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Market Cap
$1.38T
Shares
3.95B

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

TSLA Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 70,203,832 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +1.5% versus the latest reported position. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 21, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 21
70,203,832 +1.5% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
48/100
Short interest 1.8% of shares — P47 Days to cover 2.2 — P39 Price vs VWAP -6.7% — P30 Short-volume trend +2.6% — P61 Short interest change +1.0% — P58 Worst FTD 0.02% of shares — P60

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 69,196,896 68,501,639 +695,257 2.15
2026-07-31 68,501,639 70,646,375 -2,144,736 1.55
2026-07-15 70,646,375 79,109,257 -8,462,882 1.78
2026-06-30 79,109,257 78,183,135 +926,122 1.72
2026-06-15 78,183,135 76,947,758 +1,235,377 1.60
2026-05-29 76,947,758 75,190,815 +1,756,943 1.74
2026-05-15 75,190,815 76,673,071 -1,482,256 1.28
2026-04-30 76,673,071 71,106,902 +5,566,169 1.21
2026-04-15 71,106,902 65,598,603 +5,508,299 1.00
2026-03-31 65,598,603 60,858,904 +4,739,699 1.06
2026-03-13 60,860,404 61,839,735 -979,331 1.00
2026-02-27 61,839,735 64,823,111 -2,983,376 1.20
2026-02-13 64,823,111 64,365,617 +457,494 1.07
2026-01-30 64,365,617 64,410,264 -44,647 1.04
2026-01-15 64,410,264 67,866,137 -3,455,873 1.00
2025-12-31 67,866,137 74,678,636 -6,812,499 1.00
2025-12-15 74,678,636 78,303,390 -3,624,754 1.03
2025-11-28 78,303,390 71,187,810 +7,115,580 1.00
2025-11-14 71,187,964 72,221,014 -1,033,050 1.00
2025-10-31 72,221,014 72,686,353 -465,339 1.00
2025-10-15 72,686,353 76,816,175 -4,129,822 1.00
2025-09-30 76,816,175 86,213,226 -9,397,051 1.00
2025-09-15 86,213,226 78,272,760 +7,940,466 1.00
2025-08-29 78,272,760 76,710,309 +1,562,451 1.06

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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