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PRA Group Inc. short interest

901K shares of PRA Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (673K to 1.5M). Short sellers would need 2.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short901Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+7.3%+34% over a year
Days to cover2.57at 351K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.39%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 (673K to 1.5M), and the share price moved +44% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026901K+7.3%351K2.57
    30 September 2026840K-21.7%568K1.48
    15 September 20261.1M+11.8%342K3.14
    31 August 2026959K+19.6%330K2.91
    14 August 2026802K-1.5%493K1.63
    31 July 2026814K-14.7%347K2.35
    15 July 2026954K+10.0%325K2.93
    30 June 2026868K-42.7%1.4M1.00
    15 June 20261.5M+28.8%585K2.59
    29 May 20261.2M+24.2%505K2.33
    15 May 2026947K+6.6%717K1.32
    30 April 2026888K-3.4%314K2.83
    15 April 2026920K-21.3%252K3.66
    31 March 20261.2M-4.9%404K2.89
    13 March 20261.2M-17.1%707K1.74
    27 February 20261.5M+17.0%745K1.99
    13 February 20261.3M+61.6%642K1.97
    30 January 2026784K+9.3%409K1.92
    15 January 2026717K-0.0%267K2.69
    31 December 2025717K-19.6%454K1.58
    15 December 2025892K+3.2%331K2.70
    28 November 2025864K-6.2%455K1.90
    14 November 2025921K+23.2%551K1.67
    31 October 2025748K+11.1%252K2.97
    15 October 2025673K+12.2%304K2.21
    30 September 2025600K-48.0%398K1.51
    15 September 20251.2M+13.4%193K5.99
    29 August 20251.0M+3.5%216K4.70
    15 August 2025982K+22.9%373K2.64
    31 July 2025799K-2.8%292K2.73
    15 July 2025822K-22.5%285K2.89
    30 June 20251.1M-15.1%617K1.72
    13 June 20251.2M+12.8%446K2.80
    30 May 20251.1M+39.6%472K2.34
    15 May 2025793K+37.4%944K1.00
    30 April 2025577K+1.1%249K2.32
    15 April 2025571K-18.6%402K1.42
    31 March 2025701K+22.4%300K2.33
    14 March 2025573K+0.4%446K1.29
    28 February 2025571K-12.2%332K1.72
    14 February 2025650K+58.0%165K3.94
    31 January 2025412K-13.6%211K1.95
    15 January 2025477K-3.9%246K1.94
    31 December 2024496K+0.8%377K1.31
    13 December 2024492K+15.4%239K2.06
    29 November 2024426K-14.0%213K2.00
    15 November 2024496K-4.4%370K1.34
    31 October 2024518K-10.8%283K1.83
    15 October 2024581K-9.0%190K3.05
    30 September 2024638K-7.4%258K2.48
    13 September 2024689K-5.9%142K4.86
    30 August 2024732K+5.0%123K5.94
    15 August 2024697K+5.0%238K2.93
    31 July 2024664K+8.2%174K3.81
    15 July 2024613K+5.6%107K5.71
    28 June 2024581K-0.4%250K2.32
    14 June 2024583K-0.0%150K3.88
    31 May 2024583K-19.7%182K3.20
    15 May 2024726K-19.8%216K3.36
    30 April 2024905K-3.3%154K5.86
    15 April 2024936K-10.1%147K6.35
    28 March 20241.0M-7.1%194K5.36
    15 March 20241.1M+5.1%190K5.91
    29 February 20241.1M+6.0%370K2.88
    15 February 20241.0M-27.3%224K4.49
    31 January 20241.4M-10.4%208K6.65
    12 January 20241.5M-0.7%218K7.10
    29 December 20231.6M-8.7%237K6.56
    15 December 20231.7M+5.7%377K4.53
    30 November 20231.6M-7.9%338K4.77
    15 November 20231.8M-1.3%448K3.91
    31 October 20231.8M+39.0%385K4.61
    13 October 20231.3M+7.9%338K3.78
    29 September 20231.2M-19.0%402K2.95
    15 September 20231.5M+2.3%313K4.66
    31 August 20231.4M-6.0%300K4.76
    15 August 20231.5M+6.4%330K4.61
    31 July 20231.4M-6.9%198K7.21
    14 July 20231.5M-8.8%317K4.84
    30 June 20231.7M+0.2%469K3.59
    15 June 20231.7M-4.5%480K3.50
    31 May 20231.8M+10.7%656K2.68
    15 May 20231.6M+12.5%1.0M1.55
    28 April 20231.4M-4.2%134K10.51
    14 April 20231.5M-8.9%203K7.27
    31 March 20231.6M-17.7%328K4.93
    15 March 20232.0M+3.0%252K7.79
    28 February 20231.9M+0.4%229K8.34
    15 February 20231.9M-4.5%178K10.69
    31 January 20232.0M-2.3%215K9.26
    13 January 20232.0M-3.1%182K11.21
    30 December 20222.1M-4.8%230K9.12
    15 December 20222.2M-5.4%147K15.06
    30 November 20222.3M-2.5%151K15.50
    15 November 20222.4M-0.7%258K9.27
    31 October 20222.4M-8.0%256K9.42
    14 October 20222.6M-3.6%261K10.04
    30 September 20222.7M-7.7%345K7.87
    15 September 20222.9M-7.8%203K14.51
    31 August 20223.2M-3.7%192K16.66
    15 August 20223.3M-2.0%250K13.27
    29 July 20223.4M+0.9%192K17.64
    15 July 20223.4M+4.1%318K10.53
    30 June 20223.2M-6.6%479K6.73
    15 June 20223.4M-1.6%283K12.19
    31 May 20223.5M-3.2%277K12.66
    13 May 20223.6M-3.7%334K10.83
    29 April 20223.8M-1.0%278K13.49
    14 April 20223.8M+0.5%236K16.03
    31 March 20223.8M-3.4%246K15.31
    15 March 20223.9M-0.6%211K18.49
    28 February 20223.9M+0.3%172K22.82
    15 February 20223.9M+2.2%194K20.13
    31 January 20223.8M-4.3%251K15.24
    14 January 20224.0M-1.4%197K20.35
    31 December 20214.1M+7.1%570K7.12
    15 December 20213.8M+9.8%358K10.59
    30 November 20213.5M+3.4%285K12.11
    15 November 20213.3M-1.0%245K13.62
    29 October 20213.4M-1.9%154K21.82
    15 October 20213.4M+3.9%190K18.03
    30 September 20213.3M-6.4%293K11.27
    15 September 20213.5M-0.9%244K14.49
    31 August 20213.6M+3.5%268K13.29
    13 August 20213.4M+2.4%244K14.14
    30 July 20213.4M+1.9%165K20.36
    15 July 20213.3M-1.6%157K21.07
    30 June 20213.4M-0.0%223K15.06
    15 June 20213.4M+1.2%184K18.27
    28 May 20213.3M-4.0%174K19.09
    14 May 20213.5M-2.6%212K16.28
    30 April 20213.5M-1.3%221K16.05
    15 April 20213.6M+0.7%216K16.66
    31 March 20213.6M+0.8%289K12.34
    15 March 20213.5M+3.6%335K10.56
    26 February 20213.4M+0.5%165K20.71
    12 February 20213.4M+2.8%199K17.04
    29 January 20213.3M-1.5%306K10.80
    15 January 20213.4M-3.3%353K9.53
    31 December 20203.5M+2.7%293K11.87
    15 December 20203.4M-0.5%182K18.62
    30 November 20203.4M+1.6%215K15.80
    13 November 20203.3M-3.9%337K9.91
    30 October 20203.5M-2.3%190K18.31
    15 October 20203.6M-0.6%223K15.99
    30 September 20203.6M-5.3%315K11.37
    15 September 20203.8M-12.2%301K12.57
    31 August 20204.3M-1.6%318K13.55
    14 August 20204.4M-5.7%371K11.81
    31 July 20204.6M-3.2%280K16.60
    15 July 20204.8M+2.7%217K22.11
    30 June 20204.7M-0.5%324K14.42
    15 June 20204.7M-1.0%274K17.12
    29 May 20204.7M+2.3%316K14.98
    15 May 20204.6M-4.5%414K11.19
    30 April 20204.8M+11.4%305K15.91
    15 April 20204.4M-8.4%551K7.89
    31 March 20204.7M-15.0%569K8.35
    13 March 20205.6M+3.2%512K10.90
    28 February 20205.4M-1.8%190K28.54
    14 February 20205.5M+0.1%156K35.36
    31 January 20205.5M-2.9%176K31.24
    15 January 20205.7M-3.2%170K33.37
    31 December 20195.9M-6.0%246K23.82
    13 December 20196.2M-4.8%221K28.23
    29 November 20196.6M-3.2%177K36.99
    15 November 20196.8M-3.2%240K28.25
    31 October 20197.0M-6.3%174K40.26
    15 October 20197.5M-4.5%281K26.57
    30 September 20197.8M+1.7%267K29.30
    13 September 20197.7M+0.3%230K33.38
    30 August 20197.7M-2.7%267K28.73
    15 August 20197.9M-4.2%255K30.91
    31 July 20198.2M-3.6%230K35.76
    15 July 20198.5M+4.6%122K69.84
    28 June 20198.2M-3.2%249K32.73
    14 June 20198.4M+5.8%144K58.30
    31 May 20198.0M+4.5%195K40.78
    15 May 20197.6M-3.4%242K31.49
    30 April 20197.9M+3.0%218K36.11
    15 April 20197.7M-2.2%221K34.71
    29 March 20197.8M-1.4%349K22.42
    15 March 20197.9M-2.8%636K12.49
    28 February 20198.2M+3.5%255K32.07
    15 February 20197.9M-0.0%188K42.13
    31 January 20197.9M-1.7%230K34.35
    15 January 20198.0M-4.1%294K27.33
    31 December 20188.4M-0.8%438K19.14
    14 December 20188.4M-1.1%445K19.00
    30 November 20188.5M+0.7%253K33.69
    15 November 20188.5M-1.4%431K19.69
    31 October 20188.6M-2.9%316K27.24
    15 October 20188.9M+0.5%219K40.46
    28 September 20188.8M-1.3%247K35.62
    14 September 20188.9M-0.3%252K35.40
    31 August 20189.0M+1.6%199K45.05
    15 August 20188.8M+6.5%323K27.27
    31 July 20188.3M+3.7%219K37.77
    13 July 20188.0M+0.4%267K29.91
    29 June 20188.0M-4.4%340K23.40
    15 June 20188.3M+3.0%239K34.84
    31 May 20188.1M+3.2%266K30.32
    15 May 20187.8M-0.1%300K26.13
    30 April 20187.8M+2.0%282K27.79
    13 April 20187.7M+2.4%250K30.74
    29 March 20187.5M-2.7%319K23.54
    15 March 20187.7M+4.1%672K11.48
    28 February 20187.4M+0.9%468K15.85
    15 February 20187.3M+4.7%332K22.10
    31 January 20187.0M-0.8%309K22.69
    12 January 20187.1M+1.8%309K22.90
    29 December 20176.9M298K23.35
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.