Skip to content
HowShorted

How shorted is ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.? AVXL

#275most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 92%

15.46%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.47
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.47
days to cover
25.13
Aggregate net short position time series for ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

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 ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. 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
25 Aug 202615.79% 14 Aug 202614.99% 31 Aug 2026−0.80
30 Jul 202615.83% 15 Jul 202616.15% 31 Jul 2026+0.32
9 Feb 202622.33% 30 Jan 202622.98% 13 Feb 2026+0.65
25 Nov 202533.46% 14 Nov 202528.14% 28 Nov 2025−5.32
9 May 202425.94% 30 Apr 202425.83% 15 May 2024−0.11
28 Dec 202011.17% 15 Dec 20208.39% 31 Dec 2020−2.78

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for AVXL: 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
16
10 Sep 2026
Highest in window
2,556,441
22 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
111
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. 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 2.6M shares.

Embed this chart

Paste this snippet to embed the interactive chart. It updates with each FINRA report and keeps the source attribution. Preview

Download chart cardShare on XRedditLinkedIn
Cite this page
Plain
Wikipedia
BibTeX

Sector: Healthcare · By year: 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202615.46%+0.47
31 Aug 202614.99%−0.80
14 Aug 202615.79%−0.36
31 Jul 202616.15%+0.32
15 Jul 202615.83%−0.10
30 Jun 202615.93%−3.69
15 Jun 202619.62%−1.46
29 May 202621.08%−0.45
15 May 202621.53%+0.25
30 Apr 202621.28%+0.07
15 Apr 202621.21%−0.35
31 Mar 202621.56%−2.18
13 Mar 202623.74%+0.95
27 Feb 202622.79%−0.19
13 Feb 202622.98%+0.65
30 Jan 202622.33%+0.18
15 Jan 202622.15%+0.16
31 Dec 202521.99%−3.80
15 Dec 202525.79%−2.35
28 Nov 202528.14%−5.32
14 Nov 202533.46%+2.42
31 Oct 202531.04%+0.05
15 Oct 202530.99%+1.76
30 Sep 202529.23%+0.31
15 Sep 202528.92%−0.78
29 Aug 202529.70%+0.17
15 Aug 202529.53%+0.47
31 Jul 202529.06%−0.39
15 Jul 202529.45%+0.02
30 Jun 202529.43%−0.10
13 Jun 202529.53%+0.21
30 May 202529.32%+1.09
15 May 202528.23%+0.53
30 Apr 202527.70%−0.61
15 Apr 202528.31%−0.68
31 Mar 202528.99%+0.64
14 Mar 202528.35%+0.71
28 Feb 202527.64%−0.90
14 Feb 202528.54%+0.92
31 Jan 202527.62%+0.04
15 Jan 202527.58%+1.88
31 Dec 202425.70%+1.15
13 Dec 202424.55%+1.33
29 Nov 202423.22%+1.04
15 Nov 202422.18%+0.59
31 Oct 202421.59%+0.47
15 Oct 202421.12%+0.37
30 Sep 202420.75%−2.37
13 Sep 202423.12%+0.26
30 Aug 202422.86%−0.43
15 Aug 202423.29%−0.20
31 Jul 202423.49%+1.70
15 Jul 202421.79%+0.73
28 Jun 202421.06%−3.68
14 Jun 202424.74%−1.03
31 May 202425.77%−0.06
15 May 202425.83%−0.11
30 Apr 202425.94%−0.87
15 Apr 202426.81%−0.13
28 Mar 202426.94%+2.58
15 Mar 202424.36%−0.03
29 Feb 202424.39%+0.16
15 Feb 202424.23%−0.29
31 Jan 202424.52%−0.64
12 Jan 202425.16%+0.71
29 Dec 202324.45%+2.37
15 Dec 202322.08%+0.19
30 Nov 202321.89%−0.22
15 Nov 202322.11%−0.60
31 Oct 202322.71%+0.98
13 Oct 202321.73%−0.19
29 Sep 202321.92%+1.07
15 Sep 202320.85%+0.25
31 Aug 202320.60%+0.20
15 Aug 202320.40%−0.06
31 Jul 202320.46%−0.23
14 Jul 202320.69%−0.02
30 Jun 202320.71%−1.23
15 Jun 202321.94%+1.52
31 May 202320.42%+0.75
15 May 202319.67%+1.23
28 Apr 202318.44%−1.56
14 Apr 202320.00%−0.38
31 Mar 202320.38%+0.27
15 Mar 202320.11%−0.82
28 Feb 202320.93%−1.04
15 Feb 202321.97%+0.52
31 Jan 202321.45%−2.11
13 Jan 202323.56%+0.15
30 Dec 202223.41%+3.17
15 Dec 202220.24%+4.96
30 Nov 202215.28%+2.24
15 Nov 202213.04%+0.07
31 Oct 202212.97%+0.08
14 Oct 202212.89%−0.27
30 Sep 202213.16%+0.67
15 Sep 202212.49%+0.81
31 Aug 202211.68%+0.87
15 Aug 202210.81%−0.46
29 Jul 202211.27%+0.60
15 Jul 202210.67%−0.58
30 Jun 202211.25%−1.02
15 Jun 202212.27%+0.76
31 May 202211.51%+0.17
13 May 202211.34%+0.66
29 Apr 202210.68%+0.33
14 Apr 202210.35%+0.35
31 Mar 202210.00%−0.56
15 Mar 202210.56%+0.26
28 Feb 202210.30%−0.01
15 Feb 202210.31%+2.58
31 Jan 20227.73%+1.33
14 Jan 20226.40%+0.46
31 Dec 20215.94%−0.44
15 Dec 20216.38%+0.03
30 Nov 20216.35%+0.52
15 Nov 20215.83%−0.95
29 Oct 20216.78%+0.04
15 Oct 20216.74%−0.94
30 Sep 20217.68%+0.25
15 Sep 20217.43%−0.45
31 Aug 20217.88%−1.29
13 Aug 20219.17%−0.38
30 Jul 20219.55%−1.30
15 Jul 202110.85%−1.68
30 Jun 202112.53%+2.51
15 Jun 202110.02%+0.69
28 May 20219.33%−0.04
14 May 20219.37%−0.94
30 Apr 202110.31%+0.76
15 Apr 20219.55%+1.17
31 Mar 20218.38%+3.00
15 Mar 20215.38%−0.54
26 Feb 20215.92%−0.06
12 Feb 20215.98%−1.88
29 Jan 20217.86%−0.48
15 Jan 20218.34%−0.05
31 Dec 20208.39%−2.78
15 Dec 202011.17%−1.17
30 Nov 202012.34%−0.50
13 Nov 202012.84%+1.89
30 Oct 202010.95%−0.81
15 Oct 202011.76%−0.44
30 Sep 202012.20%−0.54
15 Sep 202012.74%+0.78
31 Aug 202011.96%−0.41
14 Aug 202012.37%+2.06
31 Jul 202010.31%−1.45
15 Jul 202011.76%+0.86
30 Jun 202010.90%+0.54
15 Jun 202010.36%−0.68
29 May 202011.04%−1.42
15 May 202012.46%−0.58
30 Apr 202013.04%−0.32
15 Apr 202013.36%+0.51
31 Mar 202012.85%−0.82
13 Mar 202013.67%+0.57
28 Feb 202013.10%+0.74
14 Feb 202012.36%+0.40
31 Jan 202011.96%+0.34
15 Jan 202011.62%+0.27
31 Dec 201911.35%−0.58
13 Dec 201911.93%+0.15
29 Nov 201911.78%+0.13
15 Nov 201911.65%−0.35
31 Oct 201912.00%−0.77
15 Oct 201912.77%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 15 Oct 2019.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP. right now?
15.46% of ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.'s (AVXL) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 275th 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 AVXL'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 AVXL's days to cover?
25.13 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.