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CoreCivic, Inc.

CXW
Exchange
NYSE
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Real Estate Investment Trusts
SEC CIK
0001070985

In the last 90 days, CoreCivic, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 12 sales; 280 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $2.63B 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
12.7M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−407.7K
−3.1% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
8.25
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
1.53M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 3,251,771 sharesNov 15, 2024: 3,429,065 sharesNov 29, 2024: 3,531,650 sharesDec 13, 2024: 3,624,095 sharesDec 31, 2024: 3,559,016 sharesJan 15, 2025: 3,830,356 sharesJan 31, 2025: 3,052,794 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 3,509,959 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 2,429,125 sharesMar 14, 2025: 2,713,357 sharesMar 31, 2025: 2,850,090 sharesApr 15, 2025: 2,993,331 sharesApr 30, 2025: 3,211,017 sharesMay 15, 2025: 3,150,544 sharesMay 30, 2025: 3,143,909 sharesJun 13, 2025: 2,984,649 sharesJun 30, 2025: 2,995,488 sharesJul 15, 2025: 2,588,413 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,156,185 sharesAug 15, 2025: 3,125,557 sharesAug 29, 2025: 2,442,252 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,646,703 sharesSep 30, 2025: 2,739,559 sharesOct 15, 2025: 2,702,660 sharesOct 31, 2025: 2,665,867 sharesNov 14, 2025: 2,788,697 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,396,914 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,460,318 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,203,227 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,048,639 sharesJan 30, 2026: 2,958,033 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 2,773,349 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 2,733,567 sharesMar 13, 2026: 2,712,189 sharesMar 31, 2026: 2,628,564 sharesApr 15, 2026: 2,680,145 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,322,533 sharesMay 15, 2026: 2,364,748 sharesMay 29, 2026: 2,290,255 sharesJun 15, 2026: 2,807,302 sharesJun 30, 2026: 1,812,744 sharesJul 15, 2026: 2,155,884 sharesJul 31, 2026: 3,574,436 sharesAug 14, 2026: 15,424,304 sharesAug 31, 2026: 14,361,216 sharesSep 15, 2026: 14,561,701 sharesSep 30, 2026: 13,901,706 sharesOct 15, 2026: 13,061,838 sharesOct 30, 2026: 12,654,170 shares
Short interest in CXW by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202612.7M−407.7K−3.1%1.53M8.25
Oct 15, 202613.1M−839.9K−6.0%2.08M6.29
Sep 30, 202613.9M−660.0K−4.5%2.38M5.85
Sep 15, 202614.6M+200.5K+1.4%1.91M7.62
Aug 31, 202614.4M−1.06M−6.9%1.53M9.36
Aug 14, 202615.4M+11.8M+331.5%1.78M8.65
Jul 31, 20263.57M+1.42M+65.8%952.9K3.75
Jul 15, 20262.16M+343.1K+18.9%1.33M1.62
Jun 30, 20261.81M−994.6K−35.4%1.73M1.05
Jun 15, 20262.81M+517.0K+22.6%1.26M2.22
May 29, 20262.29M−74.5K−3.2%873.8K2.62
May 15, 20262.36M−957.8K−28.8%1.42M1.67
Apr 30, 20263.32M+642.4K+24.0%689.7K4.82
Apr 15, 20262.68M+51.6K+2.0%844.7K3.17
Mar 31, 20262.63M−83.6K−3.1%1.80M1.46
Mar 13, 20262.71M−21.4K−0.8%979.0K2.77
Feb 27, 20262.73M−39.8K−1.4%1.25M2.19
Feb 13, 20262.77M−184.7K−6.2%1.17M2.38
Jan 30, 20262.96M−90.6K−3.0%1.08M2.74
Jan 15, 20263.05M−154.6K−4.8%731.2K4.17
Dec 31, 20253.20M−257.1K−7.4%921.3K3.48
Dec 15, 20253.46M+63.4K+1.9%915.6K3.78
Nov 28, 20253.40M+608.2K+21.8%1.17M2.91
Nov 14, 20252.79M+122.8K+4.6%1.41M1.98
Oct 31, 20252.67M−36.8K−1.4%756.0K3.53
Oct 15, 20252.70M−36.9K−1.4%941.1K2.87
Sep 30, 20252.74M+92.9K+3.5%1.00M2.73
Sep 15, 20252.65M+204.5K+8.4%889.7K2.97
Aug 29, 20252.44M−683.3K−21.9%1.04M2.36
Aug 15, 20253.13M−30.6K−1.0%1.18M2.64
Jul 31, 20253.16M+567.8K+21.9%981.7K3.22
Jul 15, 20252.59M−407.1K−13.6%999.3K2.59
Jun 30, 20253.00M+10.8K+0.4%889.2K3.37
Jun 13, 20252.98M−159.3K−5.1%925.2K3.23
May 30, 20253.14M−6.63K−0.2%813.9K3.86
May 15, 20253.15M−60.5K−1.9%1.14M2.75
Apr 30, 20253.21M+217.7K+7.3%1.14M2.82
Apr 15, 20252.99M+143.2K+5.0%1.13M2.65
Mar 31, 20252.85M+136.7K+5.0%1.01M2.83
Mar 14, 20252.71M+284.2K+11.7%1.35M2.01
Feb 28, 20252.43M−1.08M−30.8%1.33M1.83
Feb 14, 20253.51M+457.2K+15.0%1.73M2.02
Jan 31, 20253.05M−777.6K−20.3%1.29M2.37
Jan 15, 20253.83M+271.3K+7.6%903.7K4.24
Dec 31, 20243.56M−65.1K−1.8%1.09M3.26
Dec 13, 20243.62M+92.4K+2.6%1.19M3.04
Nov 29, 20243.53M+102.6K+3.0%1.23M2.86
Nov 15, 20243.43M+177.3K+5.5%2.74M1.25
Oct 31, 20243.25M−229.2K−6.6%613.7K5.30

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 CXW by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Sep 25, 2026250$34.36$8.59K
Sep 21, 20261,256$35.23$44.2K
Sep 11, 20261,500$34.41$51.6K
Sep 4, 20262,500$33.66$84.2K
Aug 25, 20265,026$33.84$170.1K
Aug 19, 202640,466$32.40$1.31M
Aug 17, 2026204$32.82$6.70K
Jul 20, 2026347$30.65$10.6K
Jul 8, 202635,713$29.30$1.05M
Jul 1, 20269$30.38$273.42
Jun 23, 20263$29.65$88.95
Jun 22, 20262,000$28.90$57.8K
Jun 8, 20261,502$23.21$34.9K
May 8, 2026220$21.82$4.80K
May 7, 2026437$21.17$9.25K
Apr 30, 202651$20.54$1.05K
Apr 28, 202674$20.25$1.50K
Apr 20, 2026800$20.45$16.4K
Mar 18, 2026148$20.28$3.00K
Mar 17, 20261,549$19.00$29.4K
Mar 6, 202674$18.39$1.36K
Mar 5, 2026996$18.46$18.4K
Mar 4, 2026173$18.34$3.17K
Mar 3, 2026274$18.19$4.98K
Mar 2, 2026374$17.68$6.61K
Feb 24, 20261,075$16.21$17.4K
Feb 17, 202633$18.92$624.36
Feb 13, 202644$17.86$785.84
Feb 3, 2026152$18.51$2.81K
Jan 30, 202620,920$18.75$392.3K

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 CXW by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 2026224,2190497,90345.0%
Nov 12, 2026182,9710431,98042.4%
Nov 11, 2026244,5970623,73139.2%
Nov 10, 2026266,6640768,24134.7%
Nov 9, 2026350,965400705,70549.7%
Nov 6, 2026373,569567827,04645.2%
Nov 5, 2026909,3092201,532,54959.3%
Nov 4, 2026429,133101,059,17740.5%
Nov 3, 2026452,6331,045877,72451.6%
Nov 2, 2026513,4851181,010,71250.8%
Oct 30, 202684,8601383,14522.1%
Oct 29, 2026102,4360407,43625.1%
Oct 28, 202646,4662,780296,32415.7%
Oct 27, 2026171,4760372,56046.0%
Oct 26, 2026100,02650349,91728.6%
Oct 23, 202699,33671313,95831.6%
Oct 22, 2026114,3220451,95025.3%
Oct 21, 2026162,1113506,39132.0%
Oct 20, 2026113,4060394,07328.8%
Oct 19, 2026233,3980765,85830.5%
Oct 16, 2026183,7180534,61534.4%
Oct 15, 2026195,8040477,82241.0%
Oct 14, 2026127,2013,901392,96632.4%
Oct 13, 2026108,6458522,19720.8%
Oct 12, 2026121,1777,327510,03623.8%
Oct 9, 2026120,5440460,48826.2%
Oct 8, 2026255,3180664,50938.4%
Oct 7, 2026180,2800407,32444.3%
Oct 6, 2026375,211905625,81360.0%
Oct 5, 2026346,86701,058,85232.8%

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 CXW
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T22,509,23746,7593,990,7405,41538.6%
Sep 28, 2026T21,994,22746,1183,220,6056,94638.2%
Sep 21, 2026T22,894,10345,5332,404,2649,88654.6%
Sep 14, 2026T21,791,55236,0303,710,9876,56032.6%
Sep 7, 2026T21,126,83028,1234,527,2754,21419.9%
Aug 31, 2026T21,367,43731,4372,993,3425,16231.4%
Aug 24, 2026T21,559,94232,7162,188,1045,20641.6%
Aug 17, 2026T21,978,64337,5241,185,3186,17562.5%
Aug 10, 2026T22,706,03145,0961,882,2247,29559.0%
Aug 3, 2026T21,566,60735,4522,248,0705,94041.1%
Jul 27, 2026T2810,90028,1471,609,4964,52633.5%
Jul 20, 2026T2874,38332,1041,773,1835,03233.0%