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How shorted is SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC? SFES

1.26%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 31 Jan 2024
vs previous report
+0.16
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.33
days to cover
3.69
Aggregate net short position time series for SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS 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 SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS 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
2 Nov 20230.91% 31 Oct 20230.93% 15 Nov 2023+0.02
10 Aug 20230.86% 31 Jul 20230.87% 15 Aug 2023+0.01
4 May 20231.15% 28 Apr 20231.09% 15 May 2023−0.06
9 Mar 20231.31% 28 Feb 20231.34% 15 Mar 2023+0.03
3 Nov 20221.09% 31 Oct 20221.12% 15 Nov 2022+0.03
11 Aug 20221.58% 29 Jul 20221.49% 15 Aug 2022−0.09
5 May 20221.79% 29 Apr 20221.76% 13 May 2022−0.03
9 Mar 20221.82% 28 Feb 20221.84% 15 Mar 2022+0.02

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for SFES: 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
606
22 Jun 2026
Highest in window
17,927
16 Mar 2026
Days with a balance
11
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS 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 18K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
31 Jan 20241.26%+0.16
12 Jan 20241.10%−0.15
29 Dec 20231.25%+0.07
15 Dec 20231.18%+0.35
30 Nov 20230.83%−0.10
15 Nov 20230.93%+0.02
31 Oct 20230.91%−0.08
13 Oct 20230.99%+0.03
29 Sep 20230.96%−0.02
15 Sep 20230.98%+0.02
31 Aug 20230.96%+0.09
15 Aug 20230.87%+0.01
31 Jul 20230.86%−0.05
14 Jul 20230.91%−0.31
30 Jun 20231.22%+0.22
15 Jun 20231.00%−0.31
31 May 20231.31%+0.22
15 May 20231.09%−0.06
28 Apr 20231.15%−0.11
14 Apr 20231.26%+0.23
31 Mar 20231.03%−0.31
15 Mar 20231.34%+0.03
28 Feb 20231.31%+0.28
15 Feb 20231.03%−0.04
31 Jan 20231.07%+0.03
13 Jan 20231.04%−0.01
30 Dec 20221.05%0.00
15 Dec 20221.05%−0.43
30 Nov 20221.48%+0.36
15 Nov 20221.12%+0.03
31 Oct 20221.09%−0.03
14 Oct 20221.12%−0.08
30 Sep 20221.20%−0.16
15 Sep 20221.36%−0.04
31 Aug 20221.40%−0.09
15 Aug 20221.49%−0.09
29 Jul 20221.58%−0.02
15 Jul 20221.60%−0.08
30 Jun 20221.68%−0.53
15 Jun 20222.21%−0.13
31 May 20222.34%+0.58
13 May 20221.76%−0.03
29 Apr 20221.79%+0.02
14 Apr 20221.77%0.00
31 Mar 20221.77%−0.07
15 Mar 20221.84%+0.02
28 Feb 20221.82%−0.50
15 Feb 20222.32%+0.41
31 Jan 20221.91%−0.47
14 Jan 20222.38%−0.12
31 Dec 20212.50%+0.06
15 Dec 20212.44%−0.04
30 Nov 20212.48%−0.01
15 Nov 20212.49%+0.79
29 Oct 20211.70%−0.37
15 Oct 20212.07%−0.05
30 Sep 20212.12%−0.06
15 Sep 20212.18%−0.01
31 Aug 20212.19%−0.20
13 Aug 20212.39%+0.08
30 Jul 20212.31%+0.33
15 Jul 20211.98%−0.52
30 Jun 20212.50%−1.87
15 Jun 20214.37%−0.09
28 May 20214.46%+0.12
14 May 20214.34%+0.57
30 Apr 20213.77%+0.56
15 Apr 20213.21%+0.69
31 Mar 20212.52%+0.28
15 Mar 20212.24%−0.09
26 Feb 20212.33%+0.14
12 Feb 20212.19%−0.26
29 Jan 20212.45%+0.15
15 Jan 20212.30%+0.44
31 Dec 20201.86%0.00
15 Dec 20201.86%−0.28
30 Nov 20202.14%−0.02
13 Nov 20202.16%+0.18
30 Oct 20201.98%−0.10
15 Oct 20202.08%−0.05
30 Sep 20202.13%−0.33
15 Sep 20202.46%+0.31
31 Aug 20202.15%−0.16
14 Aug 20202.31%−0.20
31 Jul 20202.51%−0.32
15 Jul 20202.83%−0.50
30 Jun 20203.33%+1.00
15 Jun 20202.33%−0.11
29 May 20202.44%+0.11
15 May 20202.33%+0.37
30 Apr 20201.96%+0.19
15 Apr 20201.77%+0.02
31 Mar 20201.75%−0.15
13 Mar 20201.90%+0.22
28 Feb 20201.68%+0.10
14 Feb 20201.58%−0.52
31 Jan 20202.10%+0.20
15 Jan 20201.90%−0.03
31 Dec 20191.93%+0.16
13 Dec 20191.77%−0.04
29 Nov 20191.81%−0.55
15 Nov 20192.36%+0.24
31 Oct 20192.12%+0.13
15 Oct 20191.99%+0.20
30 Sep 20191.79%−0.25
13 Sep 20192.04%−0.26
30 Aug 20192.30%−0.28
15 Aug 20192.58%−0.76
31 Jul 20193.34%+0.46
15 Jul 20192.88%−0.94
28 Jun 20193.82%+0.41
14 Jun 20193.41%+0.11
31 May 20193.30%−0.80
15 May 20194.10%+0.44
30 Apr 20193.66%−0.11
15 Apr 20193.77%0.00
29 Mar 20193.77%−0.20
15 Mar 20193.97%−1.14
28 Feb 20195.11%+0.01
15 Feb 20195.10%+0.38
31 Jan 20194.72%−0.20
15 Jan 20194.92%+0.20
31 Dec 20184.72%−1.31
14 Dec 20186.03%+0.83
30 Nov 20185.20%+0.11
15 Nov 20185.09%−0.02
31 Oct 20185.11%−0.36
15 Oct 20185.47%+0.31
28 Sep 20185.16%+0.46
14 Sep 20184.70%−0.41
31 Aug 20185.11%+0.36
15 Aug 20184.75%+0.47
31 Jul 20184.28%+0.53
13 Jul 20183.75%+0.39
29 Jun 20183.36%−0.30
15 Jun 20183.66%+0.17
31 May 20183.49%−0.15
15 May 20183.64%+0.37
30 Apr 20183.27%−0.29
13 Apr 20183.56%−0.21
29 Mar 20183.77%−0.23
15 Mar 20184.00%−0.08
28 Feb 20184.08%+0.33
15 Feb 20183.75%+0.79
31 Jan 20182.96%−0.26
12 Jan 20183.22%+0.23
29 Dec 20172.99%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 29 Dec 2017.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC right now?
1.26% of SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC's (SFES) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 31 Jan 2024, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report.
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 SFES'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 SFES's days to cover?
3.69 days for settlement date 31 Jan 2024: 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.