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News Corp. short interest

Short interest in News Corp. was 5.3 million shares at the 31 August 2026 settlement, down 10.8% on the previous settlement, with 5.19 days to cover at an average daily volume of 1.0 million shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
31 August 20265,330,793-10.8%1,026,4315.19
14 August 20265,976,402-14.9%1,289,0734.64
31 July 20267,021,148-6.1%956,9417.34
15 July 20267,475,104-6.9%1,397,6485.35
30 June 20268,030,182-25.4%2,881,9422.79
15 June 202610,763,626+9.2%1,395,5897.71
29 May 20269,858,885-2.2%1,266,0447.79
15 May 202610,078,592+3.4%1,535,0136.57
30 April 20269,750,402-0.5%935,12910.43
15 April 20269,796,283+15.2%1,017,9539.62
31 March 20268,506,206+16.6%2,576,8823.30
13 March 20267,294,200-8.2%1,237,8105.89

FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement. 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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