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Rollins Inc

ROL
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings
SEC CIK
0000084839

In the last 90 days, Rollins Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 0 sales; 836 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $11.8B in total; superinvestors Markel Group and Fundsmith 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.

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
26.8M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+1.80M
+7.2% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
3.73
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
7.19M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 5,692,030 sharesNov 15, 2024: 5,996,010 sharesNov 29, 2024: 6,790,880 sharesDec 13, 2024: 6,627,100 sharesDec 31, 2024: 6,298,553 sharesJan 15, 2025: 5,793,899 sharesJan 31, 2025: 5,249,075 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 5,740,516 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 5,511,710 sharesMar 14, 2025: 6,095,601 sharesMar 31, 2025: 5,498,883 sharesApr 15, 2025: 6,271,886 sharesApr 30, 2025: 6,651,446 sharesMay 15, 2025: 7,519,892 sharesMay 30, 2025: 7,045,315 sharesJun 13, 2025: 7,463,753 sharesJun 30, 2025: 8,329,438 sharesJul 15, 2025: 6,889,375 sharesJul 31, 2025: 6,670,105 sharesAug 15, 2025: 7,706,846 sharesAug 29, 2025: 7,641,684 sharesSep 15, 2025: 8,272,835 sharesSep 30, 2025: 8,803,729 sharesOct 15, 2025: 8,087,964 sharesOct 31, 2025: 7,308,968 sharesNov 14, 2025: 7,818,886 sharesNov 28, 2025: 9,269,994 sharesDec 15, 2025: 8,816,497 sharesDec 31, 2025: 9,511,140 sharesJan 15, 2026: 8,797,781 sharesJan 30, 2026: 8,277,385 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 9,643,953 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 10,486,601 sharesMar 13, 2026: 9,126,691 sharesMar 31, 2026: 11,931,852 sharesApr 15, 2026: 9,100,420 sharesApr 30, 2026: 8,691,887 sharesMay 15, 2026: 10,103,221 sharesMay 29, 2026: 10,057,056 sharesJun 15, 2026: 9,341,142 sharesJun 30, 2026: 14,181,665 sharesJul 15, 2026: 13,091,162 sharesJul 31, 2026: 19,112,125 sharesAug 14, 2026: 13,227,372 sharesAug 31, 2026: 15,282,254 sharesSep 15, 2026: 18,225,533 sharesSep 30, 2026: 27,371,805 sharesOct 15, 2026: 25,019,533 sharesOct 30, 2026: 26,817,244 shares
Short interest in ROL by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202626.8M+1.80M+7.2%7.19M3.73
Oct 15, 202625.0M−2.35M−8.6%7.61M3.29
Sep 30, 202627.4M+9.15M+50.2%9.74M2.81
Sep 15, 202618.2M+2.94M+19.3%5.14M3.55
Aug 31, 202615.3M+2.05M+15.5%4.03M3.79
Aug 14, 202613.2M−5.88M−30.8%5.27M2.51
Jul 31, 202619.1M+6.02M+46.0%7.47M2.56
Jul 15, 202613.1M−1.09M−7.7%4.29M3.05
Jun 30, 202614.2M+4.84M+51.8%5.13M2.76
Jun 15, 20269.34M−715.9K−7.1%4.96M1.88
May 29, 202610.1M−46.2K−0.5%4.29M2.35
May 15, 202610.1M+1.41M+16.2%2.80M3.61
Apr 30, 20268.69M−408.5K−4.5%2.91M2.99
Apr 15, 20269.10M−2.83M−23.7%2.57M3.55
Mar 31, 202611.9M+2.81M+30.7%3.07M3.89
Mar 13, 20269.13M−1.36M−13.0%2.95M3.09
Feb 27, 202610.5M+842.6K+8.7%3.77M2.78
Feb 13, 20269.64M+1.37M+16.5%4.51M2.14
Jan 30, 20268.28M−520.4K−5.9%2.26M3.66
Jan 15, 20268.80M−713.4K−7.5%2.05M4.29
Dec 31, 20259.51M+694.6K+7.9%2.54M3.75
Dec 15, 20258.82M−453.5K−4.9%2.36M3.73
Nov 28, 20259.27M+1.45M+18.6%2.52M3.68
Nov 14, 20257.82M+509.9K+7.0%4.02M1.95
Oct 31, 20257.31M−779.0K−9.6%2.01M3.63
Oct 15, 20258.09M−715.8K−8.1%1.66M4.87
Sep 30, 20258.80M+530.9K+6.4%2.18M4.04
Sep 15, 20258.27M+631.2K+8.3%1.40M5.89
Aug 29, 20257.64M−65.2K−0.9%1.44M5.31
Aug 15, 20257.71M+1.04M+15.5%1.34M5.74
Jul 31, 20256.67M−219.3K−3.2%1.87M3.57
Jul 15, 20256.89M−1.44M−17.3%1.37M5.04
Jun 30, 20258.33M+865.7K+11.6%1.90M4.39
Jun 13, 20257.46M+418.4K+5.9%1.57M4.74
May 30, 20257.05M−474.6K−6.3%1.99M3.53
May 15, 20257.52M+868.4K+13.1%1.99M3.78
Apr 30, 20256.65M+379.6K+6.1%2.25M2.95
Apr 15, 20256.27M+773.0K+14.1%2.84M2.21
Mar 31, 20255.50M−596.7K−9.8%1.91M2.89
Mar 14, 20256.10M+583.9K+10.6%2.06M2.96
Feb 28, 20255.51M−228.8K−4.0%1.60M3.44
Feb 14, 20255.74M+491.4K+9.4%2.13M2.70
Jan 31, 20255.25M−544.8K−9.4%1.59M3.30
Jan 15, 20255.79M−504.7K−8.0%1.57M3.68
Dec 31, 20246.30M−328.5K−5.0%1.73M3.65
Dec 13, 20246.63M−163.8K−2.4%1.42M4.67
Nov 29, 20246.79M+794.9K+13.3%1.53M4.43
Nov 15, 20246.00M+304.0K+5.3%1.87M3.21
Oct 31, 20245.69M−433.5K−7.1%1.73M3.29

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 ROL by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 20263,256$32.07$104.4K
Oct 9, 20264,022$32.26$129.7K
Oct 8, 2026175$30.87$5.40K
Oct 5, 20261,121$30.16$33.8K
Sep 30, 202642$30.50$1.28K
Sep 18, 202665$33.00$2.15K
Sep 17, 2026582$33.53$19.5K
Sep 11, 202677$34.56$2.66K
Sep 4, 2026172$35.71$6.14K
Aug 31, 20263,317$36.38$120.7K
Aug 28, 20262,882$35.94$103.6K
Aug 14, 202695$36.22$3.44K
Aug 7, 20267,817$36.83$287.9K
Jul 14, 20264$44.92$179.68
Jul 10, 2026214$44.77$9.58K
Jul 9, 2026100$44.95$4.50K
Jul 7, 20262,986$42.73$127.6K
Jun 30, 202617,202$42.28$727.3K
Jun 29, 20263,670$43.27$158.8K
Jun 26, 202665$42.80$2.78K
Jun 22, 202647,835$44.96$2.15M
Jun 18, 20262,448$45.13$110.5K
Jun 3, 202623$45.04$1.04K
Jun 2, 202638$46.32$1.76K
May 26, 2026137$53.46$7.32K
May 22, 202627$53.02$1.43K
May 20, 202618,535$53.74$996.1K
May 13, 20266$52.98$317.88
May 12, 2026220$52.88$11.6K
May 4, 202643$54.78$2.36K

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 ROL by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026627,6369821,006,39362.4%
Nov 9, 20261,138,31421,1172,035,01255.9%
Nov 6, 20261,071,0805632,648,90340.4%
Nov 5, 20261,654,9881,8822,434,14868.0%
Nov 4, 20261,640,8744702,847,21457.6%
Nov 3, 20262,297,34619,3233,327,76969.0%
Nov 2, 2026925,5451,1701,528,90460.5%
Oct 30, 20261,104,4883641,688,86265.4%
Oct 29, 20261,713,9074052,439,03470.3%
Oct 28, 2026816,7304991,708,46147.8%
Oct 27, 20261,929,53327,3452,640,24273.1%
Oct 26, 20262,110,81913,3112,912,48572.5%
Oct 23, 20262,274,2872554,348,24552.3%
Oct 22, 20262,805,4224,8444,903,58757.2%
Oct 21, 20261,117,4448,4572,652,62242.1%
Oct 20, 2026791,1341,3101,594,60949.6%
Oct 19, 20261,037,8633,3462,292,94345.3%
Oct 16, 20261,467,5734,6002,129,58968.9%
Oct 15, 20261,915,3182,9733,520,07154.4%
Oct 14, 2026771,6644,8071,522,64850.7%
Oct 13, 20261,130,9683,7121,786,23963.3%
Oct 12, 20261,145,4774,5451,844,18162.1%
Oct 9, 20261,496,8302,2952,593,22257.7%
Oct 8, 20262,945,5509275,047,02958.4%
Oct 7, 20261,065,8782,0522,742,06638.9%
Oct 6, 20261,530,15403,675,73841.6%
Oct 5, 20261,538,2351,4452,382,65664.6%
Oct 2, 2026846,899102,068,27240.9%
Oct 1, 20261,381,9612,0062,816,48549.1%
Sep 30, 20261,894,5823003,837,59249.4%

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 ROL
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T110,972,528132,1046,602,38930,68962.4%
Oct 12, 2026T17,603,251105,3586,831,38225,16052.7%
Oct 5, 2026T110,956,644122,6407,480,94731,39059.4%
Sep 28, 2026T112,236,801143,9977,007,84232,81963.6%
Sep 21, 2026T112,968,789153,9766,521,14535,76966.5%
Sep 14, 2026T17,469,996117,9618,709,71129,08246.2%
Sep 7, 2026T14,391,04086,1062,654,64722,59562.3%
Aug 31, 2026T15,875,47397,8254,045,72224,99659.2%
Aug 24, 2026T14,829,92683,8113,268,46025,43959.6%
Aug 17, 2026T15,632,56197,9802,953,55822,84665.6%
Aug 10, 2026T16,893,293103,3064,225,25828,81662.0%
Aug 3, 2026T17,232,377110,5213,448,62029,43967.7%