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LOPE · Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

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Market Cap
$3.98B
Shares
26.07M

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

LOPE Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 1,698,281 LOPE shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 93,430 shares. Days to cover was 6.43 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

LOPE Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 1,738,139 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +2.3% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 1,552,196 to 1,927,084 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 55% chance it rises
1,738,139 +2.3% vs reported
Likely range 1,552,196 to 1,927,084 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
63/100
Short interest 6.5% of shares — P81 Days to cover 6.4 — P79 Price vs VWAP +4.0% — P68 Short-volume trend -2.7% — P40 Short interest change -5.2% — P36 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P32

Peer-relative percentile rank across all listed securities 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 1,698,281 1,791,711 -93,430 6.43
2026-07-31 1,791,711 1,723,576 +68,135 4.59
2026-07-15 1,723,576 1,672,757 +50,819 5.00
2026-06-30 1,672,757 1,716,631 -43,874 3.68
2026-06-15 1,716,631 1,462,563 +254,068 4.86
2026-05-29 1,462,563 1,355,196 +107,367 7.43
2026-05-15 1,355,196 1,288,139 +67,057 4.38
2026-04-30 1,288,139 1,231,786 +56,353 5.28
2026-04-15 1,231,786 1,146,553 +85,233 5.53
2026-03-31 1,146,553 1,130,441 +16,112 4.59
2026-03-13 1,130,441 1,100,968 +29,473 4.38
2026-02-27 1,100,968 854,308 +246,660 2.66
2026-02-13 854,308 825,810 +28,498 3.20
2026-01-30 825,810 775,391 +50,419 3.07
2026-01-15 775,391 767,444 +7,947 2.46
2025-12-31 767,444 802,161 -34,717 2.30
2025-12-15 802,161 645,563 +156,598 1.91
2025-11-28 645,563 541,873 +103,690 1.82
2025-11-14 541,873 322,420 +219,453 1.01
2025-10-31 322,420 337,990 -15,570 1.54
2025-10-15 337,990 358,223 -20,233 1.47
2025-09-30 358,223 355,400 +2,823 1.53
2025-09-15 355,400 354,257 +1,143 1.75

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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