Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2018

In 2018, Big Lots, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 26.65% of shares outstanding on 12 Jan 2018 to 19.78% on 31 Dec 2018, a change of -6.87 percentage points. The year's high was 32.47% on 15 Jun 2018 and its low 19.37% on 14 Dec 2018, averaging 26.44% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 12.75 days on 13 Jul 2018. Full history: Big Lots, Inc..

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Short position data for Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2018: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2018/

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@misc{howshorted-big-lots-inc-short-interest-in-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

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2018 in figures

Start of year: 26.65% (12 Jan 2018)
End of year: 19.78% (31 Dec 2018)
Change: -6.87 pp
High: 32.47% (15 Jun 2018)
Low: 19.37% (14 Dec 2018)
Average: 26.44%
Highest days to cover: 12.75 (13 Jul 2018)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2018

Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2018
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
12 Jan 2018	26.65%	9.65
31 Jan 2018	28.37%	12.61
15 Feb 2018	27.79%	11.61
28 Feb 2018	29.27%	12.16
15 Mar 2018	30.69%	4.69	results (8-K)
29 Mar 2018	29.63%	7.50
13 Apr 2018	29.29%	7.70	10-K filed
30 Apr 2018	26.94%	8.65
15 May 2018	28.49%	11.40
31 May 2018	30.24%	9.01
15 Jun 2018	32.47%	4.47	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
29 Jun 2018	29.21%	8.07
13 Jul 2018	30.77%	12.75
31 Jul 2018	25.38%	8.74
15 Aug 2018	23.78%	9.11
31 Aug 2018	26.48%	5.34
14 Sep 2018	24.85%	6.05	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
28 Sep 2018	25.17%	11.54
15 Oct 2018	23.85%	8.51
31 Oct 2018	23.40%	7.96
15 Nov 2018	20.85%	9.64
30 Nov 2018	21.74%	9.10
14 Dec 2018	19.37%	2.22	10-Q filed, results (8-K)
31 Dec 2018	19.78%	6.07

About this data

US short interest data: FINRA (finra.org), shown as reported shares short divided by SEC-reported shares outstanding for each settlement date. FINRA® is a registered trademark of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by FINRA or the SEC; displayed for personal reference, bulk redistribution is not permitted (see terms). Nothing here is investment advice. Method: methodology.