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Provident Financial Holdings Inc. short interest

22K shares of Provident Financial Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (19K to 42K). Short sellers would need 1.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short22Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+7.7%-2% over a year
Days to cover1.37at 16K shares a day
Of shares in issue0.35%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 bottom of its range over the last year (19K to 42K), and the share price moved +15% 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 202622K+7.7%16K1.37
    30 September 202620K+2.3%13K1.57
    15 September 202620K-23.0%22K1.00
    31 August 202626K-1.1%16K1.60
    14 August 202626K-14.1%10K2.56
    31 July 202630K-11.2%5K5.69
    15 July 202634K+6.0%4K7.79
    30 June 202632K-23.4%6K5.74
    15 June 202642K+7.6%9K4.53
    29 May 202639K+1.3%6K6.83
    15 May 202638K+10.1%7K5.64
    30 April 202635K+3.0%7K4.75
    15 April 202634K+1.0%13K2.60
    31 March 202634K-1.3%9K3.63
    13 March 202634K+6.6%8K4.16
    27 February 202632K+0.4%4K7.92
    13 February 202632K-5.5%7K4.81
    30 January 202634K+2.2%8K4.09
    15 January 202633K+67.4%6K5.96
    31 December 202520K-7.5%8K2.56
    15 December 202521K+11.5%11K1.90
    28 November 202519K-3.8%5K3.48
    14 November 202520K+1.4%5K3.64
    31 October 202520K-11.9%4K4.54
    15 October 202522K-2.8%10K2.24
    30 September 202523K-0.5%9K2.42
    15 September 202523K+10.6%5K4.87
    29 August 202521K-26.2%7K3.03
    15 August 202528K+23.3%4K6.58
    31 July 202523K+1.5%6K3.89
    15 July 202522K-20.0%8K2.91
    30 June 202528K+6.8%5K5.25
    13 June 202526K+11.0%6K4.58
    30 May 202524K-5.6%4K5.26
    15 May 202525K+3.1%5K4.75
    30 April 202524K-1.6%4K5.96
    15 April 202525K+11.6%4K5.61
    31 March 202522K-4.9%5K4.44
    14 March 202523K+0.5%9K2.60
    28 February 202523K-1.7%4K6.32
    14 February 202524K+0.8%5K4.85
    31 January 202523K+0.2%8K3.10
    15 January 202523K-0.9%7K3.54
    31 December 202423K+4.8%7K3.17
    13 December 202422K+0.0%9K2.37
    29 November 202422K-1.1%7K3.03
    15 November 202423K-1.8%7K3.16
    31 October 202423K-4.4%10K2.33
    15 October 202424K+4.9%3K8.28
    30 September 202423K-3.7%13K1.83
    13 September 202424K-9.4%15K1.56
    30 August 202426K+18.0%15K1.82
    15 August 202422K-4.8%3K7.38
    31 July 202423K-4.2%10K2.44
    15 July 202425K-8.8%8K3.12
    28 June 202427K-4.3%3K7.82
    14 June 202428K+3.4%4K7.64
    31 May 202427K+1.1%3K8.32
    15 May 202427K-22.1%4K6.63
    30 April 202435K-6.4%4K7.90
    15 April 202437K-17.2%4K9.77
    28 March 202445K-5.1%4K11.09
    15 March 202447K+3.3%5K9.40
    29 February 202445K-9.7%3K15.47
    15 February 202450K+18.6%6K8.01
    31 January 202442K+1.2%7K6.24
    12 January 202442K+16.1%7K5.66
    29 December 202336K+10.8%13K2.77
    15 December 202333K+28.4%10K3.17
    30 November 202325K-0.9%4K6.76
    15 November 202326K+1.1%13K2.03
    31 October 202325K-10.3%4K5.98
    13 October 202328K-7.4%11K2.65
    29 September 202330K-17.3%2K19.48
    15 September 202337K+20.9%5K6.82
    31 August 202330K+6.5%3K10.46
    15 August 202329K-1.6%3K10.13
    31 July 202329K-0.4%5K5.38
    14 July 202329K-0.0%7K4.38
    30 June 202329K-0.1%5K5.50
    15 June 202329K-3.0%5K5.81
    31 May 202330K-11.0%3K10.08
    15 May 202334K+1.4%5K6.81
    28 April 202333K-2.6%4K7.81
    14 April 202334K+10.6%2K14.08
    31 March 202331K+12.3%5K6.44
    15 March 202328K+8.1%9K2.94
    28 February 202326K-10.6%7K3.83
    15 February 202329K-6.5%6K4.53
    31 January 202331K+5.7%6K5.20
    13 January 202329K-6.8%5K6.10
    30 December 202231K-2.6%9K3.54
    15 December 202232K+1.3%7K4.26
    30 November 202231K+16.8%6K5.19
    15 November 202227K+0.7%8K3.53
    31 October 202227K-14.9%9K2.99
    14 October 202231K+6.0%6K5.19
    30 September 202230K-7.6%8K3.85
    15 September 202232K+12.0%18K1.77
    31 August 202229K-30.7%7K4.13
    15 August 202241K-2.6%5K7.88
    29 July 202242K+20.5%14K3.00
    15 July 202235K-7.1%2K20.43
    30 June 202238K-26.9%6K6.15
    15 June 202252K-6.6%8K6.79
    31 May 202256K+52.2%7K8.04
    13 May 202236K+4.1%11K3.47
    29 April 202235K-27.7%9K4.04
    14 April 202248K-2.6%7K6.85
    31 March 202250K+2.9%5K9.74
    15 March 202248K+43.4%5K9.21
    28 February 202234K-1.0%5K6.48
    15 February 202234K-1.5%3K11.14
    31 January 202235K+2.5%6K5.53
    14 January 202234K-5.1%6K5.22
    31 December 202136K-12.2%41K1.00
    15 December 202141K-23.0%6K6.48
    30 November 202153K-0.3%6K9.54
    15 November 202153K+1.1%5K11.39
    29 October 202152K+34.9%7K7.24
    15 October 202139K-32.1%6K6.84
    30 September 202157K+1.0%28K2.07
    15 September 202156K-6.2%7K8.55
    31 August 202160K-2.8%7K8.68
    13 August 202162K-5.3%5K12.92
    30 July 202165K-16.7%9K6.93
    15 July 202178K+6.7%16K4.98
    30 June 202174K-78.9%107K1.00
    15 June 2021349K+89.9%15K23.98
    28 May 2021184K-8.2%9K21.12
    14 May 2021200K+41.3%14K13.82
    30 April 2021142K+27.4%14K9.94
    15 April 2021111K+50.8%20K5.63
    31 March 202174K+9.6%20K3.61
    15 March 202167K-10.8%24K2.76
    26 February 202175K+2.8%15K5.11
    12 February 202173K+13.9%11K6.48
    29 January 202164K+5.9%11K5.80
    15 January 202161K+5.6%11K5.52
    31 December 202058K+49.7%32K1.80
    15 December 202038K-8.5%15K2.51
    30 November 202042K+30.5%12K3.47
    13 November 202032K-14.7%8K3.88
    30 October 202038K-1.0%3K11.75
    15 October 202038K+12.0%7K5.25
    30 September 202034K+7.4%14K2.38
    15 September 202032K-15.6%5K6.82
    31 August 202038K+5.8%6K6.07
    14 August 202035K-1.0%8K4.20
    31 July 202036K-4.3%8K4.27
    15 July 202037K-0.1%6K5.83
    30 June 202037K+92.9%11K3.43
    15 June 202019K-11.7%9K2.08
    29 May 202022K-15.4%11K1.98
    15 May 202026K+42.4%17K1.55
    30 April 202018K+1.3%9K2.04
    15 April 202018K-12.1%18K1.00
    31 March 202021K-5.8%17K1.22
    13 March 202022K+14.0%11K1.98
    28 February 202019K+5.4%10K1.87
    14 February 202018K+1.2%12K1.53
    31 January 202018K+6.0%6K2.94
    15 January 202017K-23.1%4K4.67
    31 December 201922K-16.7%7K3.06
    13 December 201926K-32.4%7K3.74
    29 November 201939K-19.5%9K4.54
    15 November 201948K-13.0%7K7.08
    31 October 201956K-11.1%8K7.14
    15 October 201963K-8.4%7K8.57
    30 September 201968K-18.1%12K5.79
    13 September 201984K+7.5%17K4.88
    30 August 201978K-7.4%7K11.62
    15 August 201984K+0.1%7K11.85
    31 July 201984K-7.6%8K10.85
    15 July 201991K+417.7%18K5.13
    28 June 201918K+7.6%88K1.00
    14 June 201916K+22.7%10K1.67
    31 May 201913K+9.5%6K2.17
    15 May 201912K-30.0%8K1.58
    30 April 201917K+34.1%5K3.62
    15 April 201913K+14.8%7K1.92
    29 March 201911K+0.5%5K2.27
    15 March 201911K+2.0%6K1.89
    28 February 201911K+14.8%9K1.19
    15 February 201910K+20.1%11K1.00
    31 January 20198K-55.0%8K1.00
    15 January 201918K-3.5%3K5.58
    31 December 201818K-2.2%11K1.60
    14 December 201819K-14.3%6K3.10
    30 November 201822K+4.9%8K2.60
    15 November 201821K-7.2%6K3.49
    31 October 201822K+5.7%5K4.31
    15 October 201821K+1.8%5K4.01
    28 September 201821K-4.8%7K2.85
    14 September 201822K-1.9%16K1.39
    31 August 201822K-11.8%5K4.26
    15 August 201825K+2.0%5K4.64
    31 July 201825K-9.3%9K2.81
    13 July 201827K-16.7%10K2.87
    29 June 201833K-83.0%89K1.00
    15 June 2018194K+5.6%13K14.50
    31 May 2018184K+4.4%15K12.05
    15 May 2018176K+5.7%9K18.85
    30 April 2018166K+12.8%8K20.18
    13 April 2018148K+5.4%12K12.25
    29 March 2018140K+3.1%14K9.91
    15 March 2018136K+31.5%15K9.06
    28 February 2018103K+23.7%11K9.35
    15 February 201884K+89.0%24K3.52
    31 January 201844K+20.5%11K4.19
    12 January 201837K+17.3%10K3.61
    29 December 201731K10K3.13
    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.