H&R Block Inc. short interest
Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers submit it twice a month, and days to cover is how many days of normal trading it would take to buy them all back.
Short interest in H&R Block Inc. was 17.4 million shares at the 15 September 2026 settlement, up 4.1% on the previous settlement, with 10.14 days to cover at an average daily volume of 1.7 million shares, as reported to FINRA.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Average daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2026 | 17,448,651 | +4.1% | 1,721,054 | 10.14 |
| 31 August 2026 | 16,757,837 | -6.0% | 1,571,340 | 10.66 |
| 14 August 2026 | 17,836,338 | +3.0% | 3,493,807 | 5.11 |
| 31 July 2026 | 17,315,253 | -2.5% | 1,810,278 | 9.56 |
| 15 July 2026 | 17,749,914 | -7.2% | 1,974,452 | 8.99 |
| 30 June 2026 | 19,120,440 | -2.6% | 2,160,725 | 8.85 |
| 15 June 2026 | 19,635,291 | +8.1% | 2,396,690 | 8.19 |
| 29 May 2026 | 18,166,907 | +2.0% | 2,476,257 | 7.34 |
| 15 May 2026 | 17,816,101 | +0.4% | 3,410,964 | 5.22 |
| 30 April 2026 | 17,742,639 | +18.3% | 2,241,815 | 7.91 |
| 15 April 2026 | 14,995,088 | +8.4% | 1,994,570 | 7.52 |
| 31 March 2026 | 13,837,844 | +4.8% | 2,224,371 | 6.22 |
FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.
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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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