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FOUR · Shift4 Payments, Inc.

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Market Cap
$3.49B
Shares
78.96M

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

FOUR Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 14,054,388 FOUR shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 1,146,705 shares. Days to cover was 6.15 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

FOUR Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 13,586,872 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -3.3% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 12,109,647 to 15,113,105 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 High confidence 68% chance it falls
13,586,872 -3.3% vs reported
Likely range 12,109,647 to 15,113,105 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
70/100
Short interest 17.8% of shares — P97 Days to cover 6.2 — P77 Price vs VWAP -1.9% — P45 Short-volume trend -1.6% — P44 Short interest change -7.5% — P30 Worst FTD 0.15% of shares — P86

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 14,054,388 15,201,093 -1,146,705 6.15
2026-07-31 15,201,093 15,661,963 -460,870 15.50
2026-07-15 15,661,963 15,744,090 -82,127 13.43
2026-06-30 15,744,090 16,707,991 -963,901 7.48
2026-06-15 16,707,991 14,877,407 +1,830,584 8.75
2026-05-29 14,877,407 14,927,651 -50,244 12.42
2026-05-15 14,927,651 15,722,283 -794,632 7.28
2026-04-30 15,722,283 15,042,160 +680,123 10.52
2026-04-15 15,042,160 16,354,321 -1,312,161 9.75
2026-03-31 16,354,321 17,520,388 -1,166,067 5.91
2026-03-13 17,520,388 16,197,660 +1,322,728 6.38
2026-02-27 16,197,660 15,588,722 +608,938 5.01
2026-02-13 15,588,722 14,461,231 +1,127,491 6.18
2026-01-30 14,461,231 15,129,570 -668,339 7.45
2026-01-15 15,129,570 13,952,457 +1,177,113 7.25
2025-12-31 13,952,457 13,269,803 +682,654 9.35
2025-12-15 13,269,803 13,403,934 -134,131 8.39
2025-11-28 13,403,934 14,042,134 -638,200 7.59
2025-11-14 14,042,134 12,271,366 +1,770,768 4.17
2025-10-31 12,271,366 12,292,055 -20,689 5.45
2025-10-15 12,292,055 12,338,765 -46,710 6.39
2025-09-30 12,338,765 11,951,952 +386,813 5.19
2025-09-15 11,951,952 12,532,947 -580,995 9.28

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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