Short Interest
Screener.
Who is betting against a stock, and how crowded is the bet? Short interest counts the shares investors have sold short. Days to cover shows how long it would take them to buy back. Filter every stock below, with the biggest moves since the last report.
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What the columns mean, exactly
| Column | What it measures | Typical large cap |
|---|---|---|
| % of float | shares sold short divided by the float (shares available to trade) | 0.5% to 3%; 5% or more is elevated |
| Days to cover | short shares divided by average daily trading volume | 1 to 4 days |
| Short shares | shares sold short and not yet bought back, at the settlement date | n/a |
| Change | short shares now against the previous settlement date | a few percent either way |
- Where it comes from: FINRA's consolidated short interest, reported by brokers on a settlement date around the 15th and the end of each month. The figures are FINRA's, unaltered. This page adds no score.
- Float comes from Finnhub where it reports one. Where it does not, the share of float is left blank rather than estimated from shares outstanding.
- The line on each row is short shares over the last twelve settlement dates, oldest first, so you can see whether a position is building or shrinking.
See also the stocks near their 52-week lows and the Earnings Quality Screener. Plain-English definitions are in the glossary.
What this can't do
- It is old by the time you read it. FINRA publishes about a week after the settlement date, and only twice a month. A position can change a lot in between.
- Short does not mean bearish. Shares are also sold short to hedge a convertible bond, an options position or a merger. Some of what is counted is not a bet on a fall.
- It does not say who or why. The data has no names and no cost basis, so it cannot tell you whether the shorts are winning.
- Days to cover moves with volume. A quiet few weeks of trading makes the number look worse without any new short selling.
- It predicts nothing. A crowded short can rise, fall or sit still. It is a fact about positioning.
On Oct 31, 2026, FINRA's latest report (settlement date Oct 15, 2026) shows 29 of the 499 stocks this site tracks with 10% or more of their float sold short and 124 with 5% or more. The highest is Fox (FOXA) at 24.6% of float, 13.8 days to cover.
How Crowded Is
The Short?
Each row shows the share of the float sold short, the days to cover, the short shares and how they changed since the last report. A red arrow up means more shares are short than before. Click any row for the full stock card.
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Who Is Building
Or Covering?
The shorts that grew or shrank the most between the last two FINRA reports. A big rise means more traders are betting on a fall; a big drop means they are buying back, which can be a sign they were wrong or took profit.
Shorts building
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Shorts covering
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Who Is Crowded,
And Who Is Leaving?
Two reports can be noise; six are a trend. These lists use the change in shares sold short over the last six FINRA reports. The crowded list is the hardest to leave: a big short position that is still growing, with several days of normal trading needed to buy it back.
Crowded: big and still growing
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Shorts piled in over three months
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Shorts left over three months
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Which stocks have the most short interest?
On Oct 31, 2026, FINRA's latest report (settlement date Oct 15, 2026) shows 29 of the 499 stocks this site tracks with 10% or more of their float sold short and 124 with 5% or more. The highest is Fox (FOXA) at 24.6% of float, 13.8 days to cover. Short interest is a fact about positioning, not a prediction.
| Stock | % of float | Days to cover | Short shares | Change on previous report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOXAFox Corp | 24.6% | 13.8 | 48.8M | +1.4% |
| NCLHNorwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd | 19.6% | 4.2 | 89.2M | −7.8% |
| WUWestern Union Co | 19.0% | 8.0 | 58.6M | −0.1% |
| ECHOEchoStar Corp | 17.8% | 5.3 | 24.5M | −3.9% |
| LULULululemon Athletica Inc | 16.1% | 3.7 | 16.3M | +5.7% |
| CHTRCharter Communications Inc | 15.7% | 5.9 | 17.4M | +5.6% |
| LYVLive Nation Entertainment Inc | 15.4% | 12.7 | 24.2M | +1.3% |
| KMBKimberly-Clark Corp | 15.3% | 10.2 | 50.6M | −4.9% |
| RDDTReddit Inc | 14.9% | 5.1 | 21.6M | −2.3% |
| DVADaVita Inc | 14.4% | 9.7 | 4.9M | −4.7% |
The screener above lists every stock and ranks the biggest builds and covers since the last report. Short interest and days to cover are defined in the glossary.
Short interest from FINRA's consolidated short interest report (api.finra.org); float from Finnhub where reported. Educational content only, not investment advice.
Frequently asked questions
What is short interest?
The number of a company's shares that investors have sold short and not yet bought back. FINRA collects it from brokers twice a month and publishes it with a short delay, so it describes positioning on a past settlement date, not today.
What is days to cover?
Short interest divided by the stock's average daily trading volume. It estimates how many days of normal trading it would take for every short seller to buy back their shares. A higher number means a more crowded short.
What is a crowded short?
On this page, a stock with 5% or more of its float sold short, three or more days to cover and short shares up 25% or more over the last six FINRA reports (about three months). It is a big position that is still growing, so buying it back takes more than a day of normal trading. It describes positioning; it does not say the stock will rise or fall.
Is high short interest a reason to buy or sell?
Neither on its own. High short interest shows that many traders expect the price to fall, and it can make rallies sharper if they all rush to buy back. This page reports the positioning and adds no prediction.
What is short interest? About this screener
This short interest screener lists FINRA's consolidated short interest for every stock we track: shares sold short, days to cover and the share of the float that is short, with the change since the previous report. The numbers are FINRA's own and this page adds no score. See also the squeeze watch, which adds options data, the earnings quality screener, the Piotroski F-Score and short interest in the glossary.
Educational content only, not investment advice. These are screens built from public filings, not verdicts: a high score does not make a stock safe, and a low one does not make it a bad investment. Always read the company's own 10-K before acting on anything shown here. See Editorial Standards and Disclosures for more.