Short interest / KRG / Positioning report
NYSE ยท Real Estate ยท Reit - Retail

KRG Short Interest Intelligence

Kite Realty Group Trust

Short interest rose while price fell. The bearish trade is currently being confirmed by price.

Reported shares short13.9M+7.4% source comparison
Days to cover7.95Reported daily-volume units
Price in report interval-0.4%Weekly closes at the two settlements
Evidence history12Broader history ยท stored reports shown
Keep the two clocks separate

What was reported. What changed since.

Positions are a delayed snapshot. The later price path adds context; it does not reveal todayโ€™s short position or prove that covering caused a move.

01 ยท Reported position

15 Sep 2026

13.9M shares

Previous stored settlement 31 Aug 2026. +7.4% reported change.

Stored 27 Sep 2026 16:22. These timestamps are not a verified publication history.
02 ยท Price at that point

11 Sep 2026

USD 25.89

Last stored weekly close on or before settlement, no more than ten days earlier.

The report-interval comparison starts at 28 Aug 2026.
03 ยท Latest price context

25 Sep 2026

USD 24.78

-4.3% since the settlement-aligned close.

Short positioning may have changed since the report.
Completed weekly closes

The price path continues beyond the report.

The shaded interval begins at the latest short-interest settlement. It separates later price evidence from the position snapshot; it is not an event-return study.

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Reported position and trading activity

Is the position unusualโ€”or the volume?

Inspect actual levels as well as historical ranks. A high rank within a short history is not evidence of a large percentage of float being short.

Outstanding reported positions

Reported Short Interest

Shares short at each settlement. These are outstanding positions, not daily short-sale transaction volume.

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Reported ratio

Days To Cover

Short shares relative to reported average daily trading volume. Invalid ratios are left as gaps; this is not a deadline to close positions.

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Comparable consecutive settlements

How quickly are positions changing?

Percentage changes calculated from adjacent stored reports, excluding known split boundaries and intervals longer than 35 days.

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Volume denominator

The trading activity behind the ratio.

Provider-reported average daily volume for each settlement. A lower denominator can raise days to cover even when short shares fall.

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Separate position growth from volume contraction

What moved the covering ratio?

Reconstructed as shares divided by reported average daily volume. It can differ from a rounded or minimum-one provider ratio.

The change, step by step.

Prior ratio6.20 days
After position change6.66 days
After volume change7.95 days

Position changes first at the prior volume; then volume changes at the latest position. This exact decomposition depends on that order.

Largest absolute contributor

Trading-volume change

Position contribution
0.46 days
Volume contribution
1.28 days
Net ratio change
1.74 days
Average-volume change
-16.2%
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How sensitive is the arithmetic?

Illustrate a reduction in reported shorts using a chosen share of trading activity. Real execution depends on supply, price, borrowing terms and other participants.

Calculated trading-day equivalents, not an expected covering time or squeeze forecast.
Half normal volumeโ€”
Reported average volumeโ€”
Twice normal volumeโ€”

Shares ร— reduction รท (average volume ร— volume multiplier ร— participation).

Conditional playbook

What would strengthenโ€”or challengeโ€”the case?

Use the evidence as a sequence of checks. None of these scenarios establishes a price target or an automatic trade.

Continuation

Weakness persists

Rising reported shorts accompanied falling price. Continued weakness supports the bearish interpretation; a recovery through the earlier range would challenge it.

Alternative

The report loses relevance

Price may have moved materially since settlement. Treat a new trend, event or volume shock as fresh evidence; the next report can reveal a different position.

What challenges the case

Price and the thesis separate

A reversal through the recent price range, a new corporate action or the opposite position change in the next report calls for a fresh assessment. High short interest alone is not confirmation.

Earlier 13 weekly closes ยท price references for reviewing a changeHigh USD 29.62Low USD 25.43Excludes the latest close. These levels describe the recent range, not a validated entry or stop rule.
Explain the setup

The measures behind the label.

Historical position rank82/100
Shares short within comparable stored history; not percent of float.
Historical days-to-cover rank82/100
Reported ratio within its comparable history; not a covering deadline.
Squeeze setup fit0/100
Requires increased shorts, rising price and elevated historical positioning.
Bearish setup fit59/100
Requires increased shorts alongside falling price.
Positioning divergence0/100
Both position and price rise, or both fall. A relationship to investigate.
Same settlement comparison

Where it sits among peers.

Reit - Retail

26 other companies with usable reported ratios on 15 Sep 2026.

KRG reported days to cover
7.95
Peer median
6.40
Peers at or below this ratio
69%

Industry where at least five other ratios are available; otherwise sector. Ratios compare volume capacity, not borrow cost, float exposure or business quality.

What this evidence does not contain

No verified short-float percentage, live borrow fee, loan availability or lender concentration is supplied by these reports. Reported short positions can include hedges. A rise in price does not prove forced covering.

Source observations ยท latest 60 maximum

The short-interest ledger.

12 stored observations from 31 Mar 2026. Historical ranks use up to 40 comparable reports; newer source revisions can alter the record.

SettlementShares shortProvider previousProvider changeReported days coverAverage daily volume
15 Sep 202613,928,15312,967,4317.4%7.951,752,486
31 Aug 202612,967,43112,640,7492.6%6.202,090,426
14 Aug 202612,640,74912,887,962-1.9%4.033,134,551
31 Jul 202612,887,96213,102,588-1.6%5.062,545,011
15 Jul 202613,102,58812,600,9234.0%5.282,480,944
30 Jun 202612,600,92312,871,121-2.1%4.133,052,028
15 Jun 202612,871,12113,608,377-5.4%6.661,931,846
29 May 202613,608,37713,432,3781.3%7.761,753,430
15 May 202613,432,37815,307,106-12.3%5.922,267,396
30 Apr 202615,307,10615,631,689-2.1%7.102,157,167
15 Apr 202615,631,68913,618,96414.8%9.521,641,593
31 Mar 202613,618,96415,164,185-10.2%8.271,645,871
Position and price across earlier report intervals

Descriptive comparisons of stored settlement intervals. These were not necessarily known at the interval start, and are not a backtest.

Ending settlementShares changeAligned weekly price changeObserved relationship
15 Sep 20267.4%-0.4%Adding into weakness
31 Aug 20262.6%-1.7%Adding into weakness
14 Aug 2026-1.9%-7.6%Reducing into weakness
31 Jul 2026-1.6%1.2%Reducing into strength
15 Jul 20264.0%-2.3%Adding into weakness
30 Jun 2026-2.1%0.0%Reducing into strength
15 Jun 2026-5.4%5.5%Reducing into strength
29 May 20261.3%5.7%Adding into strength
15 May 2026-12.2%-0.2%Reducing into weakness
30 Apr 2026-2.1%1.8%Reducing into strength
15 Apr 202614.8%6.8%Adding into strength
31 Mar 2026โ€”โ€”Incomplete
Definitions, coverage and limits

Understand what the evidence can tell you.

Transparent inputs and dated comparisons make the research useful. The scores are rules, not calibrated probabilities.

Reported positions and publication lag

FINRA reports outstanding short positions at designated settlements. The settlement is not the publication date. A successful provider check does not make an older position current. Daily short-sale volume measures transactions and cannot be substituted for outstanding short interest.

FINRA data definitions โ†—
Historical ranks and setup scores

Share-count and valid days-to-cover ranks use up to 40 stored observations and need at least three comparable reports. Tied observations share their rank; a flat history ranks 50. Known splits reset the comparable history. Three reports provide only limited context.

Historical positioning combines share rank (55%) and covering-ratio rank (45%). Directional fit adds capped position change, price change and trend context. A squeeze setup requires increased shorts, rising price and historical positioning of at least 60. Bearish confirmation requires increased shorts and falling price. Covering requires lower shorts and rising price. Scores can overlap; the leading classification follows the published rule order.

Missing evidence contributes no strength. High setup fit is not a return estimate. Historical position size is not short interest as a percentage of float.

Price windows and corporate actions

Report-interval price uses the latest weekly closes on or before each settlement, at most ten days earlier. Intervals longer than 35 days and known split boundaries are excluded from directional comparisons. Later prices are shown separately.

The feed may revise earlier reports. Corporate-action records can also be incomplete, and raw share counts can change for reasons other than newly opened or closed shorts. This app does not reconstruct what every participant knew at a historical publication time.

Days to cover and capacity scenarios

Days to cover relates shares short to average daily volume. Zero volume and invalid sentinel ratios are excluded from analytic comparisons. The source ledger preserves provider values. Reconstructed ratios can differ from provider rounding or a minimum-one value.

The capacity tool is arithmetic under chosen assumptions. Borrow availability, fees, order-book depth and actual execution are not observed here. Reductions in reported shorts do not establish how much buying caused a price change.

FINRA: short interest and short-sale volume โ†—

Evidence context