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How shorted is PayPal Holdings, Inc.? PYPL

#2,288most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 39%

3.43%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.47
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−2.80
days to cover
2.70
Aggregate net short position time series for PayPal Holdings, 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 PayPal 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
28 Jul 20266.21% 15 Jul 20264.67% 31 Jul 2026−1.54
5 May 20264.85% 30 Apr 20264.89% 15 May 2026+0.04
3 Feb 20264.67% 30 Jan 20265.62% 13 Feb 2026+0.95
28 Oct 20254.04% 15 Oct 20254.74% 31 Oct 2025+0.70
29 Jul 20253.34% 15 Jul 20253.15% 31 Jul 2025−0.19
29 Apr 20253.32% 15 Apr 20252.87% 30 Apr 2025−0.45
4 Feb 20252.51% 31 Jan 20253.33% 14 Feb 2025+0.82
29 Oct 20242.37% 15 Oct 20242.22% 31 Oct 2024−0.15

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for PYPL: 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
28,590
14 Sep 2026
Highest in window
492,998
14 Aug 2026
Days with a balance
110
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for PayPal Holdings, 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 493K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20263.43%−0.47
31 Aug 20263.90%−0.04
14 Aug 20263.94%−0.73
31 Jul 20264.67%−1.54
15 Jul 20266.21%−0.02
30 Jun 20266.23%+0.07
15 Jun 20266.16%+0.54
29 May 20265.62%+0.73
15 May 20264.89%+0.04
30 Apr 20264.85%−0.05
15 Apr 20264.90%−0.09
31 Mar 20264.99%+0.30
13 Mar 20264.69%+0.14
27 Feb 20264.55%−1.07
13 Feb 20265.62%+0.95
30 Jan 20264.67%−0.06
15 Jan 20264.73%−0.07
31 Dec 20254.80%+0.10
15 Dec 20254.70%+0.41
28 Nov 20254.29%−0.32
14 Nov 20254.61%−0.13
31 Oct 20254.74%+0.70
15 Oct 20254.04%+0.42
30 Sep 20253.62%+0.49
15 Sep 20253.13%−0.11
29 Aug 20253.24%+0.09
15 Aug 20253.15%0.00
31 Jul 20253.15%−0.19
15 Jul 20253.34%+0.57
30 Jun 20252.77%−0.06
13 Jun 20252.83%+0.19
30 May 20252.64%−0.44
15 May 20253.08%+0.21
30 Apr 20252.87%−0.45
15 Apr 20253.32%+0.46
31 Mar 20252.86%−0.37
14 Mar 20253.23%−0.42
28 Feb 20253.65%+0.32
14 Feb 20253.33%+0.82
31 Jan 20252.51%−0.33
15 Jan 20252.84%+0.17
31 Dec 20242.67%+0.15
13 Dec 20242.52%+0.23
29 Nov 20242.29%+0.01
15 Nov 20242.28%+0.06
31 Oct 20242.22%−0.15
15 Oct 20242.37%+0.11
30 Sep 20242.26%−0.05
13 Sep 20242.31%+0.09
30 Aug 20242.22%+0.38
15 Aug 20241.84%−0.25
31 Jul 20242.09%+0.13
15 Jul 20241.96%−0.10
28 Jun 20242.06%−0.16
14 Jun 20242.22%+0.18
31 May 20242.04%−0.13
15 May 20242.17%−0.06
30 Apr 20242.23%+0.27
15 Apr 20241.96%−0.08
28 Mar 20242.04%−0.10
15 Mar 20242.14%+0.16
29 Feb 20241.98%−0.01
15 Feb 20241.99%+0.24
31 Jan 20241.75%−0.06
12 Jan 20241.81%−0.33
29 Dec 20232.14%−0.11
15 Dec 20232.25%+0.25
30 Nov 20232.00%+0.18
15 Nov 20231.82%+0.15
31 Oct 20231.67%−0.04
13 Oct 20231.71%−0.01
29 Sep 20231.72%−0.60
15 Sep 20232.32%+0.54
31 Aug 20231.78%+0.19
15 Aug 20231.59%−0.13
31 Jul 20231.72%−0.05
14 Jul 20231.77%+0.08
30 Jun 20231.69%−0.16
15 Jun 20231.85%−0.02
31 May 20231.87%+0.13
15 May 20231.74%+0.37
28 Apr 20231.37%−0.04
14 Apr 20231.41%−0.06
31 Mar 20231.47%−0.39
15 Mar 20231.86%−0.09
28 Feb 20231.95%+0.08
15 Feb 20231.87%+0.23
31 Jan 20231.64%−0.40
13 Jan 20232.04%+0.25
30 Dec 20221.79%−0.05
15 Dec 20221.84%+0.05
30 Nov 20221.79%−0.26
15 Nov 20222.05%+0.25
31 Oct 20221.80%−0.28
14 Oct 20222.08%+0.02
30 Sep 20222.06%+0.20
15 Sep 20221.86%−0.02
31 Aug 20221.88%−0.02
15 Aug 20221.90%−0.04
29 Jul 20221.94%−0.04
15 Jul 20221.98%−0.11
30 Jun 20222.09%−0.23
15 Jun 20222.32%+0.35
31 May 20221.97%−0.32
13 May 20222.29%+0.22
29 Apr 20222.07%+0.23
14 Apr 20221.84%+0.08
31 Mar 20221.76%−0.22
15 Mar 20221.98%+0.15
28 Feb 20221.83%+0.13
15 Feb 20221.70%+0.16
31 Jan 20221.54%+0.03
14 Jan 20221.51%−0.08
31 Dec 20211.59%+0.12
15 Dec 20211.47%+0.16
30 Nov 20211.31%−0.10
15 Nov 20211.41%+0.25
29 Oct 20211.16%+0.16
15 Oct 20211.00%+0.02
30 Sep 20210.98%+0.04
15 Sep 20210.94%−0.01
31 Aug 20210.95%−0.06
13 Aug 20211.01%+0.17
30 Jul 20210.84%−0.11
15 Jul 20210.95%−0.09
30 Jun 20211.04%−0.17
15 Jun 20211.21%+0.03
28 May 20211.18%+0.09
14 May 20211.09%−0.05
30 Apr 20211.14%−0.09
15 Apr 20211.23%+0.03
31 Mar 20211.20%−0.12
15 Mar 20211.32%+0.22
26 Feb 20211.10%−0.06
12 Feb 20211.16%−0.19
29 Jan 20211.35%+0.23
15 Jan 20211.12%−0.06
31 Dec 20201.18%−0.10
15 Dec 20201.28%−0.17
30 Nov 20201.45%+0.04
13 Nov 20201.41%+0.18
30 Oct 20201.23%−0.15
15 Oct 20201.38%−0.09
30 Sep 20201.47%+0.26
15 Sep 20201.21%+0.06
31 Aug 20201.15%+0.09
14 Aug 20201.06%−0.13
31 Jul 20201.19%+0.05
15 Jul 20201.14%−0.09
30 Jun 20201.23%−0.06
15 Jun 20201.29%+0.13
29 May 20201.16%+0.09
15 May 20201.07%+0.07
30 Apr 20201.00%−0.01
15 Apr 20201.01%−0.22
31 Mar 20201.23%−0.14
13 Mar 20201.37%+0.31
28 Feb 20201.06%−0.05
14 Feb 20201.11%−0.23
31 Jan 20201.34%−0.06
15 Jan 20201.40%+0.05
31 Dec 20191.35%+0.13
13 Dec 20191.22%−0.10
29 Nov 20191.32%−0.04
15 Nov 20191.36%+0.10
31 Oct 20191.26%+0.10
15 Oct 20191.16%−0.03
30 Sep 20191.19%+0.15
13 Sep 20191.04%+0.03
30 Aug 20191.01%−0.01
15 Aug 20191.02%−0.03
31 Jul 20191.05%−0.27
15 Jul 20191.32%+0.13
28 Jun 20191.19%+0.05
14 Jun 20191.14%−0.08
31 May 20191.22%+0.09
15 May 20191.13%−0.08
30 Apr 20191.21%+0.02
15 Apr 20191.19%−0.11
29 Mar 20191.30%+0.10
15 Mar 20191.20%−0.40
28 Feb 20191.60%−0.22
15 Feb 20191.82%+0.47
31 Jan 20191.35%−0.10
15 Jan 20191.45%+0.13
31 Dec 20181.32%+0.10
14 Dec 20181.22%−0.08
30 Nov 20181.30%+0.05
15 Nov 20181.25%−0.10
31 Oct 20181.35%+0.07
15 Oct 20181.28%−0.23
28 Sep 20181.51%+0.04
14 Sep 20181.47%−0.02
31 Aug 20181.49%−0.01
15 Aug 20181.50%+0.16
31 Jul 20181.34%+0.21
13 Jul 20181.13%−0.06
29 Jun 20181.19%−0.01
15 Jun 20181.20%−0.24
31 May 20181.44%+0.19
15 May 20181.25%+0.09
30 Apr 20181.16%+0.16
13 Apr 20181.00%−0.28
29 Mar 20181.28%−0.15
15 Mar 20181.43%−0.33
28 Feb 20181.76%+0.50
15 Feb 20181.26%+0.19
31 Jan 20181.07%−0.28
12 Jan 20181.35%−0.05
29 Dec 20171.40%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is PayPal Holdings, Inc. right now?
3.43% of PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s (PYPL) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 2,288th 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 PYPL'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 PYPL's days to cover?
2.70 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.