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How shorted was Discover Financial Services? DFS

Discover Financial Services left the US market in 2025. This page is a frozen archive of its reported short interest, ending 15 May 2025. The ticker DFS no longer refers to this company and may since have been reassigned.
2.24%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 May 2025
vs previous report
+0.08
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.13
days to cover
2.64
Aggregate net short position time series for Discover Financial Services

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 Discover Financial Services 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
23 Apr 20251.76% 15 Apr 20252.16% 30 Apr 2025+0.40
22 Jan 20251.18% 15 Jan 20251.37% 31 Jan 2025+0.19
23 Dec 20241.24% 13 Dec 20241.19% 31 Dec 2024−0.05
16 Oct 20241.50% 15 Oct 20241.70% 31 Oct 2024+0.20
17 Jul 20240.93% 15 Jul 20241.25% 31 Jul 2024+0.32
17 Apr 20241.10% 15 Apr 20240.89% 30 Apr 2024−0.21
17 Jan 20241.16% 12 Jan 20241.29% 31 Jan 2024+0.13
18 Oct 20231.95% 13 Oct 20231.79% 31 Oct 2023−0.16
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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 May 20252.24%+0.08
30 Apr 20252.16%+0.40
15 Apr 20251.76%−0.25
31 Mar 20252.01%−0.14
14 Mar 20252.15%+0.04
28 Feb 20252.11%+0.27
14 Feb 20251.84%+0.47
31 Jan 20251.37%+0.19
15 Jan 20251.18%−0.01
31 Dec 20241.19%−0.05
13 Dec 20241.24%+0.12
29 Nov 20241.12%−0.21
15 Nov 20241.33%−0.37
31 Oct 20241.70%+0.20
15 Oct 20241.50%+0.37
30 Sep 20241.13%+0.20
13 Sep 20240.93%+0.03
30 Aug 20240.90%−0.04
15 Aug 20240.94%−0.31
31 Jul 20241.25%+0.32
15 Jul 20240.93%−0.13
28 Jun 20241.06%+0.14
14 Jun 20240.92%+0.05
31 May 20240.87%+0.07
15 May 20240.80%−0.09
30 Apr 20240.89%−0.21
15 Apr 20241.10%−0.03
28 Mar 20241.13%−0.05
15 Mar 20241.18%+0.07
29 Feb 20241.11%−0.05
15 Feb 20241.16%−0.13
31 Jan 20241.29%+0.13
12 Jan 20241.16%−0.03
29 Dec 20231.19%−0.50
15 Dec 20231.69%−0.41
30 Nov 20232.10%−0.70
15 Nov 20232.80%+1.01
31 Oct 20231.79%−0.16
13 Oct 20231.95%+0.28
29 Sep 20231.67%−0.07
15 Sep 20231.74%+0.21
31 Aug 20231.53%−0.49
15 Aug 20232.02%+0.14
31 Jul 20231.88%−0.14
14 Jul 20232.02%−0.20
30 Jun 20232.22%−0.88
15 Jun 20233.10%+0.39
31 May 20232.71%+0.78
15 May 20231.93%+0.29
28 Apr 20231.64%−0.03
14 Apr 20231.67%+0.01
31 Mar 20231.66%−0.12
15 Mar 20231.78%+0.26
28 Feb 20231.52%−0.14
15 Feb 20231.66%−0.38
31 Jan 20232.04%+0.17
13 Jan 20231.87%+0.15
30 Dec 20221.72%+0.52
15 Dec 20221.20%+0.02
30 Nov 20221.18%−0.31
15 Nov 20221.49%+0.32
31 Oct 20221.17%−1.59
14 Oct 20222.76%+1.43
30 Sep 20221.33%−0.01
15 Sep 20221.34%+0.13
31 Aug 20221.21%+0.17
15 Aug 20221.04%−0.39
29 Jul 20221.43%−0.07
15 Jul 20221.50%+0.03
30 Jun 20221.47%−0.25
15 Jun 20221.72%−0.10
31 May 20221.82%+0.28
13 May 20221.54%−0.07
29 Apr 20221.61%−0.11
14 Apr 20221.72%+0.01
31 Mar 20221.71%−0.21
15 Mar 20221.92%−0.14
28 Feb 20222.06%+0.20
15 Feb 20221.86%+0.18
31 Jan 20221.68%−0.17
14 Jan 20221.85%+0.11
31 Dec 20211.74%−0.38
15 Dec 20212.12%+0.30
30 Nov 20211.82%−0.02
15 Nov 20211.84%−0.13
29 Oct 20211.97%−0.01
15 Oct 20211.98%−0.03
30 Sep 20212.01%−0.15
15 Sep 20212.16%+0.08
31 Aug 20212.08%+0.32
13 Aug 20211.76%+0.16
30 Jul 20211.60%+0.12
15 Jul 20211.48%−0.26
30 Jun 20211.74%+0.22
15 Jun 20211.52%+0.05
28 May 20211.47%−0.21
14 May 20211.68%−0.22
30 Apr 20211.90%+0.04
15 Apr 20211.86%−0.15
31 Mar 20212.01%+0.28
15 Mar 20211.73%+0.29
26 Feb 20211.44%+0.34
12 Feb 20211.10%−0.16
29 Jan 20211.26%−0.54
15 Jan 20211.80%−0.38
31 Dec 20202.18%−0.01
15 Dec 20202.19%+0.04
30 Nov 20202.15%−0.47
13 Nov 20202.62%−0.17
30 Oct 20202.79%+0.19
15 Oct 20202.60%+0.04
30 Sep 20202.56%+0.21
15 Sep 20202.35%−0.18
31 Aug 20202.53%−0.29
14 Aug 20202.82%−0.14
31 Jul 20202.96%−0.04
15 Jul 20203.00%−0.32
30 Jun 20203.32%+0.59
15 Jun 20202.73%−0.05
29 May 20202.78%−0.10
15 May 20202.88%+0.42
30 Apr 20202.46%+0.32
15 Apr 20202.14%+0.39
31 Mar 20201.75%−0.04
13 Mar 20201.79%+0.11
28 Feb 20201.68%−0.33
14 Feb 20202.01%+0.25
31 Jan 20201.76%−0.07
15 Jan 20201.83%−0.01
31 Dec 20191.84%+0.27
13 Dec 20191.57%−0.14
29 Nov 20191.71%−0.09
15 Nov 20191.80%−0.03
31 Oct 20191.83%+0.12
15 Oct 20191.71%−0.01
30 Sep 20191.72%−0.16
13 Sep 20191.88%−0.20
30 Aug 20192.08%+0.03
15 Aug 20192.05%+0.25
31 Jul 20191.80%+0.37
15 Jul 20191.43%−0.07
28 Jun 20191.50%−0.03
14 Jun 20191.53%+0.14
31 May 20191.39%+0.19
15 May 20191.20%−0.04
30 Apr 20191.24%−0.03
15 Apr 20191.27%−0.09
29 Mar 20191.36%+0.06
15 Mar 20191.30%+0.03
28 Feb 20191.27%+0.12
15 Feb 20191.15%+0.18
31 Jan 20190.97%−0.48
15 Jan 20191.45%+0.20
31 Dec 20181.25%+0.01
14 Dec 20181.24%−0.03
30 Nov 20181.27%−0.03
15 Nov 20181.30%−0.03
31 Oct 20181.33%+0.21
15 Oct 20181.12%−0.03
28 Sep 20181.15%−0.02
14 Sep 20181.17%−0.19
31 Aug 20181.36%+0.02
15 Aug 20181.34%+0.23
31 Jul 20181.11%+0.05
13 Jul 20181.06%+0.09
29 Jun 20180.97%−0.42
15 Jun 20181.39%+0.17
31 May 20181.22%−0.17
15 May 20181.39%+0.26
30 Apr 20181.13%−0.04
13 Apr 20181.17%+0.01
29 Mar 20181.16%−0.01
15 Mar 20181.17%−0.17
28 Feb 20181.34%−0.03
15 Feb 20181.37%+0.05
31 Jan 20181.32%−0.26
12 Jan 20181.58%+0.12
29 Dec 20171.46%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 29 Dec 2017.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted was Discover Financial Services?
Discover Financial Services left the US market in 2025. Its final reported figure was 2.24% of shares outstanding for settlement date 15 May 2025, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report; this page preserves its full history.
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 DFS'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 DFS's days to cover?
2.64 days for settlement date 15 May 2025: 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.