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How shorted was WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC? WDR

WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC left the US market in 2021. This page is a frozen archive of its reported short interest, ending 30 Apr 2021. The ticker WDR no longer refers to this company and may since have been reassigned.
3.55%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 30 Apr 2021
vs previous report
−0.92
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−2.17
days to cover
7.21
Aggregate net short position time series for WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL 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 WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL 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 Feb 20215.35% 29 Jan 20215.72% 12 Feb 2021+0.37
27 Oct 202024.94% 15 Oct 202026.48% 30 Oct 2020+1.54
28 Jul 202032.80% 15 Jul 202033.30% 31 Jul 2020+0.50
28 Apr 202030.41% 15 Apr 202033.67% 30 Apr 2020+3.26
4 Feb 202029.19% 31 Jan 202030.49% 14 Feb 2020+1.30
29 Oct 201928.02% 15 Oct 201927.90% 31 Oct 2019−0.12
30 Jul 201922.48% 15 Jul 201923.44% 31 Jul 2019+0.96
30 Apr 201922.15% 15 Apr 201920.75% 15 May 2019−1.40
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Sector: Financials · By year: 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
30 Apr 20213.55%−0.92
15 Apr 20214.47%+1.37
31 Mar 20213.10%−1.71
15 Mar 20214.81%+0.28
26 Feb 20214.53%−1.19
12 Feb 20215.72%+0.37
29 Jan 20215.35%−2.56
15 Jan 20217.91%−1.28
31 Dec 20209.19%−4.60
15 Dec 202013.79%−11.65
30 Nov 202025.44%−1.14
13 Nov 202026.58%+0.10
30 Oct 202026.48%+1.54
15 Oct 202024.94%−3.64
30 Sep 202028.58%−5.27
15 Sep 202033.85%−0.27
31 Aug 202034.12%+0.31
14 Aug 202033.81%+0.51
31 Jul 202033.30%+0.50
15 Jul 202032.80%+0.06
30 Jun 202032.74%+0.53
15 Jun 202032.21%−3.04
29 May 202035.25%+2.41
15 May 202032.84%−0.83
30 Apr 202033.67%+3.26
15 Apr 202030.41%−0.30
31 Mar 202030.71%−0.31
13 Mar 202031.02%−0.09
28 Feb 202031.11%+0.62
14 Feb 202030.49%+1.30
31 Jan 202029.19%−1.07
15 Jan 202030.26%+0.98
31 Dec 201929.28%+0.13
13 Dec 201929.15%+0.56
29 Nov 201928.59%+0.33
15 Nov 201928.26%+0.36
31 Oct 201927.90%−0.12
15 Oct 201928.02%+0.35
30 Sep 201927.67%+0.24
13 Sep 201927.43%+0.62
30 Aug 201926.81%+1.34
15 Aug 201925.47%+2.03
31 Jul 201923.44%+0.96
15 Jul 201922.48%−0.21
28 Jun 201922.69%+0.27
14 Jun 201922.42%+0.52
31 May 201921.90%+1.15
15 May 201920.75%+0.56
30 Apr 201920.19%−1.96
15 Apr 201922.15%+0.48
29 Mar 201921.67%+0.49
15 Mar 201921.18%−0.11
28 Feb 201921.29%−0.45
15 Feb 201921.74%+1.84
31 Jan 201919.90%−0.32
15 Jan 201920.22%+1.90
31 Dec 201818.32%+0.46
14 Dec 201817.86%−2.48
30 Nov 201820.34%+3.96
15 Nov 201816.38%−0.43
31 Oct 201816.81%−0.60
15 Oct 201817.41%−0.85
28 Sep 201818.26%−0.45
14 Sep 201818.71%+0.77
31 Aug 201817.94%+0.74
15 Aug 201817.20%+1.30
31 Jul 201815.90%+0.25
13 Jul 201815.65%+1.12
29 Jun 201814.53%+0.62
15 Jun 201813.91%+0.17
31 May 201813.74%−0.43
15 May 201814.17%−0.12
30 Apr 201814.29%+0.04
13 Apr 201814.25%−0.94
29 Mar 201815.19%−4.06
15 Mar 201819.25%+2.32
28 Feb 201816.93%+2.26
15 Feb 201814.67%+0.46
31 Jan 201814.21%+0.15
12 Jan 201814.06%+0.10
29 Dec 201713.96%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted was WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC?
WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC left the US market in 2021. Its final reported figure was 3.55% of shares outstanding for settlement date 30 Apr 2021, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report; this page preserves its full history.
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 WDR'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 WDR's days to cover?
7.21 days for settlement date 30 Apr 2021: 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.