Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2019

In 2019, Big Lots, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 18.53% of shares outstanding on 15 Jan 2019 to 18.68% on 31 Dec 2019, a change of +0.15 percentage points. The year's high was 20.83% on 13 Dec 2019 and its low 15.07% on 31 Jul 2019, averaging 18.22% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 8.67 days on 15 Feb 2019. Full history: Big Lots, Inc..

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Short position data for Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2019: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2019. https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2019/

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@misc{howshorted-big-lots-inc-short-interest-in-2019-2019-12-31,
  title        = {Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2019 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2019/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2019; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2019}
}

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2019 in figures

Start of year: 18.53% (15 Jan 2019)
End of year: 18.68% (31 Dec 2019)
Change: +0.15 pp
High: 20.83% (13 Dec 2019)
Low: 15.07% (31 Jul 2019)
Average: 18.22%
Highest days to cover: 8.67 (15 Feb 2019)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2019

Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2019
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
15 Jan 2019	18.53%	5.96
31 Jan 2019	15.83%	6.84
15 Feb 2019	20.44%	8.67
28 Feb 2019	19.07%	7.20
15 Mar 2019	18.77%	2.04	results (8-K)
29 Mar 2019	18.01%	5.98
15 Apr 2019	18.54%	6.79	10-K filed
30 Apr 2019	17.84%	7.73
15 May 2019	18.57%	7.37
31 May 2019	15.65%	3.24
14 Jun 2019	16.93%	4.83	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
28 Jun 2019	17.13%	6.37
15 Jul 2019	16.30%	5.59
31 Jul 2019	15.07%	3.56
15 Aug 2019	15.91%	6.11
30 Aug 2019	17.26%	3.22
13 Sep 2019	19.14%	5.02	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Sep 2019	19.18%	7.19
15 Oct 2019	19.46%	7.83
31 Oct 2019	19.58%	7.30
15 Nov 2019	20.20%	8.04
29 Nov 2019	20.32%	5.68
13 Dec 2019	20.83%	1.86	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
31 Dec 2019	18.68%	7.10

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.