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How shorted is UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC? UNH

#3,116most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 18%

1.47%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.23
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.56
days to cover
2.47
Aggregate net short position time series for UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 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 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 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
16 Jul 20261.91% 15 Jul 20261.68% 31 Jul 2026−0.23
21 Apr 20261.68% 15 Apr 20262.15% 30 Apr 2026+0.47
27 Jan 20261.48% 15 Jan 20261.56% 30 Jan 2026+0.08
28 Oct 20251.49% 15 Oct 20251.39% 31 Oct 2025−0.10
29 Jul 20251.40% 15 Jul 20251.68% 31 Jul 2025+0.28
17 Apr 20251.27% 15 Apr 20250.98% 30 Apr 2025−0.29
16 Jan 20250.80% 15 Jan 20250.85% 31 Jan 2025+0.05
15 Oct 20240.85% 30 Sep 20240.77% 31 Oct 2024−0.08

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for UNH: 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
203
4 Sep 2026
Highest in window
171,573
25 Feb 2026
Days with a balance
106
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 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 172K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20261.47%−0.23
31 Aug 20261.70%−0.02
14 Aug 20261.72%+0.04
31 Jul 20261.68%−0.23
15 Jul 20261.91%−0.12
30 Jun 20262.03%+0.14
15 Jun 20261.89%−0.23
29 May 20262.12%+0.20
15 May 20261.92%−0.23
30 Apr 20262.15%+0.47
15 Apr 20261.68%−0.27
31 Mar 20261.95%−0.02
13 Mar 20261.97%+0.34
27 Feb 20261.63%+0.11
13 Feb 20261.52%−0.04
30 Jan 20261.56%+0.08
15 Jan 20261.48%−0.06
31 Dec 20251.54%−0.10
15 Dec 20251.64%+0.21
28 Nov 20251.43%+0.07
14 Nov 20251.36%−0.03
31 Oct 20251.39%−0.10
15 Oct 20251.49%+0.03
30 Sep 20251.46%−0.11
15 Sep 20251.57%+0.25
29 Aug 20251.32%−0.51
15 Aug 20251.83%+0.15
31 Jul 20251.68%+0.28
15 Jul 20251.40%−0.04
30 Jun 20251.44%+0.15
13 Jun 20251.29%+0.09
30 May 20251.20%−0.03
15 May 20251.23%+0.25
30 Apr 20250.98%−0.29
15 Apr 20251.27%+0.08
31 Mar 20251.19%+0.07
14 Mar 20251.12%+0.17
28 Feb 20250.95%+0.08
14 Feb 20250.87%+0.02
31 Jan 20250.85%+0.05
15 Jan 20250.80%−0.09
31 Dec 20240.89%+0.19
13 Dec 20240.70%−0.16
29 Nov 20240.86%−0.02
15 Nov 20240.88%+0.11
31 Oct 20240.77%−0.07
15 Oct 20240.84%−0.01
30 Sep 20240.85%−0.08
13 Sep 20240.93%+0.08
30 Aug 20240.85%−0.05
15 Aug 20240.90%+0.01
31 Jul 20240.89%+0.13
15 Jul 20240.76%−0.08
28 Jun 20240.84%−0.01
14 Jun 20240.85%+0.03
31 May 20240.82%−0.06
15 May 20240.88%+0.07
30 Apr 20240.81%−0.05
15 Apr 20240.86%+0.02
28 Mar 20240.84%+0.05
15 Mar 20240.79%+0.06
29 Feb 20240.73%+0.04
15 Feb 20240.69%+0.01
31 Jan 20240.68%0.00
12 Jan 20240.68%−0.03
29 Dec 20230.71%−0.02
15 Dec 20230.73%+0.19
30 Nov 20230.54%−0.10
15 Nov 20230.64%0.00
31 Oct 20230.64%−0.03
13 Oct 20230.67%+0.04
29 Sep 20230.63%−0.05
15 Sep 20230.68%+0.12
31 Aug 20230.56%−0.11
15 Aug 20230.67%0.00
31 Jul 20230.67%−0.04
14 Jul 20230.71%+0.06
30 Jun 20230.65%+0.15
15 Jun 20230.50%−0.09
31 May 20230.59%+0.03
15 May 20230.56%0.00
28 Apr 20230.56%0.00
14 Apr 20230.56%+0.02
31 Mar 20230.54%−0.04
15 Mar 20230.58%+0.06
28 Feb 20230.52%0.00
15 Feb 20230.52%−0.03
31 Jan 20230.55%0.00
13 Jan 20230.55%−0.13
30 Dec 20220.68%+0.04
15 Dec 20220.64%+0.16
30 Nov 20220.48%−0.05
15 Nov 20220.53%−0.02
31 Oct 20220.55%+0.09
14 Oct 20220.46%−0.09
30 Sep 20220.55%+0.01
15 Sep 20220.54%+0.10
31 Aug 20220.44%−0.07
15 Aug 20220.51%−0.05
29 Jul 20220.56%−0.05
15 Jul 20220.61%−0.14
30 Jun 20220.75%+0.14
15 Jun 20220.61%0.00
31 May 20220.61%+0.12
13 May 20220.49%−0.03
29 Apr 20220.52%−0.07
14 Apr 20220.59%+0.04
31 Mar 20220.55%−0.15
15 Mar 20220.70%+0.08
28 Feb 20220.62%0.00
15 Feb 20220.62%+0.05
31 Jan 20220.57%0.00
14 Jan 20220.57%+0.01
31 Dec 20210.56%−0.01
15 Dec 20210.57%−0.04
30 Nov 20210.61%−0.02
15 Nov 20210.63%−0.08
29 Oct 20210.71%+0.08
15 Oct 20210.63%−0.04
30 Sep 20210.67%+0.01
15 Sep 20210.66%−0.02
31 Aug 20210.68%−0.01
13 Aug 20210.69%−0.01
30 Jul 20210.70%+0.01
15 Jul 20210.69%+0.03
30 Jun 20210.66%−0.02
15 Jun 20210.68%−0.01
28 May 20210.69%−0.04
14 May 20210.73%−0.01
30 Apr 20210.74%+0.04
15 Apr 20210.70%−0.09
31 Mar 20210.79%+0.06
15 Mar 20210.73%+0.16
26 Feb 20210.57%−0.08
12 Feb 20210.65%−0.04
29 Jan 20210.69%+0.03
15 Jan 20210.66%0.00
31 Dec 20200.66%0.00
15 Dec 20200.66%+0.05
30 Nov 20200.61%−0.02
13 Nov 20200.63%+0.12
30 Oct 20200.51%−0.07
15 Oct 20200.58%+0.05
30 Sep 20200.53%−0.02
15 Sep 20200.55%−0.04
31 Aug 20200.59%+0.01
14 Aug 20200.58%−0.02
31 Jul 20200.60%+0.07
15 Jul 20200.53%−0.06
30 Jun 20200.59%−0.06
15 Jun 20200.65%−0.17
29 May 20200.82%+0.20
15 May 20200.62%−0.10
30 Apr 20200.72%−0.01
15 Apr 20200.73%−0.01
31 Mar 20200.74%−0.15
13 Mar 20200.89%−0.04
28 Feb 20200.93%−0.03
14 Feb 20200.96%−0.04
31 Jan 20201.00%−0.02
15 Jan 20201.02%−0.09
31 Dec 20191.11%+0.02
13 Dec 20191.09%−0.03
29 Nov 20191.12%+0.19
15 Nov 20190.93%−0.14
31 Oct 20191.07%+0.03
15 Oct 20191.04%+0.15
30 Sep 20190.89%+0.07
13 Sep 20190.82%−0.01
30 Aug 20190.83%+0.05
15 Aug 20190.78%+0.03
31 Jul 20190.75%0.00
15 Jul 20190.75%+0.05
28 Jun 20190.70%−0.11
14 Jun 20190.81%+0.05
31 May 20190.76%+0.02
15 May 20190.74%+0.05
30 Apr 20190.69%+0.11
15 Apr 20190.58%−0.10
29 Mar 20190.68%0.00
15 Mar 20190.68%+0.04
28 Feb 20190.64%−0.02
15 Feb 20190.66%0.00
31 Jan 20190.66%+0.05
15 Jan 20190.61%−0.07
31 Dec 20180.68%+0.06
14 Dec 20180.62%+0.01
30 Nov 20180.61%+0.05
15 Nov 20180.56%−0.05
31 Oct 20180.61%+0.05
15 Oct 20180.56%+0.01
28 Sep 20180.55%−0.04
14 Sep 20180.59%−0.09
31 Aug 20180.68%+0.04
15 Aug 20180.64%+0.02
31 Jul 20180.62%−0.05
13 Jul 20180.67%0.00
29 Jun 20180.67%−0.15
15 Jun 20180.82%+0.08
31 May 20180.74%−0.07
15 May 20180.81%−0.01
30 Apr 20180.82%+0.04
13 Apr 20180.78%−0.09
29 Mar 20180.87%0.00
15 Mar 20180.87%+0.02
28 Feb 20180.85%−0.08
15 Feb 20180.93%+0.08
31 Jan 20180.85%+0.10
12 Jan 20180.75%+0.15
29 Dec 20170.60%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC right now?
1.47% of UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC's (UNH) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 3,116th 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 UNH'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 UNH's days to cover?
2.47 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.