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Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. short interest

888K shares of Universal Insurance Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (301K to 1.4M). Short sellers would need 4.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short888Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-25.8%+171% over a year
Days to cover4.23at 210K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.21%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 (301K to 1.4M), and the share price moved +62% 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 2026888K-25.8%210K4.23
    30 September 20261.2M+83.5%170K7.03
    15 September 2026652K+6.8%130K5.01
    31 August 2026610K+11.7%214K2.85
    14 August 2026546K-59.4%176K3.11
    31 July 20261.3M-0.8%234K5.74
    15 July 20261.4M+41.8%255K5.30
    30 June 2026955K+49.1%240K3.98
    15 June 2026641K+28.9%166K3.86
    29 May 2026497K-1.3%164K3.03
    15 May 2026504K-8.4%208K2.42
    30 April 2026550K+25.9%282K1.95
    15 April 2026437K-22.5%154K2.83
    31 March 2026563K-8.2%189K2.99
    13 March 2026614K-0.9%250K2.45
    27 February 2026620K+10.9%195K3.17
    13 February 2026559K-16.1%120K4.64
    30 January 2026666K+17.1%208K3.20
    15 January 2026569K+13.8%209K2.72
    31 December 2025500K+24.5%202K2.48
    15 December 2025401K+4.1%149K2.69
    28 November 2025386K-13.6%147K2.62
    14 November 2025446K+48.4%210K2.13
    31 October 2025301K-8.1%216K1.39
    15 October 2025327K-17.2%209K1.56
    30 September 2025395K-16.9%194K2.04
    15 September 2025475K-17.1%137K3.47
    29 August 2025573K-0.6%131K4.37
    15 August 2025576K+1.9%195K2.95
    31 July 2025566K-29.8%326K1.73
    15 July 2025806K+53.2%286K2.82
    30 June 2025526K+59.9%303K1.73
    13 June 2025329K-3.6%230K1.43
    30 May 2025341K+7.5%197K1.73
    15 May 2025317K-4.1%317K1.00
    30 April 2025331K+12.1%234K1.41
    15 April 2025295K-0.5%186K1.58
    31 March 2025297K-9.1%218K1.36
    14 March 2025326K+3.0%163K2.00
    28 February 2025317K-16.3%217K1.46
    14 February 2025378K+6.2%116K3.26
    31 January 2025356K-3.5%120K2.96
    15 January 2025369K+17.8%124K2.99
    31 December 2024314K+4.4%169K1.86
    13 December 2024300K+11.1%128K2.35
    29 November 2024270K-13.6%93K2.92
    15 November 2024313K-23.5%173K1.81
    31 October 2024409K-43.9%225K1.82
    15 October 2024729K+12.2%378K1.93
    30 September 2024650K-23.9%210K3.10
    13 September 2024854K-0.1%116K7.34
    30 August 2024855K-10.9%151K5.68
    15 August 2024960K+12.0%190K5.04
    31 July 2024857K+23.0%228K3.75
    15 July 2024696K+41.0%161K4.34
    28 June 2024494K+19.6%159K3.10
    14 June 2024413K+47.6%148K2.79
    31 May 2024280K-4.3%159K1.76
    15 May 2024292K-0.6%170K1.72
    30 April 2024294K-21.5%195K1.51
    15 April 2024375K+14.6%149K2.51
    28 March 2024327K-13.8%153K2.13
    15 March 2024379K+80.9%255K1.49
    29 February 2024210K-50.3%268K1.00
    15 February 2024422K-17.8%166K2.55
    31 January 2024513K+12.3%153K3.36
    12 January 2024457K-10.8%177K2.59
    29 December 2023512K-10.4%230K2.23
    15 December 2023572K+2.1%239K2.40
    30 November 2023560K-22.9%219K2.55
    15 November 2023727K+27.0%198K3.67
    31 October 2023572K-27.6%255K2.24
    13 October 2023790K-26.2%238K3.32
    29 September 20231.1M-25.4%384K2.78
    15 September 20231.4M+58.0%1.3M1.10
    31 August 2023907K+41.4%226K4.02
    15 August 2023642K+41.9%217K2.95
    31 July 2023452K-15.7%157K2.88
    14 July 2023536K+5.7%160K3.35
    30 June 2023507K-7.7%198K2.56
    15 June 2023549K-1.5%164K3.36
    31 May 2023558K+23.3%220K2.54
    15 May 2023452K-2.2%237K1.91
    28 April 2023463K+2.4%345K1.34
    14 April 2023452K-22.5%223K2.02
    31 March 2023583K-9.2%291K2.01
    15 March 2023642K+7.3%342K1.88
    28 February 2023599K+10.9%482K1.24
    15 February 2023540K+3.1%127K4.25
    31 January 2023523K-14.4%116K4.51
    13 January 2023612K+13.2%188K3.25
    30 December 2022540K-31.0%364K1.48
    15 December 2022783K+11.3%270K2.90
    30 November 2022703K-21.9%121K5.82
    15 November 2022900K-3.2%169K5.32
    31 October 2022930K-37.9%169K5.51
    14 October 20221.5M+13.1%227K6.61
    30 September 20221.3M+24.8%258K5.14
    15 September 20221.1M+0.5%103K10.31
    31 August 20221.1M-2.0%110K9.60
    15 August 20221.1M+15.6%156K6.91
    29 July 2022931K-1.7%179K5.20
    15 July 2022948K+5.1%128K7.43
    30 June 2022902K+6.7%255K3.54
    15 June 2022845K+20.4%130K6.52
    31 May 2022701K+22.0%185K3.80
    13 May 2022575K+5.9%192K3.00
    29 April 2022543K+3.3%203K2.67
    14 April 2022526K-7.7%238K2.21
    31 March 2022570K-6.4%286K1.99
    15 March 2022608K-5.5%371K1.64
    28 February 2022644K+2.1%320K2.01
    15 February 2022631K+15.2%325K1.94
    31 January 2022548K-5.0%258K2.12
    14 January 2022576K+40.5%246K2.35
    31 December 2021410K+16.4%244K1.68
    15 December 2021353K-0.6%196K1.80
    30 November 2021355K-7.2%116K3.05
    15 November 2021382K-11.3%100K3.82
    29 October 2021431K-15.9%138K3.11
    15 October 2021512K-5.8%143K3.57
    30 September 2021544K-9.5%152K3.58
    15 September 2021601K-0.1%122K4.94
    31 August 2021602K+4.9%120K5.03
    13 August 2021574K-2.2%119K4.81
    30 July 2021586K-1.0%167K3.51
    15 July 2021592K+16.2%137K4.33
    30 June 2021510K+3.0%216K2.36
    15 June 2021495K-13.4%153K3.24
    28 May 2021572K+3.8%135K4.25
    14 May 2021551K-1.4%156K3.53
    30 April 2021559K+0.8%177K3.15
    15 April 2021554K+27.4%138K4.01
    31 March 2021435K-5.7%187K2.32
    15 March 2021461K-15.1%174K2.64
    26 February 2021543K+4.4%162K3.36
    12 February 2021520K-16.1%146K3.56
    29 January 2021620K-45.7%273K2.27
    15 January 20211.1M-1.2%141K8.09
    31 December 20201.2M+17.9%222K5.21
    15 December 2020979K+5.3%199K4.92
    30 November 2020930K-20.1%294K3.17
    13 November 20201.2M+12.2%278K4.19
    30 October 20201.0M-12.5%234K4.43
    15 October 20201.2M+7.0%150K7.90
    30 September 20201.1M-0.1%251K4.42
    15 September 20201.1M+3.1%182K6.10
    31 August 20201.1M+12.7%263K4.09
    14 August 2020953K-1.7%214K4.45
    31 July 2020970K-0.6%150K6.46
    15 July 2020975K+1.4%141K6.91
    30 June 2020961K-4.1%229K4.20
    15 June 20201.0M+8.2%156K6.43
    29 May 2020927K-5.0%163K5.67
    15 May 2020976K+6.8%201K4.84
    30 April 2020914K-9.5%192K4.76
    15 April 20201.0M+0.3%189K5.34
    31 March 20201.0M-21.3%270K3.73
    13 March 20201.3M-0.6%346K3.70
    28 February 20201.3M-15.5%222K5.81
    14 February 20201.5M-4.6%131K11.67
    31 January 20201.6M-10.3%173K9.25
    15 January 20201.8M-11.6%217K8.22
    31 December 20192.0M+23.4%277K7.28
    13 December 20191.6M+3.0%187K8.75
    29 November 20191.6M+0.8%193K8.22
    15 November 20191.6M+6.8%243K6.48
    31 October 20191.5M+0.6%153K9.64
    15 October 20191.5M-6.7%211K6.95
    30 September 20191.6M+10.7%260K6.04
    13 September 20191.4M-2.7%263K5.38
    30 August 20191.5M-6.3%319K4.57
    15 August 20191.6M-4.9%337K4.61
    31 July 20191.6M+3.6%224K7.31
    15 July 20191.6M+2.2%175K9.05
    28 June 20191.5M+3.7%266K5.82
    14 June 20191.5M+0.5%173K8.59
    31 May 20191.5M+17.9%233K6.36
    15 May 20191.3M-1.5%218K5.77
    30 April 20191.3M-5.3%286K4.46
    15 April 20191.3M-3.8%280K4.81
    29 March 20191.4M-1.3%234K5.98
    15 March 20191.4M+21.0%454K3.12
    28 February 20191.2M-4.8%123K9.51
    15 February 20191.2M-3.0%137K8.98
    31 January 20191.3M-5.1%136K9.36
    15 January 20191.3M+3.6%169K7.92
    31 December 20181.3M-8.7%277K4.66
    14 December 20181.4M-20.7%250K5.65
    30 November 20181.8M+13.2%148K12.02
    15 November 20181.6M-19.5%250K6.30
    31 October 20182.0M-2.8%334K5.85
    15 October 20182.0M-3.9%284K7.09
    28 September 20182.1M-2.7%288K7.27
    14 September 20182.1M+5.3%216K9.93
    31 August 20182.0M-0.3%191K10.70
    15 August 20182.0M-3.4%252K8.12
    31 July 20182.1M-5.9%254K8.33
    13 July 20182.2M-5.2%153K14.74
    29 June 20182.4M+0.7%189K12.53
    15 June 20182.4M+4.0%165K14.29
    31 May 20182.3M+14.2%222K10.20
    15 May 20182.0M+8.1%212K9.34
    30 April 20181.8M-5.8%195K9.40
    13 April 20181.9M-0.4%218K8.96
    29 March 20182.0M+0.8%186K10.50
    15 March 20181.9M+1.1%236K8.21
    28 February 20181.9M+0.6%283K6.78
    15 February 20181.9M-24.3%289K6.60
    31 January 20182.5M-23.8%361K6.99
    12 January 20183.3M-5.7%267K12.37
    29 December 20173.5M194K18.10
    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.