13 January 2023972K-3.0%581K1.67
    30 December 20221.0M-15.0%602K1.67
    15 December 20221.2M-14.5%583K2.02
    30 November 20221.4M+14.1%646K2.13
    15 November 20221.2M+18.4%604K2.00
    31 October 20221.0M-20.0%686K1.49
    14 October 20221.3M+13.8%522K2.45
    30 September 20221.1M+24.5%730K1.54
    15 September 2022901K+1.0%529K1.70
    31 August 2022891K-0.7%362K2.46
    15 August 2022897K-30.3%413K2.17
    29 July 20221.3M+5.0%461K2.80
    15 July 20221.2M-0.1%603K2.04
    30 June 20221.2M+31.4%735K1.67
    15 June 2022935K+11.2%395K2.37
    31 May 2022841K+1.9%511K1.65
    13 May 2022826K+2.4%447K1.85
    29 April 2022806K-11.8%553K1.46
    14 April 2022914K+4.7%544K1.68
    31 March 2022873K-20.7%739K1.18
    15 March 20221.1M-8.9%621K1.77
    28 February 20221.2M+3.4%702K1.72
    15 February 20221.2M+4.7%560K2.09
    31 January 20221.1M-1.9%506K2.21
    14 January 20221.1M+1.0%545K2.09
    31 December 20211.1M+14.4%548K2.06
    15 December 2021985K+5.0%522K1.89
    30 November 2021938K-3.3%638K1.47
    15 November 2021971K+24.2%479K2.02
    29 October 2021781K-9.0%491K1.59
    15 October 2021858K+7.8%362K2.37
    30 September 2021796K-11.5%456K1.75
    15 September 2021899K-11.3%268K3.35
    31 August 20211.0M-1.4%266K3.81
    13 August 20211.0M+8.3%320K3.22
    30 July 2021949K+9.8%438K2.17
    15 July 2021865K-1.9%428K2.02
    30 June 2021882K+1.5%666K1.32
    15 June 2021869K+13.7%293K2.96
    28 May 2021764K-14.7%294K2.60
    14 May 2021896K+1.9%316K2.84
    30 April 2021879K+7.9%354K2.48
    15 April 2021815K+11.5%319K2.56
    31 March 2021731K-27.2%400K1.83
    15 March 20211.0M+2.6%387K2.59
    26 February 2021979K-3.9%501K1.95
    12 February 20211.0M+19.1%429K2.38
    29 January 2021855K+25.9%392K2.18
    15 January 2021679K+3.4%354K1.92
    31 December 2020657K-42.6%428K1.54
    15 December 20201.1M-4.4%332K3.44
    30 November 20201.2M+0.3%328K3.65
    13 November 20201.2M+7.3%365K3.27
    30 October 20201.1M-2.2%458K2.43
    15 October 20201.1M-2.1%358K3.18
    30 September 20201.2M-4.2%520K2.24
    15 September 20201.2M-8.7%452K2.68
    31 August 20201.3M-15.0%330K4.02
    14 August 20201.6M-5.7%399K3.92
    31 July 20201.7M+13.4%506K3.28
    15 July 20201.5M+13.1%501K2.92
    30 June 20201.3M-20.5%643K2.01
    15 June 20201.6M-10.4%532K3.06
    29 May 20201.8M-23.8%560K3.24
    15 May 20202.4M+8.6%568K4.19
    30 April 20202.2M-15.3%602K3.64
    15 April 20202.6M-1.7%652K3.97
    31 March 20202.6M-13.9%854K3.08
    13 March 20203.1M-6.1%839K3.64
    28 February 20203.3M-1.1%556K5.85
    14 February 20203.3M-1.6%353K9.32
    31 January 20203.3M-3.6%378K8.85
    15 January 20203.5M-7.3%423K8.21
    31 December 20193.7M+10.2%399K9.38
    13 December 20193.4M-1.0%435K7.81
    29 November 20193.4M-2.8%508K6.75
    15 November 20193.5M+4.7%417K8.46
    31 October 20193.4M-2.7%389K8.68
    15 October 20193.5M-3.0%376K9.22
    30 September 20193.6M+9.4%380K9.39
    13 September 20193.3M+5.9%516K6.32
    30 August 20193.1M-3.2%392K7.87
    15 August 20193.2M488K6.52
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.