What is PAYC's short interest?

2,655,517 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We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float.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 17 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, 3.53. 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.

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PAYCOM SOFTWARE, INC.

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PAYC in the last 90 days

PAYCOM SOFTWARE, INC. (PAYC) had 2 congress transactions by 1 member and no insider purchases in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 2,655,517 shares held short, 3.5 days to cover, up 12.2% from the report before.

Congress: 1 purchase and 1 sale reported, amounts in the bands the law requires.
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: 05 AUG 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days

2 of 4 sources

+44Tilted in

Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

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

Short interest: Short interest fell 26.3% — 3,602,568 to 2,655,517 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →; +66
Congress: 1 member of Congress disclosed 1 purchase and 1 sale. See the filings →; 0

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

2,655,517shares held short

Days to cover

3.53

Avg daily volume

752,851

Since last report

+12.18%

As of 15 September 2026, 2,655,517 PAYCOM SOFTWARE, INC. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 288,256 shares more than the previous report, a 12.18% increase. At the average daily volume of 752,851 shares, that position represents 3.53 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 17 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it about eight business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for PAYC — 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 fallen from 5,345,345 shares on 31 March 2026 to 2,655,517 today, a change of 50.3%. The highest reading in that window was 5,345,345 shares on 31 March 2026.

Settlement	Shares short	Days to cover
15 SEPT 2026	2,655,517	3.53
31 AUG 2026	2,367,261	3.91
14 AUG 2026	2,640,709	2.14
31 JUL 2026	3,275,660	4.09
15 JUL 2026	3,602,568	4.41
30 JUN 2026	3,879,884	2.95
15 JUN 2026	3,992,798	4.69
29 MAY 2026	3,974,139	4.86
15 MAY 2026	4,165,907	3.42
30 APR 2026	4,457,368	5.51
15 APR 2026	4,743,589	4.79
31 MAR 2026	5,345,345	2.14

What is PAYC's short interest?: 2,655,517 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 17 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, 3.53. 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

—no purchase on file passed the price check

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

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases0

Congress transactions5

Latest change05 AUG 2026

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 0CONGRESS · 5

Congress transactions on file

5 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing

Who		Amount as filed	Traded	Filed	Lag
Hon. Julie Johnson	SOLD	$1,001 – $15,000	23 SEPT 2025	05 AUG 2026	316 days — the law says 45
Hon. Julie Johnson	BOUGHT	$1,001 – $15,000	23 SEPT 2025	05 AUG 2026	316 days — the law says 45
Hon. Gilbert Cisneros	SOLD	$1,001 – $15,000	14 APR 2026	08 MAY 2026	24 days
Hon. Gilbert Cisneros	BOUGHT	$1,001 – $15,000	13 MAR 2026	07 APR 2026	25 days
Hon. Julie Johnson	SOLD	$1,001 – $15,000	25 SEPT 2025	07 OCT 2025	12 days

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