Perdoceo Education (PRDO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $33.82 +1.03 (+3.14%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$33.84 +0.02 (+0.06%) As of 07:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Perdoceo Education Short Interest OverviewAs of September 30, 2026, Perdoceo Education (PRDO) had a short interest of 4.31 million shares sold short, representing 6.99% of the public float. This marks a 6.02% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.0, meaning it would take 5.0 days of the average trading volume of 605,846 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,308,220 sharesPrevious Short Interest4,063,408 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month6.02%Dollar Volume Sold Short$133.30 millionShort Interest Ratio5.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2026Outstanding Shares62,580,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.99%Today's Trading Volume401,238 sharesAverage Trading Volume605,846 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average66% Short Selling Perdoceo Education? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Perdoceo Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPRDO Short Interest Over TimePRDO Days to Cover Over TimePRDO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Perdoceo Education Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/20264,308,220 shares $133.30 million +6.0%7.0%5.01 $30.94 9/15/20264,063,408 shares $133.77 million -8.5%6.6%8.62 $32.92 8/31/20264,440,251 shares $147.59 million +12.0%7.2%7.72 $33.24 8/14/20263,964,968 shares $126.92 million +10.1%6.4%5.58 $32.01 7/31/20263,600,316 shares $114.53 million +0.9%5.8%4.36 $31.81 7/15/20263,570,106 shares $115.49 million -3.3%5.8%4.7 $32.35 6/30/20263,691,090 shares $118.11 million +0.9%6.0%4.91 $32.00 6/15/20263,659,417 shares $118.27 million -19.0%5.9%6.54 $32.32 5/29/20264,515,271 shares $146.20 million +22.8%7.3%5.92 $32.38 5/15/20263,678,365 shares $125.10 million -3.9%6.0%6.57 $34.01 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PRDO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Perdoceo Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/20263,828,001 shares $129.92 million +9.6%6.2%6.66 $33.94 4/15/20263,492,010 shares $122.64 million +6.6%5.7%6.61 $35.12 3/31/20263,276,991 shares $121.94 million +6.1%5.3%3.59 $37.21 3/13/20263,088,004 shares $110.49 million +3.3%5.0%4.9 $35.78 2/27/20262,989,254 shares $99.69 million -7.1%4.9%4.53 $33.35 2/13/20263,217,465 shares $101.12 million +6.7%5.2%7.93 $31.43 1/30/20263,015,743 shares $96.59 million -4.3%4.8%7.9 $32.03 1/15/20263,151,078 shares $100.24 million -9.8%5.0%6.31 $31.81 12/31/20253,492,093 shares $102.42 million +9.1%5.5%5.43 $29.33 12/15/20253,201,209 shares $93.06 million -11.7%5.1%3.94 $29.07 11/28/20253,626,400 shares $101.38 million +9.8%5.8%3.69 $27.96 11/14/20253,301,854 shares $102.75 million +95.1%5.2%3.88 $31.12 10/31/20251,692,151 shares $53.74 million -18.7%2.7%3.74 $31.76 10/15/20252,080,000 shares $72.99 million +26.1%3.3%3.6 $35.09 9/30/20251,650,000 shares $62.14 million -2.4%2.6%2.6 $37.66 9/15/20251,690,000 shares $59.07 million -4.5%2.7%2.5 $34.95 8/31/20251,770,000 shares $57.95 million -14.1%3.0%2.6 $32.74 8/15/20252,060,000 shares $65.49 million -49.9%3.5%2.9 $31.79 7/31/20254,110,000 shares $118.29 million -21.3%6.9%6 $28.78 7/15/20255,220,000 shares $153.10 million -9.4%8.7%8.3 $29.33 6/30/20255,760,000 shares $188.29 million -0.2%9.6%9.5 $32.69 6/15/20255,770,000 shares $183.77 million +1.9%9.6%10 $31.85 5/31/20255,660,000 shares $192.16 million -13.6%9.5%9 $33.95 5/15/20256,550,000 shares $204.49 million +7.2%10.9%10.5 $31.22 4/30/20256,110,000 shares $153.48 million +4.6%10.2%9.9 $25.12 4/15/20255,840,000 shares $151.43 million +1.2%9.8%10.2 $25.93 3/31/20255,770,000 shares $145.29 million -2.4%9.6%10.3 $25.18 3/15/20255,910,000 shares $145.39 million +2.8%9.8%10.8 $24.60 2/28/20255,750,000 shares $147.20 million +6.9%9.6%12.2 $25.60 2/15/20255,380,000 shares $153.11 million No Change9.0%12.2 $28.46Federal Reserve’s Disturbing Plan To Control Your Money (Ad)A Federal Reserve filing, Docket No. OP-1670, is drawing scrutiny for language that could expand the Fed's visibility into consumer bank transactions. 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This report normally sells for 29.97, but it's available as a free download for a limited time.Download your free copy of The 0DTE Game Plan before it expires 12/30/20223,180,000 shares $44.20 million -11.4%4.9%6.6 $13.90 12/15/20223,590,000 shares $49.08 million +13.6%5.5%7.2 $13.67 11/30/20223,160,000 shares $45.35 million +10.9%4.9%6.7 $14.35 11/15/20222,850,000 shares $40.53 million -4.4%4.4%5.9 $14.22 10/31/20222,980,000 shares $34.06 million -10.5%4.6%6.1 $11.43 10/15/20223,330,000 shares $34.57 million -7.2%5.1%7.1 $10.38 9/30/20223,590,000 shares $36.98 million +0.3%5.5%7.8 $10.30 9/15/20223,580,000 shares $39.49 million -7.5%5.5%7.3 $11.03 8/31/20223,870,000 shares $44.81 million -5.8%5.9%7.7 $11.58 8/15/20224,110,000 shares $51.33 million +3.5%6.3%7.9 $12.49 7/31/20223,970,000 shares $54.39 million -3.6%6.0%7 $13.70 7/15/20224,120,000 shares $50.68 million -1.7%6.2%7.1 $12.30 6/30/20224,190,000 shares $49.36 million -7.9%6.3%7.4 $11.78 6/15/20224,550,000 shares $46.41 million +3.2%6.9%8.1 $10.20 5/31/20224,410,000 shares $48.11 million +8.1%6.7%8.2 $10.91 5/15/20224,080,000 shares $40.88 million +1.5%6.1%7.2 $10.02 4/30/20224,020,000 shares $44.94 million +1.0%6.1%7.6 $11.18 4/15/20223,980,000 shares $46.41 million -3.2%6.0%7.6 $11.66 3/31/20224,110,000 shares $47.18 million -8.1%6.2%7.5 $11.48 3/15/20224,470,000 shares $49.53 million -3.0%6.7%8 $11.08 2/28/20224,610,000 shares $48.27 million +0.2%6.9%7.7 $10.47 2/15/20224,600,000 shares $47.93 million +17.1%6.8%7.9 $10.42 1/31/20223,930,000 shares $43.31 million +0.8%5.8%6.6 $11.02 1/15/20223,900,000 shares $47.11 million -6.0%5.7%6.6 $12.08 12/31/20214,150,000 shares $48.80 million -0.5%6.1%7.5 $11.76 12/15/20214,170,000 shares $48.96 million +13.9%6.1%7.8 $11.74 11/30/20213,660,000 shares $36.05 million -5.2%5.4%7.3 $9.85 11/15/20213,860,000 shares $40.49 million -11.5%5.7%8.6 $10.49 10/29/20214,360,000 shares $46.30 million +0.5%6.4%11 $10.62 PRDO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Perdoceo Education's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Perdoceo Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, traders have sold 4,308,220 shares of PRDO short. 6.99% of Perdoceo Education's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Perdoceo Education's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Perdoceo Education? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. PRDO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Perdoceo Education's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Perdoceo Education? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 6.99% of Perdoceo Education's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Perdoceo Education's short interest increasing or decreasing? Perdoceo Education saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,308,220 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the previous total of 4,063,408 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Perdoceo Education's short interest compare to its competitors? 6.99% of Perdoceo Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "diversified consumer services" compare to Perdoceo Education: TAL Education Group (3.76%), Duolingo, Inc. (18.34%), Laureate Education (2.90%), Graham Holdings Company (6.80%), Adtalem Global Education Inc. (7.70%), Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (8.97%), Stride, Inc. (19.77%), McGraw Hill, Inc. (1.46%), Youdao, Inc. Unsponsored ADR (1.15%), Strategic Education Inc. (6.66%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($75.10 billion), Invesco QQQ ($52.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($25.28 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($11.70 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($10.54 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($9.22 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.80 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($7.65 billion), and Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($7.23 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Perdoceo Education stock? Short selling PRDO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Perdoceo Education as its price is falling. PRDO shares are trading up $1.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Perdoceo Education? A short squeeze for Perdoceo Education occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of PRDO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Perdoceo Education's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including PRDO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2026. What do PRDO's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like PRDO:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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