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PayPal Holdings, Inc.

PYPL
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Services-Business Services, NEC
SEC CIK
0001633917

In the last 90 days, PayPal Holdings, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 5 sales; 1,401 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $28.2B in total; 5 superinvestors hold it, including Lindsell Train and Greenlight Capital.

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
28.5M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+1.27M
+4.7% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
2.25
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
12.7M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 22,300,640 sharesNov 15, 2024: 22,841,686 sharesNov 29, 2024: 22,952,289 sharesDec 13, 2024: 25,256,846 sharesDec 31, 2024: 26,802,191 sharesJan 15, 2025: 28,494,904 sharesJan 31, 2025: 24,846,253 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 32,925,199 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 36,103,360 sharesMar 14, 2025: 31,906,816 sharesMar 31, 2025: 28,325,242 sharesApr 15, 2025: 32,827,983 sharesApr 30, 2025: 27,879,790 sharesMay 15, 2025: 29,996,127 sharesMay 30, 2025: 25,718,459 sharesJun 13, 2025: 27,559,530 sharesJun 30, 2025: 26,977,132 sharesJul 15, 2025: 32,440,910 sharesJul 31, 2025: 30,055,801 sharesAug 15, 2025: 30,118,798 sharesAug 29, 2025: 30,966,009 sharesSep 15, 2025: 29,855,642 sharesSep 30, 2025: 34,624,386 sharesOct 15, 2025: 38,620,039 sharesOct 31, 2025: 44,388,346 sharesNov 14, 2025: 43,151,018 sharesNov 28, 2025: 40,184,389 sharesDec 15, 2025: 43,959,623 sharesDec 31, 2025: 44,953,402 sharesJan 15, 2026: 44,262,460 sharesJan 30, 2026: 43,016,293 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 51,758,573 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 41,844,575 sharesMar 13, 2026: 43,188,795 sharesMar 31, 2026: 45,984,040 sharesApr 15, 2026: 45,146,895 sharesApr 30, 2026: 42,814,305 sharesMay 15, 2026: 43,143,105 sharesMay 29, 2026: 49,538,499 sharesJun 15, 2026: 54,349,092 sharesJun 30, 2026: 54,915,943 sharesJul 15, 2026: 54,774,095 sharesJul 31, 2026: 39,947,641 sharesAug 14, 2026: 33,728,439 sharesAug 31, 2026: 33,367,767 sharesSep 15, 2026: 29,335,284 sharesSep 30, 2026: 29,919,083 sharesOct 15, 2026: 27,266,432 sharesOct 30, 2026: 28,540,225 shares
Short interest in PYPL by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202628.5M+1.27M+4.7%12.7M2.25
Oct 15, 202627.3M−2.65M−8.9%9.78M2.79
Sep 30, 202629.9M+583.8K+2.0%13.3M2.26
Sep 15, 202629.3M−4.03M−12.1%10.9M2.70
Aug 31, 202633.4M−360.7K−1.1%13.1M2.55
Aug 14, 202633.7M−6.22M−15.6%9.29M3.63
Jul 31, 202639.9M−14.8M−27.1%17.0M2.34
Jul 15, 202654.8M−141.8K−0.3%20.0M2.73
Jun 30, 202654.9M+566.9K+1.0%18.0M3.05
Jun 15, 202654.3M+4.81M+9.7%16.1M3.38
May 29, 202649.5M+6.40M+14.8%12.9M3.83
May 15, 202643.1M+328.8K+0.8%17.4M2.48
Apr 30, 202642.8M−2.33M−5.2%12.1M3.54
Apr 15, 202645.1M−837.1K−1.8%12.8M3.53
Mar 31, 202646.0M+2.80M+6.5%18.9M2.44
Mar 13, 202643.2M+1.34M+3.2%16.6M2.61
Feb 27, 202641.8M−9.91M−19.2%30.7M1.36
Feb 13, 202651.8M+8.74M+20.3%41.6M1.24
Jan 30, 202643.0M−1.25M−2.8%15.3M2.82
Jan 15, 202644.3M−690.9K−1.5%15.5M2.85
Dec 31, 202545.0M+993.8K+2.3%14.9M3.01
Dec 15, 202544.0M+3.78M+9.4%15.0M2.93
Nov 28, 202540.2M−2.97M−6.9%16.9M2.37
Nov 14, 202543.2M−1.24M−2.8%13.9M3.11
Oct 31, 202544.4M+5.77M+14.9%20.9M2.13
Oct 15, 202538.6M+4.00M+11.5%17.3M2.23
Sep 30, 202534.6M+4.77M+16.0%14.8M2.35
Sep 15, 202529.9M−1.11M−3.6%10.5M2.84
Aug 29, 202531.0M+847.2K+2.8%7.93M3.90
Aug 15, 202530.1M+63.0K+0.2%10.8M2.78
Jul 31, 202530.1M−2.39M−7.4%13.8M2.17
Jul 15, 202532.4M+5.46M+20.3%9.25M3.51
Jun 30, 202527.0M−582.4K−2.1%11.0M2.46
Jun 13, 202527.6M+1.84M+7.2%8.42M3.27
May 30, 202525.7M−4.28M−14.3%8.32M3.09
May 15, 202530.0M+2.12M+7.6%9.34M3.21
Apr 30, 202527.9M−4.95M−15.1%10.9M2.57
Apr 15, 202532.8M+4.50M+15.9%14.5M2.26
Mar 31, 202528.3M−3.58M−11.2%9.40M3.01
Mar 14, 202531.9M−4.20M−11.6%13.5M2.37
Feb 28, 202536.1M+3.18M+9.7%13.0M2.77
Feb 14, 202532.9M+8.08M+32.5%17.9M1.84
Jan 31, 202524.8M−3.65M−12.8%8.35M2.98
Jan 15, 202528.5M+1.69M+6.3%7.89M3.61
Dec 31, 202426.8M+1.55M+6.1%8.04M3.33
Dec 13, 202425.3M+2.30M+10.0%8.34M3.03
Nov 29, 202423.0M+110.6K+0.5%7.86M2.92
Nov 15, 202422.8M+541.0K+2.4%10.1M2.27
Oct 31, 202422.3M−1.91M−7.9%11.5M1.94

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 PYPL by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 202644$55.02$2.42K
Oct 8, 2026587$54.95$32.3K
Oct 6, 2026170$54.41$9.25K
Sep 22, 20267,000$52.62$368.3K
Sep 21, 202610,223$52.41$535.8K
Sep 18, 2026139$52.94$7.36K
Sep 15, 202622,664$54.03$1.22M
Sep 14, 202628,590$53.72$1.54M
Sep 11, 2026999$53.31$53.3K
Sep 4, 2026149,989$56.82$8.52M
Aug 28, 2026450$61.47$27.7K
Aug 26, 20261,706$62.27$106.2K
Aug 25, 20261$61.68$61.68
Aug 24, 20267,298$61.55$449.2K
Aug 20, 202623,189$61.25$1.42M
Aug 18, 202671,440$60.47$4.32M
Aug 17, 202613,096$61.66$807.5K
Aug 14, 2026492,998$60.59$29.9M
Aug 13, 20266,461$59.20$382.5K
Aug 12, 2026167$59.00$9.85K
Aug 10, 20267,959$59.07$470.1K
Aug 7, 202616,133$59.78$964.4K
Aug 6, 20261,024$57.93$59.3K
Aug 5, 202673$58.54$4.27K
Aug 4, 202618,366$57.87$1.06M
Aug 3, 202612,865$57.21$736.0K
Jul 30, 202615,728$58.35$917.7K
Jul 29, 20266,643$58.32$387.4K
Jul 28, 20263,044$56.07$170.7K
Jul 27, 20261,100$56.15$61.8K

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 PYPL by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026633,0506,5731,778,19335.6%
Nov 9, 20261,474,0686,6833,567,38341.3%
Nov 6, 2026755,46712,3551,862,54640.6%
Nov 5, 2026950,4039,9923,046,71631.2%
Nov 4, 2026830,9301,3294,344,60219.1%
Nov 3, 2026776,9762,3162,058,71937.7%
Nov 2, 2026910,2326,7005,511,20016.5%
Oct 30, 20261,325,8257,9753,939,56833.7%
Oct 29, 20261,213,3659,1562,669,13045.5%
Oct 28, 20261,294,1666,8202,568,61650.4%
Oct 27, 20262,408,9164,4395,170,71946.6%
Oct 26, 20262,197,910693,791,06358.0%
Oct 23, 2026710,0162,0351,810,56039.2%
Oct 22, 2026807,5655,0601,976,26640.9%
Oct 21, 2026977,2396,2652,768,18035.3%
Oct 20, 2026828,7673,2992,579,73632.1%
Oct 19, 20261,045,3091,9072,311,31245.2%
Oct 16, 2026844,1774,1402,790,76830.2%
Oct 15, 2026819,4551,4592,622,52531.2%
Oct 14, 2026890,62312,1652,155,00841.3%
Oct 13, 2026584,4318971,869,87131.3%
Oct 12, 2026733,6171,5022,283,73332.1%
Oct 9, 2026838,5912,7602,578,64132.5%
Oct 8, 20261,779,3349053,996,59644.5%
Oct 7, 20261,310,0539,7102,500,86052.4%
Oct 6, 20261,065,7474,9272,155,57749.4%
Oct 5, 20261,505,3304,8802,775,04554.2%
Oct 2, 20261,339,7302,2222,820,93847.5%
Oct 1, 20261,220,8791,9663,318,68136.8%
Sep 30, 20261,713,1868,9013,445,02849.7%

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 PYPL
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T16,230,542103,53826,339,46363,88619.1%
Oct 12, 2026T16,442,23896,2878,465,35365,45743.2%
Oct 5, 2026T17,523,949101,7358,773,28462,76646.2%
Sep 28, 2026T18,389,222119,65410,090,76871,33045.4%
Sep 21, 2026T113,126,334159,61415,002,81390,85046.7%
Sep 14, 2026T16,258,473116,34915,590,31467,23328.6%
Sep 7, 2026T17,837,130119,8207,631,17762,37350.7%
Aug 31, 2026T112,278,550149,95214,950,883108,14645.1%
Aug 24, 2026T111,114,451157,05723,868,885135,28431.8%
Aug 17, 2026T18,136,756127,73410,476,86686,25843.7%
Aug 10, 2026T16,531,463101,22611,540,16381,25136.1%
Aug 3, 2026T15,580,410103,6909,891,66292,78036.1%