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California Resources Corp

CRC
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas
SEC CIK
0001609253

In the last 90 days, California Resources Corp insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 3 sales; 366 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $4.86B 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
4.36M
Shares, settlement Oct 15, 2026
Change
+411.7K
+10.4% vs. Sep 30, 2026
Days to cover
6.01
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
726.5K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 15, 2024: 5,814,134 sharesOct 31, 2024: 3,373,977 sharesNov 15, 2024: 3,307,181 sharesNov 29, 2024: 2,934,206 sharesDec 13, 2024: 3,222,711 sharesDec 31, 2024: 3,315,824 sharesJan 15, 2025: 3,276,939 sharesJan 31, 2025: 3,861,229 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 4,118,238 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,894,169 sharesMar 14, 2025: 4,978,113 sharesMar 31, 2025: 3,334,252 sharesApr 15, 2025: 3,253,289 sharesApr 30, 2025: 3,554,053 sharesMay 15, 2025: 4,812,657 sharesMay 30, 2025: 4,974,753 sharesJun 13, 2025: 4,555,029 sharesJun 30, 2025: 4,795,186 sharesJul 15, 2025: 3,369,440 sharesJul 31, 2025: 2,936,066 sharesAug 15, 2025: 2,888,522 sharesAug 29, 2025: 2,594,365 sharesSep 15, 2025: 3,375,998 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,533,990 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,249,821 sharesOct 31, 2025: 2,845,151 sharesNov 14, 2025: 3,329,264 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,604,910 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,644,443 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,460,591 sharesJan 15, 2026: 4,341,581 sharesJan 30, 2026: 4,455,558 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 4,447,341 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 4,289,277 sharesMar 13, 2026: 7,243,668 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,429,171 sharesApr 15, 2026: 3,245,603 sharesApr 30, 2026: 2,810,726 sharesMay 15, 2026: 2,886,599 sharesMay 29, 2026: 3,074,433 sharesJun 15, 2026: 3,402,365 sharesJun 30, 2026: 3,630,321 sharesJul 15, 2026: 3,830,773 sharesJul 31, 2026: 3,148,002 sharesAug 14, 2026: 3,422,252 sharesAug 31, 2026: 3,753,011 sharesSep 15, 2026: 3,659,325 sharesSep 30, 2026: 3,952,853 sharesOct 15, 2026: 4,364,600 shares
Short interest in CRC by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 15, 20264.36M+411.7K+10.4%726.5K6.01
Sep 30, 20263.95M+293.5K+8.0%963.8K4.10
Sep 15, 20263.66M−93.7K−2.5%926.5K3.95
Aug 31, 20263.75M+330.8K+9.7%800.2K4.69
Aug 14, 20263.42M+274.3K+8.7%854.1K4.01
Jul 31, 20263.15M−682.8K−17.8%743.9K4.23
Jul 15, 20263.83M+200.5K+5.5%732.2K5.23
Jun 30, 20263.63M+228.0K+6.7%1.08M3.36
Jun 15, 20263.40M+327.9K+10.7%671.0K5.07
May 29, 20263.07M+187.8K+6.5%686.4K4.48
May 15, 20262.89M+75.9K+2.7%1.09M2.65
Apr 30, 20262.81M−434.9K−13.4%637.6K4.41
Apr 15, 20263.25M−183.6K−5.4%795.8K4.08
Mar 31, 20263.43M−3.81M−52.7%1.51M2.26
Mar 13, 20267.24M+2.95M+68.9%1.23M5.88
Feb 27, 20264.29M−158.1K−3.6%678.6K6.32
Feb 13, 20264.45M−8.22K−0.2%716.7K6.21
Jan 30, 20264.46M+114.0K+2.6%972.6K4.58
Jan 15, 20264.34M+881.0K+25.5%872.9K4.97
Dec 31, 20253.46M−183.9K−5.0%1.07M3.22
Dec 15, 20253.64M+39.5K+1.1%740.8K4.92
Nov 28, 20253.60M+275.6K+8.3%873.6K4.13
Nov 14, 20253.33M+484.1K+17.0%1.07M3.13
Oct 31, 20252.85M−404.7K−12.5%713.1K3.99
Oct 15, 20253.25M−284.2K−8.0%967.0K3.36
Sep 30, 20253.53M+158.0K+4.7%1.21M2.93
Sep 15, 20253.38M+781.6K+30.1%1.20M2.80
Aug 29, 2025Revised2.59M−294.2K−10.2%732.7K3.54
Aug 15, 20252.89M−47.5K−1.6%905.8K3.19
Jul 31, 20252.94M−433.4K−12.9%1.04M2.81
Jul 15, 20253.37M−1.43M−29.7%814.6K4.14
Jun 30, 20254.80M+240.2K+5.3%1.08M4.45
Jun 13, 20254.56M−419.7K−8.4%893.4K5.10
May 30, 20254.97M+162.1K+3.4%876.5K5.68
May 15, 20254.81M+1.26M+35.4%900.7K5.34
Apr 30, 20253.55M+300.8K+9.2%662.0K5.37
Apr 15, 20253.25M−81.0K−2.4%1.01M3.23
Mar 31, 20253.33M−1.64M−33.0%2.07M1.61
Mar 14, 20254.98M+1.08M+27.8%1.13M4.42
Feb 28, 20253.89M−224.1K−5.4%668.5K5.83
Feb 14, 20254.12M+257.0K+6.7%642.6K6.41
Jan 31, 20253.86M+584.3K+17.8%602.6K6.41
Jan 15, 20253.28M−38.9K−1.2%899.2K3.64
Dec 31, 20243.32M+93.1K+2.9%857.7K3.87
Dec 13, 20243.22M+288.5K+9.8%605.3K5.32
Nov 29, 20242.93M−373.0K−11.3%495.1K5.93
Nov 15, 20243.31M−66.8K−2.0%800.0K4.13
Oct 31, 20243.37M−2.44M−42.0%622.8K5.42
Oct 15, 20245.81M−345.3K−5.6%577.9K10.06

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 CRC by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 2, 2026594$51.66$30.7K
Sep 30, 20267,411$51.09$378.6K
Sep 8, 202650$54.22$2.71K
Aug 21, 20262,443$53.41$130.5K
Aug 11, 20264$53.75$215
Jul 16, 202671$52.27$3.71K
Jul 14, 20263,426$53.34$182.7K
Jul 1, 20261,042$52.87$55.1K
Jun 30, 202648$52.60$2.52K
Jun 24, 20261$52.90$52.9
Jun 18, 20262,671$55.35$147.8K
Jun 15, 2026527$58.61$30.9K
Jun 3, 2026214$61.71$13.2K
Jun 1, 2026174,788$59.29$10.4M
May 27, 20261,260$61.24$77.2K
May 22, 20263$62.26$186.78
May 6, 2026142$70.13$9.96K
May 4, 20261,117$68.37$76.4K
May 1, 2026616$68.26$42.0K
Apr 20, 202614$62.74$878.36
Apr 9, 2026196$66.41$13.0K
Apr 2, 20261,466$66.03$96.8K
Mar 31, 20264$68.89$275.56
Mar 30, 20269,957$68.87$685.7K
Mar 23, 20266$63.56$381.36
Mar 17, 202624,509$62.98$1.54M
Mar 9, 202629,451$64.74$1.91M
Mar 5, 2026111,987$62.05$6.95M
Mar 4, 202692,095$60.47$5.57M
Mar 3, 20267,250$61.51$445.9K

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 CRC by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 9, 2026292,1862545,49753.6%
Nov 6, 2026243,2496522,59446.5%
Nov 5, 2026191,504151419,03145.7%
Nov 4, 2026313,7672,737619,58050.6%
Nov 3, 2026321,337126485,34666.2%
Nov 2, 2026253,61794404,70062.7%
Oct 30, 2026257,4070311,30682.7%
Oct 29, 2026190,2550231,78382.1%
Oct 28, 2026284,4250411,65169.1%
Oct 27, 202697,47014214,55245.4%
Oct 26, 2026115,1770196,12958.7%
Oct 23, 2026169,4790307,04555.2%
Oct 22, 2026123,4960182,97667.5%
Oct 21, 2026227,8279273,12683.4%
Oct 20, 2026252,314200289,58387.1%
Oct 19, 2026128,3670285,46845.0%
Oct 16, 2026236,0518531,15744.4%
Oct 15, 2026270,9351382,07270.9%
Oct 14, 2026485,407154529,93391.6%
Oct 13, 202698,0750147,90666.3%
Oct 12, 202661,23014498,59262.1%
Oct 9, 2026130,94430209,73262.4%
Oct 8, 2026109,72017,871158,59669.2%
Oct 7, 2026108,634702152,84671.1%
Oct 6, 2026122,3890181,14767.6%
Oct 5, 2026117,555733141,54483.1%
Oct 2, 2026146,4480184,19479.5%
Oct 1, 2026270,647613324,64583.4%
Sep 30, 2026188,0930245,02976.8%
Sep 29, 2026143,85497194,72973.9%

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 CRC
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2710,89620,846338,3305,11167.8%
Sep 28, 2026T2897,77128,132502,9545,08364.1%
Sep 21, 2026T2973,51923,805529,3565,53164.8%
Sep 14, 2026T21,195,40036,7271,003,4086,04054.4%
Sep 7, 2026T21,051,65527,966580,4044,26564.4%
Aug 31, 2026T2879,40726,367784,2695,53852.9%
Aug 24, 2026T2827,72523,532333,6584,47871.3%
Aug 17, 2026T21,417,95736,376619,2885,48669.6%
Aug 10, 2026T21,647,35430,340351,0875,11282.4%
Aug 3, 2026T21,359,25437,803250,3004,52384.4%
Jul 27, 2026T21,041,98931,547430,9485,11770.7%
Jul 20, 2026T21,018,10031,181399,4174,94171.8%