Skip to content
HowShorted

How shorted is Lithia Motors, Inc.? LAD

#892most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 76%

8.55%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.44
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−2.53
days to cover
9.13
Aggregate net short position time series for Lithia Motors, 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 Lithia Motors, 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 202611.35% 15 Jul 20269.83% 31 Jul 2026−1.52
29 Apr 202610.46% 15 Apr 202610.34% 30 Apr 2026−0.12
11 Feb 20267.78% 30 Jan 20267.94% 13 Feb 2026+0.16
22 Oct 20257.20% 15 Oct 20258.78% 31 Oct 2025+1.58
29 Jul 20256.01% 15 Jul 20257.18% 31 Jul 2025+1.17
23 Apr 20256.03% 15 Apr 20255.78% 30 Apr 2025−0.25
12 Feb 20257.05% 31 Jan 20256.67% 14 Feb 2025−0.38
23 Oct 20249.62% 15 Oct 20249.59% 31 Oct 2024−0.03

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for LAD: 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
2,455
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
18,817
11 Feb 2026
Days with a balance
63
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Lithia Motors, 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 19K shares.

Embed this chart

Paste this snippet to embed the interactive chart. It updates with each FINRA report and keeps the source attribution. Preview

Download chart cardShare on XRedditLinkedIn
Cite this page
Plain
Wikipedia
BibTeX

Sector: Consumer retail

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20268.55%−0.44
31 Aug 20268.99%−0.26
14 Aug 20269.25%−0.58
31 Jul 20269.83%−1.52
15 Jul 202611.35%+0.27
30 Jun 202611.08%−0.99
15 Jun 202612.07%+0.23
29 May 202611.84%+0.98
15 May 202610.86%+0.52
30 Apr 202610.34%−0.12
15 Apr 202610.46%+0.77
31 Mar 20269.69%+0.51
13 Mar 20269.18%+0.44
27 Feb 20268.74%+0.80
13 Feb 20267.94%+0.16
30 Jan 20267.78%+0.06
15 Jan 20267.72%+0.40
31 Dec 20257.32%+0.07
15 Dec 20257.25%−0.82
28 Nov 20258.07%−0.66
14 Nov 20258.73%−0.05
31 Oct 20258.78%+1.58
15 Oct 20257.20%+0.20
30 Sep 20257.00%+0.27
15 Sep 20256.73%−0.65
29 Aug 20257.38%−0.34
15 Aug 20257.72%+0.54
31 Jul 20257.18%+1.17
15 Jul 20256.01%−0.10
30 Jun 20256.11%−0.40
13 Jun 20256.51%+0.76
30 May 20255.75%+0.15
15 May 20255.60%−0.18
30 Apr 20255.78%−0.25
15 Apr 20256.03%−0.69
31 Mar 20256.72%+0.26
14 Mar 20256.46%−0.13
28 Feb 20256.59%−0.08
14 Feb 20256.67%−0.38
31 Jan 20257.05%−0.48
15 Jan 20257.53%+0.10
31 Dec 20247.43%−1.29
13 Dec 20248.72%−0.26
29 Nov 20248.98%−0.25
15 Nov 20249.23%−0.36
31 Oct 20249.59%−0.03
15 Oct 20249.62%+0.07
30 Sep 20249.55%+0.48
13 Sep 20249.07%+0.06
30 Aug 20249.01%+0.21
15 Aug 20248.80%+0.34
31 Jul 20248.46%−0.16
15 Jul 20248.62%−0.66
28 Jun 20249.28%−0.61
14 Jun 20249.89%−0.22
31 May 202410.11%+0.01
15 May 202410.10%+0.34
30 Apr 20249.76%+0.15
15 Apr 20249.61%−0.46
28 Mar 202410.07%+0.45
15 Mar 20249.62%+0.53
29 Feb 20249.09%−0.48
15 Feb 20249.57%−0.36
31 Jan 20249.93%−0.29
12 Jan 202410.22%+0.31
29 Dec 20239.91%−0.26
15 Dec 202310.17%+1.07
30 Nov 20239.10%−0.78
15 Nov 20239.88%+0.56
31 Oct 20239.32%−0.12
13 Oct 20239.44%+0.03
29 Sep 20239.41%−0.24
15 Sep 20239.65%+0.02
31 Aug 20239.63%+0.32
15 Aug 20239.31%−0.55
31 Jul 20239.86%−0.50
14 Jul 202310.36%−0.67
30 Jun 202311.03%−0.13
15 Jun 202311.16%−0.92
31 May 202312.08%−0.38
15 May 202312.46%+0.21
28 Apr 202312.25%+1.15
14 Apr 202311.10%+0.34
31 Mar 202310.76%+1.15
15 Mar 20239.61%+0.85
28 Feb 20238.76%−0.77
15 Feb 20239.53%−0.14
31 Jan 20239.67%−0.36
13 Jan 202310.03%+1.28
30 Dec 20228.75%−0.10
15 Dec 20228.85%+0.24
30 Nov 20228.61%+0.77
15 Nov 20227.84%+0.74
31 Oct 20227.10%+0.14
14 Oct 20226.96%+0.11
30 Sep 20226.85%−0.51
15 Sep 20227.36%+0.63
31 Aug 20226.73%−0.16
15 Aug 20226.89%+0.09
29 Jul 20226.80%+1.08
15 Jul 20225.72%−0.28
30 Jun 20226.00%+0.32
15 Jun 20225.68%−0.73
31 May 20226.41%+0.10
13 May 20226.31%+0.99
29 Apr 20225.32%+0.52
14 Apr 20224.80%−0.15
31 Mar 20224.95%−0.10
15 Mar 20225.05%+0.19
28 Feb 20224.86%+0.25
15 Feb 20224.61%−0.16
31 Jan 20224.77%+0.28
14 Jan 20224.49%+0.50
31 Dec 20213.99%+0.07
15 Dec 20213.92%−0.09
30 Nov 20214.01%−0.08
15 Nov 20214.09%−0.06
29 Oct 20214.15%−0.15
15 Oct 20214.30%+0.28
30 Sep 20214.02%−0.66
15 Sep 20214.68%−0.02
31 Aug 20214.70%+0.24
13 Aug 20214.46%−0.60
30 Jul 20215.06%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 30 Jul 2021.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Lithia Motors, Inc. right now?
8.55% of Lithia Motors, Inc.'s (LAD) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 892nd 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 LAD'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 LAD's days to cover?
9.13 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.