Elbit Systems (ESLT)

Elbit Systems on one page: short interest, daily short volume, fails to deliver, large holders, 13F holders, financials and insider trades. Listed on Nasdaq, classified by the SEC as aircraft parts & auxiliary equipment, nec.

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Short interest

settlement 2026-09-30

2.8

Days to cover

-0.6 days vs prior

67.0%

Short share of volume

2026-10-22

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-09-30

Insider flow, 90 days

0 buys, 0 sells

As of 2026-10-22.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month. The newest 48 settlements in the table, 48 in the chart. JSON

As of 30 September 2026, short interest in ESLT is 229,007 shares, up 15,943 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 47,658 shares (15 October 2024) to 286,059 shares (30 September 2025). At the reported average volume of 82K shares a day that is 2.8 days to cover.

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Settlement	Shares short	Change	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-09-30	229,007	-2.8%	81,884	2.80
2026-09-15	235,618	+10.6%	69,903	3.37
2026-08-31	213,064	+42.4%	81,045	2.63
2026-08-14	149,669	-40.0%	87,190	1.72
2026-07-31	249,525	+15.2%	75,577	3.30
2026-07-15	216,536	+13.1%	77,563	2.79
2026-06-30	191,535	-20.1%	106,076	1.81
2026-06-15	239,691	+130.9%	94,507	2.54
2026-05-29	103,811	-46.5%	154,389	1.00
2026-05-15	194,138	-17.0%	116,657	1.66
2026-04-30	233,938	-13.1%	99,421	2.35
2026-04-15	269,238	+28.6%	119,802	2.25
2026-03-31	209,380	-21.6%	202,659	1.03
2026-03-13	267,003	+81.9%	274,818	1.00
2026-02-27	146,776	+3.1%	146,823	1.00
2026-02-13	142,422	-19.7%	119,804	1.19
2026-01-30	177,412	-0.2%	114,428	1.55
2026-01-15	177,836	+64.0%	150,843	1.18
2025-12-31	108,462	-12.1%	115,203	1.00
2025-12-15	123,363	+29.1%	90,502	1.36
2025-11-28	95,594	+27.0%	113,577	1.00
2025-11-14	75,277	-19.8%	77,043	1.00
2025-10-31	93,864	-37.2%	93,997	1.00
2025-10-15	149,360	-47.8%	116,668	1.28
2025-09-30	286,059	+117.2%	123,979	2.31
2025-09-15	131,705	-7.6%	94,587	1.39
2025-08-29	142,517	-8.2%	136,467	1.04
2025-08-15	155,157	+20.8%	169,428	1.00
2025-07-31	128,402	+14.0%	86,887	1.48
2025-07-15	112,674	-23.3%	125,228	1.00
2025-06-30	146,940	+27.9%	200,058	1.00
2025-06-13	114,864	+21.6%	153,273	1.00
2025-05-30	94,441	-7.0%	204,969	1.00
2025-05-15	101,545	-10.5%	108,580	1.00
2025-04-30	113,423	+2.8%	73,658	1.54
2025-04-15	110,339	-21.5%	84,020	1.31
2025-03-31	140,510	-24.7%	139,228	1.01
2025-03-14	186,595	+17.0%	73,499	2.54
2025-02-28	159,515	-2.0%	30,201	5.28
2025-02-14	162,778	-5.5%	26,606	6.12
2025-01-31	172,301	+22.9%	34,013	5.07
2025-01-15	140,139	+30.9%	48,344	2.90
2024-12-31	107,034	+8.4%	59,785	1.79
2024-12-13	98,729	+29.1%	29,976	3.29
2024-11-29	76,462	-3.2%	38,018	2.01
2024-11-15	78,963	+43.8%	23,602	3.35
2024-10-31	54,925	+15.3%	25,879	2.12
2024-10-15	47,658	-22.4%	23,695	2.01

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, the last 30 sessions. JSON

As of 22 October 2026, the short share of ESLT volume is 67.0%, down 9.4 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 32.1% (13 October 2026) to 76.4% (15 October 2026). The latest reading is 6.1 points above the 30-session average of 60.9%, on 24K shares reported.

Date	Short volume	Total volume	Short share	Exempt
2026-10-22	16K	24K	67.0%	0
2026-10-21	15K	25K	61.4%	0
2026-10-20	23K	42K	54.3%	1
2026-10-19	20K	30K	67.5%	5
2026-10-16	32K	44K	73.3%	0
2026-10-15	59K	77K	76.4%	5
2026-10-14	44K	62K	70.2%	64
2026-10-13	43K	133K	32.1%	0
2026-10-12	13K	24K	53.6%	5
2026-10-09	17K	35K	50.3%	0
2026-10-08	17K	25K	67.5%	832
2026-10-07	25K	40K	62.4%	9
2026-10-06	22K	40K	53.8%	10
2026-10-05	25K	50K	49.3%	24
2026-10-02	11K	19K	60.6%	0
2026-10-01	17K	26K	66.9%	0
2026-09-30	24K	42K	57.0%	61
2026-09-29	26K	42K	62.4%	0
2026-09-28	24K	36K	67.1%	1
2026-09-25	22K	36K	60.3%	0
2026-09-24	26K	39K	66.8%	0
2026-09-23	23K	30K	74.8%	0
2026-09-22	20K	36K	55.1%	1
2026-09-21	13K	23K	57.2%	1
2026-09-18	12K	20K	60.1%	0
2026-09-17	17K	27K	62.9%	0
2026-09-16	13K	24K	54.1%	0
2026-09-15	15K	23K	62.9%	0
2026-09-14	17K	30K	54.3%	0
2026-09-11	13K	19K	65.6%	5

Fails to deliver

SEC, the last 30 settlement dates with a fail. JSON

As of 30 September 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in ESLT is 90 shares, down 2,666 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 1 share (18 August 2026) to 8,765 shares (25 September 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

Settlement	Shares failed	Price	Value
2026-09-30	90	$703.37	$63K
2026-09-29	2,756	$704.27	$1.9M
2026-09-25	8,765	$739.72	$6.5M
2026-09-24	331	$742.49	$246K
2026-09-23	762	$744.75	$567K
2026-09-22	10	$750.69	$8K
2026-09-21	104	$743.35	$77K
2026-09-18	11	$748.56	$8K
2026-09-17	10	$738.16	$7K
2026-09-11	316	$723.91	$229K
2026-09-09	18	$708.51	$13K
2026-09-08	2,483	$703.28	$1.7M
2026-09-04	620	$701.22	$435K
2026-09-03	2,238	$709.20	$1.6M
2026-09-02	8,071	$708.70	$5.7M
2026-09-01	256	$700.51	$179K
2026-08-19	1,058	$795.71	$842K
2026-08-18	1	$782.84	$783
2026-08-14	110	$779.62	$86K
2026-08-13	86	$779.51	$67K
2026-08-12	150	$776.08	$116K
2026-08-07	70	$857.00	$60K
2026-08-05	570	$849.27	$484K
2026-07-29	2	$818.59	$2K
2026-07-28	44	$812.86	$36K
2026-07-27	108	$820.21	$89K
2026-07-24	72	$808.60	$58K
2026-07-23	1,061	$792.69	$841K
2026-07-20	943	$741.55	$699K
2026-07-17	1,458	$738.44	$1.1M

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first. JSON

No open-market insider trades were reported for ESLT in the last 90 days. The most recent filings are listed below. Latest filing: Shmuely Yoram (Executive Vice President) on 2026-04-09.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Price	Value	Owned after
2026-04-09	Shmuely Yoram	Executive Vice President	Sell	8K	$887.40	$6.8M	0
2026-04-09	Shmuely Yoram	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$1.2M	8K
2026-04-09	Shmuely Yoram	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	9K	$134.34	$1.2M	9K
2026-04-09	Vered Yehuda	Executive Vice President	Sell	6K	$887.40	$5.3M	0
2026-04-09	Vered Yehuda	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$941K	6K
2026-04-09	Vered Yehuda	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	7K	$134.34	$940K	7K
2026-04-09	Sabag Oren Yaacov	Executive Vice President	Sell	9K	$887.40	$7.5M	0
2026-04-09	Sabag Oren Yaacov	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$1.3M	9K
2026-04-09	Sabag Oren Yaacov	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	10K	$134.34	$1.3M	10K
2026-04-09	Machlis Bezhalel	President and CEO	Sell	26K	$887.40	$22.6M	0
2026-04-09	Machlis Bezhalel	President and CEO	Tax withholding	4K	$898.47	$4.0M	26K
2026-04-09	Machlis Bezhalel	President and CEO	Exercise or conversion	30K	$134.34	$4.0M	30K
2026-04-09	Kril Ran	Executive Vice President	Sell	7K	$887.40	$6.0M	0
2026-04-09	Kril Ran	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$1.1M	7K
2026-04-09	Kril Ran	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	8K	$134.34	$1.1M	8K
2026-04-09	Delmar Haim Daniel	Executive Vice President	Sell	8K	$887.40	$6.8M	0
2026-04-09	Delmar Haim Daniel	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$1.2M	8K
2026-04-09	Delmar Haim Daniel	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	9K	$134.34	$1.2M	9K
2026-04-09	Ariel Jonathan	Executive Vice President	Sell	8K	$887.40	$6.8M	0
2026-04-09	Ariel Jonathan	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	1K	$898.47	$1.2M	8K
2026-04-09	Ariel Jonathan	Executive Vice President	Exercise or conversion	9K	$134.34	$1.2M	9K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are rarer.

Large holders (13D and 13G)

One row per reporting person with its latest filing, newest first. JSON

1 holder reports 5% or more of ESLT in its latest filing, on Schedule 13G (passive). The holder is Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. at 5.2% of the class (2,424,529 shares), filed 2026-10-20 for an event on 2026-10-14.

Filed	Form	Holder	Shares	Of class	Event
2026-10-20	13G	Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.corporation	2.4M	5.2%	2026-10-14

13F holders

Tracked managers holding ESLT at their latest 13F. JSON

7 of the 30 tracked managers held ESLT at their latest 13F, $181.0M in total at quarter-end prices. Citadel Advisors is the largest at $63.6M (0.0% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 3 added shares and 4 cut.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	Of portfolio	Change in shares
Citadel Advisors	2026-06-30	84K	$63.6M	0.01%	-6K
ARK Investment Management	2026-06-30	63K	$47.6M	0.31%	+2K
Renaissance Technologies	2026-06-30	24K	$18.5M	0.03%	-2K
D. E. Shaw & Co.	2026-06-30	23K	$17.6M	0.01%	+17K
Millennium Management	2026-06-30	22K	$16.4M	0.01%	-46K
Two Sigma Investments	2026-06-30	15K	$11.5M	0.01%	-6K
AQR Capital Management	2026-06-30	8K	$5.8M	0.00%	+4K

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

Financials

SEC XBRL, as filed. JSON

In FY 2025 it generated $778.4M of operating cash flow and spent $111.7M on dividends. As of 2025-12-31, cash was $635.1M against $18.0M of debt.

Cash: $635.1M
Debt: $18.0M
Equity: $4.13B
Total assets: $12.66B
Shares outstanding: 46,442,352

Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends

Fiscal year	Ends	Revenue	Net income	Operating cash flow	Capex	Buybacks	Dividends
FY 2025	2025-12-31	$7.94B	$534.3M	$778.4M	$225.6M	n/a	$111.7M
FY 2024	2024-12-31	$6.83B	$321.1M	$534.6M	$215.1M	n/a	$89.0M
FY 2023	2023-12-31	$5.97B	$215.1M	$113.7M	$187.0M	n/a	$89.2M
FY 2022	2022-12-31	$5.51B	$275.4M	$240.1M	$205.1M	n/a	$86.8M
FY 2021	2021-12-31	$5.28B	$274.4M	$416.9M	$188.6M	n/a	$79.2M

Quarters are the three-month figures the company reports; a fourth quarter marked derived is the fiscal year less the three reported quarters, since companies report it only inside the 10-K. Fiscal years are the annual figures. Buybacks are the cash the company paid to repurchase its common stock in the year, not the amount authorized. Balance sheet lines are as of 2025-12-31; shares outstanding as of 2025-12-31 from the cover page.

What this page is

Elbit Systems in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page puts those series for one ticker on one URL, with planned sales, large holders, 13F holders and financials beside them, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a one-line summary of the latest figures and its own JSON and CSV links, and says when its source last updated.

This page follows Elbit Systems (ESLT), SEC CIK 1027664, listed on Nasdaq, classified by the SEC as aircraft parts & auxiliary equipment, nec. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and updates

Short interest: FINRA consolidated short interestSource: FINRA.Twice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-09-30.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume: FINRA Reg SHO daily filesSource: FINRA.Every trading day, the morning after FINRA posts it. Latest 2026-10-22.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver: SEC fails-to-deliver dataSource: SEC.Twice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-09-30.JSON and CSV
Large holders: SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GSource: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them. A 13D is due within five business days of crossing 5%; a 13G follows the passive schedule. Latest 2026-10-20.JSON and CSV
13F holders: SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRSource: SEC.Quarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Financials: SEC EDGAR 10-K and 10-Q filingsSource: SEC.Weekly; values are as filed in the 10-Q and 10-K. Latest 2025-12-31.JSON and CSV
Insider trades: SEC EDGAR Form 4Source: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them; they're due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-04-09.JSON and CSV
Company record: EDGAR filing index for CIK 1027664Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
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How to read it

Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
Insider buys next to a large short position are rare and stand out; insider sells next to one are common and mean little.
Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much of ESLT is sold short?

229,007 shares were held short at the 2026-09-30 settlement, 2.8 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.

What is ESLT's daily short volume?

On 2026-10-22, 16,255 of the 24,260 ESLT shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 67.0% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.

Does ESLT have fails to deliver?

The SEC's latest file shows 90 ESLT shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-09-30. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.

Are ESLT insiders buying or selling?

No open-market insider trades were reported for ESLT in the last 90 days. The most recent filings are listed below. Latest filing: Shmuely Yoram (Executive Vice President) on 2026-04-09.

Who owns 5% or more of ESLT?

What did ESLT report last quarter?

In FY 2025 it generated $778.4M of operating cash flow and spent $111.7M on dividends. As of 2025-12-31, cash was $635.1M against $18.0M of debt.

Which tracked 13F managers own ESLT?

7 of the 30 tracked 13F managers held ESLT shares at their latest filing, $181.0M in all. The largest: Ken Griffin's Citadel Advisors (84K shares, $63.6M), Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management (63K shares, $47.6M), Renaissance Technologies (24K shares, $18.5M), D. E. Shaw & Co. (23K shares, $17.6M), Izzy Englander's Millennium Management (22K shares, $16.4M), Two Sigma Investments (15K shares, $11.5M). The table above lists all 7.

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