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How shorted is Gen Digital Inc.? GEN

#1,409most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 62%

5.91%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.09
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.93
days to cover
6.79
Aggregate net short position time series for Gen Digital 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 Gen Digital 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
6 Aug 20264.96% 31 Jul 20264.91% 14 Aug 2026−0.05
7 May 20264.21% 30 Apr 20264.58% 15 May 2026+0.37
5 Feb 20263.22% 30 Jan 20263.72% 13 Feb 2026+0.50
6 Nov 20252.42% 31 Oct 20253.15% 14 Nov 2025+0.73
7 Aug 20252.48% 31 Jul 20252.93% 15 Aug 2025+0.45
6 May 20252.66% 30 Apr 20252.61% 15 May 2025−0.05
30 Jan 20251.93% 15 Jan 20252.43% 31 Jan 2025+0.50
30 Oct 20242.79% 15 Oct 20242.37% 31 Oct 2024−0.42

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for GEN: 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
10
10 Sep 2026
Highest in window
586,670
23 Apr 2026
Days with a balance
67
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Gen Digital 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 587K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20265.91%+0.09
31 Aug 20265.82%+0.91
14 Aug 20264.91%−0.05
31 Jul 20264.96%+0.26
15 Jul 20264.70%−0.28
30 Jun 20264.98%−0.01
15 Jun 20264.99%+0.09
29 May 20264.90%+0.32
15 May 20264.58%+0.37
30 Apr 20264.21%−0.01
15 Apr 20264.22%+0.08
31 Mar 20264.14%+0.03
13 Mar 20264.11%+0.18
27 Feb 20263.93%+0.21
13 Feb 20263.72%+0.50
30 Jan 20263.22%+0.22
15 Jan 20263.00%−0.29
31 Dec 20253.29%+0.26
15 Dec 20253.03%−0.31
28 Nov 20253.34%+0.19
14 Nov 20253.15%+0.73
31 Oct 20252.42%−0.14
15 Oct 20252.56%+0.14
30 Sep 20252.42%−0.17
15 Sep 20252.59%+0.03
29 Aug 20252.56%−0.37
15 Aug 20252.93%+0.45
31 Jul 20252.48%+0.05
15 Jul 20252.43%−0.19
30 Jun 20252.62%−0.23
13 Jun 20252.85%+0.46
30 May 20252.39%−0.22
15 May 20252.61%−0.05
30 Apr 20252.66%+0.16
15 Apr 20252.50%−0.24
31 Mar 20252.74%−0.50
14 Mar 20253.24%+0.40
28 Feb 20252.84%−0.20
14 Feb 20253.04%+0.61
31 Jan 20252.43%+0.50
15 Jan 20251.93%+0.08
31 Dec 20241.85%−0.03
13 Dec 20241.88%+0.09
29 Nov 20241.79%−0.14
15 Nov 20241.93%−0.44
31 Oct 20242.37%−0.42
15 Oct 20242.79%−0.23
30 Sep 20243.02%−0.39
13 Sep 20243.41%+0.49
30 Aug 20242.92%+0.10
15 Aug 20242.82%+0.30
31 Jul 20242.52%−0.33
15 Jul 20242.85%−0.72
28 Jun 20243.57%+0.93
14 Jun 20242.64%−0.31
31 May 20242.95%−0.24
15 May 20243.19%+0.22
30 Apr 20242.97%+0.29
15 Apr 20242.68%+0.10
28 Mar 20242.58%+0.23
15 Mar 20242.35%+0.17
29 Feb 20242.18%+0.05
15 Feb 20242.13%+0.52
31 Jan 20241.61%+0.35
12 Jan 20241.26%+0.09
29 Dec 20231.17%−0.06
15 Dec 20231.23%−0.21
30 Nov 20231.44%−0.26
15 Nov 20231.70%−0.15
31 Oct 20231.85%−0.14
13 Oct 20231.99%+0.04
29 Sep 20231.95%−0.37
15 Sep 20232.32%−0.14
31 Aug 20232.46%−0.10
15 Aug 20232.56%−0.12
31 Jul 20232.68%−0.25
14 Jul 20232.93%+0.07
30 Jun 20232.86%−0.18
15 Jun 20233.04%+0.01
31 May 20233.03%+0.37
15 May 20232.66%+0.47
28 Apr 20232.19%−0.19
14 Apr 20232.38%−0.11
31 Mar 20232.49%−0.05
15 Mar 20232.54%+0.48
28 Feb 20232.06%−0.03
15 Feb 20232.09%+0.31
31 Jan 20231.78%+0.02
13 Jan 20231.76%−1.10
31 Oct 20222.86%+0.16
14 Oct 20222.70%−0.04
30 Sep 20222.74%−1.09
15 Sep 20223.83%+0.82
31 Aug 20223.01%−0.14
15 Aug 20223.15%+0.01
29 Jul 20223.14%−0.87
15 Jul 20224.01%+0.33
30 Jun 20223.68%−0.04
15 Jun 20223.72%−0.35
31 May 20224.07%−0.35
13 May 20224.42%−0.48
29 Apr 20224.90%−0.32
14 Apr 20225.22%−0.61
31 Mar 20225.83%−0.30
15 Mar 20226.13%+0.30
28 Feb 20225.83%−0.33
15 Feb 20226.16%+1.58
31 Jan 20224.58%+0.10
14 Jan 20224.48%+0.41
31 Dec 20214.07%+0.27
15 Dec 20213.80%+0.27
30 Nov 20213.53%+0.01
15 Nov 20213.52%−0.22
29 Oct 20213.74%+0.15
15 Oct 20213.59%0.00
30 Sep 20213.59%+0.11
15 Sep 20213.48%−0.11
31 Aug 20213.59%+0.37
13 Aug 20213.22%+0.09
30 Jul 20213.13%−0.07
15 Jul 20213.20%+0.30
30 Jun 20212.90%−0.43
15 Jun 20213.33%+0.08
28 May 20213.25%+0.05
14 May 20213.20%+0.30
30 Apr 20212.90%+0.16
15 Apr 20212.74%+0.06
31 Mar 20212.68%−0.08
15 Mar 20212.76%−0.47
26 Feb 20213.23%−0.39
12 Feb 20213.62%+0.24
29 Jan 20213.38%−0.23
15 Jan 20213.61%0.00
31 Dec 20203.61%−0.80
15 Dec 20204.41%+1.63
30 Nov 20202.78%−0.43
13 Nov 20203.21%+0.22
30 Oct 20202.99%−1.86
15 Oct 20204.85%+0.02
30 Sep 20204.83%+1.04
15 Sep 20203.79%+0.95
31 Aug 20202.84%+0.01
14 Aug 20202.83%−0.07
31 Jul 20202.90%−0.27
15 Jul 20203.17%−0.28
30 Jun 20203.45%−1.30
15 Jun 20204.75%+0.24
29 May 20204.51%+0.02
15 May 20204.49%−0.83
30 Apr 20205.32%+1.58
15 Apr 20203.74%+2.08
31 Oct 20191.66%−0.20
15 Oct 20191.86%−0.24
30 Sep 20192.10%+0.16
13 Sep 20191.94%+0.17
30 Aug 20191.77%+0.23
15 Aug 20191.54%+0.14
31 Jul 20191.40%+0.07
15 Jul 20191.33%−1.42
28 Jun 20192.75%+0.14
14 Jun 20192.61%−0.22
31 May 20192.83%+0.68
15 May 20192.15%+0.34
30 Apr 20191.81%−0.07
15 Apr 20191.88%−0.08
29 Mar 20191.96%−0.02
15 Mar 20191.98%+0.07
28 Feb 20191.91%−0.02
15 Feb 20191.93%+0.26
31 Jan 20191.67%−0.29
15 Jan 20191.96%+0.12
31 Dec 20181.84%−0.05
14 Dec 20181.89%−0.02
30 Nov 20181.91%−0.19
15 Nov 20182.10%−0.69
31 Oct 20182.79%−0.31
15 Oct 20183.10%+0.25
28 Sep 20182.85%+0.01
14 Sep 20182.84%+0.60
31 Aug 20182.24%−0.01
15 Aug 20182.25%−0.20
31 Jul 20182.45%−0.16
13 Jul 20182.61%−0.15
29 Jun 20182.76%−0.22
15 Jun 20182.98%−0.05
31 May 20183.03%−1.15
15 May 20184.18%−0.61
30 Apr 20184.79%+0.47
13 Apr 20184.32%+0.49
29 Mar 20183.83%+0.43
15 Mar 20183.40%+0.14
28 Feb 20183.26%+0.56
15 Feb 20182.70%+0.08
31 Jan 20182.62%−0.97
12 Jan 20183.59%−0.21
29 Dec 20173.80%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Gen Digital Inc. right now?
5.91% of Gen Digital Inc.'s (GEN) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 1,409th 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 GEN'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 GEN's days to cover?
6.79 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.