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NRG Energy, Inc. short interest

6.0M shares of NRG Energy were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (3.9M to 8.1M). Short sellers would need 1.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short6.0Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-2.7%+43% over a year
Days to cover1.75at 3.4M shares a day
Of shares in issue2.84%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 near the middle of its range over the last year (3.9M to 8.1M), and the share price moved -48% 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 20266.0M-2.7%3.4M1.75
    30 September 20266.1M+5.3%2.9M2.12
    15 September 20265.8M-2.5%2.7M2.16
    31 August 20266.0M-2.0%2.7M2.22
    14 August 20266.1M-0.5%3.9M1.58
    31 July 20266.1M-19.8%2.5M2.45
    15 July 20267.7M-5.4%2.1M3.61
    30 June 20268.1M+62.3%3.3M2.46
    15 June 20265.0M-0.8%2.3M2.20
    29 May 20265.0M+24.0%2.8M1.79
    15 May 20264.1M-13.6%3.1M1.31
    30 April 20264.7M-6.2%2.7M1.72
    15 April 20265.0M+17.9%2.4M2.11
    31 March 20264.2M+3.7%2.4M1.77
    13 March 20264.1M-7.3%4.5M1.00
    27 February 20264.4M+5.5%2.4M1.86
    13 February 20264.2M-1.6%2.3M1.83
    30 January 20264.3M+4.0%1.9M2.19
    15 January 20264.1M+3.8%2.1M1.99
    31 December 20253.9M-3.7%1.8M2.23
    15 December 20254.1M-18.4%1.6M2.56
    28 November 20255.0M+8.7%1.9M2.68
    14 November 20254.6M+1.9%2.3M1.97
    31 October 20254.5M+8.1%2.1M2.20
    15 October 20254.2M-10.6%2.3M1.82
    30 September 20254.7M-13.4%2.6M1.81
    15 September 20255.4M+8.4%2.1M2.52
    29 August 20255.0M-14.8%2.0M2.50
    15 August 20255.9M-0.7%3.6M1.61
    31 July 20255.9M+28.5%2.9M2.00
    15 July 20254.6M-26.0%2.4M1.91
    30 June 20256.2M+0.6%3.8M1.63
    13 June 20256.2M+6.2%3.1M2.01
    30 May 20255.8M-3.7%3.4M1.69
    15 May 20256.0M-16.4%4.3M1.41
    30 April 20257.2M+12.8%2.2M3.33
    15 April 20256.4M-6.9%3.4M1.89
    31 March 20256.9M-7.7%2.8M2.42
    14 March 20257.4M+6.8%4.1M1.82
    28 February 20257.0M-19.1%3.6M1.95
    14 February 20258.6M+36.7%2.0M4.29
    31 January 20256.3M-29.3%3.9M1.62
    15 January 20258.9M-20.5%3.0M2.97
    31 December 202411.2M+3.3%2.9M3.85
    13 December 202410.8M+13.3%1.9M5.65
    29 November 20249.6M+1.7%2.7M3.54
    15 November 20249.4M+3.8%3.0M3.12
    31 October 20249.1M-0.6%2.5M3.62
    15 October 20249.1M-8.0%2.5M3.72
    30 September 20249.9M+12.2%3.1M3.25
    13 September 20248.8M-11.6%2.2M4.03
    30 August 202410.0M+5.9%2.4M4.13
    15 August 20249.4M-8.1%3.5M2.67
    31 July 202410.3M-1.3%2.8M3.70
    15 July 202410.4M-13.1%2.2M4.77
    28 June 202412.0M-4.7%4.5M2.68
    14 June 202412.6M+11.8%3.6M3.49
    31 May 202411.2M+16.5%3.5M3.23
    15 May 20249.6M+23.8%4.5M2.15
    30 April 20247.8M-15.7%3.0M2.60
    15 April 20249.2M-8.3%4.0M2.33
    28 March 202410.1M-34.1%3.7M2.70
    15 March 202415.3M-2.9%5.7M2.68
    29 February 202415.7M+3.6%3.2M4.95
    15 February 202415.2M-14.5%2.6M5.77
    31 January 202417.8M-5.1%3.4M5.22
    12 January 202418.7M-9.2%3.1M6.06
    29 December 202320.6M+50.9%2.7M7.77
    15 December 202313.6M-14.1%3.3M4.08
    30 November 202315.9M-7.7%3.7M4.28
    15 November 202317.2M+31.3%6.1M2.83
    31 October 202313.1M-3.5%2.8M4.73
    13 October 202313.6M+0.1%3.2M4.27
    29 September 202313.6M-4.7%2.1M6.62
    15 September 202314.2M+0.2%2.8M5.05
    31 August 202314.2M+5.9%2.3M6.31
    15 August 202313.4M+6.9%3.3M4.05
    31 July 202312.5M-2.5%4.8M2.61
    14 July 202312.9M-4.6%3.5M3.71
    30 June 202313.5M+8.9%7.7M1.75
    15 June 202312.4M-33.5%4.2M2.96
    31 May 202318.6M-3.8%6.1M3.04
    15 May 202319.4M+36.9%6.3M3.05
    28 April 202314.1M+5.0%3.2M4.44
    14 April 202313.5M+20.3%2.5M5.34
    31 March 202311.2M-16.9%5.0M2.26
    15 March 202313.5M+10.0%4.4M3.08
    28 February 202312.3M-6.2%5.0M2.46
    15 February 202313.1M+11.0%3.5M3.70
    31 January 202311.8M-8.3%4.0M2.92
    13 January 202312.8M-9.5%3.7M3.46
    30 December 202214.2M-2.1%5.1M2.79
    15 December 202214.5M-6.1%5.6M2.58
    30 November 202215.4M+3.2%2.5M6.28
    15 November 202214.9M+2.8%3.1M4.85
    31 October 202214.5M-5.2%2.1M6.76
    14 October 202215.3M-4.2%2.2M7.07
    30 September 202216.0M-1.6%2.5M6.36
    15 September 202216.3M+5.9%2.2M7.49
    31 August 202215.4M-4.1%2.0M7.66
    15 August 202216.0M+5.9%2.9M5.56
    29 July 202215.1M-5.1%3.7M4.08
    15 July 202215.9M-6.2%2.6M6.16
    30 June 202217.0M+0.4%4.2M4.08
    15 June 202216.9M-6.4%2.9M5.75
    31 May 202218.1M+16.3%5.8M3.11
    13 May 202215.6M+41.5%4.2M3.68
    29 April 202211.0M+2.8%2.6M4.20
    14 April 202210.7M-7.3%2.1M5.02
    31 March 202211.5M+3.1%3.2M3.62
    15 March 202211.2M-1.4%3.1M3.57
    28 February 202211.3M-5.8%2.6M4.32
    15 February 202212.0M+12.9%2.7M4.45
    31 January 202210.7M-6.5%2.8M3.86
    14 January 202211.4M-5.9%2.2M5.28
    31 December 202112.1M+11.3%2.2M5.47
    15 December 202110.9M+5.7%2.4M4.54
    30 November 202110.3M-6.6%2.2M4.77
    15 November 202111.0M-1.8%3.5M3.17
    29 October 202111.2M-5.3%1.8M6.18
    15 October 202111.9M-1.3%1.8M6.48
    30 September 202112.0M-4.8%2.0M6.15
    15 September 202112.6M+3.2%1.5M8.18
    31 August 202112.3M-4.3%2.0M6.28
    13 August 202112.8M+4.3%2.3M5.58
    30 July 202112.3M-15.8%2.1M5.79
    15 July 202114.6M+6.0%2.7M5.37
    30 June 202113.8M+13.1%3.8M3.65
    15 June 202112.2M-3.8%3.1M3.93
    28 May 202112.6M+1.0%2.8M4.52
    14 May 202112.5M+16.9%3.1M4.10
    30 April 202110.7M+3.3%1.9M5.58
    15 April 202110.4M-1.5%2.1M5.03
    31 March 202110.5M+15.7%5.3M1.98
    15 March 20219.1M-9.5%4.1M2.22
    26 February 202110.1M+51.1%4.2M2.42
    12 February 20216.7M-4.3%1.8M3.66
    29 January 20217.0M-5.0%2.1M3.26
    15 January 20217.3M+3.2%2.5M2.89
    31 December 20207.1M+5.0%1.8M4.04
    15 December 20206.8M+14.3%2.0M3.39
    30 November 20205.9M+0.5%2.1M2.79
    13 November 20205.9M+7.7%2.3M2.54
    30 October 20205.5M-20.8%1.8M3.00
    15 October 20206.9M-8.9%2.0M3.45
    30 September 20207.6M+24.6%2.1M3.64
    15 September 20206.1M+2.5%2.0M3.02
    31 August 20205.9M-6.2%1.7M3.48
    14 August 20206.3M+1.8%1.7M3.65
    31 July 20206.2M-11.9%2.4M2.62
    15 July 20207.1M+19.6%1.9M3.73
    30 June 20205.9M-9.8%2.6M2.24
    15 June 20206.5M-6.7%2.6M2.52
    29 May 20207.0M+15.7%2.1M3.28
    15 May 20206.1M+1.6%2.6M2.35
    30 April 20206.0M-24.0%2.8M2.15
    15 April 20207.8M+34.4%3.4M2.29
    31 March 20205.8M-13.2%4.0M1.45
    13 March 20206.7M-18.8%4.0M1.67
    28 February 20208.3M+4.3%3.1M2.70
    14 February 20207.9M+11.4%2.0M4.07
    31 January 20207.1M+13.9%2.0M3.56
    15 January 20206.3M-9.6%2.3M2.69
    31 December 20196.9M+17.9%1.9M3.59
    13 December 20195.9M+21.5%2.8M2.07
    29 November 20194.8M-46.0%2.9M1.66
    15 November 20199.0M+58.2%3.6M2.50
    31 October 20195.7M+3.9%1.9M2.99
    15 October 20195.5M-13.4%2.0M2.77
    30 September 20196.3M-7.1%2.6M2.43
    13 September 20196.8M-11.7%2.3M2.89
    30 August 20197.7M-11.0%2.5M3.09
    15 August 20198.6M-12.1%3.2M2.66
    31 July 20199.8M-12.7%3.1M3.16
    15 July 201911.2M+2.6%2.6M4.27
    28 June 201911.0M-9.2%4.5M2.41
    14 June 201912.1M+4.5%3.5M3.42
    31 May 201911.5M+25.7%3.9M2.97
    15 May 20199.2M+16.2%4.3M2.11
    30 April 20197.9M-30.7%2.7M2.91
    15 April 201911.4M-25.7%2.4M4.68
    29 March 201915.3M-20.8%3.3M4.65
    15 March 201919.4M+73.7%5.0M3.87
    28 February 201911.2M-1.9%3.4M3.25
    15 February 201911.4M+4.2%2.8M4.09
    31 January 201910.9M-9.7%3.6M3.00
    15 January 201912.1M-10.1%3.3M3.64
    31 December 201813.4M-5.0%5.8M2.31
    14 December 201814.1M+9.9%5.5M2.59
    30 November 201812.9M+14.3%5.7M2.25
    15 November 201811.3M+14.2%5.9M1.91
    31 October 20189.9M+12.4%3.9M2.54
    15 October 20188.8M+24.7%4.0M2.20
    28 September 20187.0M-26.1%3.6M1.96
    14 September 20189.5M+39.3%3.5M2.74
    31 August 20186.8M-5.6%2.9M2.34
    15 August 20187.2M+3.2%4.5M1.61
    31 July 20187.0M-6.1%3.9M1.79
    13 July 20187.5M-36.0%3.9M1.92
    29 June 201811.7M-36.4%6.5M1.81
    15 June 201818.4M-14.3%5.0M3.65
    31 May 201821.5M+62.7%5.2M4.14
    15 May 201813.2M+0.4%7.0M1.88
    30 April 201813.1M-13.4%4.0M3.28
    13 April 201815.2M+5.8%4.7M3.24
    29 March 201814.3M-18.5%5.4M2.64
    15 March 201817.6M-0.6%6.5M2.72
    28 February 201817.7M-8.3%4.9M3.60
    15 February 201819.3M+14.7%6.9M2.80
    31 January 201816.8M-28.3%6.4M2.65
    12 January 201823.5M+6.9%5.9M3.97
    29 December 201721.9M5.4M4.08
    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.