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How shorted is Childrens Place, Inc.? PLCE

#240most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 93%

16.46%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.02
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+3.99
days to cover
10.45
Aggregate net short position time series for Childrens Place, 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 Childrens Place, 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
5 Sep 202515.66% 29 Aug 202515.58% 15 Sep 2025−0.08
6 Jun 202514.20% 30 May 202517.05% 13 Jun 2025+2.85
11 Apr 202520.55% 31 Mar 202513.42% 15 Apr 2025−7.13
17 Dec 202423.92% 13 Dec 202423.84% 31 Dec 2024−0.08
3 Dec 202421.83% 29 Nov 202423.92% 13 Dec 2024+2.09
11 Sep 202422.17% 30 Aug 202427.34% 13 Sep 2024+5.17
9 Feb 202416.64% 31 Jan 202423.24% 29 Feb 2024+6.60
16 Nov 202320.76% 15 Nov 202317.73% 30 Nov 2023−3.03

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for PLCE: 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.

Latest balance
1,847
14 Sep 2026
Highest in window
348,512
22 Sep 2025
Days with a balance
118
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Childrens Place, 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 349K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202616.46%+0.02
31 Aug 202616.44%+1.10
14 Aug 202615.34%−0.28
31 Jul 202615.62%+1.83
15 Jul 202613.79%+1.32
30 Jun 202612.47%+0.25
15 Jun 202612.22%+0.78
29 May 202611.44%−0.93
15 May 202612.37%−0.54
30 Apr 202612.91%−1.98
15 Apr 202614.89%+1.02
31 Mar 202613.87%+2.48
13 Mar 202611.39%+0.92
27 Feb 202610.47%−0.53
13 Feb 202611.00%+0.06
30 Jan 202610.94%−1.23
15 Jan 202612.17%−0.83
31 Dec 202513.00%+2.45
15 Dec 202510.55%+0.72
28 Nov 20259.83%−1.18
14 Nov 202511.01%+0.47
31 Oct 202510.54%−1.79
15 Oct 202512.33%−0.82
30 Sep 202513.15%−2.43
15 Sep 202515.58%−0.08
29 Aug 202515.66%+1.08
15 Aug 202514.58%−0.61
31 Jul 202515.19%−0.85
15 Jul 202516.04%−0.34
30 Jun 202516.38%−0.67
13 Jun 202517.05%+2.85
30 May 202514.20%−0.11
15 May 202514.31%+0.27
30 Apr 202514.04%+0.62
15 Apr 202513.42%−7.13
31 Mar 202520.55%−0.55
14 Mar 202521.10%+0.81
28 Feb 202520.29%−0.10
14 Feb 202520.39%−1.20
31 Jan 202521.59%−1.38
15 Jan 202522.97%−0.87
31 Dec 202423.84%−0.08
13 Dec 202423.92%+2.09
29 Nov 202421.83%−1.27
15 Nov 202423.10%−0.80
31 Oct 202423.90%+2.71
15 Oct 202421.19%0.00
30 Sep 202421.19%−6.15
13 Sep 202427.34%+5.17
30 Aug 202422.17%+3.29
15 Aug 202418.88%+1.35
31 Jul 202417.53%−0.09
15 Jul 202417.62%−4.03
28 Jun 202421.65%+1.73
14 Jun 202419.92%−1.44
31 May 202421.36%−2.42
15 May 202423.78%−2.60
30 Apr 202426.38%+1.18
15 Apr 202425.20%+4.63
28 Mar 202420.57%−1.53
15 Mar 202422.10%−1.14
29 Feb 202423.24%+6.60
31 Jan 202416.64%−0.45
12 Jan 202417.09%+0.16
29 Dec 202316.93%−0.16
15 Dec 202317.09%−0.64
30 Nov 202317.73%−3.03
15 Nov 202320.76%+1.11
31 Oct 202319.65%−1.36
13 Oct 202321.01%−2.92
29 Sep 202323.93%+0.54
15 Sep 202323.39%+2.22
31 Aug 202321.17%+0.38
15 Aug 202320.79%+0.80
31 Jul 202319.99%+0.11
14 Jul 202319.88%−4.15
30 Jun 202324.03%−6.51
15 Jun 202330.54%+1.96
31 May 202328.58%+2.57
15 May 202326.01%+2.20
28 Apr 202323.81%+0.86
14 Apr 202322.95%+0.11
31 Mar 202322.84%+0.36
15 Mar 202322.48%+2.18
28 Feb 202320.30%+0.89
15 Feb 202319.41%−0.60
31 Jan 202320.01%−1.54
13 Jan 202321.55%+2.10
30 Dec 202219.45%+1.70
15 Dec 202217.75%+1.59
30 Nov 202216.16%−0.62
15 Nov 202216.78%−0.96
31 Oct 202217.74%+0.23
14 Oct 202217.51%−0.36
30 Sep 202217.87%+3.79
15 Sep 202214.08%+0.70
31 Aug 202213.38%−1.56
15 Aug 202214.94%−1.01
29 Jul 202215.95%−0.75
15 Jul 202216.70%−1.06
30 Jun 202217.76%+0.35
15 Jun 202217.41%+0.12
31 May 202217.29%+0.08
13 May 202217.21%−1.68
29 Apr 202218.89%+1.11
14 Apr 202217.78%+1.32
31 Mar 202216.46%+0.75
15 Mar 202215.71%−0.94
28 Feb 202216.65%+1.30
15 Feb 202215.35%−1.01
31 Jan 202216.36%+0.29
14 Jan 202216.07%+0.50
31 Dec 202115.57%−2.09
15 Dec 202117.66%+1.89
30 Nov 202115.77%−0.77
15 Nov 202116.54%−5.42
29 Oct 202121.96%+0.97
15 Oct 202120.99%+0.86
30 Sep 202120.13%−0.89
15 Sep 202121.02%−0.54
31 Aug 202121.56%+3.44
13 Aug 202118.12%−0.57
30 Jul 202118.69%+0.53
15 Jul 202118.16%−0.27
30 Jun 202118.43%−0.60
15 Jun 202119.03%−1.70
28 May 202120.73%−1.07
14 May 202121.80%−0.40
30 Apr 202122.20%+1.38
15 Apr 202120.82%+0.39
31 Mar 202120.43%+0.83
15 Mar 202119.60%+0.60
26 Feb 202119.00%+0.76
12 Feb 202118.24%−3.64
29 Jan 202121.88%−13.42
15 Jan 202135.30%−0.37
31 Dec 202035.67%+1.04
15 Dec 202034.63%+0.97
30 Nov 202033.66%−2.64
13 Nov 202036.30%−3.33
30 Oct 202039.63%−4.80
15 Oct 202044.43%+1.99
30 Sep 202042.44%−2.24
15 Sep 202044.68%+1.13
31 Aug 202043.55%+3.02
14 Aug 202040.53%+2.25
31 Jul 202038.28%−3.25
15 Jul 202041.53%+3.10
30 Jun 202038.43%+3.03
15 Jun 202035.40%−0.39
29 May 202035.79%−3.58
15 May 202039.37%−0.20
30 Apr 202039.57%−1.58
15 Apr 202041.15%−6.76
31 Mar 202047.91%−2.36
13 Mar 202050.27%+2.53
28 Feb 202047.74%+3.81
14 Feb 202043.93%+0.79
31 Jan 202043.14%−3.29
15 Jan 202046.43%−3.83
31 Dec 201950.26%+0.77
13 Dec 201949.49%+3.72
29 Nov 201945.77%+2.43
15 Nov 201943.34%−1.64
31 Oct 201944.98%−0.99
15 Oct 201945.97%−1.75
30 Sep 201947.72%+1.60
13 Sep 201946.12%+0.81
30 Aug 201945.31%−0.25
15 Aug 201945.56%+1.11
31 Jul 201944.45%+2.21
15 Jul 201942.24%+1.73
28 Jun 201940.51%+1.30
14 Jun 201939.21%+2.20
31 May 201937.01%+1.87
15 May 201935.14%−0.86
30 Apr 201936.00%−1.06
15 Apr 201937.06%+8.70
29 Mar 201928.36%+1.08
15 Mar 201927.28%+4.12
28 Feb 201923.16%−0.63
15 Feb 201923.79%+6.19
31 Jan 201917.60%+0.90
15 Jan 201916.70%+1.25
31 Dec 201815.45%−3.26
14 Dec 201818.71%−0.19
30 Nov 201818.90%−1.42
15 Nov 201820.32%−0.46
31 Oct 201820.78%−0.73
15 Oct 201821.51%+2.07
28 Sep 201819.44%+1.81
14 Sep 201817.63%+0.14
31 Aug 201817.49%−1.24
15 Aug 201818.73%−0.27
31 Jul 201819.00%+0.57
13 Jul 201818.43%−0.43
29 Jun 201818.86%−0.04
15 Jun 201818.90%+1.70
31 May 201817.20%+0.87
15 May 201816.33%+2.17
30 Apr 201814.16%−2.46
13 Apr 201816.62%−0.84
29 Mar 201817.46%+4.65
15 Mar 201812.81%+0.28
28 Feb 201812.53%−1.48
15 Feb 201814.01%+1.50
31 Jan 201812.51%−2.10
12 Jan 201814.61%−2.72
29 Dec 201717.33%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Childrens Place, Inc. right now?
16.46% of Childrens Place, Inc.'s (PLCE) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 240th 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 PLCE'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 PLCE's days to cover?
10.45 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.