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How shorted is ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC? ECPG

#1,366most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 64%

6.04%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.51
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.55
days to cover
3.23
Aggregate net short position time series for ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP 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 ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP 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
5 Aug 20264.83% 31 Jul 20265.27% 14 Aug 2026+0.44
6 May 20266.72% 30 Apr 20266.74% 15 May 2026+0.02
25 Feb 20264.79% 13 Feb 20264.60% 27 Feb 2026−0.19
5 Nov 20255.18% 31 Oct 20255.54% 14 Nov 2025+0.36
6 Aug 20256.05% 31 Jul 20256.02% 15 Aug 2025−0.03
7 May 20257.00% 30 Apr 20256.86% 15 May 2025−0.14
26 Feb 20256.19% 14 Feb 20256.19% 28 Feb 20250.00
6 Nov 20248.87% 31 Oct 20246.26% 15 Nov 2024−2.61

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for ECPG: 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
1,102
4 Sep 2026
Highest in window
16,806
27 Oct 2025
Days with a balance
40
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP 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 17K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20266.04%+0.51
31 Aug 20265.53%+0.26
14 Aug 20265.27%+0.44
31 Jul 20264.83%−0.81
15 Jul 20265.64%−0.95
30 Jun 20266.59%+0.43
15 Jun 20266.16%−0.50
29 May 20266.66%−0.08
15 May 20266.74%+0.02
30 Apr 20266.72%+1.62
15 Apr 20265.10%−0.23
31 Mar 20265.33%+0.63
13 Mar 20264.70%+0.10
27 Feb 20264.60%−0.19
13 Feb 20264.79%+0.10
30 Jan 20264.69%−0.13
15 Jan 20264.82%+0.12
31 Dec 20254.70%0.00
15 Dec 20254.70%+0.02
28 Nov 20254.68%−0.86
14 Nov 20255.54%+0.36
31 Oct 20255.18%−0.01
15 Oct 20255.19%−0.50
30 Sep 20255.69%−1.24
15 Sep 20256.93%+0.89
29 Aug 20256.04%+0.02
15 Aug 20256.02%−0.03
31 Jul 20256.05%+0.46
15 Jul 20255.59%−0.36
30 Jun 20255.95%−0.60
13 Jun 20256.55%+0.20
30 May 20256.35%−0.51
15 May 20256.86%−0.14
30 Apr 20257.00%−0.21
15 Apr 20257.21%+0.06
31 Mar 20257.15%+0.40
14 Mar 20256.75%+0.56
28 Feb 20256.19%0.00
14 Feb 20256.19%+0.25
31 Jan 20255.94%−0.39
15 Jan 20256.33%−0.13
31 Dec 20246.46%−0.25
13 Dec 20246.71%+0.53
29 Nov 20246.18%−0.08
15 Nov 20246.26%−2.61
31 Oct 20248.87%+0.14
15 Oct 20248.73%+0.40
30 Sep 20248.33%+0.34
13 Sep 20247.99%−0.24
30 Aug 20248.23%−0.04
15 Aug 20248.27%+0.19
31 Jul 20248.08%−0.27
15 Jul 20248.35%+0.21
28 Jun 20248.14%−0.27
14 Jun 20248.41%−0.15
31 May 20248.56%−0.09
15 May 20248.65%−0.07
30 Apr 20248.72%−0.18
15 Apr 20248.90%+0.03
28 Mar 20248.87%−0.12
15 Mar 20248.99%−0.28
29 Feb 20249.27%−0.20
15 Feb 20249.47%−0.06
31 Jan 20249.53%−0.51
12 Jan 202410.04%−0.13
29 Dec 202310.17%−0.18
15 Dec 202310.35%−0.15
30 Nov 202310.50%−0.39
15 Nov 202310.89%−0.01
31 Oct 202310.90%+0.28
13 Oct 202310.62%+0.26
29 Sep 202310.36%+0.57
15 Sep 20239.79%−0.41
31 Aug 202310.20%−0.37
15 Aug 202310.57%−0.67
31 Jul 202311.24%+0.14
14 Jul 202311.10%−0.19
30 Jun 202311.29%0.00
15 Jun 202311.29%−0.02
31 May 202311.31%+0.24
15 May 202311.07%+0.25
28 Apr 202310.82%+0.06
14 Apr 202310.76%+0.65
31 Mar 202310.11%−0.69
15 Mar 202310.80%−1.69
28 Feb 202312.49%+0.37
15 Feb 202312.12%−0.06
31 Jan 202312.18%+0.33
13 Jan 202311.85%−0.02
30 Dec 202211.87%−0.50
15 Dec 202212.37%−0.36
30 Nov 202212.73%−0.22
15 Nov 202212.95%−0.87
31 Oct 202213.82%+0.42
14 Oct 202213.40%−0.30
30 Sep 202213.70%−0.74
15 Sep 202214.44%−1.20
31 Aug 202215.64%+0.44
15 Aug 202215.20%−0.04
29 Jul 202215.24%+1.18
15 Jul 202214.06%−3.27
30 Jun 202217.33%+1.38
15 Jun 202215.95%+0.24
31 May 202215.71%+0.11
13 May 202215.60%+0.04
29 Apr 202215.56%+2.28
14 Apr 202213.28%−0.54
31 Mar 202213.82%−1.79
15 Mar 202215.61%−0.95
28 Feb 202216.56%−0.92
15 Feb 202217.48%+0.23
31 Jan 202217.25%+2.05
14 Jan 202215.20%−0.23
31 Dec 202115.43%−3.54
15 Dec 202118.97%+1.60
30 Nov 202117.37%+1.70
15 Nov 202115.67%+1.04
29 Oct 202114.63%+1.06
15 Oct 202113.57%+0.12
30 Sep 202113.45%−0.16
15 Sep 202113.61%+0.02
31 Aug 202113.59%+0.32
13 Aug 202113.27%+0.23
30 Jul 202113.04%+0.41
15 Jul 202112.63%+0.02
30 Jun 202112.61%+0.35
15 Jun 202112.26%−0.11
28 May 202112.37%+0.18
14 May 202112.19%−0.24
30 Apr 202112.43%−0.20
15 Apr 202112.63%−0.28
31 Mar 202112.91%−0.26
15 Mar 202113.17%+2.03
26 Feb 202111.14%+0.10
12 Feb 202111.04%−0.14
29 Jan 202111.18%−0.82
15 Jan 202112.00%−0.88
31 Dec 202012.88%+0.05
15 Dec 202012.83%+0.61
30 Nov 202012.22%+0.41
13 Nov 202011.81%−1.24
30 Oct 202013.05%−1.05
15 Oct 202014.10%−0.90
30 Sep 202015.00%−0.64
15 Sep 202015.64%−0.07
31 Aug 202015.71%+0.38
14 Aug 202015.33%+0.59
31 Jul 202014.74%−0.03
15 Jul 202014.77%−0.45
30 Jun 202015.22%+0.19
15 Jun 202015.03%−2.65
29 May 202017.68%−0.93
15 May 202018.61%+1.06
30 Apr 202017.55%+0.42
15 Apr 202017.13%+0.26
31 Mar 202016.87%−2.64
13 Mar 202019.51%−0.24
28 Feb 202019.75%−0.87
14 Feb 202020.62%−0.05
31 Jan 202020.67%−0.34
15 Jan 202021.01%−0.13
31 Dec 201921.14%−0.47
13 Dec 201921.61%−0.46
29 Nov 201922.07%0.00
15 Nov 201922.07%−1.20
31 Oct 201923.27%+0.45
15 Oct 201922.82%−1.81
30 Sep 201924.63%−1.14
13 Sep 201925.77%+1.72
30 Aug 201924.05%−0.05
15 Aug 201924.10%−0.09
31 Jul 201924.19%−1.03
15 Jul 201925.22%+1.41
28 Jun 201923.81%−0.32
14 Jun 201924.13%+0.91
31 May 201923.22%+1.96
15 May 201921.26%+0.93
30 Apr 201920.33%−0.46
15 Apr 201920.79%+1.01
29 Mar 201919.78%−1.62
15 Mar 201921.40%−0.88
28 Feb 201922.28%+0.32
15 Feb 201921.96%+0.08
31 Jan 201921.88%+0.76
15 Jan 201921.12%+0.73
31 Dec 201820.39%+0.58
14 Dec 201819.81%−0.14
30 Nov 201819.95%−0.41
15 Nov 201820.36%−0.67
31 Oct 201821.03%−2.65
15 Oct 201823.68%−0.92
28 Sep 201824.60%−0.01
14 Sep 201824.61%+0.12
31 Aug 201824.49%+0.38
15 Aug 201824.11%−3.49
31 Jul 201827.60%+4.01
13 Jul 201823.59%+1.31
29 Jun 201822.28%−0.16
15 Jun 201822.44%+1.65
31 May 201820.79%+0.65
15 May 201820.14%+1.36
30 Apr 201818.78%+0.91
13 Apr 201817.87%+0.13
29 Mar 201817.74%−0.13
15 Mar 201817.87%+0.47
28 Feb 201817.40%+2.17
15 Feb 201815.23%−0.05
31 Jan 201815.28%+0.03
12 Jan 201815.25%−0.55
29 Dec 201715.80%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC right now?
6.04% of ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP INC's (ECPG) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 1,366th 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 ECPG'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 ECPG's days to cover?
3.23 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.