Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2021

In 2021, Big Lots, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 23.83% of shares outstanding on 15 Jan 2021 to 18.65% on 31 Dec 2021, a change of -5.18 percentage points. The year's high was 23.83% on 15 Jan 2021 and its low 11.72% on 15 Apr 2021, averaging 15.35% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 10.34 days on 29 Oct 2021. Full history: Big Lots, Inc..

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Short position data for Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2021: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2021. https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2021/

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@misc{howshorted-big-lots-inc-short-interest-in-2021-2021-12-31,
  title        = {Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2021 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2021/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2021; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2021}
}

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2021 in figures

Start of year: 23.83% (15 Jan 2021)
End of year: 18.65% (31 Dec 2021)
Change: -5.18 pp
High: 23.83% (15 Jan 2021)
Low: 11.72% (15 Apr 2021)
Average: 15.35%
Highest days to cover: 10.34 (29 Oct 2021)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2021

Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2021
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
15 Jan 2021	23.83%	4.76
29 Jan 2021	17.42%	3.59
12 Feb 2021	14.73%	5.12
26 Feb 2021	12.15%	5.64
15 Mar 2021	12.77%	4.89	results (8-K)
31 Mar 2021	12.28%	5.38	10-K filed
15 Apr 2021	11.72%	6.89
30 Apr 2021	12.33%	7.71
14 May 2021	12.81%	8.46
28 May 2021	13.15%	7.34
15 Jun 2021	13.35%	5.33	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Jun 2021	13.10%	5.66
15 Jul 2021	13.01%	7.59
30 Jul 2021	12.73%	8.64
13 Aug 2021	14.00%	8.38
31 Aug 2021	14.95%	4.80	results (8-K)
15 Sep 2021	15.41%	5.92	10-Q filed
30 Sep 2021	15.91%	5.22
15 Oct 2021	17.38%	5.88
29 Oct 2021	18.80%	10.34
15 Nov 2021	19.13%	9.00
30 Nov 2021	18.49%	10.26
15 Dec 2021	20.32%	5.47	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
31 Dec 2021	18.65%	6.67

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.