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How shorted is Yum China Holdings, Inc.? YUMC

#3,016most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 20%

1.76%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+0.26
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+0.44
days to cover
4.85
Aggregate net short position time series for Yum China Holdings, 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 Yum China Holdings, 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
30 Jul 20261.39% 15 Jul 20261.46% 31 Jul 2026+0.07
29 Apr 20261.29% 15 Apr 20261.37% 30 Apr 2026+0.08
4 Feb 20261.57% 30 Jan 20261.49% 13 Feb 2026−0.08
4 Nov 20251.44% 31 Oct 20251.51% 14 Nov 2025+0.07
5 Aug 20251.63% 31 Jul 20251.72% 15 Aug 2025+0.09
30 Apr 20252.52% 15 Apr 20252.06% 15 May 2025−0.46
6 Feb 20252.83% 31 Jan 20252.68% 14 Feb 2025−0.15
4 Nov 20243.96% 31 Oct 20243.81% 15 Nov 2024−0.15

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for YUMC: 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
651
9 Sep 2026
Highest in window
72,795
31 Jul 2026
Days with a balance
65
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Yum China Holdings, 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 73K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 20261.76%+0.26
31 Aug 20261.50%−0.16
14 Aug 20261.66%+0.20
31 Jul 20261.46%+0.07
15 Jul 20261.39%+0.07
30 Jun 20261.32%+0.07
15 Jun 20261.25%+0.08
29 May 20261.17%−0.01
15 May 20261.18%−0.19
30 Apr 20261.37%+0.08
15 Apr 20261.29%0.00
31 Mar 20261.29%−0.17
13 Mar 20261.46%−0.05
27 Feb 20261.51%+0.02
13 Feb 20261.49%−0.08
30 Jan 20261.57%0.00
15 Jan 20261.57%0.00
31 Dec 20251.57%−0.07
15 Dec 20251.64%−0.20
28 Nov 20251.84%+0.33
14 Nov 20251.51%+0.07
31 Oct 20251.44%−0.25
15 Oct 20251.69%+0.02
30 Sep 20251.67%−0.12
15 Sep 20251.79%−0.29
29 Aug 20252.08%+0.36
15 Aug 20251.72%+0.09
31 Jul 20251.63%−0.23
15 Jul 20251.86%+0.14
30 Jun 20251.72%−0.06
13 Jun 20251.78%−0.49
30 May 20252.27%+0.21
15 May 20252.06%−0.14
30 Apr 20252.20%−0.32
15 Apr 20252.52%+0.16
31 Mar 20252.36%−0.53
14 Mar 20252.89%+0.04
28 Feb 20252.85%+0.17
14 Feb 20252.68%−0.15
31 Jan 20252.83%−0.09
15 Jan 20252.92%−0.20
31 Dec 20243.12%+0.33
13 Dec 20242.79%−0.82
29 Nov 20243.61%−0.20
15 Nov 20243.81%−0.15
31 Oct 20243.96%−0.12
15 Oct 20244.08%+0.45
30 Sep 20243.63%+1.00
13 Sep 20242.63%−0.01
30 Aug 20242.64%+0.23
15 Aug 20242.41%−0.14
31 Jul 20242.55%+0.23
15 Jul 20242.32%−0.26
28 Jun 20242.58%+0.24
14 Jun 20242.34%−0.20
31 May 20242.54%−0.41
15 May 20242.95%−0.06
30 Apr 20243.01%−0.30
15 Apr 20243.31%+0.36
28 Mar 20242.95%+0.29
15 Mar 20242.66%+0.45
29 Feb 20242.21%+0.11
15 Feb 20242.10%+0.16
31 Jan 20241.94%−0.11
12 Jan 20242.05%+0.20
29 Dec 20231.85%−0.06
15 Dec 20231.91%−0.01
30 Nov 20231.92%−0.19
15 Nov 20232.11%+0.54
31 Oct 20231.57%−0.02
13 Oct 20231.59%−0.04
29 Sep 20231.63%+0.02
15 Sep 20231.61%+0.09
31 Aug 20231.52%+0.07
15 Aug 20231.45%+0.11
31 Jul 20231.34%−0.10
14 Jul 20231.44%+0.02
30 Jun 20231.42%−0.54
15 Jun 20231.96%+0.01
31 May 20231.95%−0.20
15 May 20232.15%+0.58
28 Apr 20231.57%−0.34
14 Apr 20231.91%+0.01
31 Mar 20231.90%+0.41
15 Mar 20231.49%−0.48
28 Feb 20231.97%−0.21
15 Feb 20232.18%+0.17
31 Jan 20232.01%−0.06
13 Jan 20232.07%−0.37
30 Dec 20222.44%+0.01
15 Dec 20222.43%+0.12
30 Nov 20222.31%−0.38
15 Nov 20222.69%−0.10
31 Oct 20222.79%0.00
14 Oct 20222.79%−0.47
30 Sep 20223.26%+0.83
15 Sep 20222.43%+0.04
31 Aug 20222.39%+0.04
15 Aug 20222.35%+0.11
29 Jul 20222.24%−0.23
15 Jul 20222.47%+0.26
30 Jun 20222.21%−0.22
15 Jun 20222.43%+0.30
31 May 20222.13%+0.39
13 May 20221.74%+0.06
29 Apr 20221.68%−0.26
14 Apr 20221.94%+0.03
31 Mar 20221.91%−0.22
15 Mar 20222.13%0.00
28 Feb 20222.13%+0.21
15 Feb 20221.92%+0.03
31 Jan 20221.89%−0.28
14 Jan 20222.17%−0.17
31 Dec 20212.34%+0.01
15 Dec 20212.33%+0.14
30 Nov 20212.19%−0.02
15 Nov 20212.21%−0.39
29 Oct 20212.60%−0.06
15 Oct 20212.66%−0.33
30 Sep 20212.99%+0.57
15 Sep 20212.42%−0.10
31 Aug 20212.52%−0.82
13 Aug 20213.34%−0.82
30 Jul 20214.16%+0.08
15 Jul 20214.08%−0.10
30 Jun 20214.18%+0.29
15 Jun 20213.89%−0.01
28 May 20213.90%−0.04
14 May 20213.94%+0.05
30 Apr 20213.89%−0.08
15 Apr 20213.97%+0.15
31 Mar 20213.82%−0.07
15 Mar 20213.89%−0.06
26 Feb 20213.95%−0.11
12 Feb 20214.06%+0.04
29 Jan 20214.02%−0.01
15 Jan 20214.03%−0.14
31 Dec 20204.17%−0.18
15 Dec 20204.35%+0.79
30 Nov 20203.56%−0.16
13 Nov 20203.72%+0.89
30 Oct 20202.83%−0.60
15 Oct 20203.43%−0.01
30 Sep 20203.44%−0.24
15 Sep 20203.68%+0.93
31 Aug 20202.75%−0.12
14 Aug 20202.87%−0.14
31 Jul 20203.01%+0.16
15 Jul 20202.85%−0.04
30 Jun 20202.89%−0.21
15 Jun 20203.10%+0.08
29 May 20203.02%+0.16
15 May 20202.86%+0.12
30 Apr 20202.74%−0.04
15 Apr 20202.78%−0.41
31 Mar 20203.19%−0.46
13 Mar 20203.65%−0.26
28 Feb 20203.91%+0.05
14 Feb 20203.86%+0.53
31 Jan 20203.33%+0.22
15 Jan 20203.11%−0.58
31 Dec 20193.69%+0.08
13 Dec 20193.61%+0.40
29 Nov 20193.21%−0.03
15 Nov 20193.24%+1.12
31 Oct 20192.12%−0.24
15 Oct 20192.36%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Yum China Holdings, Inc. right now?
1.76% of Yum China Holdings, Inc.'s (YUMC) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 3,016th 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 YUMC'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 YUMC's days to cover?
4.85 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.