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How shorted is e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.? ELF

#1,140most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 70%

7.15%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.35
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−13.00
days to cover
2.67
Aggregate net short position time series for e.l.f. Beauty, 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 e.l.f. Beauty, 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 202613.59% 31 Jul 20267.10% 14 Aug 2026−6.49
20 May 202614.99% 15 May 202618.04% 29 May 2026+3.05
4 Feb 202610.56% 30 Jan 202611.39% 13 Feb 2026+0.83
5 Nov 20259.18% 31 Oct 202510.41% 14 Nov 2025+1.23
6 Aug 20258.94% 31 Jul 20259.49% 15 Aug 2025+0.55
6 Feb 202510.24% 31 Jan 202513.24% 14 Feb 2025+3.00
6 Nov 20248.73% 31 Oct 20249.84% 15 Nov 2024+1.11
8 Aug 20244.25% 31 Jul 20246.31% 15 Aug 2024+2.06

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for ELF: 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
187
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
389,614
7 Nov 2025
Days with a balance
91
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for e.l.f. Beauty, 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 390K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20267.15%−0.35
31 Aug 20267.50%+0.40
14 Aug 20267.10%−6.49
31 Jul 202613.59%+0.73
15 Jul 202612.86%−7.29
30 Jun 202620.15%+1.72
15 Jun 202618.43%+0.39
29 May 202618.04%+3.05
15 May 202614.99%+2.55
30 Apr 202612.44%−0.09
15 Apr 202612.53%−1.01
31 Mar 202613.54%+2.54
13 Mar 202611.00%+1.94
27 Feb 20269.06%−2.33
13 Feb 202611.39%+0.83
30 Jan 202610.56%−2.77
15 Jan 202613.33%−0.04
31 Dec 202513.37%+0.61
15 Dec 202512.76%+0.63
28 Nov 202512.13%+1.72
14 Nov 202510.41%+1.23
31 Oct 20259.18%+0.13
15 Oct 20259.05%−0.18
30 Sep 20259.23%−1.16
15 Sep 202510.39%+0.38
29 Aug 202510.01%+0.52
15 Aug 20259.49%+0.55
31 Jul 20258.94%+0.04
15 Jul 20258.90%−1.58
30 Jun 202510.48%−1.42
13 Jun 202511.90%+0.90
30 May 202511.00%−0.66
15 May 202511.66%−0.81
30 Apr 202512.47%+0.61
15 Apr 202511.86%−1.37
31 Mar 202513.23%+0.41
14 Mar 202512.82%−0.69
28 Feb 202513.51%+0.27
14 Feb 202513.24%+3.00
31 Jan 202510.24%−1.51
15 Jan 202511.75%+1.12
31 Dec 202410.63%+0.27
13 Dec 202410.36%−0.93
29 Nov 202411.29%+1.45
15 Nov 20249.84%+1.11
31 Oct 20248.73%+0.78
15 Oct 20247.95%−0.29
30 Sep 20248.24%0.00
13 Sep 20248.24%+1.34
30 Aug 20246.90%+0.59
15 Aug 20246.31%+2.06
31 Jul 20244.25%+0.22
15 Jul 20244.03%−1.62
28 Jun 20245.65%−0.57
14 Jun 20246.22%−0.54
31 May 20246.76%−1.06
15 May 20247.82%+0.82
30 Apr 20247.00%+0.93
15 Apr 20246.07%+1.12
28 Mar 20244.95%+0.11
15 Mar 20244.84%−0.54
29 Feb 20245.38%+0.22
15 Feb 20245.16%−0.23
31 Jan 20245.39%−0.48
12 Jan 20245.87%0.00
29 Dec 20235.87%−1.12
15 Dec 20236.99%+0.79
30 Nov 20236.20%−0.79
15 Nov 20236.99%+2.49
31 Oct 20234.50%+0.61
13 Oct 20233.89%−0.76
29 Sep 20234.65%+0.43
15 Sep 20234.22%+0.06
31 Aug 20234.16%+0.46
15 Aug 20233.70%+0.47
31 Jul 20233.23%+0.02
14 Jul 20233.21%+0.09
30 Jun 20233.12%+0.17
15 Jun 20232.95%+0.18
31 May 20232.77%−0.46
15 May 20233.23%−0.51
28 Apr 20233.74%+0.49
14 Apr 20233.25%+0.07
31 Mar 20233.18%−0.40
15 Mar 20233.58%+0.43
28 Feb 20233.15%+0.43
15 Feb 20232.72%+0.33
31 Jan 20232.39%−0.19
13 Jan 20232.58%−0.42
30 Dec 20223.00%+0.11
15 Dec 20222.89%−0.31
30 Nov 20223.20%−0.90
15 Nov 20224.10%+0.01
31 Oct 20224.09%−0.38
14 Oct 20224.47%−0.21
30 Sep 20224.68%+0.29
15 Sep 20224.39%+0.79
31 Aug 20223.60%−0.94
15 Aug 20224.54%−0.26
29 Jul 20224.80%−0.13
15 Jul 20224.93%+0.77
30 Jun 20224.16%−0.23
15 Jun 20224.39%+0.64
31 May 20223.75%+0.82
13 May 20222.93%−0.02
29 Apr 20222.95%−0.09
14 Apr 20223.04%−0.04
31 Mar 20223.08%−0.13
15 Mar 20223.21%+0.04
28 Feb 20223.17%+0.02
15 Feb 20223.15%−0.15
31 Jan 20223.30%+0.44
14 Jan 20222.86%−0.64
31 Dec 20213.50%−0.19
15 Dec 20213.69%−0.05
30 Nov 20213.74%−0.40
15 Nov 20214.14%−1.30
29 Oct 20215.44%−0.57
15 Oct 20216.01%+0.11
30 Sep 20215.90%+1.36
15 Sep 20214.54%+0.18
31 Aug 20214.36%−0.34
13 Aug 20214.70%+0.05
30 Jul 20214.65%−0.04
15 Jul 20214.69%+0.20
30 Jun 20214.49%−0.26
15 Jun 20214.75%+0.39
28 May 20214.36%−0.34
14 May 20214.70%−0.70
30 Apr 20215.40%+0.40
15 Apr 20215.00%+0.04
31 Mar 20214.96%−0.86
15 Mar 20215.82%−0.37
26 Feb 20216.19%−0.20
12 Feb 20216.39%−0.23
29 Jan 20216.62%−1.16
15 Jan 20217.78%+1.54
31 Dec 20206.24%+1.43
15 Dec 20204.81%+0.13
30 Nov 20204.68%−0.54
13 Nov 20205.22%+1.59
30 Oct 20203.63%−0.22
15 Oct 20203.85%−2.58
30 Sep 20206.43%+1.19
15 Sep 20205.24%−0.07
31 Aug 20205.31%−0.71
14 Aug 20206.02%−0.43
31 Jul 20206.45%+0.30
15 Jul 20206.15%+0.63
30 Jun 20205.52%+0.45
15 Jun 20205.07%−0.66
29 May 20205.73%+0.53
15 May 20205.20%+0.07
30 Apr 20205.13%−0.12
15 Apr 20205.25%+0.45
31 Mar 20204.80%+1.10
13 Mar 20203.70%+1.16
28 Feb 20202.54%+0.67
14 Feb 20201.87%−0.37
31 Jan 20202.24%−0.47
15 Jan 20202.71%−0.13
31 Dec 20192.84%+0.61
13 Dec 20192.23%+0.05
29 Nov 20192.18%−1.40
15 Nov 20193.58%−0.50
31 Oct 20194.08%−0.98
15 Oct 20195.06%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 15 Oct 2019.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. right now?
7.15% of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.'s (ELF) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 1,140th 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 ELF'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 ELF's days to cover?
2.67 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.