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Dollar General Corp

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Retail-Variety Stores
SEC CIK
0000029534

In the last 90 days, Dollar General Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 1 sale; 1,137 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $24.8B in total; superinvestors Markel Group and Semper Augustus hold 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.

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Short interest

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

Short interest
5.25M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−684.1K
−11.5% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
2.30
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
2.28M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 6,553,801 sharesNov 15, 2024: 7,211,782 sharesNov 29, 2024: 8,267,851 sharesDec 13, 2024: 9,114,150 sharesDec 31, 2024: 10,900,817 sharesJan 15, 2025: 10,130,108 sharesJan 31, 2025: 12,929,026 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 11,038,888 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 10,606,142 sharesMar 14, 2025: 11,535,418 sharesMar 31, 2025: 10,845,664 sharesApr 15, 2025: 8,868,572 sharesApr 30, 2025: 9,857,276 sharesMay 15, 2025: 9,091,074 sharesMay 30, 2025: 7,852,518 sharesJun 13, 2025: 8,407,092 sharesJun 30, 2025: 7,724,636 sharesJul 15, 2025: 8,051,911 sharesJul 31, 2025: 8,621,844 sharesAug 15, 2025: 8,212,180 sharesAug 29, 2025: 8,294,138 sharesSep 15, 2025: 9,096,507 sharesSep 30, 2025: 8,669,278 sharesOct 15, 2025: 7,907,936 sharesOct 31, 2025: 9,272,144 sharesNov 14, 2025: 11,642,602 sharesNov 28, 2025: 12,337,483 sharesDec 15, 2025: 10,930,061 sharesDec 31, 2025: 10,052,063 sharesJan 15, 2026: 8,276,972 sharesJan 30, 2026: 7,802,159 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 6,994,093 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 7,630,703 sharesMar 13, 2026: 8,687,763 sharesMar 31, 2026: 8,972,945 sharesApr 15, 2026: 8,253,590 sharesApr 30, 2026: 8,027,410 sharesMay 15, 2026: 8,233,002 sharesMay 29, 2026: 8,883,344 sharesJun 15, 2026: 7,900,940 sharesJun 30, 2026: 8,264,353 sharesJul 15, 2026: 8,090,747 sharesJul 31, 2026: 7,524,336 sharesAug 14, 2026: 6,509,120 sharesAug 31, 2026: 5,887,587 sharesSep 15, 2026: 6,030,543 sharesSep 30, 2026: 6,653,950 sharesOct 15, 2026: 5,938,498 sharesOct 30, 2026: 5,254,415 shares
Short interest in DG by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20265.25M−684.1K−11.5%2.28M2.30
Oct 15, 20265.94M−715.5K−10.8%1.93M3.07
Sep 30, 20266.65M+623.4K+10.3%2.52M2.64
Sep 15, 20266.03M+143.0K+2.4%2.51M2.41
Aug 31, 20265.89M−621.5K−9.6%2.83M2.08
Aug 14, 20266.51M−1.02M−13.5%1.86M3.50
Jul 31, 20267.52M−566.4K−7.0%2.33M3.23
Jul 15, 20268.09M−173.6K−2.1%2.57M3.14
Jun 30, 20268.26M+363.4K+4.6%3.21M2.58
Jun 15, 20267.90M−982.4K−11.1%4.17M1.90
May 29, 20268.88M+650.3K+7.9%4.19M2.12
May 15, 20268.23M+205.6K+2.6%3.81M2.16
Apr 30, 20268.03M−226.2K−2.7%2.59M3.10
Apr 15, 20268.25M−719.4K−8.0%3.17M2.60
Mar 31, 20268.97M+285.2K+3.3%3.61M2.48
Mar 13, 20268.69M+1.06M+13.9%3.81M2.28
Feb 27, 20267.63M+636.6K+9.1%2.66M2.87
Feb 13, 20266.99M−808.1K−10.4%2.74M2.55
Jan 30, 20267.80M−474.8K−5.7%3.11M2.51
Jan 15, 20268.28M−1.78M−17.7%3.62M2.29
Dec 31, 202510.1M−878.0K−8.0%3.20M3.15
Dec 15, 202510.9M−1.41M−11.4%6.00M1.82
Nov 28, 202512.3M+694.9K+6.0%2.75M4.49
Nov 14, 202511.6M+2.37M+25.6%2.89M4.02
Oct 31, 20259.27M+1.36M+17.3%2.34M3.96
Oct 15, 20257.91M−761.3K−8.8%3.44M2.30
Sep 30, 20258.67M−427.2K−4.7%3.36M2.58
Sep 15, 20259.10M+802.4K+9.7%2.98M3.05
Aug 29, 20258.29M+82.0K+1.0%3.40M2.44
Aug 15, 20258.21M−409.7K−4.8%2.94M2.79
Jul 31, 20258.62M+569.9K+7.1%2.58M3.35
Jul 15, 20258.05M+327.3K+4.2%2.63M3.06
Jun 30, 20257.72M−682.5K−8.1%3.22M2.40
Jun 13, 20258.41M+554.6K+7.1%4.80M1.75
May 30, 20257.85M−1.24M−13.6%3.63M2.16
May 15, 20259.09M−766.2K−7.8%3.54M2.57
Apr 30, 20259.86M+988.7K+11.2%3.56M2.77
Apr 15, 20258.87M−1.98M−18.2%6.54M1.36
Mar 31, 202510.8M−689.8K−6.0%4.36M2.49
Mar 14, 202511.5M+929.3K+8.8%5.06M2.28
Feb 28, 202510.6M−432.7K−3.9%3.79M2.80
Feb 14, 202511.0M−1.89M−14.6%2.93M3.77
Jan 31, 202512.9M+2.80M+27.6%3.36M3.85
Jan 15, 202510.1M−770.7K−7.1%3.85M2.63
Dec 31, 202410.9M+1.79M+19.6%3.76M2.90
Dec 13, 20249.11M+846.3K+10.2%4.83M1.89
Nov 29, 20248.27M+1.06M+14.6%3.76M2.20
Nov 15, 20247.21M+658.0K+10.0%4.29M1.68
Oct 31, 20246.55M+469.4K+7.7%3.88M1.69

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 DG by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 202617,852$126.54$2.26M
Oct 9, 2026122$124.27$15.2K
Oct 6, 202616$119.32$1.91K
Sep 29, 2026169$124.37$21.0K
Sep 21, 20263,489$122.41$427.1K
Sep 15, 2026193$129.17$24.9K
Sep 14, 20262,515$124.58$313.3K
Sep 8, 20261,000$133.21$133.2K
Sep 4, 20266,529$131.26$857.0K
Aug 31, 202649$122.89$6.02K
Aug 12, 202657$120.07$6.84K
Aug 7, 202682$127.45$10.5K
Aug 5, 202614$127.26$1.78K
Aug 4, 202617,276$127.72$2.21M
Aug 3, 2026100$127.05$12.7K
Jul 27, 20262,744$117.23$321.7K
Jul 20, 2026209$125.75$26.3K
Jun 22, 202615$113.45$1.70K
Jun 17, 20266$113.75$682.5
Jun 16, 20266,956$116.39$809.6K
Jun 15, 20266,854$114.80$786.8K
Jun 11, 20265$109.96$549.8
Jun 10, 2026109$109.38$11.9K
Jun 8, 2026506$103.70$52.5K
Jun 4, 2026112,517$105.09$11.8M
Jun 3, 20262$106.27$212.54
Jun 1, 202620$110.61$2.21K
May 26, 20261,984$105.65$209.6K
May 14, 2026537$101.75$54.6K
Apr 20, 2026200$126.68$25.3K

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 DG by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026274,821500649,11642.3%
Nov 9, 2026377,559545918,78541.1%
Nov 6, 2026260,639264778,28733.5%
Nov 5, 2026657,296661,951,74333.7%
Nov 4, 2026480,260161,641,40529.3%
Nov 3, 2026293,643417584,49750.2%
Nov 2, 2026536,728136921,09158.3%
Oct 30, 2026287,7711,630600,49547.9%
Oct 29, 2026271,69866680,66839.9%
Oct 28, 2026298,56527,316685,69343.5%
Oct 27, 2026311,302148904,52534.4%
Oct 26, 20261,013,0893,5312,103,58248.2%
Oct 23, 2026420,560107826,01350.9%
Oct 22, 2026486,95701,106,36144.0%
Oct 21, 2026382,52461809,67347.2%
Oct 20, 2026220,8830455,01948.5%
Oct 19, 2026330,6210744,16644.4%
Oct 16, 2026338,1522,071672,66250.3%
Oct 15, 2026501,4191,6791,037,33648.3%
Oct 14, 2026406,1251,627835,36048.6%
Oct 13, 2026196,062487456,42243.0%
Oct 12, 2026231,062318408,68756.5%
Oct 9, 2026270,226134701,15938.5%
Oct 8, 2026281,4704,000683,88741.2%
Oct 7, 2026266,3258,414573,52146.4%
Oct 6, 2026437,18325950,76146.0%
Oct 5, 2026331,1612,061664,21749.9%
Oct 2, 2026304,6580607,66150.1%
Oct 1, 2026217,2996580,58537.4%
Sep 30, 2026325,3700872,85837.3%

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 DG
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T13,020,21070,1301,484,31127,69567.0%
Oct 12, 2026T12,561,26268,6461,613,24626,94161.4%
Oct 5, 2026T12,604,25072,5231,633,42327,32961.5%
Sep 28, 2026T12,973,52872,7341,898,97528,68861.0%
Sep 21, 2026T12,855,27565,4252,289,88428,56655.5%
Sep 14, 2026T13,810,23395,1101,753,10327,34068.5%
Sep 7, 2026T12,674,81267,4401,212,88326,20268.8%
Aug 31, 2026T14,040,21296,4551,764,30233,42569.6%
Aug 24, 2026T15,315,23299,1991,871,13737,46974.0%
Aug 17, 2026T13,084,39377,0571,234,66726,35271.4%
Aug 10, 2026T13,324,49172,3581,064,12527,94775.8%
Aug 3, 2026T12,569,75860,711971,22324,97172.6%