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CTRE · CareTrust REIT, Inc.

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Market Cap
$9.31B
Shares
236.29M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

CTRE Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 24,756,021 CTRE shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 467,001 shares. Days to cover was 11.31 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent stock splits

CTRE Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 25,447,693 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +2.8% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 23,338,818 to 27,628,433 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 31, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 31 Low confidence 57% chance it rises
25,447,693 +2.8% vs reported
Likely range 23,338,818 to 27,628,433 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
75/100
Short interest 10.5% of shares — P91 Days to cover 11.3 — P92 Price vs VWAP +0.7% — P60 Short-volume trend +5.4% — P70 Short interest change +1.9% — P61 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P40

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 24
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 24,756,021 24,289,020 +467,001 11.31
2026-07-31 24,289,020 23,841,757 +447,263 11.37
2026-07-15 23,841,757 23,623,096 +218,661 10.82
2026-06-30 23,623,096 20,450,920 +3,172,176 5.85
2026-06-15 20,450,920 20,517,458 -66,538 6.42
2026-05-29 20,517,458 7,148,122 +13,369,336 7.17
2026-05-15 7,148,122 7,216,091 -67,969 3.68
2026-04-30 7,216,091 15,969,637 -8,753,546 3.50
2026-04-15 15,969,637 16,079,800 -110,163 7.44
2026-03-31 16,079,800 15,250,256 +829,544 2.75
2026-03-13 15,250,256 15,336,179 -85,923 7.92
2026-02-27 15,336,179 12,424,823 +2,911,356 8.20
2026-02-13 12,424,823 12,652,605 -227,782 5.75
2026-01-30 12,652,605 12,654,290 -1,685 7.32
2026-01-15 12,654,290 14,020,224 -1,365,934 7.00
2025-12-31 14,020,224 13,576,389 +443,835 7.91
2025-12-15 13,576,389 9,596,556 +3,979,833 7.37
2025-11-28 9,596,556 10,283,918 -687,362 5.17
2025-11-14 10,283,918 9,340,936 +942,982 5.18
2025-10-31 9,340,936 9,166,738 +174,198 5.34
2025-10-15 9,166,738 9,915,362 -748,624 5.16
2025-09-30 9,915,362 7,164,195 +2,751,167 3.75
2025-09-15 7,164,195 6,527,015 +637,180 3.99

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