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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

PLRX
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
SEC CIK
0001746473

No open-market purchases or sales by Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 86 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $54.8M 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
4.88M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+246.5K
+5.3% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
16.20
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
301.4K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 7,215,830 sharesNov 15, 2024: 7,291,853 sharesNov 29, 2024: 7,242,084 sharesDec 13, 2024: 7,223,567 sharesDec 31, 2024: 7,167,979 sharesJan 15, 2025: 7,538,612 sharesJan 31, 2025: 7,234,821 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 3,535,747 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,288,803 sharesMar 14, 2025: 3,978,061 sharesMar 31, 2025: 4,408,424 sharesApr 15, 2025: 5,089,401 sharesApr 30, 2025: 5,147,283 sharesMay 15, 2025: 5,038,014 sharesMay 30, 2025: 3,921,167 sharesJun 13, 2025: 3,364,746 sharesJun 30, 2025: 2,734,036 sharesJul 15, 2025: 2,877,684 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,276,920 sharesAug 15, 2025: 3,318,100 sharesAug 29, 2025: 3,357,945 sharesSep 15, 2025: 3,737,575 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,749,724 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,827,992 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,723,100 sharesNov 14, 2025: 3,851,283 sharesNov 28, 2025: 3,993,673 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,182,879 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,100,213 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,750,180 sharesJan 30, 2026: 4,181,177 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 4,156,054 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,785,164 sharesMar 13, 2026: 3,799,636 sharesMar 31, 2026: 4,025,957 sharesApr 15, 2026: 3,640,410 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,431,231 sharesMay 15, 2026: 3,444,679 sharesMay 29, 2026: 3,436,210 sharesJun 15, 2026: 2,816,654 sharesJun 30, 2026: 2,582,648 sharesJul 15, 2026: 2,821,841 sharesJul 31, 2026: 2,806,615 sharesAug 14, 2026: 2,768,737 sharesAug 31, 2026: 3,278,573 sharesSep 15, 2026: 3,692,416 sharesSep 30, 2026: 4,246,484 sharesOct 15, 2026: 4,634,593 sharesOct 30, 2026: 4,881,070 shares
Short interest in PLRX by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20264.88M+246.5K+5.3%301.4K16.20
Oct 15, 20264.63M+388.1K+9.1%447.4K10.36
Sep 30, 20264.25M+554.1K+15.0%372.4K11.40
Sep 15, 20263.69M+413.8K+12.6%416.1K8.87
Aug 31, 20263.28M+509.8K+18.4%456.3K7.19
Aug 14, 20262.77M−37.9K−1.4%361.8K7.65
Jul 31, 20262.81M−15.2K−0.5%490.1K5.73
Jul 15, 20262.82M+239.2K+9.3%862.2K3.27
Jun 30, 20262.58M−234.0K−8.3%367.6K7.03
Jun 15, 20262.82M−619.6K−18.0%537.7K5.24
May 29, 20263.44M−8.47K−0.3%568.9K6.04
May 15, 20263.44M+13.4K+0.4%329.8K10.44
Apr 30, 20263.43M−209.2K−5.8%644.1K5.33
Apr 15, 20263.64M−385.5K−9.6%348.8K10.44
Mar 31, 20264.03M+226.3K+6.0%562.1K7.16
Mar 13, 20263.80M+14.5K+0.4%483.1K7.86
Feb 27, 20263.79M−370.9K−8.9%777.4K4.87
Feb 13, 20264.16M−25.1K−0.6%797.8K5.21
Jan 30, 20264.18M+431.0K+11.5%975.7K4.29
Jan 15, 20263.75M+650.0K+21.0%1.08M3.48
Dec 31, 20253.10M−82.7K−2.6%790.1K3.92
Dec 15, 20253.18M−810.8K−20.3%2.72M1.17
Nov 28, 20253.99M+142.4K+3.7%871.4K4.58
Nov 14, 20253.85M+128.2K+3.4%703.4K5.48
Oct 31, 20253.72M−104.9K−2.7%1.11M3.36
Oct 15, 20253.83M+78.3K+2.1%772.9K4.95
Sep 30, 20253.75M+12.1K+0.3%371.3K10.10
Sep 15, 20253.74M+379.6K+11.3%786.2K4.75
Aug 29, 20253.36M+39.8K+1.2%693.1K4.85
Aug 15, 20253.32M+41.2K+1.3%1.28M2.59
Jul 31, 20253.28M+399.2K+13.9%1.12M2.93
Jul 15, 20252.88M+143.6K+5.3%1.23M2.35
Jun 30, 20252.73M−630.7K−18.7%2.20M1.24
Jun 13, 20253.36M−556.4K−14.2%897.8K3.75
May 30, 20253.92M−1.12M−22.2%1.32M2.96
May 15, 20255.04M−109.3K−2.1%684.5K7.36
Apr 30, 20255.15M+57.9K+1.1%668.5K7.70
Apr 15, 20255.09M+681.0K+15.5%1.34M3.79
Mar 31, 20254.41M+430.4K+10.8%2.02M2.18
Mar 14, 20253.98M+689.3K+21.0%4.62M1.00
Feb 28, 20253.29M−246.9K−7.0%2.61M1.26
Feb 14, 20253.54M−3.70M−51.1%5.52M1.00
Jan 31, 20257.23M−303.8K−4.0%571.3K12.66
Jan 15, 20257.54M+370.6K+5.2%376.7K20.01
Dec 31, 20247.17M−55.6K−0.8%693.3K10.34
Dec 13, 20247.22M−18.5K−0.3%479.5K15.07
Nov 29, 20247.24M−49.8K−0.7%557.1K13.00
Nov 15, 20247.29M+76.0K+1.1%454.7K16.04
Oct 31, 20247.22M+265.0K+3.8%384.7K18.76

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 PLRX by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 20261,382$1.00$1.38K
Sep 10, 202673$1.15$83.95
Sep 9, 202674$1.14$84.36
Aug 26, 20264,110$1.19$4.89K
Aug 21, 20266,923$1.12$7.75K
Aug 20, 202669,303$1.17$81.1K
Aug 13, 20264$1.07$4.28
Aug 11, 20261$1.04$1.04
Aug 10, 20261,668$1.05$1.75K
Aug 4, 2026523$1.04$543.92
Aug 3, 2026232$1.04$241.28
Jul 29, 20268$1.07$8.56
Jul 1, 2026355$1.14$404.7
Jun 30, 20264,311$1.15$4.96K
Jun 11, 20261,922$1.16$2.23K
Jun 10, 20261,072$1.19$1.28K
May 13, 20264,525$1.18$5.34K
May 8, 20266,197$1.24$7.68K
May 7, 2026285$1.23$350.55
Apr 9, 20262,363$1.36$3.21K
Mar 26, 20261,000$1.31$1.31K
Mar 24, 20263,998$1.29$5.16K
Dec 22, 202519$1.23$23.37
Nov 28, 20251,402$1.58$2.22K
Nov 24, 20251,176$1.55$1.82K
Nov 21, 20251,385$1.56$2.16K
Nov 14, 20253$1.72$5.16
Oct 22, 20251,282$1.87$2.40K
Oct 17, 202510,201$1.65$16.8K
Oct 14, 202512,875$1.49$19.2K

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 PLRX by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 202674,544600195,27938.2%
Nov 9, 202629,7650102,33329.1%
Nov 6, 202619,9414468,77529.0%
Nov 5, 202664,4850129,11249.9%
Nov 4, 202619,755097,70520.2%
Nov 3, 202618,992049,99038.0%
Nov 2, 202657,0900151,24137.7%
Oct 30, 202635,36712375,73446.7%
Oct 29, 202647,192096,73448.8%
Oct 28, 202612,472065,99318.9%
Oct 27, 202620,3780151,09013.5%
Oct 26, 202661,6880146,34242.2%
Oct 23, 202694,7050189,14950.1%
Oct 22, 202681,9050139,74258.6%
Oct 21, 202667,3750203,11633.2%
Oct 20, 202663,5680150,54742.2%
Oct 19, 202646,97860114,05841.2%
Oct 16, 2026119,0960385,37930.9%
Oct 15, 2026147,5840312,54547.2%
Oct 14, 2026344,30550617,53355.8%
Oct 13, 2026106,5590150,92670.6%
Oct 12, 202624,3890135,83318.0%
Oct 9, 202660,4760134,24645.0%
Oct 8, 2026150,0720333,86744.9%
Oct 7, 2026197,0940425,37446.3%
Oct 6, 202665,9020139,23047.3%
Oct 5, 202685,1570142,90559.6%
Oct 2, 202667,036780222,12830.2%
Oct 1, 2026104,8800174,74760.0%
Sep 30, 202655,8730107,24852.1%

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 PLRX
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2205,0821,456976,2351,41117.4%
Sep 28, 2026T2129,6451,450642,37397116.8%
Sep 21, 2026T2151,988976539,5091,16322.0%
Sep 14, 2026T2215,3911,685383,81799435.9%
Sep 7, 2026T299,278809504,6801,13016.4%
Aug 31, 2026T2196,8811,383991,2601,14416.6%
Aug 24, 2026T279,8441,258431,89896115.6%
Aug 17, 2026T2313,8531,4731,663,4282,05015.9%
Aug 10, 2026T2149,3742,0341,146,47195011.5%
Aug 3, 2026T2193,310835581,76894224.9%
Jul 27, 2026T2148,0731,112600,4001,14419.8%
Jul 20, 2026T2322,1531,6831,589,0601,74316.9%