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How shorted was GNC Holdings, Inc.? GNC

GNC Holdings, Inc. left the US market in 2020. This page is a frozen archive of its reported short interest, ending 30 Jun 2020. The ticker GNC no longer refers to this company and may since have been reassigned.
29.01%
of shares outstanding reported short ยท settlement date 30 Jun 2020
vs previous report
+0.81
5 reports (~10 weeks)
โˆ’2.91
days to cover
1.93
Aggregate net short position time series for GNC Holdings, Inc.

Markers along the chart's base: โ–ฒ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) โ–ฒ 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 GNC 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
11 May 202031.19% 30 Apr 202031.38% 15 May 2020+0.19
25 Mar 202028.71% 13 Mar 202032.54% 31 Mar 2020+3.83
24 Oct 201931.18% 15 Oct 201931.10% 31 Oct 2019โˆ’0.08
22 Jul 201932.46% 15 Jul 201929.25% 31 Jul 2019โˆ’3.21
25 Apr 201927.09% 15 Apr 201927.31% 30 Apr 2019+0.22
5 Mar 201921.36% 28 Feb 201924.63% 15 Mar 2019+3.27
9 Nov 201824.41% 31 Oct 201823.08% 15 Nov 2018โˆ’1.33
26 Jul 201828.20% 13 Jul 201831.18% 31 Jul 2018+2.98
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Sector: Consumer retail ยท By year: 2018 ยท 2019 ยท 2020

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
30 Jun 202029.01%+0.81
15 Jun 202028.20%โˆ’1.63
29 May 202029.83%โˆ’1.55
15 May 202031.38%+0.19
30 Apr 202031.19%โˆ’0.73
15 Apr 202031.92%โˆ’0.62
31 Mar 202032.54%+3.83
13 Mar 202028.71%+2.19
28 Feb 202026.52%โˆ’0.44
14 Feb 202026.96%โˆ’0.34
31 Jan 202027.30%โˆ’0.25
15 Jan 202027.55%+2.01
31 Dec 201925.54%โˆ’0.45
13 Dec 201925.99%โˆ’0.25
29 Nov 201926.24%โˆ’1.82
15 Nov 201928.06%โˆ’3.04
31 Oct 201931.10%โˆ’0.08
15 Oct 201931.18%+1.03
30 Sep 201930.15%+0.18
13 Sep 201929.97%โˆ’1.85
30 Aug 201931.82%+1.81
15 Aug 201930.01%+0.76
31 Jul 201929.25%โˆ’3.21
15 Jul 201932.46%โˆ’0.15
28 Jun 201932.61%+1.38
14 Jun 201931.23%+0.79
31 May 201930.44%+1.93
15 May 201928.51%+1.20
30 Apr 201927.31%+0.22
15 Apr 201927.09%โˆ’0.65
29 Mar 201927.74%+3.11
15 Mar 201924.63%+3.27
28 Feb 201921.36%+0.04
15 Feb 201921.32%+0.21
31 Jan 201921.11%โˆ’1.83
15 Jan 201922.94%โˆ’0.49
31 Dec 201823.43%+0.18
14 Dec 201823.25%โˆ’0.76
30 Nov 201824.01%+0.93
15 Nov 201823.08%โˆ’1.33
31 Oct 201824.41%โˆ’1.81
15 Oct 201826.22%โˆ’3.89
28 Sep 201830.11%โˆ’1.32
14 Sep 201831.43%โˆ’0.16
31 Aug 201831.59%โˆ’0.23
15 Aug 201831.82%+0.64
31 Jul 201831.18%+2.98
13 Jul 201828.20%+0.71
29 Jun 201827.49%โˆ’1.77
15 Jun 201829.26%โˆ’1.87
31 May 201831.13%โˆ’1.29
15 May 201832.42%โˆ’1.68
30 Apr 201834.10%โˆ’7.43
13 Apr 201841.53%โˆ’0.36
29 Mar 201841.89%โˆ’0.78
15 Mar 201842.67%โˆ’2.08
28 Feb 201844.75%+6.54
15 Feb 201838.21%โˆ’1.15
31 Jan 201839.36%+3.12
12 Jan 201836.24%โˆ’1.33
29 Dec 201737.57%โ€“

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted was GNC Holdings, Inc.?
GNC Holdings, Inc. left the US market in 2020. Its final reported figure was 29.01% of shares outstanding for settlement date 30 Jun 2020, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report; this page preserves its full history.
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 GNC'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 GNC's days to cover?
1.93 days for settlement date 30 Jun 2020: 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.