Tesla, Inc. short interest in 2018

In 2018, Tesla, Inc.'s disclosed short interest ran from 18.26% of shares outstanding on 12 Jan 2018 to 14.89% on 31 Dec 2018, a change of -3.37 percentage points. The year's high was 23.02% on 30 Apr 2018 and its low 14.89% on 31 Dec 2018, averaging 19.13% across 24 twice-monthly settlement dates. FINRA's days-to-cover figure peaked at 7.26 days on 30 Apr 2018. Full history: Tesla, Inc..

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Short position data for Tesla, Inc. short interest in 2018: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/us/company/tsla/2018/

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@misc{howshorted-tesla-inc-short-interest-in-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {Tesla, Inc. short interest in 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/company/tsla/2018/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

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2018 in figures

Start of year: 18.26% (12 Jan 2018)
End of year: 14.89% (31 Dec 2018)
Change: -3.37 pp
High: 23.02% (30 Apr 2018)
Low: 14.89% (31 Dec 2018)
Average: 19.13%
Highest days to cover: 7.26 (30 Apr 2018)
SEC filings marked: 13

Every report in 2018

Tesla, Inc. short interest in 2018
Settlement	Short interest	Days to cover	Filings since previous
12 Jan 2018	18.26%	4.91	results (8-K)
31 Jan 2018	17.73%	5.25
15 Feb 2018	17.40%	4.73	results (8-K)
28 Feb 2018	16.99%	5.62	10-K filed
15 Mar 2018	16.80%	4.96
29 Mar 2018	18.78%	3.36
13 Apr 2018	22.65%	2.91	results (8-K)
30 Apr 2018	23.02%	7.26
15 May 2018	22.90%	4.92	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
31 May 2018	23.01%	6.26
15 Jun 2018	21.96%	3.30
29 Jun 2018	20.37%	3.88
13 Jul 2018	20.45%	3.44	results (8-K)
31 Jul 2018	20.51%	5.15
15 Aug 2018	19.18%	2.16	results (8-K), 10-Q filed
31 Aug 2018	19.25%	3.55
14 Sep 2018	19.61%	3.25
28 Sep 2018	19.72%	3.25
15 Oct 2018	19.96%	2.90	results (8-K), results (8-K)
31 Oct 2018	17.43%	2.28	results (8-K)
15 Nov 2018	16.77%	4.40	10-Q filed
30 Nov 2018	15.93%	4.48
14 Dec 2018	15.52%	3.54
31 Dec 2018	14.89%	3.25

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.