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How shorted is The GEO Group, Inc.? GEO

#1,118most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 70%

7.28%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.79
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.39
days to cover
4.59
Aggregate net short position time series for The GEO 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 The GEO 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
6 Aug 20267.16% 31 Jul 20267.76% 14 Aug 2026+0.60
6 May 20266.86% 30 Apr 20267.26% 15 May 2026+0.40
12 Feb 20266.00% 30 Jan 20265.66% 13 Feb 2026−0.34
6 Nov 20256.19% 31 Oct 20256.37% 14 Nov 2025+0.18
6 Aug 20257.45% 31 Jul 20257.84% 15 Aug 2025+0.39
7 May 20258.07% 30 Apr 20256.18% 15 May 2025−1.89
27 Feb 20256.41% 14 Feb 20256.43% 28 Feb 2025+0.02
13 Nov 20243.95% 31 Oct 20246.30% 15 Nov 2024+2.35

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for GEO: 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
120
9 Sep 2026
Highest in window
56,899
24 Sep 2025
Days with a balance
31
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for The GEO 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 57K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20267.28%−0.79
31 Aug 20268.07%+0.31
14 Aug 20267.76%+0.60
31 Jul 20267.16%−0.61
15 Jul 20267.77%+0.88
30 Jun 20266.89%−0.46
15 Jun 20267.35%+0.45
29 May 20266.90%−0.36
15 May 20267.26%+0.40
30 Apr 20266.86%−0.05
15 Apr 20266.91%−0.20
31 Mar 20267.11%+1.10
13 Mar 20266.01%+0.21
27 Feb 20265.80%+0.14
13 Feb 20265.66%−0.34
30 Jan 20266.00%−0.13
15 Jan 20266.13%−0.70
31 Dec 20256.83%+0.18
15 Dec 20256.65%+0.14
28 Nov 20256.51%+0.14
14 Nov 20256.37%+0.18
31 Oct 20256.19%−0.44
15 Oct 20256.63%−0.16
30 Sep 20256.79%−1.03
15 Sep 20257.82%+1.38
29 Aug 20256.44%−1.40
15 Aug 20257.84%+0.39
31 Jul 20257.45%+0.31
15 Jul 20257.14%+1.01
30 Jun 20256.13%−0.38
13 Jun 20256.51%+0.31
30 May 20256.20%+0.02
15 May 20256.18%−1.89
30 Apr 20258.07%+0.65
15 Apr 20257.42%−0.74
31 Mar 20258.16%+0.53
14 Mar 20257.63%+1.20
28 Feb 20256.43%+0.02
14 Feb 20256.41%+0.71
31 Jan 20255.70%−1.70
15 Jan 20257.40%+0.27
31 Dec 20247.13%−0.54
13 Dec 20247.67%+0.09
29 Nov 20247.58%+1.28
15 Nov 20246.30%+2.35
31 Oct 20243.95%0.00
15 Oct 20243.95%+0.10
30 Sep 20243.85%−0.37
13 Sep 20244.22%−1.90
30 Aug 20246.12%+0.52
15 Aug 20245.60%−1.22
31 Jul 20246.82%−0.44
15 Jul 20247.26%−0.32
28 Jun 20247.58%−0.18
14 Jun 20247.76%+1.13
31 May 20246.63%−0.90
15 May 20247.53%−7.70
30 Apr 202415.23%−2.66
15 Apr 202417.89%−1.52
28 Mar 202419.41%−0.10
15 Mar 202419.51%−0.64
29 Feb 202420.15%+0.72
15 Feb 202419.43%+1.10
31 Jan 202418.33%+1.32
12 Jan 202417.01%+1.09
29 Dec 202315.92%+1.23
15 Dec 202314.69%+0.35
30 Nov 202314.34%+0.66
15 Nov 202313.68%−0.42
31 Oct 202314.10%+1.66
13 Oct 202312.44%+0.35
29 Sep 202312.09%−1.05
15 Sep 202313.14%−0.32
31 Aug 202313.46%−0.89
15 Aug 202314.35%+0.23
31 Jul 202314.12%−0.77
14 Jul 202314.89%−0.61
30 Jun 202315.50%−0.99
15 Jun 202316.49%−3.03
31 May 202319.52%−0.12
15 May 202319.64%+1.66
28 Apr 202317.98%−0.50
14 Apr 202318.48%−0.81
31 Mar 202319.29%−0.13
15 Mar 202319.42%−1.01
28 Feb 202320.43%−1.43
15 Feb 202321.86%+1.54
31 Jan 202320.32%+0.71
13 Jan 202319.61%−0.08
30 Dec 202219.69%+0.62
15 Dec 202219.07%+1.07
30 Nov 202218.00%+0.66
15 Nov 202217.34%+1.03
31 Oct 202216.31%+0.01
14 Oct 202216.30%+0.15
30 Sep 202216.15%+0.68
15 Sep 202215.47%−0.30
31 Aug 202215.77%+0.78
15 Aug 202214.99%−0.28
29 Jul 202215.27%−0.08
15 Jul 202215.35%−0.36
30 Jun 202215.71%−0.19
15 Jun 202215.90%−0.55
31 May 202216.45%−0.14
13 May 202216.59%−1.45
29 Apr 202218.04%−0.20
14 Apr 202218.24%−0.24
31 Mar 202218.48%+0.14
15 Mar 202218.34%−0.09
28 Feb 202218.43%−1.17
15 Feb 202219.60%+1.76
31 Jan 202217.84%+0.31
14 Jan 202217.53%+0.13
31 Dec 202117.40%−0.10
15 Dec 202117.50%−0.83
30 Nov 202118.33%+0.03
15 Nov 202118.30%−2.32
29 Oct 202120.62%−0.61
15 Oct 202121.23%+0.02
30 Sep 202121.21%+0.45
15 Sep 202120.76%+0.26
31 Aug 202120.50%−2.30
13 Aug 202122.80%−0.78
30 Jul 202123.58%+0.21
15 Jul 202123.37%+0.18
30 Jun 202123.19%−4.28
15 Jun 202127.47%−6.62
28 May 202134.09%+1.13
14 May 202132.96%+1.41
30 Apr 202131.55%−0.27
15 Apr 202131.82%+3.11
31 Mar 202128.71%+1.14
15 Mar 202127.57%+0.34
26 Feb 202127.23%+7.40
12 Feb 202119.83%−3.13
29 Jan 202122.96%+0.04
15 Jan 202122.92%+4.78
31 Dec 202018.14%+1.89
15 Dec 202016.25%+1.50
30 Nov 202014.75%+0.57
13 Nov 202014.18%+5.88
30 Oct 20208.30%+3.94
15 Oct 20204.36%+1.27
30 Sep 20203.09%−0.44
15 Sep 20203.53%+0.57
31 Aug 20202.96%−0.38
14 Aug 20203.34%+0.94
31 Jul 20202.40%+0.21
15 Jul 20202.19%−0.17
30 Jun 20202.36%+0.50
15 Jun 20201.86%−0.20
29 May 20202.06%+0.42
15 May 20201.64%−0.43
30 Apr 20202.07%+0.18
15 Apr 20201.89%−0.02
31 Mar 20201.91%−0.92
13 Mar 20202.83%−0.22
28 Feb 20203.05%+0.40
14 Feb 20202.65%−0.02
31 Jan 20202.67%−0.13
15 Jan 20202.80%−0.34
31 Dec 20193.14%−0.27
13 Dec 20193.41%−0.13
29 Nov 20193.54%−0.06
15 Nov 20193.60%+0.41
31 Oct 20193.19%−0.15
15 Oct 20193.34%+0.53
30 Sep 20192.81%+0.40
13 Sep 20192.41%−0.03
30 Aug 20192.44%+0.01
15 Aug 20192.43%−0.36
31 Jul 20192.79%+0.49
15 Jul 20192.30%+0.43
28 Jun 20191.87%+0.39
14 Jun 20191.48%+0.14
31 May 20191.34%−0.08
15 May 20191.42%+0.14
30 Apr 20191.28%−0.38
15 Apr 20191.66%+0.12
29 Mar 20191.54%−0.07
15 Mar 20191.61%−0.04
28 Feb 20191.65%+0.04
15 Feb 20191.61%+0.28
31 Jan 20191.33%−0.01
15 Jan 20191.34%+0.07
31 Dec 20181.27%−0.12
14 Dec 20181.39%+0.05
30 Nov 20181.34%+0.40
15 Nov 20180.94%+0.05
31 Oct 20180.89%+0.01
15 Oct 20180.88%0.00
28 Sep 20180.88%0.00
14 Sep 20180.88%+0.20
31 Aug 20180.68%−0.04
15 Aug 20180.72%0.00
31 Jul 20180.72%−0.01
13 Jul 20180.73%−0.49
29 Jun 20181.22%−0.12
15 Jun 20181.34%+0.07
31 May 20181.27%+0.08
15 May 20181.19%−0.02
30 Apr 20181.21%−0.31
13 Apr 20181.52%−0.17
29 Mar 20181.69%−0.49
15 Mar 20182.18%+0.09
28 Feb 20182.09%+0.27
15 Feb 20181.82%+0.59
31 Jan 20181.23%+0.06
12 Jan 20181.17%+0.06
29 Dec 20171.11%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is The GEO Group, Inc. right now?
7.28% of The GEO Group, Inc.'s (GEO) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 1,118th 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 GEO'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 GEO's days to cover?
4.59 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.