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How shorted is Wendy's Co? WEN

#41most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 98%

25.61%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.46
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−5.89
days to cover
9.07
Aggregate net short position time series for Wendy's Co

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 Wendy's Co 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
7 Aug 202630.85% 31 Jul 202626.78% 14 Aug 2026−4.07
8 May 202624.32% 30 Apr 202626.63% 15 May 2026+2.31
13 Feb 202616.37% 30 Jan 202617.26% 27 Feb 2026+0.89
7 Nov 202515.67% 31 Oct 202516.57% 14 Nov 2025+0.90
8 Aug 20259.61% 31 Jul 20259.74% 15 Aug 2025+0.13
2 May 20259.04% 30 Apr 20259.22% 15 May 2025+0.18
13 Feb 20254.65% 31 Jan 20257.14% 14 Feb 2025+2.49
31 Oct 20246.09% 15 Oct 20246.39% 15 Nov 2024+0.30

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for WEN: 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
33,871
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
1,759,719
29 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
152
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Wendy's Co 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 1.8M shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202625.61%+0.46
31 Aug 202625.15%−1.63
14 Aug 202626.78%−4.07
31 Jul 202630.85%+0.65
15 Jul 202630.20%−1.30
30 Jun 202631.50%+4.37
15 Jun 202627.13%+0.74
29 May 202626.39%−0.24
15 May 202626.63%+2.31
30 Apr 202624.32%+1.08
15 Apr 202623.24%+3.47
31 Mar 202619.77%+0.72
13 Mar 202619.05%+1.79
27 Feb 202617.26%+0.43
13 Feb 202616.83%+0.46
30 Jan 202616.37%+0.88
15 Jan 202615.49%+0.94
31 Dec 202514.55%+0.61
15 Dec 202513.94%−1.19
28 Nov 202515.13%−1.44
14 Nov 202516.57%+0.90
31 Oct 202515.67%+3.49
15 Oct 202512.18%−0.03
30 Sep 202512.21%+0.84
15 Sep 202511.37%+0.38
29 Aug 202510.99%+1.25
15 Aug 20259.74%+0.13
31 Jul 20259.61%−0.90
15 Jul 202510.51%−0.55
30 Jun 202511.06%+1.74
13 Jun 20259.32%−1.25
30 May 202510.57%+1.35
15 May 20259.22%+0.18
30 Apr 20259.04%+0.80
15 Apr 20258.24%+1.96
31 Mar 20256.28%−0.39
14 Mar 20256.67%−1.61
28 Feb 20258.28%+1.14
14 Feb 20257.14%+2.49
31 Jan 20254.65%−0.09
15 Jan 20254.74%−1.24
31 Dec 20245.98%+1.03
13 Dec 20244.95%−1.53
29 Nov 20246.48%+0.09
15 Nov 20246.39%+1.08
31 Oct 20245.31%−0.78
15 Oct 20246.09%−0.51
30 Sep 20246.60%−0.31
13 Sep 20246.91%+1.46
30 Aug 20245.45%−0.77
15 Aug 20246.22%+1.90
31 Jul 20244.32%−0.36
15 Jul 20244.68%−0.61
28 Jun 20245.29%+0.30
14 Jun 20244.99%−1.48
31 May 20246.47%+0.43
15 May 20246.04%+2.30
30 Apr 20243.74%−0.03
15 Apr 20243.77%−0.14
28 Mar 20243.91%−0.12
15 Mar 20244.03%+0.07
29 Feb 20243.96%+0.16
15 Feb 20243.80%−0.18
31 Jan 20243.98%+0.10
12 Jan 20243.88%+0.26
29 Dec 20233.62%−0.71
15 Dec 20234.33%−0.12
30 Nov 20234.45%+0.69
15 Nov 20233.76%+0.51
31 Oct 20233.25%+0.06
13 Oct 20233.19%−0.06
29 Sep 20233.25%0.00
15 Sep 20233.25%−0.03
31 Aug 20233.28%−0.09
15 Aug 20233.37%+0.02
31 Jul 20233.35%−0.35
14 Jul 20233.70%+0.32
30 Jun 20233.38%−0.37
15 Jun 20233.75%+0.64
31 May 20233.11%−0.15
15 May 20233.26%+0.54
28 Apr 20232.72%−0.73
14 Apr 20233.45%+0.09
31 Mar 20233.36%+0.54
15 Mar 20232.82%−0.01
28 Feb 20232.83%+0.77
15 Feb 20232.06%−0.21
31 Jan 20232.27%+0.15
13 Jan 20232.12%−0.16
30 Dec 20222.28%−0.30
15 Dec 20222.58%+0.36
30 Nov 20222.22%−0.19
15 Nov 20222.41%−0.33
31 Oct 20222.74%−0.06
14 Oct 20222.80%+0.06
30 Sep 20222.74%−0.36
15 Sep 20223.10%+0.54
31 Aug 20222.56%−0.17
15 Aug 20222.73%+0.02
29 Jul 20222.71%−0.33
15 Jul 20223.04%+0.01
30 Jun 20223.03%−0.21
15 Jun 20223.24%−0.94
31 May 20224.18%+1.06
13 May 20223.12%+0.20
29 Apr 20222.92%+0.01
14 Apr 20222.91%+0.29
31 Mar 20222.62%+0.21
15 Mar 20222.41%−0.22
28 Feb 20222.63%−0.51
15 Feb 20223.14%+0.44
31 Jan 20222.70%−0.29
14 Jan 20222.99%+0.04
31 Dec 20212.95%−0.31
15 Dec 20213.26%+0.26
30 Nov 20213.00%−0.07
15 Nov 20213.07%−0.43
29 Oct 20213.50%−0.19
15 Oct 20213.69%+0.10
30 Sep 20213.59%+0.11
15 Sep 20213.48%+1.64
31 Aug 20211.84%−1.18
13 Aug 20213.02%+0.12
30 Jul 20212.90%+0.28
15 Jul 20212.62%+0.03
30 Jun 20212.59%−0.35
15 Jun 20212.94%−0.21
28 May 20213.15%−0.56
14 May 20213.71%−0.75
30 Apr 20214.46%−0.63
15 Apr 20215.09%+0.46
31 Mar 20214.63%−0.21
15 Mar 20214.84%+2.00
26 Feb 20212.84%−0.71
12 Feb 20213.55%+0.52
29 Jan 20213.03%−0.68
15 Jan 20213.71%+0.44
31 Dec 20203.27%+0.65
15 Dec 20202.62%+0.09
30 Nov 20202.53%−0.48
13 Nov 20203.01%−0.57
30 Oct 20203.58%−0.56
15 Oct 20204.14%+0.36
30 Sep 20203.78%+0.56
15 Sep 20203.22%+0.12
31 Aug 20203.10%+0.02
14 Aug 20203.08%−0.08
31 Jul 20203.16%−0.16
15 Jul 20203.32%+0.17
30 Jun 20203.15%−0.31
15 Jun 20203.46%−0.23
29 May 20203.69%+0.04
15 May 20203.65%−0.18
30 Apr 20203.83%+0.23
15 Apr 20203.60%+0.76
31 Mar 20202.84%+0.26
13 Mar 20202.58%−0.98
28 Feb 20203.56%−0.36
14 Feb 20203.92%−0.47
31 Jan 20204.39%−0.95
15 Jan 20205.34%−0.74
31 Dec 20196.08%+0.62
13 Dec 20195.46%−0.55
29 Nov 20196.01%−1.84
15 Nov 20197.85%+1.80
31 Oct 20196.05%+0.60
15 Oct 20195.45%−0.07
30 Sep 20195.52%+0.32
13 Sep 20195.20%−0.83
30 Aug 20196.03%−0.29
15 Aug 20196.32%−0.24
31 Jul 20196.56%+0.24
15 Jul 20196.32%−0.71
28 Jun 20197.03%−0.03
14 Jun 20197.06%+0.58
31 May 20196.48%+0.55
15 May 20195.93%−0.31
30 Apr 20196.24%−0.14
15 Apr 20196.38%−0.93
29 Mar 20197.31%+0.82
15 Mar 20196.49%−0.01
28 Feb 20196.50%+0.37
15 Feb 20196.13%−0.33
31 Jan 20196.46%−0.32
15 Jan 20196.78%+0.36
31 Dec 20186.42%−0.44
14 Dec 20186.86%−0.29
30 Nov 20187.15%+1.64
15 Nov 20185.51%−2.90
31 Oct 20188.41%−1.62
15 Oct 201810.03%+1.40
28 Sep 20188.63%+0.40
14 Sep 20188.23%+0.74
31 Aug 20187.49%+0.31
15 Aug 20187.18%−0.50
31 Jul 20187.68%−0.95
13 Jul 20188.63%−0.33
29 Jun 20188.96%−0.28
15 Jun 20189.24%−0.67
31 May 20189.91%+1.00
15 May 20188.91%−0.16
30 Apr 20189.07%−0.61
13 Apr 20189.68%+0.09
29 Mar 20189.59%−0.57
15 Mar 201810.16%−0.23
28 Feb 201810.39%+0.72
15 Feb 20189.67%−0.44
31 Jan 201810.11%+0.31
12 Jan 20189.80%+0.61
29 Dec 20179.19%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Wendy's Co right now?
25.61% of Wendy's Co's (WEN) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 41st 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 WEN'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 WEN's days to cover?
9.07 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.