What is CIA's short interest?

4,557,503 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.

What percentage of the float is short?

We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.

It is 21 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.

What does days to cover mean?

It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 37.15. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.

Where does this come from?

FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Ticker

CIA

Citizens, Inc.

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CIA in the last 90 days

Citizens, Inc. (CIA) had no US House transactions and 4 insider purchases worth $302,015 by 3 insiders in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 4,557,503 shares held short, 37.1 days to cover, up 4.8% from the report before.

Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 01 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days · Quiet Money indicator

2 of 4 sources

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Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

The disclosed money is split, on what has actually been filed. This reads on two of the four sources we track.

Short interest: Short interest rose 19.3% — 3,821,767 to 4,557,503 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →; -48
Insider purchases: 3 insiders disclosed buying $302,015 across 4 filings.; +68

This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

4,557,503shares held short

Days to cover

37.15

Avg daily volume

122,664

Since last report

+4.78%

As of 15 September 2026, 4,557,503 Citizens, Inc. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 208,085 shares more than the previous report, a 4.78% increase. At the average daily volume of 122,664 shares, that position represents 37.15 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 21 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it seven business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for CIA — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 3,896,787 shares on 31 March 2026 to 4,557,503 today, a change of 17.0%. The highest reading in that window was 4,557,503 shares on 15 September 2026.

Settlement	Shares short	Days to cover
15 SEPT 2026	4,557,503	37.15
31 AUG 2026	4,349,418	35.72
14 AUG 2026	4,375,695	22.16
31 JUL 2026	4,126,926	38.16
15 JUL 2026	3,821,767	38.37
30 JUN 2026	3,746,127	19.15
15 JUN 2026	3,713,116	40.53
29 MAY 2026	3,701,465	39.16
15 MAY 2026	3,605,113	43.26
30 APR 2026	3,725,215	48.18
15 APR 2026	3,780,157	37.18
31 MAR 2026	3,896,787	26.78

What is CIA's short interest?: 4,557,503 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?: We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?: It is 21 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?: It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 37.15. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?: FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

$302,015across 4 purchases

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases4

US House transactions0

Latest change01 SEPT 2026

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 4US HOUSE · 0

Insider purchases on file

SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
HARWOOD MICHAEL PHILIPDirector
BOUGHTCitizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock
$38,000
10,000 sh @ $3.8
31 AUG 2026 → filed 01 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0002097014-26-000004 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Hoxworth Seth AlanChief Actuary
BOUGHTCitizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock
$20,590
5,376 sh @ $3.83
11 AUG 2026 → filed 13 AUG 2026
Filed 2 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0002120865-26-000007 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Stenberg JonDirector / President & CEO
BOUGHTCitizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock
$43,795
12,000 sh @ $3.65
11 AUG 2026 → filed 12 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0002015793-26-000014 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Stenberg JonDirector / President & CEO
BOUGHTCitizens, Inc. Class A Common Stock
$199,630
50,000 sh @ $3.993
10 AUG 2026 → filed 11 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0002015793-26-000012 →

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