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Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc.

ASO
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores
SEC CIK
0001817358

In the last 90 days, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 365 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $3.45B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
7.98M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−1.38M
−14.8% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
6.93
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
1.15M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 4,906,235 sharesNov 15, 2024: 6,275,243 sharesNov 29, 2024: 7,169,231 sharesDec 13, 2024: 8,165,798 sharesDec 31, 2024: 8,721,784 sharesJan 15, 2025: 8,530,752 sharesJan 31, 2025: 7,544,610 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 8,405,425 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 8,830,116 sharesMar 14, 2025: 8,400,410 sharesMar 31, 2025: 8,253,929 sharesApr 15, 2025: 6,564,653 sharesApr 30, 2025: 7,203,849 sharesMay 15, 2025: 7,093,579 sharesMay 30, 2025: 7,413,166 sharesJun 13, 2025: 7,271,946 sharesJun 30, 2025: 7,127,499 sharesJul 15, 2025: 7,069,081 sharesJul 31, 2025: 7,130,382 sharesAug 15, 2025: 7,678,781 sharesAug 29, 2025: 7,647,171 sharesSep 15, 2025: 6,467,013 sharesSep 30, 2025: 6,874,313 sharesOct 15, 2025: 9,907,138 sharesOct 31, 2025: 8,837,602 sharesNov 14, 2025: 8,088,314 sharesNov 28, 2025: 6,938,175 sharesDec 15, 2025: 7,297,789 sharesDec 31, 2025: 7,192,790 sharesJan 15, 2026: 7,943,463 sharesJan 30, 2026: 8,174,889 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 8,270,902 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 6,039,004 sharesMar 13, 2026: 5,434,782 sharesMar 31, 2026: 6,417,937 sharesApr 15, 2026: 6,680,313 sharesApr 30, 2026: 7,638,514 sharesMay 15, 2026: 6,686,366 sharesMay 29, 2026: 6,666,117 sharesJun 15, 2026: 7,995,954 sharesJun 30, 2026: 8,443,660 sharesJul 15, 2026: 7,746,804 sharesJul 31, 2026: 7,808,973 sharesAug 14, 2026: 7,605,742 sharesAug 31, 2026: 9,438,168 sharesSep 15, 2026: 8,197,155 sharesSep 30, 2026: 8,696,242 sharesOct 15, 2026: 9,362,130 sharesOct 30, 2026: 7,981,451 shares
Short interest in ASO by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20267.98M−1.38M−14.8%1.15M6.93
Oct 15, 20269.36M+665.9K+7.7%1.58M5.93
Sep 30, 20268.70M+499.1K+6.1%1.58M5.52
Sep 15, 20268.20M−1.24M−13.2%2.62M3.13
Aug 31, 20269.44M+1.83M+24.1%1.95M4.83
Aug 14, 20267.61M−203.2K−2.6%1.09M7.00
Jul 31, 20267.81M+62.2K+0.8%1.17M6.65
Jul 15, 20267.75M−696.9K−8.3%1.50M5.16
Jun 30, 20268.44M+447.7K+5.6%1.87M4.51
Jun 15, 20268.00M+1.33M+20.0%1.89M4.24
May 29, 20266.67M−20.2K−0.3%1.27M5.25
May 15, 20266.69M−952.1K−12.5%1.27M5.25
Apr 30, 20267.64M+958.2K+14.3%1.09M7.03
Apr 15, 20266.68M+262.4K+4.1%1.52M4.41
Mar 31, 20266.42M+983.2K+18.1%1.96M3.28
Mar 13, 20265.43M−604.2K−10.0%1.41M3.85
Feb 27, 20266.04M−2.23M−27.0%1.25M4.82
Feb 13, 20268.27M+96.0K+1.2%1.27M6.54
Jan 30, 20268.17M+231.4K+2.9%1.25M6.56
Jan 15, 20267.94M+750.7K+10.4%1.78M4.47
Dec 31, 20257.19M−105.0K−1.4%1.58M4.56
Dec 15, 20257.30M+359.6K+5.2%2.11M3.46
Nov 28, 20256.94M−1.15M−14.2%1.76M3.95
Nov 14, 20258.09M−749.3K−8.5%1.32M6.12
Oct 31, 20258.84M−1.07M−10.8%1.73M5.11
Oct 15, 20259.91M+3.03M+44.1%1.75M5.66
Sep 30, 20256.87M+407.3K+6.3%1.84M3.74
Sep 15, 20256.47M−1.18M−15.4%1.89M3.42
Aug 29, 20257.65M−31.6K−0.4%1.52M5.02
Aug 15, 20257.68M+548.4K+7.7%1.21M6.37
Jul 31, 20257.13M+61.3K+0.9%1.47M4.85
Jul 15, 20257.07M−58.4K−0.8%1.34M5.28
Jun 30, 20257.13M−144.4K−2.0%1.67M4.27
Jun 13, 20257.27M−141.2K−1.9%1.97M3.68
May 30, 20257.41M+319.6K+4.5%1.36M5.46
May 15, 20257.09M−110.3K−1.5%1.55M4.58
Apr 30, 20257.20M+639.2K+9.7%1.48M4.87
Apr 15, 20256.56M−1.69M−20.5%2.41M2.72
Mar 31, 20258.25M−146.5K−1.7%2.26M3.65
Mar 14, 20258.40M−429.7K−4.9%1.98M4.24
Feb 28, 20258.83M+424.7K+5.1%1.32M6.68
Feb 14, 20258.41M+860.8K+11.4%1.27M6.63
Jan 31, 20257.54M−986.1K−11.6%1.31M5.75
Jan 15, 20258.53M−191.0K−2.2%1.72M4.95
Dec 31, 20248.72M+556.0K+6.8%1.82M4.78
Dec 13, 20248.17M+996.6K+13.9%2.26M3.62
Nov 29, 20247.17M+894.0K+14.3%1.71M4.18
Nov 15, 20246.28M+1.37M+27.9%1.34M4.67
Oct 31, 20244.91M−1.49M−23.3%859.0K5.71

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in ASO by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 6, 20262,755$51.98$143.2K
Oct 5, 20261,221$48.73$59.5K
Sep 17, 20262,076$50.42$104.7K
Sep 9, 202665,533$44.71$2.93M
Sep 8, 20263,379$44.94$151.9K
Sep 3, 202618,709$43.60$815.7K
Sep 2, 20267,745$42.81$331.6K
Aug 31, 202611,478$43.50$499.3K
Aug 25, 20263,375$46.15$155.8K
Aug 24, 202619$45.83$870.77
Aug 20, 2026682$47.59$32.5K
Aug 14, 202627,183$48.93$1.33M
Aug 6, 202625$47.87$1.20K
Aug 4, 202681$48.56$3.93K
Jul 30, 20262,390$49.07$117.3K
Jul 28, 2026188,084$49.90$9.39M
Jul 20, 2026960$48.39$46.5K
Jul 14, 202612$46.49$557.88
Jul 13, 202617$46.31$787.27
Jul 1, 202677$47.13$3.63K
Jun 30, 20268,057$46.98$378.5K
Jun 22, 2026189$51.82$9.79K
Jun 16, 202658$49.25$2.86K
Jun 15, 2026102$51.01$5.20K
Jun 9, 202643$51.67$2.22K
Jun 8, 202620$51.75$1.03K
Jun 5, 20269$51.10$459.9
May 26, 202633,786$52.52$1.77M
May 22, 202615$51.03$765.45
May 20, 2026290$49.25$14.3K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in ASO by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 2026153,5860336,71945.6%
Nov 12, 2026302,9740492,62061.5%
Nov 11, 2026239,1940430,61055.5%
Nov 10, 2026403,0320549,88673.3%
Nov 9, 2026684,7858051,881,17236.4%
Nov 6, 2026357,717299588,14260.8%
Nov 5, 2026497,746264707,83570.3%
Nov 4, 2026602,9931,4561,048,78157.5%
Nov 3, 2026211,733120345,15161.3%
Nov 2, 2026222,1842,655640,25834.7%
Oct 30, 2026190,7175321,05259.4%
Oct 29, 2026175,578234492,53535.6%
Oct 28, 2026192,991352305,41763.2%
Oct 27, 2026243,619786335,36272.6%
Oct 26, 2026635,64475829,01676.7%
Oct 23, 2026205,054221283,35972.4%
Oct 22, 2026487,77231693,27470.4%
Oct 21, 2026291,6290397,39973.4%
Oct 20, 2026291,115981451,33064.5%
Oct 19, 2026302,4253,997423,96771.3%
Oct 16, 2026301,941889444,19968.0%
Oct 15, 2026421,7480670,77562.9%
Oct 14, 2026349,4760485,58172.0%
Oct 13, 2026371,2104480,37177.3%
Oct 12, 2026312,383177619,68650.4%
Oct 9, 2026312,2800632,64249.4%
Oct 8, 2026480,3941,800617,66977.8%
Oct 7, 2026530,79449690,94976.8%
Oct 6, 2026503,2120669,90575.1%
Oct 5, 2026688,16001,030,47966.8%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in ASO
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T23,004,42757,245801,28410,12278.9%
Sep 28, 2026T21,716,38647,075644,5558,60672.7%
Sep 21, 2026T21,768,68644,003763,7428,77669.8%
Sep 14, 2026T23,153,84764,9922,033,09112,61160.8%
Sep 7, 2026T25,161,40077,5801,886,92219,23873.2%
Aug 31, 2026T22,236,87254,8511,593,9677,62158.4%
Aug 24, 2026T23,772,34765,9332,458,34510,64560.5%
Aug 17, 2026T22,606,75547,217997,7837,80572.3%
Aug 10, 2026T21,673,87544,9162,126,9507,03644.0%
Aug 3, 2026T21,359,00435,958409,0336,53276.9%
Jul 27, 2026T22,323,25546,497642,2818,14078.3%
Jul 20, 2026T21,457,12438,584399,1406,63378.5%