What is BABA's short interest?

41,044,240 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, down 1,190,188 from the previous settlement.

Why is there no percentage for BABA?

Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: an SEC filer exists but no defensible share count is available yet. The symbol maps to an SEC filer, but its share count cannot be used yet. A newly listed company needs two cover-page counts on file before the first is trusted; a split or an unexplained jump pauses publication until a fresh SEC count corroborates it; a secondary share class publishes under the company's primary line; and a foreign filer's short count is in depositary-share units. This page upgrades to a percentage automatically once a defensible count exists.

What is BABA's days to cover?

5.41 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.

Is this the short float?

No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.

How often does this update?

FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

BABA short interest NYSE

Alibaba Group Holding Limited. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: an SEC filer exists but no defensible share count is available yet.

Shares short: 41,044,240
vs previous settlement: −1,190,188 (-2.8%)
days to cover: 5.41
Settlement date: 15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the security's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement.

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for BABA: 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: 52,464; 11 Sep 2026
Highest in window: 515,655; 25 Aug 2026
Days with a balance: 145
Window: 16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026

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 516K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for BABA, newest first. ʳ marks a figure FINRA itself flagged as revised.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement date	Shares short	Change	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	41,044,240	−1,190,188	5.41
31 Aug 2026	42,234,428	+251,320	2.58
14 Aug 2026	41,983,108	+141,833	4.61
31 Jul 2026	41,841,275	−298,181	4.28
15 Jul 2026	42,139,456	−218,767	2.81
30 Jun 2026	42,358,223	+2,492,360	2.76
15 Jun 2026	39,865,863	+992,852	3.64
29 May 2026	38,873,011	−796,507	3.85
15 May 2026	39,669,518	+604,009	2.68
30 Apr 2026	39,065,509	+2,033,443	4.11
15 Apr 2026	37,032,066	−2,383,958	3.82
31 Mar 2026	39,416,024	−1,648,655	3.01
13 Mar 2026	41,064,679	+1,930,344	3.49
27 Feb 2026	39,134,335	−123,230	5.34
13 Feb 2026	39,257,565	−1,482,593	3.74
30 Jan 2026	40,740,158	−4,304,790	2.99
15 Jan 2026	45,044,948	−958,455	2.61
31 Dec 2025	46,003,403	+2,425,060	6.64
15 Dec 2025	43,578,343	−1,081,989	5.00
28 Nov 2025	44,660,332	+4,556,303	2.78
14 Nov 2025	40,104,029	−1,229,214	2.91
31 Oct 2025	41,333,243	+334,148	3.01
15 Oct 2025	40,999,095	−1,772,549	1.98
30 Sep 2025	42,771,644	−1,204,159	1.81
15 Sep 2025	43,975,803	+8,411,445	1.63
29 Aug 2025	35,564,358	+31,668	2.00
15 Aug 2025	35,532,690	+1,337,597	3.09
31 Jul 2025	34,195,093	+3,824,610	2.44
15 Jul 2025	30,370,483	−1,287,526	1.89
30 Jun 2025	31,658,009	+3,852,741	2.62
13 Jun 2025	27,805,268	−5,677,699	2.25
30 May 2025	33,482,967	−6,788,438	2.88
15 May 2025	40,271,405	−187,684	2.39
30 Apr 2025	40,459,089	−4,560,137	2.63
15 Apr 2025	45,019,226	−1,186,301	1.10
31 Mar 2025	46,205,527	−3,269,388	2.56
14 Mar 2025	49,474,915	−135,278	1.79
28 Feb 2025	49,610,193	−3,869,146	1.00
14 Feb 2025	53,479,339	+4,111,710	1.50
31 Jan 2025	49,367,629	+7,649,185	1.82
15 Jan 2025	41,718,444	+4,202,737	3.62
31 Dec 2024	37,515,707	−6,285,557	3.01
13 Dec 2024	43,801,264	−6,423,878	2.99
29 Nov 2024	50,225,142	−5,004,191	3.34
15 Nov 2024	55,229,333	−7,331,772	3.33
31 Oct 2024	62,561,105	−6,310,541	4.25
15 Oct 2024	68,871,646	+881,279	2.19
30 Sep 2024	67,990,367	+5,266,349	2.32
13 Sep 2024	62,724,018	+8,070,893	5.64
30 Aug 2024	54,653,125	−1,549,391	3.23
15 Aug 2024	56,202,516	+880,281	4.11
31 Jul 2024	55,322,235	+507,895	5.36
15 Jul 2024	54,814,340	+4,569,705	4.12
28 Jun 2024	50,244,635	−947,262	4.10
14 Jun 2024	51,191,897	−1,209,406	4.03
31 May 2024	52,401,303	+5,847,358	2.15
15 May 2024	46,553,945	+2,621,896	2.34
30 Apr 2024	43,932,049	+3,168,684	3.19
15 Apr 2024	40,763,365	−798,118	2.78
28 Mar 2024	41,561,483	−2,465,418	3.63
15 Mar 2024	44,026,901	−3,497,994	2.90
29 Feb 2024	47,524,895	+4,059,273	3.07
15 Feb 2024	43,465,622	+2,507,939	1.82
31 Jan 2024	40,957,683	−1,310,677	1.57
12 Jan 2024	42,268,360	+7,167,919	2.07
29 Dec 2023	35,100,441	−4,160,597	1.89
15 Dec 2023	39,261,038	−8,356,813	1.75
30 Nov 2023	47,617,851	+6,565,734	1.75
15 Nov 2023	41,052,117	+924,923	3.14
31 Oct 2023	40,127,194	−4,205,094	3.39
13 Oct 2023	44,332,288	−118,848	3.88
29 Sep 2023	44,451,136	−148,558	4.14
15 Sep 2023	44,599,694	+3,344,680	3.65
31 Aug 2023	41,255,014	+2,865,641	2.78
15 Aug 2023	38,389,373	−16,538,329	1.92
31 Jul 2023	54,927,702	−2,994,484	2.66
14 Jul 2023	57,922,186	+1,649,111	2.66
30 Jun 2023	56,273,075	−2,560,368	3.67
15 Jun 2023	58,833,443	+560,657	3.57
31 May 2023	58,272,786ʳ	+5,810,007	2.49
15 May 2023	52,462,779	+636,355	2.73
28 Apr 2023	51,826,424	−3,475,767	2.25
14 Apr 2023	55,302,191	+332,729	2.37
31 Mar 2023	54,969,462	−11,612,845	1.54
15 Mar 2023	66,582,307	+4,207,278	3.12
28 Feb 2023	62,375,029	+8,121,629	2.28
15 Feb 2023	54,253,400	+1,900,002	3.19
31 Jan 2023	52,353,398	−3,431,607	3.46
13 Jan 2023	55,785,005	−158,169	1.84
30 Dec 2022	55,943,174	−4,041,589	3.16
15 Dec 2022	59,984,763	−9,579,332	2.54
30 Nov 2022	69,564,095	−978,477	2.37
15 Nov 2022	70,542,572	−6,706,750	2.20
31 Oct 2022	77,249,322	+18,666,089	2.18
14 Oct 2022	58,583,233	−476,843	4.04
30 Sep 2022	59,060,076	+3,985,346	3.17
15 Sep 2022	55,074,730	+1,488,541	4.04
31 Aug 2022	53,586,189	+4,644,589	2.62
15 Aug 2022	48,941,600	+5,663,060	2.03
29 Jul 2022	43,278,540	+599,900	1.69
15 Jul 2022	42,678,640	−2,984,579	1.72
30 Jun 2022	45,663,219	+5,836,798	1.62
15 Jun 2022	39,826,421	−2,057,706	1.00
31 May 2022	41,884,127	+2,429,951	1.70
13 May 2022	39,454,176	−481,130	1.87
29 Apr 2022	39,935,306	+2,132,977	1.58
14 Apr 2022	37,802,329	+1,449,656	1.31
31 Mar 2022	36,352,673	−8,581,598	1.00
15 Mar 2022	44,934,271	+198,432	1.28
28 Feb 2022	44,735,839	−720,707	1.98
15 Feb 2022	45,456,546	−1,721,697	2.68
31 Jan 2022	47,178,243	−651,822	2.01
14 Jan 2022	47,830,065	−6,218,221	1.87
31 Dec 2021	54,048,286	−821,221	2.36
15 Dec 2021	54,869,507	+6,724,663	1.80
30 Nov 2021	48,144,844	+1,878,506	1.87
15 Nov 2021	46,266,338	−779,600	2.88
29 Oct 2021	47,045,938	−26,139,924	2.41
15 Oct 2021	73,185,862	+2,057,214	2.90
30 Sep 2021	71,128,648	+14,763,152	2.96
15 Sep 2021	56,365,496	+7,057,429	2.57
31 Aug 2021	49,308,067	+3,534,402	1.15
13 Aug 2021	45,773,665	−5,821,950	3.18
30 Jul 2021	51,595,615	+4,023,216	2.10
15 Jul 2021	47,572,399	−696,604	2.62
30 Jun 2021	48,269,003	+1,556,076	3.68
15 Jun 2021	46,712,927	+2,193,551	3.86
28 May 2021	44,519,376	+1,082,952	2.83
14 May 2021	43,436,424	−323,964	2.71
30 Apr 2021	43,760,388	−3,076,011	4.33
15 Apr 2021	46,836,399	+2,514,166	2.37
31 Mar 2021	44,322,233	+256,900	2.84
15 Mar 2021	44,065,333	+2,310,016	3.09
26 Feb 2021	41,755,317	+3,188,350	3.10
12 Feb 2021	38,566,967	−3,023,605	2.50
29 Jan 2021	41,590,572	+1,137,109	2.30
15 Jan 2021	40,453,463	+3,277,701	1.37
31 Dec 2020	37,175,762	−3,894,038	1.00
15 Dec 2020	41,069,800	−1,949,944	3.59
30 Nov 2020	43,019,744	+373,615	2.21
13 Nov 2020	42,646,129	−2,019,498	1.31
30 Oct 2020	44,665,627	−2,945,176	4.55
15 Oct 2020	47,610,803	+1,138,510	3.60
30 Sep 2020	46,472,293	+7,081,502	5.50
15 Sep 2020	39,390,791	−65,920	3.60
31 Aug 2020	39,456,711	+2,615,758	2.43
14 Aug 2020	36,840,953	−1,046,382	3.34
31 Jul 2020	37,887,335	−4,370,336	2.49
15 Jul 2020	42,257,671	+2,478,557	1.93
30 Jun 2020	39,779,114	+2,902,232	2.92
15 Jun 2020	36,876,882	+505,790	2.63
29 May 2020	36,371,092	−299,514	1.39
15 May 2020	36,670,606ʳ	+7,538,814	1.94
30 Apr 2020	29,131,792	+3,454,892	1.94
15 Apr 2020	25,676,900	+548,755	1.93
31 Mar 2020	25,128,145	−6,769,184	1.41
13 Mar 2020	31,897,329	+2,928,833	1.74
28 Feb 2020	28,968,496	−519,543	1.56
14 Feb 2020	29,488,039	+4,089,708	1.95
31 Jan 2020	25,398,331	−1,168,920	1.78
15 Jan 2020	26,567,251	−1,172,357	2.25
31 Dec 2019	27,739,608	+2,062,146	2.43
13 Dec 2019	25,677,462	−7,581,573	1.72
29 Nov 2019	33,259,035	+11,043,080	1.61
15 Nov 2019	22,215,955	+5,234,282	1.09
31 Oct 2019	16,981,673	−414,245	1.63
15 Oct 2019	17,395,918	−933,278	1.40
30 Sep 2019	18,329,196	+748,768	1.21
13 Sep 2019	17,580,428	−1,652,067	1.95
30 Aug 2019	19,232,495	−6,699,782	1.43
15 Aug 2019	25,932,277	−9,123,863	1.11
31 Jul 2019	35,056,140	−19,613,389	2.20
15 Jul 2019	54,669,529	−12,452,983	3.31
28 Jun 2019	67,122,512	−17,461,889	3.14
14 Jun 2019	84,584,401ʳ	−31,933,512	3.88
31 May 2019	116,517,913	+2,509,217	4.49
15 May 2019	114,008,696	+4,991,161	5.55
30 Apr 2019	109,017,535	−2,055,787	10.45
15 Apr 2019	111,073,322	+1,515,880	7.82
29 Mar 2019	109,557,442	−2,863,884	10.92
15 Mar 2019	112,421,326	−2,313,246	9.28
28 Feb 2019	114,734,572	+535,487	7.92
15 Feb 2019	114,199,085	+1,492,377	11.65
31 Jan 2019	112,706,708	−3,787,448	6.32
15 Jan 2019	116,494,156	+2,015,805	7.05
31 Dec 2018	114,478,351	−749,335	6.55
14 Dec 2018	115,227,686	+6,248,935	6.11
30 Nov 2018	108,978,751	+2,599,672	5.73
15 Nov 2018	106,379,079	+1,424,139	4.40
31 Oct 2018	104,954,940ʳ	−265,532	5.06
15 Oct 2018	105,220,472	+2,004,276	3.92
28 Sep 2018	103,216,196	+1,307,633	5.90
14 Sep 2018	101,908,563	−388,280	3.55
31 Aug 2018	102,296,843	−2,509,013	3.80
15 Aug 2018	104,805,856	−36,712,309	4.08
31 Jul 2018	141,518,165	+7,765,604	9.26
13 Jul 2018	133,752,561ʳ	+5,736,756	8.69
29 Jun 2018	128,015,805	+156,152	6.36
15 Jun 2018	127,859,653	+4,213,312	6.77
31 May 2018	123,646,341	−2,657,453	8.12
15 May 2018	126,303,794	+22,979	5.66
30 Apr 2018	126,280,815	+2,041,004	8.88
13 Apr 2018	124,239,811	+4,814,870	7.43
29 Mar 2018	119,424,941	−3,188,691	6.47
15 Mar 2018	122,613,632	−151,650	6.80
28 Feb 2018	122,765,282	−1,614,939	6.81
15 Feb 2018	124,380,221	−1,348,133	4.55
31 Jan 2018	125,728,354	−2,818,615	5.40
12 Jan 2018	128,546,969	+4,647,835	6.99
29 Dec 2017	123,899,134	–	8.73

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is BABA's short interest?: 41,044,240 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, down 1,190,188 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for BABA?: Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: an SEC filer exists but no defensible share count is available yet. The symbol maps to an SEC filer, but its share count cannot be used yet. A newly listed company needs two cover-page counts on file before the first is trusted; a split or an unexplained jump pauses publication until a fresh SEC count corroborates it; a secondary share class publishes under the company's primary line; and a foreign filer's short count is in depositary-share units. This page upgrades to a percentage automatically once a defensible count exists.
What is BABA's days to cover?: 5.41 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.
Is this the short float?: No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.
How often does this update?: FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

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