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How shorted is Alta Equipment Group Inc.? ALTG

#2,899most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 23%

2.06%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.23
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.76
days to cover
3.31
Aggregate net short position time series for Alta Equipment Group Inc.

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for Alta Equipment Group Inc. days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
6 Aug 20261.62% 31 Jul 20261.65% 14 Aug 2026+0.03
7 May 20262.04% 30 Apr 20261.85% 15 May 2026−0.19
26 Feb 20263.11% 13 Feb 20262.81% 27 Feb 2026−0.30
6 Nov 20252.72% 31 Oct 20252.67% 14 Nov 2025−0.05
7 Aug 20252.84% 31 Jul 20253.08% 15 Aug 2025+0.24
7 May 20254.22% 30 Apr 20254.55% 15 May 2025+0.33
5 Mar 20256.43% 28 Feb 20256.43% 14 Mar 20250.00
12 Nov 20248.40% 31 Oct 20249.20% 15 Nov 2024+0.80

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for ALTG: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
325
13 Aug 2026
Highest in window
42,728
22 Jan 2026
Days with a balance
25
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Alta Equipment Group Inc. fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 43K shares.

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Sector: Consumer retail

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20262.06%+0.23
31 Aug 20261.83%+0.18
14 Aug 20261.65%+0.03
31 Jul 20261.62%+0.07
15 Jul 20261.55%+0.25
30 Jun 20261.30%−0.42
15 Jun 20261.72%−0.14
29 May 20261.86%+0.01
15 May 20261.85%−0.19
30 Apr 20262.04%−0.36
15 Apr 20262.40%−0.07
31 Mar 20262.47%−0.26
13 Mar 20262.73%−0.08
27 Feb 20262.81%−0.30
13 Feb 20263.11%−0.05
30 Jan 20263.16%+0.16
15 Jan 20263.00%+0.63
31 Dec 20252.37%−0.47
15 Dec 20252.84%−0.39
28 Nov 20253.23%+0.56
14 Nov 20252.67%−0.05
31 Oct 20252.72%−0.08
15 Oct 20252.80%−0.04
30 Sep 20252.84%+0.27
15 Sep 20252.57%−0.16
29 Aug 20252.73%−0.35
15 Aug 20253.08%+0.24
31 Jul 20252.84%−0.69
15 Jul 20253.53%−0.57
30 Jun 20254.10%−0.85
13 Jun 20254.95%+0.72
30 May 20254.23%−0.32
15 May 20254.55%+0.33
30 Apr 20254.22%+0.42
15 Apr 20253.80%−0.89
31 Mar 20254.69%−1.74
14 Mar 20256.43%0.00
28 Feb 20256.43%−0.91
14 Feb 20257.34%+0.80
31 Jan 20256.54%−0.16
15 Jan 20256.70%−0.58
31 Dec 20247.28%+0.07
13 Dec 20247.21%−0.38
29 Nov 20247.59%−1.61
15 Nov 20249.20%+0.80
31 Oct 20248.40%−0.10
15 Oct 20248.50%+0.86
30 Sep 20247.64%+0.45
13 Sep 20247.19%−0.20
30 Aug 20247.39%−0.12
15 Aug 20247.51%+1.21
31 Jul 20246.30%−0.41
15 Jul 20246.71%+1.48
28 Jun 20245.23%+0.41
14 Jun 20244.82%+0.22
31 May 20244.60%−0.49
15 May 20245.09%+0.18
30 Apr 20244.91%−0.19
15 Apr 20245.10%−0.21
28 Mar 20245.31%−0.31
15 Mar 20245.62%+0.19
29 Feb 20245.43%−1.00
15 Feb 20246.43%−0.28
31 Jan 20246.71%+0.11
12 Jan 20246.60%−0.07
29 Dec 20236.67%+1.12
15 Dec 20235.55%+0.88
30 Nov 20234.67%+0.58
15 Nov 20234.09%+1.00
31 Oct 20233.09%+0.02
13 Oct 20233.07%+0.02
29 Sep 20233.05%+0.24
15 Sep 20232.81%−0.07
31 Aug 20232.88%−0.23
15 Aug 20233.11%+0.67
31 Jul 20232.44%−0.49
14 Jul 20232.93%−0.01
30 Jun 20232.94%+0.06
15 Jun 20232.88%+0.02
31 May 20232.86%+0.02
15 May 20232.84%+0.24
28 Apr 20232.60%−0.11
14 Apr 20232.71%+0.89
31 Mar 20231.82%+0.33
15 Mar 20231.49%+0.83
28 Feb 20230.66%+0.27
15 Feb 20230.39%−0.20
31 Jan 20230.59%−0.20
13 Jan 20230.79%−0.03
30 Dec 20220.82%+0.26
15 Dec 20220.56%+0.06
30 Nov 20220.50%−0.06
15 Nov 20220.56%−0.14
31 Oct 20220.70%−0.16
14 Oct 20220.86%−0.06
30 Sep 20220.92%−0.08
15 Sep 20221.00%+0.30
31 Aug 20220.70%−0.09
15 Aug 20220.79%−0.01
29 Jul 20220.80%−0.16
15 Jul 20220.96%−0.06
30 Jun 20221.02%+0.13
15 Jun 20220.89%+0.10
31 May 20220.79%+0.04
13 May 20220.75%+0.01
29 Apr 20220.74%−0.15
14 Apr 20220.89%+0.04
31 Mar 20220.85%−0.24
15 Mar 20221.09%+0.39
28 Feb 20220.70%+0.01
15 Feb 20220.69%+0.01
31 Jan 20220.68%−0.02
14 Jan 20220.70%+0.08
31 Dec 20210.62%+0.05
15 Dec 20210.57%−0.06
30 Nov 20210.63%+0.04
15 Nov 20210.59%−0.20
29 Oct 20210.79%0.00
15 Oct 20210.79%−0.27
30 Sep 20211.06%−0.08
15 Sep 20211.14%0.00
31 Aug 20211.14%+0.21
13 Aug 20210.93%−0.09
30 Jul 20211.02%−0.31
15 Jul 20211.33%−0.09
30 Jun 20211.42%+0.08
15 Jun 20211.34%+0.02
28 May 20211.32%−0.07
14 May 20211.39%−1.17
31 Mar 20212.56%−0.06
15 Mar 20212.62%−0.36
26 Feb 20212.98%−0.10
12 Feb 20213.08%−0.26
29 Jan 20213.34%−0.04
15 Jan 20213.38%−0.03
31 Dec 20203.41%+0.19
15 Dec 20203.22%−0.18
30 Nov 20203.40%0.00
13 Nov 20203.40%−0.23
30 Oct 20203.63%−0.14
15 Oct 20203.77%−0.45
30 Sep 20204.22%−0.18
15 Sep 20204.40%−0.06
31 Aug 20204.46%−0.65
14 Aug 20205.11%+0.27
31 Jul 20204.84%−0.43
15 Jul 20205.27%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 15 Jul 2020.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Alta Equipment Group Inc. right now?
2.06% of Alta Equipment Group Inc.'s (ALTG) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 2,899th most shorted US stock, out of 3,805 we rank.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this ALTG's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is ALTG's days to cover?
3.31 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.