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Herc Holdings Inc. short interest

2.9M shares of Herc Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (1.8M to 3.1M). Short sellers would need 5.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short2.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-5.6%+19% over a year
Days to cover5.33at 550K shares a day
Of shares in issue8.79%shares short over shares outstanding
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  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 near the top of its range over the last year (1.8M to 3.1M), and the share price moved +23% 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 20262.9M-5.6%550K5.33
    30 September 20263.1M+27.8%1.1M2.77
    15 September 20262.4M+11.8%653K3.73
    31 August 20262.2M+6.6%346K6.29
    14 August 20262.0M+1.1%389K5.25
    31 July 20262.0M-9.4%628K3.22
    15 July 20262.2M+20.8%488K4.57
    30 June 20261.8M-1.0%723K2.55
    15 June 20261.9M-9.4%573K3.25
    29 May 20262.1M-4.2%445K4.63
    15 May 20262.1M+2.1%532K4.04
    30 April 20262.1M+13.6%784K2.68
    15 April 20261.9M-9.7%562K3.29
    31 March 20262.1M+8.4%546K3.76
    13 March 20261.9M-5.4%692K2.73
    27 February 20262.0M+3.6%821K2.44
    13 February 20261.9M-7.4%602K3.20
    30 January 20262.1M-5.9%511K4.07
    15 January 20262.2M-8.6%464K4.77
    31 December 20252.4M-5.0%388K6.24
    15 December 20252.5M+12.9%472K5.40
    28 November 20252.3M-7.0%393K5.75
    14 November 20252.4M+0.4%446K5.43
    31 October 20252.4M-2.3%506K4.77
    15 October 20252.5M+0.7%467K5.29
    30 September 20252.5M+1.8%507K4.84
    15 September 20252.4M-2.4%423K5.70
    29 August 20252.5M-0.6%396K6.23
    15 August 20252.5M-5.5%465K5.35
    31 July 20252.6M+4.0%739K3.56
    15 July 20252.5M+14.4%547K4.62
    30 June 20252.2M+5.9%495K4.46
    13 June 20252.1M-33.9%437K4.77
    30 May 20253.2M+6.1%404K7.81
    15 May 20253.0M+21.4%551K5.40
    30 April 20252.4M+5.8%592K4.14
    15 April 20252.3M-1.4%563K4.11
    31 March 20252.3M+23.5%547K4.29
    14 March 20251.9M+23.1%657K2.89
    28 February 20251.5M+61.6%984K1.57
    14 February 2025954K-11.7%273K3.50
    31 January 20251.1M+0.7%303K3.57
    15 January 20251.1M+1.6%316K3.39
    31 December 20241.1M+40.7%327K3.23
    13 December 2024751K+12.1%286K2.63
    29 November 2024670K-12.3%248K2.71
    15 November 2024764K-22.5%435K1.76
    31 October 2024985K-16.2%548K1.80
    15 October 20241.2M+14.5%226K5.21
    30 September 20241.0M+6.7%221K4.65
    13 September 2024962K+3.2%182K5.28
    30 August 2024933K-6.0%187K4.99
    15 August 2024992K+8.0%256K3.88
    31 July 2024919K+17.7%401K2.29
    15 July 2024781K+3.8%180K4.34
    28 June 2024752K+12.5%226K3.33
    14 June 2024668K+0.6%286K2.34
    31 May 2024664K-7.2%270K2.46
    15 May 2024716K-2.8%208K3.44
    30 April 2024736K+32.5%264K2.79
    15 April 2024556K+1.1%202K2.76
    28 March 2024550K-18.7%148K3.71
    15 March 2024676K-5.8%268K2.52
    29 February 2024717K+5.5%193K3.72
    15 February 2024680K-2.8%215K3.16
    31 January 2024700K-1.4%152K4.60
    12 January 2024710K-4.8%130K5.46
    29 December 2023746K-22.8%156K4.78
    15 December 2023966K+8.8%278K3.47
    30 November 2023888K-8.1%214K4.15
    15 November 2023967K+15.1%271K3.56
    31 October 2023840K+17.7%286K2.94
    13 October 2023714K+15.7%184K3.88
    29 September 2023617K-0.7%198K3.11
    15 September 2023621K+8.8%187K3.32
    31 August 2023571K+3.7%207K2.76
    15 August 2023550K-5.4%220K2.50
    31 July 2023581K-18.5%407K1.43
    14 July 2023713K-1.0%313K2.28
    30 June 2023721K-12.6%328K2.20
    15 June 2023825K-21.4%401K2.06
    31 May 20231.0M-3.0%356K2.95
    15 May 20231.1M+12.0%399K2.71
    28 April 2023966K-5.0%456K2.12
    14 April 20231.0M-5.1%577K1.76
    31 March 20231.1M+63.7%470K2.28
    15 March 2023654K+3.7%474K1.38
    28 February 2023631K+31.2%328K1.92
    15 February 2023481K-18.1%305K1.58
    31 January 2023587K-6.9%189K3.10
    13 January 2023631K+8.2%188K3.35
    30 December 2022584K+1.8%128K4.55
    15 December 2022573K-3.7%185K3.10
    30 November 2022596K-14.1%134K4.45
    15 November 2022693K+2.9%193K3.58
    31 October 2022673K-11.8%299K2.25
    14 October 2022764K-4.7%234K3.27
    30 September 2022802K+9.4%188K4.27
    15 September 2022732K+4.4%140K5.25
    31 August 2022701K-13.1%174K4.02
    15 August 2022807K-6.8%179K4.52
    29 July 2022866K+9.8%336K2.58
    15 July 2022789K+2.9%277K2.85
    30 June 2022766K-8.5%375K2.05
    15 June 2022838K+13.9%218K3.85
    31 May 2022735K+4.1%240K3.06
    13 May 2022706K-0.7%284K2.49
    29 April 2022711K+28.1%346K2.05
    14 April 2022555K-14.5%258K2.15
    31 March 2022649K-0.2%262K2.48
    15 March 2022651K-13.2%253K2.57
    28 February 2022749K+22.0%301K2.49
    15 February 2022614K+3.0%319K1.92
    31 January 2022596K-6.3%328K1.82
    14 January 2022636K+9.4%291K2.19
    31 December 2021581K-13.1%288K2.02
    15 December 2021669K+24.4%303K2.21
    30 November 2021538K-18.1%223K2.41
    15 November 2021656K-17.4%171K3.84
    29 October 2021794K-10.2%332K2.39
    15 October 2021885K+19.5%317K2.79
    30 September 2021741K-2.5%340K2.18
    15 September 2021760K+2.8%144K5.28
    31 August 2021739K+5.5%170K4.34
    13 August 2021700K-10.0%150K4.66
    30 July 2021778K+11.0%235K3.31
    15 July 2021701K-0.9%158K4.44
    30 June 2021708K+2.7%395K1.79
    15 June 2021689K+13.4%316K2.18
    28 May 2021608K+11.5%178K3.42
    14 May 2021545K-12.0%158K3.46
    30 April 2021619K+11.9%251K2.47
    15 April 2021553K-11.4%173K3.20
    31 March 2021624K+6.5%306K2.04
    15 March 2021586K-17.1%275K2.13
    26 February 2021707K+10.4%258K2.74
    12 February 2021641K-0.2%100K6.38
    29 January 2021642K+5.7%131K4.89
    15 January 2021607K-4.1%133K4.57
    31 December 2020633K+18.5%137K4.63
    15 December 2020534K+12.4%160K3.34
    30 November 2020475K-1.7%148K3.22
    13 November 2020484K+12.3%196K2.47
    30 October 2020431K-23.8%175K2.46
    15 October 2020565K-2.8%136K4.14
    30 September 2020582K-19.4%143K4.08
    15 September 2020721K+2.5%117K6.19
    31 August 2020703K-8.8%103K6.86
    14 August 2020771K+3.2%181K4.26
    31 July 2020748K-1.5%245K3.06
    15 July 2020759K+22.9%288K2.64
    30 June 2020618K+25.3%264K2.34
    15 June 2020493K-11.9%251K1.97
    29 May 2020560K+5.1%226K2.48
    15 May 2020533K-11.2%334K1.60
    30 April 2020600K+1.2%342K1.75
    15 April 2020593K+43.4%289K2.05
    31 March 2020413K-27.9%392K1.05
    13 March 2020573K-1.8%234K2.45
    28 February 2020584K+10.9%266K2.20
    14 February 2020526K-6.2%120K4.40
    31 January 2020561K-8.4%221K2.54
    15 January 2020613K-0.3%158K3.88
    31 December 2019614K+0.4%139K4.43
    13 December 2019612K+16.5%143K4.29
    29 November 2019525K+7.3%199K2.64
    15 November 2019489K+28.2%261K1.87
    31 October 2019382K+2.7%284K1.34
    15 October 2019372K-18.2%272K1.37
    30 September 2019454K-16.8%227K2.00
    13 September 2019546K-20.4%247K2.21
    30 August 2019686K+13.0%195K3.52
    15 August 2019607K+53.3%251K2.42
    31 July 2019396K-20.4%267K1.48
    15 July 2019497K-11.6%142K3.49
    28 June 2019563K-4.3%267K2.11
    14 June 2019588K-2.1%189K3.11
    31 May 2019601K+12.9%198K3.04
    15 May 2019532K+21.5%260K2.04
    30 April 2019438K+19.2%193K2.27
    15 April 2019368K-19.4%180K2.04
    29 March 2019456K-8.5%212K2.15
    15 March 2019498K-15.0%211K2.36
    28 February 2019586K-10.2%248K2.37
    15 February 2019653K+23.5%190K3.44
    31 January 2019529K-34.6%258K2.05
    15 January 2019808K+10.6%337K2.40
    31 December 2018731K-5.7%441K1.66
    14 December 2018775K+10.5%320K2.42
    30 November 2018701K+6.1%237K2.96
    15 November 2018661K+30.3%496K1.33
    31 October 2018508K-23.2%404K1.26
    15 October 2018661K-2.0%257K2.57
    28 September 2018675K-11.3%175K3.86
    14 September 2018761K+9.9%243K3.13
    31 August 2018692K-2.3%175K3.96
    15 August 2018709K-8.9%225K3.15
    31 July 2018778K+1.4%148K5.26
    13 July 2018767K-2.1%151K5.09
    29 June 2018784K+13.6%308K2.54
    15 June 2018690K-7.8%206K3.34
    31 May 2018748K-7.6%169K4.43
    15 May 2018809K+2.2%250K3.24
    30 April 2018791K+9.9%241K3.28
    13 April 2018720K-3.4%158K4.56
    29 March 2018745K-9.3%181K4.12
    15 March 2018821K-6.4%232K3.54
    28 February 2018877K+9.4%171K5.14
    15 February 2018802K-2.7%284K2.82
    31 January 2018824K-8.3%157K5.24
    12 January 2018899K+10.4%150K5.99
    29 December 2017815K189K4.31
    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.