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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. short interest

126.6M shares of Hertz Global Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 5.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short126.6Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+2.7%+131% over a year
Days to cover5.92at 21.4M shares a day
Of shares in issue35.58%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 at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved -65% 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 2026126.6M+2.7%21.4M5.92
    30 September 2026123.3M+6.4%11.6M10.58
    15 September 2026115.9M+1.2%13.6M8.51
    31 August 2026114.5M+4.0%20.0M5.73
    14 August 2026110.1M+6.6%88.7M1.24
    31 July 2026103.2M+5.8%17.1M6.02
    15 July 202697.5M+2.1%24.8M3.94
    30 June 202695.5M+75.6%35.2M2.71
    15 June 202654.4M-5.3%5.2M10.39
    29 May 202657.4M+9.8%7.1M8.12
    15 May 202652.3M-5.1%8.6M6.06
    30 April 202655.1M-6.5%19.7M2.80
    15 April 202659.0M-8.0%14.1M4.18
    31 March 202664.1M+3.4%7.1M9.02
    13 March 202662.0M-1.6%5.2M11.95
    27 February 202663.0M+6.7%7.5M8.44
    13 February 202659.0M-0.1%5.0M11.83
    30 January 202659.1M+3.7%5.2M11.41
    15 January 202657.0M-1.0%5.4M10.57
    31 December 202557.6M+8.7%5.9M9.84
    15 December 202553.0M-3.6%5.9M9.05
    28 November 202554.9M-0.4%9.3M5.93
    14 November 202555.2M-2.5%25.9M2.13
    31 October 202556.6M+3.4%10.1M5.63
    15 October 202554.7M-1.0%10.0M5.48
    30 September 202555.3M+0.3%9.4M5.87
    15 September 202555.1M+2.2%5.9M9.40
    29 August 202553.9M-2.5%11.2M4.82
    15 August 202555.3M-3.0%7.0M7.93
    31 July 202557.0M-3.8%6.8M8.39
    15 July 202559.2M+3.2%7.2M8.23
    30 June 202557.4M+2.3%8.5M6.79
    13 June 202556.1M-0.5%5.4M10.34
    30 May 202556.4M-2.9%9.5M5.95
    15 May 202558.0M-4.5%13.7M4.24
    30 April 202560.8M-2.3%60.6M1.00
    15 April 202562.2M+17.1%8.8M7.06
    31 March 202553.1M+19.0%13.2M4.02
    14 March 202544.7M+3.7%6.7M6.62
    28 February 202543.0M-3.7%4.7M9.19
    14 February 202544.7M+9.7%4.5M9.82
    31 January 202540.7M-5.5%2.8M14.34
    15 January 202543.1M+2.4%4.0M10.74
    31 December 202442.1M+4.7%5.5M7.70
    13 December 202440.2M-8.2%4.9M8.23
    29 November 202443.8M+1.0%7.4M5.89
    15 November 202443.3M+0.7%7.6M5.67
    31 October 202443.0M+16.3%4.6M9.30
    15 October 202437.0M+3.6%3.6M10.19
    30 September 202435.7M-7.4%6.0M5.97
    13 September 202438.6M+1.8%6.2M6.24
    30 August 202437.9M+2.8%5.1M7.48
    15 August 202436.9M+0.3%4.9M7.49
    31 July 202436.8M-7.7%5.7M6.46
    15 July 202439.9M+2.7%6.2M6.46
    28 June 202438.8M+1.8%15.8M2.46
    14 June 202438.1M+10.0%8.2M4.65
    31 May 202434.7M+5.8%5.9M5.85
    15 May 202432.8M+0.2%9.8M3.36
    30 April 202432.7M+38.2%10.4M3.15
    15 April 202423.7M-7.2%5.2M4.58
    28 March 202425.5M+3.0%4.4M5.83
    15 March 202424.8M-8.4%4.2M5.91
    29 February 202427.1M-1.8%3.9M6.86
    15 February 202427.6M+18.5%7.3M3.76
    31 January 202423.3M+13.2%5.7M4.09
    12 January 202420.5M+0.9%4.9M4.19
    29 December 202320.4M-1.6%3.6M5.63
    15 December 202320.7M-3.6%5.7M3.60
    30 November 202321.5M+28.0%3.6M6.02
    15 November 202316.8M+11.9%4.1M4.13
    31 October 202315.0M+1.0%5.4M2.76
    13 October 202314.8M-3.8%4.0M3.71
    29 September 202315.4M-8.0%3.9M3.91
    15 September 202316.7M-6.2%3.0M5.56
    31 August 202317.9M+3.4%1.9M9.36
    15 August 202317.3M+7.1%2.8M6.20
    31 July 202316.1M-14.7%3.8M4.24
    14 July 202318.9M+10.2%2.9M6.45
    30 June 202317.1M-7.5%2.5M6.91
    15 June 202318.5M-0.2%2.6M7.18
    31 May 202318.6M-3.1%2.4M7.72
    15 May 202319.2M-6.8%2.1M9.13
    28 April 202320.6M-1.9%3.8M5.37
    14 April 202320.9M+1.5%3.7M5.65
    31 March 202320.6M+28.1%5.9M3.50
    15 March 202316.1M+8.1%4.0M4.07
    28 February 202314.9M-0.4%2.4M6.20
    15 February 202315.0M-4.0%3.9M3.83
    31 January 202315.6M-24.9%2.2M7.05
    13 January 202320.7M-2.9%2.4M8.67
    30 December 202221.4M+1.5%3.1M6.98
    15 December 202221.1M-4.3%2.8M7.51
    30 November 202222.0M-2.1%2.1M10.67
    15 November 202222.5M+1.2%2.6M8.64
    31 October 202222.2M-9.0%4.0M5.59
    14 October 202224.4M-7.6%4.0M6.05
    30 September 202226.4M-10.5%4.9M5.38
    15 September 202229.5M+7.3%3.6M8.19
    31 August 202227.5M-2.9%3.0M9.14
    15 August 202228.3M-5.6%4.1M6.98
    29 July 202230.0M+5.6%5.9M5.07
    15 July 202228.4M+11.0%3.6M7.90
    30 June 202225.6M+28.2%7.0M3.64
    15 June 202220.0M-15.1%5.4M3.73
    31 May 202223.5M+17.8%5.3M4.43
    13 May 202220.0M-0.5%6.1M3.25
    29 April 202220.1M+19.0%5.3M3.81
    14 April 202216.9M-5.3%3.2M5.35
    31 March 202217.8M+22.6%6.3M2.81
    15 March 202214.5M-5.8%5.7M2.53
    28 February 202215.4M+8.1%6.8M2.27
    15 February 202214.3M+7.3%6.5M2.19
    31 January 202213.3M-24.0%6.1M2.18
    14 January 202217.5M-45.7%7.0M2.50
    31 December 202132.2M+25.6%5.4M5.97
    15 December 202125.6M+102.1%5.3M4.82
    30 November 202112.7M+181.0%5.8M2.18
    15 November 20214.5M-87.4%7.4M1.00
    15 October 202035.8M+14.4%6.4M5.61
    30 September 202031.2M+4.2%9.8M3.19
    15 September 202030.0M+5.3%6.1M4.95
    31 August 202028.5M+0.8%6.8M4.17
    14 August 202028.2M+3.7%13.8M2.05
    31 July 202027.2M-28.9%13.3M2.05
    15 July 202038.3M-24.4%12.1M3.16
    30 June 202050.7M-15.7%72.7M1.00
    15 June 202060.1M+19.0%201.6M1.00
    29 May 202050.5M-23.7%79.6M1.00
    15 May 202066.2M+14.0%18.3M3.61
    30 April 202058.1M+82.5%30.6M1.90
    15 April 202031.8M+18.6%11.7M2.72
    31 March 202026.8M+26.2%12.5M2.14
    13 March 202021.3M+16.4%7.6M2.81
    28 February 202018.3M+19.3%5.8M3.15
    14 February 202015.3M-8.3%2.0M7.82
    31 January 202016.7M-11.7%2.3M7.41
    15 January 202018.9M-5.6%1.9M9.78
    31 December 201920.0M+5.0%1.7M12.12
    13 December 201919.1M+0.7%1.8M10.37
    29 November 201918.9M-1.6%1.7M11.35
    15 November 201919.2M-1.3%3.5M5.53
    31 October 201919.5M-4.9%2.4M8.27
    15 October 201920.5M+1.5%2.4M8.62
    30 September 201920.2M-12.2%2.5M8.10
    13 September 201923.0M-1.3%3.4M6.83
    30 August 201923.3M+7.0%3.8M6.18
    15 August 201921.8M+0.8%5.3M4.09
    31 July 201921.6M-20.4%3.6M5.95
    15 July 201927.2M+6.2%4.0M6.84
    28 June 201925.6M+11.3%4.7M5.48
    14 June 201923.0M+5.4%3.1M7.41
    31 May 201921.8M-1.4%2.1M10.14
    15 May 201922.1M+4.9%3.1M7.11
    30 April 201921.1M+8.4%1.9M11.35
    15 April 201919.4M-4.0%2.2M8.75
    29 March 201920.2M-5.2%2.2M9.26
    15 March 201921.4M+1.6%4.8M4.45
    28 February 201921.0M-0.1%5.7M3.66
    15 February 201921.0M+4.3%1.7M12.25
    31 January 201920.2M-1.9%2.3M8.81
    15 January 201920.6M+4.7%2.6M7.88
    31 December 201819.6M+7.3%2.7M7.27
    14 December 201818.3M-3.6%2.5M7.19
    30 November 201819.0M-2.4%3.4M5.63
    15 November 201819.4M-8.0%4.9M3.95
    31 October 201821.1M+6.7%2.8M7.52
    15 October 201819.8M-6.9%2.2M9.08
    28 September 201821.3M+7.9%2.7M7.87
    14 September 201819.7M-0.0%2.8M7.06
    31 August 201819.7M-11.7%3.5M5.57
    15 August 201822.3M-12.0%5.8M3.83
    31 July 201825.4M+8.5%3.8M6.66
    13 July 201823.4M+6.4%4.1M5.65
    29 June 201822.0M-7.8%3.9M5.56
    15 June 201823.8M-8.4%4.1M5.82
    31 May 201826.0M+14.8%3.8M6.78
    15 May 201822.6M+10.6%5.5M4.08
    30 April 201820.5M-5.5%2.1M9.79
    13 April 201821.7M-1.2%1.6M13.18
    29 March 201821.9M-1.4%1.8M12.35
    15 March 201822.2M+3.5%2.9M7.71
    28 February 201821.5M+11.4%5.9M3.67
    15 February 201819.3M+3.5%3.2M5.97
    31 January 201818.6M-12.2%3.8M4.87
    12 January 201821.2M+2.3%2.1M9.89
    29 December 201720.7M2.0M10.35
    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.