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How shorted is Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.? ESQ

#916most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 75%

8.40%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+1.35
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.98
days to cover
5.73
Aggregate net short position time series for Esquire Financial Holdings, 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 Esquire Financial Holdings, 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
23 Jul 20269.01% 15 Jul 20269.36% 31 Jul 2026+0.35
23 Apr 20268.18% 15 Apr 20268.16% 30 Apr 2026−0.02
22 Jan 20267.74% 15 Jan 20266.42% 30 Jan 2026−1.32
23 Oct 20259.16% 15 Oct 20258.43% 31 Oct 2025−0.73
24 Jul 20258.73% 15 Jul 20257.88% 31 Jul 2025−0.85
24 Apr 20256.47% 15 Apr 20256.56% 30 Apr 2025+0.09
23 Jan 20253.89% 15 Jan 20255.28% 31 Jan 2025+1.39
24 Oct 20243.01% 15 Oct 20242.92% 31 Oct 2024−0.09

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for ESQ: 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
86
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
6,911
27 Oct 2025
Days with a balance
36
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Esquire Financial Holdings, 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 6.9K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20268.40%+1.35
31 Aug 20267.05%−0.71
14 Aug 20267.76%−1.60
31 Jul 20269.36%+0.35
15 Jul 20269.01%−0.37
30 Jun 20269.38%+0.89
15 Jun 20268.49%+0.02
29 May 20268.47%−0.70
15 May 20269.17%+1.01
30 Apr 20268.16%−0.02
15 Apr 20268.18%+0.71
31 Mar 20267.47%+0.37
13 Mar 20267.10%+0.17
27 Feb 20266.93%−0.39
13 Feb 20267.32%+0.90
30 Jan 20266.42%−1.32
15 Jan 20267.74%+0.03
31 Dec 20257.71%−0.38
15 Dec 20258.09%−0.30
28 Nov 20258.39%−0.77
14 Nov 20259.16%+0.73
31 Oct 20258.43%−0.73
15 Oct 20259.16%+0.70
30 Sep 20258.46%+0.74
15 Sep 20257.72%+0.09
29 Aug 20257.63%−1.05
15 Aug 20258.68%+0.80
31 Jul 20257.88%−0.85
15 Jul 20258.73%+1.37
30 Jun 20257.36%+1.18
13 Jun 20256.18%−0.61
30 May 20256.79%−1.50
15 May 20258.29%+1.73
30 Apr 20256.56%+0.09
15 Apr 20256.47%+0.64
31 Mar 20255.83%+0.74
14 Mar 20255.09%−0.13
28 Feb 20255.22%−1.86
14 Feb 20257.08%+1.80
31 Jan 20255.28%+1.39
15 Jan 20253.89%+0.34
31 Dec 20243.55%+0.68
13 Dec 20242.87%−0.02
29 Nov 20242.89%−0.03
15 Nov 20242.92%0.00
31 Oct 20242.92%−0.09
15 Oct 20243.01%+0.14
30 Sep 20242.87%+0.25
13 Sep 20242.62%−0.10
30 Aug 20242.72%+0.11
15 Aug 20242.61%+0.49
31 Jul 20242.12%+0.15
15 Jul 20241.97%−0.05
28 Jun 20242.02%+0.07
14 Jun 20241.95%+0.03
31 May 20241.92%−0.23
15 May 20242.15%−0.29
30 Apr 20242.44%−0.25
15 Apr 20242.69%−0.28
28 Mar 20242.97%+0.06
15 Mar 20242.91%+0.06
29 Feb 20242.85%+0.11
15 Feb 20242.74%+0.51
31 Jan 20242.23%−0.25
12 Jan 20242.48%−0.04
29 Dec 20232.52%+0.10
15 Dec 20232.42%+0.11
30 Nov 20232.31%−0.23
15 Nov 20232.54%+0.05
31 Oct 20232.49%−0.20
13 Oct 20232.69%+0.08
29 Sep 20232.61%+0.10
15 Sep 20232.51%0.00
31 Aug 20232.51%−0.12
15 Aug 20232.63%+0.05
31 Jul 20232.58%+0.03
14 Jul 20232.55%−0.10
30 Jun 20232.65%+0.06
15 Jun 20232.59%−0.25
31 May 20232.84%−0.30
15 May 20233.14%+0.33
28 Apr 20232.81%+0.04
14 Apr 20232.77%+0.14
31 Mar 20232.63%−0.25
15 Mar 20232.88%−0.12
28 Feb 20233.00%−0.67
15 Feb 20233.67%+1.01
31 Jan 20232.66%+0.42
13 Jan 20232.24%+0.15
30 Dec 20222.09%+0.07
15 Dec 20222.02%+0.01
30 Nov 20222.01%−0.58
15 Nov 20222.59%+0.45
31 Oct 20222.14%−0.17
14 Oct 20222.31%−0.39
30 Sep 20222.70%−0.04
15 Sep 20222.74%+0.16
31 Aug 20222.58%−0.61
15 Aug 20223.19%+1.09
29 Jul 20222.10%+0.28
15 Jul 20221.82%−0.14
30 Jun 20221.96%+1.16
15 Jun 20220.80%0.00
31 May 20220.80%+0.06
13 May 20220.74%+0.12
29 Apr 20220.62%+0.14
14 Apr 20220.48%+0.10
31 Mar 20220.38%−0.07
15 Mar 20220.45%+0.06
28 Feb 20220.39%0.00
15 Feb 20220.39%−0.07
31 Jan 20220.46%+0.02
14 Jan 20220.44%+0.06
31 Dec 20210.38%+0.03
15 Dec 20210.35%−0.21
30 Nov 20210.56%−0.04
15 Nov 20210.60%−0.08
29 Oct 20210.68%−0.05
15 Oct 20210.73%+0.16
30 Sep 20210.57%−0.04
15 Sep 20210.61%+0.23
31 Aug 20210.38%+0.06
13 Aug 20210.32%−2.16
15 Jun 20212.48%+0.09
28 May 20212.39%+0.13
14 May 20212.26%+0.73
30 Apr 20211.53%+0.27
15 Apr 20211.26%+0.05
31 Mar 20211.21%−0.03
15 Mar 20211.24%+0.02
26 Feb 20211.22%+0.09
12 Feb 20211.13%+0.05
29 Jan 20211.08%+0.06
15 Jan 20211.02%+0.04
31 Dec 20200.98%−0.02
15 Dec 20201.00%+0.24
30 Nov 20200.76%+0.21
13 Nov 20200.55%−0.02
30 Oct 20200.57%−0.23
15 Oct 20200.80%−0.17
30 Sep 20200.97%−0.11
15 Sep 20201.08%−0.06
31 Aug 20201.14%−0.07
14 Aug 20201.21%+0.97
30 Apr 20200.24%+0.04
15 Apr 20200.20%−0.07
31 Mar 20200.27%−0.17
13 Mar 20200.44%+0.08
28 Feb 20200.36%−0.01
14 Feb 20200.37%+0.02
31 Jan 20200.35%−0.10
15 Jan 20200.45%−0.05
31 Dec 20190.50%+0.14
13 Dec 20190.36%0.00
29 Nov 20190.36%−0.08
15 Nov 20190.44%−0.03
31 Oct 20190.47%−0.05
15 Oct 20190.52%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. right now?
8.40% of Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.'s (ESQ) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 916th 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 ESQ'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 ESQ's days to cover?
5.73 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.