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How shorted is Citi Trends, Inc.? CTRN

#553most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 85%

11.02%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.35
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+1.88
days to cover
6.24
Aggregate net short position time series for Citi Trends, Inc.

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for Citi Trends, Inc. days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
25 Aug 202610.91% 14 Aug 202610.67% 31 Aug 2026−0.24
10 Aug 202610.56% 31 Jul 202610.91% 14 Aug 2026+0.35
2 Jun 202610.25% 29 May 202610.03% 15 Jun 2026−0.22
27 May 20268.85% 15 May 202610.25% 29 May 2026+1.40
17 Mar 20267.01% 13 Mar 20267.66% 31 Mar 2026+0.65
2 Dec 20254.86% 28 Nov 20255.60% 15 Dec 2025+0.74
26 Aug 20254.76% 15 Aug 20254.62% 29 Aug 2025−0.14
3 Jun 20257.04% 30 May 20255.62% 13 Jun 2025−1.42

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for CTRN: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
23
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
36,102
25 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
34
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Citi Trends, Inc. fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 36K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202611.02%+0.35
31 Aug 202610.67%−0.24
14 Aug 202610.91%+0.35
31 Jul 202610.56%+1.24
15 Jul 20269.32%+0.18
30 Jun 20269.14%−0.89
15 Jun 202610.03%−0.22
29 May 202610.25%+1.40
15 May 20268.85%+0.94
30 Apr 20267.91%−0.25
15 Apr 20268.16%+0.50
31 Mar 20267.66%+0.65
13 Mar 20267.01%+1.27
27 Feb 20265.74%−0.09
13 Feb 20265.83%+0.10
30 Jan 20265.73%−0.41
15 Jan 20266.14%−0.32
31 Dec 20256.46%+0.86
15 Dec 20255.60%+0.74
28 Nov 20254.86%+0.09
14 Nov 20254.77%−0.11
31 Oct 20254.88%+0.12
15 Oct 20254.76%−0.15
30 Sep 20254.91%+0.24
15 Sep 20254.67%+0.05
29 Aug 20254.62%−0.14
15 Aug 20254.76%−0.41
31 Jul 20255.17%−0.38
15 Jul 20255.55%+0.03
30 Jun 20255.52%−0.10
13 Jun 20255.62%−1.42
30 May 20257.04%+0.16
15 May 20256.88%−0.38
30 Apr 20257.26%+0.02
15 Apr 20257.24%+0.30
31 Mar 20256.94%+0.10
14 Mar 20256.84%+0.32
28 Feb 20256.52%−1.53
14 Feb 20258.05%−0.53
31 Jan 20258.58%−0.50
15 Jan 20259.08%−2.16
31 Dec 202411.24%+0.20
13 Dec 202411.04%+0.04
29 Nov 202411.00%−2.16
15 Nov 202413.16%−3.91
31 Oct 202417.07%−0.60
15 Oct 202417.67%−1.08
30 Sep 202418.75%−1.19
13 Sep 202419.94%+1.51
30 Aug 202418.43%−2.81
15 Aug 202421.24%+1.21
31 Jul 202420.03%+2.12
15 Jul 202417.91%+1.64
28 Jun 202416.27%+1.20
14 Jun 202415.07%−0.28
31 May 202415.35%+0.73
15 May 202414.62%+0.40
30 Apr 202414.22%+0.50
15 Apr 202413.72%+0.55
28 Mar 202413.17%+0.56
15 Mar 202412.61%+1.64
29 Feb 202410.97%−0.68
15 Feb 202411.65%0.00
31 Jan 202411.65%+0.74
12 Jan 202410.91%−0.23
29 Dec 202311.14%+0.21
15 Dec 202310.93%+0.93
30 Nov 202310.00%−0.23
15 Nov 202310.23%−0.12
31 Oct 202310.35%−0.40
13 Oct 202310.75%+0.67
29 Sep 202310.08%+0.75
15 Sep 20239.33%+1.90
31 Aug 20237.43%+1.68
15 Aug 20235.75%−0.18
31 Jul 20235.93%−0.56
14 Jul 20236.49%−0.67
30 Jun 20237.16%−1.94
15 Jun 20239.10%−0.54
31 May 20239.64%+1.27
15 May 20238.37%−0.55
28 Apr 20238.92%−1.50
14 Apr 202310.42%−0.57
31 Mar 202310.99%−2.30
15 Mar 202313.29%−0.22
28 Feb 202313.51%+1.86
15 Feb 202311.65%−0.35
31 Jan 202312.00%+0.71
13 Jan 202311.29%+0.21
30 Dec 202211.08%−0.60
15 Dec 202211.68%−0.75
30 Nov 202212.43%+1.89
15 Nov 202210.54%−0.62
31 Oct 202211.16%+0.25
14 Oct 202210.91%−0.16
30 Sep 202211.07%−0.33
15 Sep 202211.40%−3.14
31 Aug 202214.54%−3.33
15 Aug 202217.87%−3.82
29 Jul 202221.69%−1.05
15 Jul 202222.74%+1.30
30 Jun 202221.44%−5.09
15 Jun 202226.53%−1.61
31 May 202228.14%−10.23
13 May 202238.37%−6.82
29 Apr 202245.19%+3.96
14 Apr 202241.23%+1.99
31 Mar 202239.24%+6.24
15 Mar 202233.00%−2.08
28 Feb 202235.08%+1.79
15 Feb 202233.29%+3.87
31 Jan 202229.42%+0.16
14 Jan 202229.26%+3.28
31 Dec 202125.98%+1.06
15 Dec 202124.92%+5.09
30 Nov 202119.83%−3.31
15 Nov 202123.14%−0.73
29 Oct 202123.87%+1.14
15 Oct 202122.73%+1.70
30 Sep 202121.03%−0.25
15 Sep 202121.28%+0.86
31 Aug 202120.42%+2.91
13 Aug 202117.51%+1.45
30 Jul 202116.06%+1.53
15 Jul 202114.53%+0.86
30 Jun 202113.67%−0.23
15 Jun 202113.90%−0.04
28 May 202113.94%+5.43
14 May 20218.51%+1.36
30 Apr 20217.15%+1.23
15 Apr 20215.92%−0.38
31 Mar 20216.30%+0.72
15 Mar 20215.58%+0.36
26 Feb 20215.22%+0.93
12 Feb 20214.29%+0.54
29 Jan 20213.75%−0.27
15 Jan 20214.02%−0.09
31 Dec 20204.11%−0.52
15 Dec 20204.63%−1.71
30 Nov 20206.34%−1.05
13 Nov 20207.39%+0.52
30 Oct 20206.87%+1.52
15 Oct 20205.35%+0.79
30 Sep 20204.56%+0.35
15 Sep 20204.21%−0.92
31 Aug 20205.13%−0.60
14 Aug 20205.73%−0.59
31 Jul 20206.32%+1.46
15 Jul 20204.86%+1.03
30 Jun 20203.83%+0.03
15 Jun 20203.80%−0.31
29 May 20204.11%−0.07
15 May 20204.18%+0.16
30 Apr 20204.02%+0.29
15 Apr 20203.73%+0.31
31 Mar 20203.42%−0.77
13 Mar 20204.19%−0.43
28 Feb 20204.62%+0.35
14 Feb 20204.27%−0.73
31 Jan 20205.00%+0.28
15 Jan 20204.72%−0.14
31 Dec 20194.86%+0.33
13 Dec 20194.53%+0.18
29 Nov 20194.35%+0.15
15 Nov 20194.20%+0.24
31 Oct 20193.96%+0.24
15 Oct 20193.72%+0.83
30 Sep 20192.89%−0.26
13 Sep 20193.15%−0.29
30 Aug 20193.44%−0.39
15 Aug 20193.83%+0.12
31 Jul 20193.71%−0.33
15 Jul 20194.04%+0.04
28 Jun 20194.00%+0.13
14 Jun 20193.87%+0.25
31 May 20193.62%−0.64
15 May 20194.26%+0.26
30 Apr 20194.00%−0.11
15 Apr 20194.11%+0.68
29 Mar 20193.43%−0.09
15 Mar 20193.52%+0.28
28 Feb 20193.24%−0.31
15 Feb 20193.55%−0.08
31 Jan 20193.63%−0.02
15 Jan 20193.65%+0.05
31 Dec 20183.60%−0.36
14 Dec 20183.96%−0.36
30 Nov 20184.32%+0.22
15 Nov 20184.10%+0.06
31 Oct 20184.04%−0.05
15 Oct 20184.09%+0.22
28 Sep 20183.87%−0.09
14 Sep 20183.96%+0.50
31 Aug 20183.46%−0.54
15 Aug 20184.00%−0.18
31 Jul 20184.18%−0.01
13 Jul 20184.19%−0.07
29 Jun 20184.26%+0.55
15 Jun 20183.71%−0.01
31 May 20183.72%−0.32
15 May 20184.04%+0.34
30 Apr 20183.70%−0.11
13 Apr 20183.81%+0.22
29 Mar 20183.59%+0.80
15 Mar 20182.79%+0.38
28 Feb 20182.41%−0.80
15 Feb 20183.21%+0.35
31 Jan 20182.86%−0.08
12 Jan 20182.94%+0.32
29 Dec 20172.62%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Citi Trends, Inc. right now?
11.02% of Citi Trends, Inc.'s (CTRN) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 553rd most shorted US stock, out of 3,805 we rank.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this CTRN's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is CTRN's days to cover?
6.24 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.