Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2022

In 2022, Big Lots, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 19.79% of shares outstanding on 14 Jan 2022 to 29.24% on 30 Dec 2022, a change of +9.45 percentage points. The year's high was 37.76% on 15 Jun 2022 and its low 19.01% on 31 Jan 2022, averaging 28.77% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 10.46 days on 15 Aug 2022. Full history: Big Lots, Inc..

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Short position data for Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2022: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 30 Dec 2022. https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2022/

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@misc{howshorted-big-lots-inc-short-interest-in-2022-2022-12-30,
  title        = {Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2022 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/biggq-2025/2022/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 30 Dec 2022; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2022}
}

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2022 in figures

Start of year: 19.79% (14 Jan 2022)
End of year: 29.24% (30 Dec 2022)
Change: +9.45 pp
High: 37.76% (15 Jun 2022)
Low: 19.01% (31 Jan 2022)
Average: 28.77%
Highest days to cover: 10.46 (15 Aug 2022)
SEC filings marked: 8

Every report in 2022

Big Lots, Inc. short interest in 2022
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
14 Jan 2022	19.79%	5.25
31 Jan 2022	19.01%	5.26
15 Feb 2022	26.00%	7.00
28 Feb 2022	26.62%	7.65
15 Mar 2022	25.62%	3.77	results (8-K)
31 Mar 2022	24.53%	6.92	10-K filed
14 Apr 2022	24.55%	7.23
29 Apr 2022	24.14%	6.85
13 May 2022	25.64%	7.01
31 May 2022	31.16%	3.09	results (8-K)
15 Jun 2022	37.76%	6.24	10-Q filed
30 Jun 2022	36.37%	7.86
15 Jul 2022	34.23%	10.26
29 Jul 2022	34.50%	9.48
15 Aug 2022	33.98%	10.46
31 Aug 2022	34.47%	5.36
15 Sep 2022	33.62%	8.52	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Sep 2022	30.85%	7.66
14 Oct 2022	29.76%	9.06
31 Oct 2022	26.82%	7.54
15 Nov 2022	26.90%	9.42
30 Nov 2022	26.25%	7.07
15 Dec 2022	28.71%	5.53	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
30 Dec 2022	29.24%	6.73

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.