Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2020

In 2020, Big Lots, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 19.09% of shares outstanding on 15 Jan 2020 to 22.79% on 31 Dec 2020, a change of +3.70 percentage points. The year's high was 23.30% on 15 Dec 2020 and its low 12.50% on 31 Mar 2020, averaging 19.89% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 11.77 days on 30 Nov 2020. Full history: Big Lots, Inc..

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Short position data for Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2020: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2020. https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2020/

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@misc{howshorted-big-lots-inc-short-interest-in-2020-2020-12-31,
  title        = {Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2020 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2020/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2020; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2020}
}

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2020 in figures

Start of year: 19.09% (15 Jan 2020)
End of year: 22.79% (31 Dec 2020)
Change: +3.70 pp
High: 23.30% (15 Dec 2020)
Low: 12.50% (31 Mar 2020)
Average: 19.89%
Highest days to cover: 11.77 (30 Nov 2020)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2020

Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2020
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
15 Jan 2020	19.09%	6.04
31 Jan 2020	19.72%	7.80
14 Feb 2020	20.81%	8.91
28 Feb 2020	20.00%	3.08
13 Mar 2020	16.73%	2.71	results (8-K)
31 Mar 2020	12.50%	2.39	10-K filed
15 Apr 2020	16.57%	2.79
30 Apr 2020	19.54%	4.80
15 May 2020	18.68%	6.18
29 May 2020	18.56%	4.44
15 Jun 2020	20.78%	4.68	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Jun 2020	23.07%	3.00
15 Jul 2020	21.79%	7.15
31 Jul 2020	20.16%	6.34
14 Aug 2020	20.50%	7.44
31 Aug 2020	20.33%	4.81
15 Sep 2020	20.08%	5.53	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Sep 2020	19.81%	4.84
15 Oct 2020	21.31%	5.77
30 Oct 2020	19.60%	9.03
13 Nov 2020	20.78%	8.83
30 Nov 2020	20.89%	11.77
15 Dec 2020	23.30%	4.43	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
31 Dec 2020	22.79%	6.49

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.