Nikola Corporation short interest in 2020

In 2020, Nikola Corporation's disclosed short interest ran from 0.60% of shares outstanding on 15 Jan 2020 to 14.17% on 31 Dec 2020, a change of +13.57 percentage points. The year's high was 14.17% on 31 Dec 2020 and its low 0.52% on 31 Jan 2020, averaging 5.86% across 19 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 4.89 days on 13 Nov 2020. Full history: Nikola Corporation.

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Short position data for Nikola Corporation short interest in 2020: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2020. https://howshorted.com/us/company/nklaq-2026/2020/

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@misc{howshorted-nikola-corporation-short-interest-in-202-2020-12-31,
  title        = {Nikola Corporation short interest in 2020 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/nklaq-2026/2020/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2020; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2020}
}

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2020 in figures

Start of year: 0.60% (15 Jan 2020)
End of year: 14.17% (31 Dec 2020)
Change: +13.57 pp
High: 14.17% (31 Dec 2020)
Low: 0.52% (31 Jan 2020)
Average: 5.86%
Highest days to cover: 4.89 (13 Nov 2020)
SEC filings marked: 6

Every report in 2020

Nikola Corporation short interest in 2020
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
15 Jan 2020	0.60%	1.00
31 Jan 2020	0.52%	1.00
14 Feb 2020	0.54%	1.95
28 Feb 2020	0.55%	1.00
13 Mar 2020	2.22%	1.00	10-K filed
31 Mar 2020	2.64%	1.23
15 Apr 2020	2.81%	1.68
30 Apr 2020	3.03%	1.00
31 Jul 2020	3.69%	1.00	10-Q filed
14 Aug 2020	3.21%	1.00	10-Q filed, results (8-K)
31 Aug 2020	2.52%	1.12
15 Sep 2020	6.04%	1.00
30 Sep 2020	9.49%	1.01
15 Oct 2020	10.01%	1.16
30 Oct 2020	11.46%	3.16
13 Nov 2020	12.56%	4.89	10-Q filed, results (8-K)
30 Nov 2020	12.35%	1.68
15 Dec 2020	13.02%	2.43
31 Dec 2020	14.17%	3.13

About this data

US short interest data: FINRA (finra.org), shown as reported shares short divided by SEC-reported shares outstanding for each settlement date. FINRA® is a registered trademark of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by FINRA or the SEC; displayed for personal reference, bulk redistribution is not permitted (see terms). Nothing here is investment advice. Method: methodology.