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How shorted is Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.? ESRT

#1,217most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 68%

6.72%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+1.22
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+1.22
days to cover
2.88
Aggregate net short position time series for Empire State Realty Trust, 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 Empire State Realty Trust, 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
29 Jul 20265.05% 15 Jul 20264.48% 31 Jul 2026−0.57
29 Apr 20267.24% 15 Apr 20267.02% 30 Apr 2026−0.22
17 Feb 20264.24% 13 Feb 20265.30% 27 Feb 2026+1.06
29 Oct 20253.41% 15 Oct 20253.53% 31 Oct 2025+0.12
23 Jul 20252.53% 15 Jul 20252.94% 31 Jul 2025+0.41
29 Apr 20252.02% 15 Apr 20251.86% 30 Apr 2025−0.16
19 Feb 20252.45% 14 Feb 20252.29% 28 Feb 2025−0.16
21 Oct 20243.10% 15 Oct 20242.72% 31 Oct 2024−0.38

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for ESRT: 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
269,448
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
269,448
11 Sep 2026
Days with a balance
51
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Empire State Realty Trust, 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 269K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20266.72%+1.22
31 Aug 20265.50%+0.85
14 Aug 20264.65%+0.17
31 Jul 20264.48%−0.57
15 Jul 20265.05%−0.45
30 Jun 20265.50%−1.52
15 Jun 20267.02%+0.44
29 May 20266.58%+0.18
15 May 20266.40%−0.62
30 Apr 20267.02%−0.22
15 Apr 20267.24%−0.45
31 Mar 20267.69%+1.94
13 Mar 20265.75%+0.45
27 Feb 20265.30%+1.06
13 Feb 20264.24%+0.40
30 Jan 20263.84%+0.51
15 Jan 20263.33%−0.71
31 Dec 20254.04%+0.75
15 Dec 20253.29%−0.15
28 Nov 20253.44%+0.15
14 Nov 20253.29%−0.24
31 Oct 20253.53%+0.12
15 Oct 20253.41%+0.46
30 Sep 20252.95%−0.52
15 Sep 20253.47%+0.33
29 Aug 20253.14%+0.20
15 Aug 20252.94%0.00
31 Jul 20252.94%+0.41
15 Jul 20252.53%−0.37
30 Jun 20252.90%+0.14
13 Jun 20252.76%+0.84
30 May 20251.92%−0.37
15 May 20252.29%+0.43
30 Apr 20251.86%−0.16
15 Apr 20252.02%−0.31
31 Mar 20252.33%−0.12
14 Mar 20252.45%+0.16
28 Feb 20252.29%−0.16
14 Feb 20252.45%+0.26
31 Jan 20252.19%−0.16
15 Jan 20252.35%−0.08
31 Dec 20242.43%−0.41
13 Dec 20242.84%−0.05
29 Nov 20242.89%+0.02
15 Nov 20242.87%+0.15
31 Oct 20242.72%−0.38
15 Oct 20243.10%−0.02
30 Sep 20243.12%+0.14
13 Sep 20242.98%−0.05
30 Aug 20243.03%−0.01
15 Aug 20243.04%−0.17
31 Jul 20243.21%−0.42
15 Jul 20243.63%+0.45
28 Jun 20243.18%−0.11
14 Jun 20243.29%−0.31
31 May 20243.60%−0.24
15 May 20243.84%−0.21
30 Apr 20244.05%−0.86
15 Apr 20244.91%+0.14
28 Mar 20244.77%+0.39
15 Mar 20244.38%−0.39
29 Feb 20244.77%+0.43
15 Feb 20244.34%+0.45
31 Jan 20243.89%−0.52
12 Jan 20244.41%−0.07
29 Dec 20234.48%−1.26
15 Dec 20235.74%−1.17
30 Nov 20236.91%−0.44
15 Nov 20237.35%−0.15
31 Oct 20237.50%−0.22
13 Oct 20237.72%−0.13
29 Sep 20237.85%−0.24
15 Sep 20238.09%+0.07
31 Aug 20238.02%−0.30
15 Aug 20238.32%−0.90
31 Jul 20239.22%−0.96
14 Jul 202310.18%−0.13
30 Jun 202310.31%+0.10
15 Jun 202310.21%+0.31
31 May 20239.90%−0.34
15 May 202310.24%+0.84
28 Apr 20239.40%+0.89
14 Apr 20238.51%+0.43
31 Mar 20238.08%+0.06
15 Mar 20238.02%+0.87
28 Feb 20237.15%−0.39
15 Feb 20237.54%−0.64
31 Jan 20238.18%+0.34
13 Jan 20237.84%+0.14
30 Dec 20227.70%+0.70
15 Dec 20227.00%+0.46
30 Nov 20226.54%−0.39
15 Nov 20226.93%−0.62
31 Oct 20227.55%−0.18
14 Oct 20227.73%−0.13
30 Sep 20227.86%−0.37
15 Sep 20228.23%+0.92
31 Aug 20227.31%+0.68
15 Aug 20226.63%−0.92
29 Jul 20227.55%+0.05
15 Jul 20227.50%+0.32
30 Jun 20227.18%−1.12
15 Jun 20228.30%+0.82
31 May 20227.48%−0.01
13 May 20227.49%+1.02
29 Apr 20226.47%+0.31
14 Apr 20226.16%−0.05
31 Mar 20226.21%+0.43
15 Mar 20225.78%−0.57
28 Feb 20226.35%−0.09
15 Feb 20226.44%−0.54
31 Jan 20226.98%+0.89
14 Jan 20226.09%−1.03
31 Dec 20217.12%+1.46
15 Dec 20215.66%−0.79
30 Nov 20216.45%+0.38
15 Nov 20216.07%+0.17
29 Oct 20215.90%−0.42
15 Oct 20216.32%−1.29
30 Sep 20217.61%−0.11
15 Sep 20217.72%+0.15
31 Aug 20217.57%+0.47
13 Aug 20217.10%+1.19
30 Jul 20215.91%−0.22
15 Jul 20216.13%−0.26
30 Jun 20216.39%+0.97
15 Jun 20215.42%−0.10
28 May 20215.52%−0.56
14 May 20216.08%+0.14
30 Apr 20215.94%+0.21
15 Apr 20215.73%+0.26
31 Mar 20215.47%−0.51
15 Mar 20215.98%−0.56
26 Feb 20216.54%−0.20
12 Feb 20216.74%+0.30
29 Jan 20216.44%−0.61
15 Jan 20217.05%+0.42
31 Dec 20206.63%+0.15
15 Dec 20206.48%−0.69
30 Nov 20207.17%−1.58
13 Nov 20208.75%−0.85
30 Oct 20209.60%+0.88
15 Oct 20208.72%+0.40
30 Sep 20208.32%−0.09
15 Sep 20208.41%+0.14
31 Aug 20208.27%+0.64
14 Aug 20207.63%−0.27
31 Jul 20207.90%+0.40
15 Jul 20207.50%+0.76
30 Jun 20206.74%+0.51
15 Jun 20206.23%+0.17
29 May 20206.06%+3.55
30 Apr 20202.51%+0.46
15 Apr 20202.05%+0.12
31 Mar 20201.93%+0.10
13 Mar 20201.83%+0.10
28 Feb 20201.73%+0.03
14 Feb 20201.70%−0.22
31 Jan 20201.92%−0.17
15 Jan 20202.09%+0.53
31 Dec 20191.56%+0.06
13 Dec 20191.50%−0.49
29 Nov 20191.99%−0.17
15 Nov 20192.16%−0.13
31 Oct 20192.29%−0.55
15 Oct 20192.84%+0.10
30 Sep 20192.74%−0.34
13 Sep 20193.08%−0.12
30 Aug 20193.20%+0.93
15 Aug 20192.27%−0.16
31 Jul 20192.43%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. right now?
6.72% of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.'s (ESRT) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 1,217th 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 ESRT'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 ESRT's days to cover?
2.88 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.