PRU · Prudential Financial Inc

$117.14 -0.46 (-0.39%) At close · Sep 1

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Market Cap

$41.33B

345.00M

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

PRU Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 12,692,650 PRU shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 596,042 shares. Days to cover was 6.26 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

PRU Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 13,061,304 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +2.9% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 11,677,910 to 14,498,053 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 50% chance it rises

13,061,304 +2.9% vs reported

Likely range 11,677,910 to 14,498,053 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

63/100

Short interest 3.7% of shares — P65 Days to cover 6.3 — P78 Price vs VWAP +1.8% — P65 Short-volume trend -1.6% — P44 Short interest change +4.9% — P68 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P44

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.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 24	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14	12,692,650	12,096,608	+596,042	2,028,831	6.26
2026-07-31	12,096,608	12,276,352	-179,744	1,879,598	6.44
2026-07-15	12,276,352	11,864,209	+412,143	1,631,474	7.52
2026-06-30	11,864,209	12,930,325	-1,066,116	2,085,210	5.69
2026-06-15	12,930,325	12,358,911	+571,414	1,814,760	7.13
2026-05-29	12,358,911	12,236,880	+122,031	1,778,748	6.95
2026-05-15	12,236,880	12,396,341	-159,461	2,244,630	5.45
2026-04-30	12,396,341	11,798,375	+597,966	2,591,906	4.78
2026-04-15	11,798,375	11,052,862	+745,513	1,980,244	5.96
2026-03-31	11,052,862	9,878,491	+1,174,371	2,358,598	4.69
2026-03-13	9,878,491	8,316,225	+1,562,266	2,451,927	4.03
2026-02-27	8,316,225	8,180,710	+135,515	2,412,058	3.45
2026-02-13	8,180,710	7,825,869	+354,841	3,229,225	2.53
2026-01-30	7,825,869	6,894,208	+931,661	2,134,004	3.67
2026-01-15	6,894,208	7,686,481	-792,273	1,548,316	4.45
2025-12-31	7,686,481	8,234,746	-548,265	1,478,103	5.20
2025-12-15	8,234,746	7,574,838	+659,908	1,614,055	5.10
2025-11-28	7,574,838	7,744,985	-170,147	1,871,286	4.05
2025-11-14	7,744,985	6,761,851	+983,134	1,737,729	4.46
2025-10-31	6,761,851	5,749,042	+1,012,809	1,542,544	4.38
2025-10-15	5,749,042	5,585,095	+163,947	1,396,809	4.12
2025-09-30	5,585,095	6,095,293	-510,198	1,743,314	3.20
2025-09-15	6,095,293	5,943,927	+151,366	1,522,969	4.00

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