PAYX · Paychex Inc

$118.27 -0.39 (-0.33%) At close · Aug 5

Market Cap

$41.85B

355.68M

Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers twice a month. Each reading settles on the 15th and the last business day of the month and is published seven business days later — the next scheduled dates are listed at the top of the table. Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.

Short Squeeze Score

73/100

Short interest 5.4% of shares — P75 Days to cover 6.7 — P78 Price vs VWAP +16.5% — P91 Short-volume trend +15.0% — P86 Short interest change -5.6% — P31 Worst FTD 0.03% of shares — P57

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-15). 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.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-08-14 Scheduled FINRA publishes Aug 25	—	—	—	—	—
2026-07-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Aug 11	—	—	—	—	—
2026-07-15	19,234,786	20,374,922	-1,140,136	2,887,390	6.66
2026-06-30	20,374,922	20,615,390	-240,468	4,575,170	4.45
2026-06-15	20,615,390	20,011,633	+603,757	2,946,009	7.00
2026-05-29	20,011,633	20,483,868	-472,235	3,003,319	6.66
2026-05-15	20,483,868	19,139,141	+1,344,727	3,213,395	6.37
2026-04-30	19,139,141	20,371,444	-1,232,303	3,177,398	6.02
2026-04-15	20,371,444	20,671,661	-300,217	3,647,995	5.58
2026-03-31	20,671,661	20,878,884	-207,223	4,988,469	4.14
2026-03-13	20,878,884	19,945,763	+933,121	3,652,969	5.72
2026-02-27	19,945,763	20,110,416	-164,653	4,085,051	4.88
2026-02-13	20,110,416	17,313,086	+2,797,330	4,622,501	4.35
2026-01-30	17,313,086	17,170,617	+142,469	3,758,792	4.61
2026-01-15	17,170,617	17,521,215	-350,598	2,645,319	6.49
2025-12-31	17,521,215	14,709,075	+2,812,140	3,712,043	4.72
2025-12-15	14,709,075	15,604,639	-895,564	3,620,877	4.06
2025-11-28	15,604,639	15,384,092	+220,547	2,768,733	5.64
2025-11-14	15,384,092	14,750,984	+633,108	3,110,979	4.95
2025-10-31	14,750,984	12,809,383	+1,941,601	2,820,159	5.23
2025-10-15	12,809,383	12,593,071	+216,312	2,705,256	4.73
2025-09-30	12,593,071	13,161,668	-568,597	4,346,068	2.90
2025-09-15	13,161,668	12,663,543	+498,125	1,789,944	7.35
2025-08-29	12,663,543	11,573,827	+1,089,716	2,015,222	6.28
2025-08-15	11,573,827	11,480,406	+93,421	2,365,206	4.89

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