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Acme United Corp. short interest

78K shares of Acme United were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (46K to 94K). Short sellers would need 2.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short78Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+1.6%+70% over a year
Days to cover2.61at 30K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.03%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the middle of its range over the last year (46K to 94K), and the share price moved +76% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202678K+1.6%30K2.61
    30 September 202677K+7.3%56K1.37
    15 September 202671K-4.3%43K1.66
    31 August 202675K+5.8%39K1.93
    14 August 202671K+13.2%34K2.10
    31 July 202662K-34.0%33K1.92
    15 July 202694K+20.7%8K11.90
    30 June 202678K-12.3%28K2.77
    15 June 202689K+17.9%14K6.59
    29 May 202676K+4.3%24K3.14
    15 May 202672K+6.5%21K3.48
    30 April 202668K-12.7%22K3.13
    15 April 202678K-9.5%18K4.27
    31 March 202686K+1.8%21K4.11
    13 March 202685K+7.4%22K3.93
    27 February 202679K+12.9%12K6.55
    13 February 202670K-10.8%7K9.34
    30 January 202678K+13.1%10K7.48
    15 January 202669K+4.6%8K8.38
    31 December 202566K-16.5%7K8.98
    15 December 202579K+28.7%8K9.53
    28 November 202562K+9.7%8K7.44
    14 November 202556K+18.1%11K4.94
    31 October 202548K+3.5%11K4.30
    15 October 202546K-12.8%11K4.32
    30 September 202553K-17.5%14K3.66
    15 September 202564K-2.6%13K4.90
    29 August 202565K-26.9%8K8.58
    15 August 202590K+25.1%9K9.97
    31 July 202572K-2.3%10K7.42
    15 July 202573K-1.9%16K4.61
    30 June 202575K+543.6%60K1.25
    13 June 202512K-5.4%11K1.05
    30 May 202512K+12.8%11K1.12
    15 May 202511K+9.1%14K1.00
    30 April 202510K-68.1%23K1.00
    15 April 202531K-16.1%12K2.54
    31 March 202537K-8.7%10K3.77
    14 March 202541K+5.4%9K4.68
    28 February 202539K-7.3%7K5.81
    14 February 202542K-10.2%7K6.29
    31 January 202547K-2.1%7K7.04
    15 January 202548K-2.1%8K5.90
    31 December 202449K-5.0%9K5.34
    13 December 202451K-1.9%8K6.02
    29 November 202452K+4.8%12K4.35
    15 November 202450K+17.7%22K2.25
    31 October 202442K+3.1%15K2.79
    15 October 202441K+8.8%13K3.22
    30 September 202438K+8.3%12K3.24
    13 September 202435K-6.6%11K3.25
    30 August 202437K-2.4%17K2.16
    15 August 202438K-13.8%21K1.84
    31 July 202444K+37.8%22K2.01
    15 July 202432K-11.3%12K2.79
    28 June 202436K+5.4%21K1.74
    14 June 202434K-7.5%19K1.80
    31 May 202437K-0.4%33K1.12
    15 May 202437K-6.7%23K1.63
    30 April 202440K-3.9%19K2.08
    15 April 202442K+17.7%26K1.59
    28 March 202435K+6.1%23K1.55
    15 March 202433K+11.7%35K1.00
    29 February 202430K-16.4%17K1.75
    15 February 202436K+19.6%20K1.80
    31 January 202430K+31.5%29K1.04
    12 January 202423K-9.8%20K1.13
    29 December 202325K-18.9%11K2.22
    15 December 202331K+96.5%16K1.90
    30 November 202316K+104.7%12K1.30
    15 November 20238K-11.9%12K1.00
    31 October 20239K-7.6%7K1.33
    13 October 20239K-22.7%4K2.19
    29 September 202312K-7.4%7K1.71
    15 September 202313K+49.4%6K2.04
    31 August 20239K-8.5%9K1.00
    15 August 202310K+19.9%15K1.00
    31 July 20238K+69.0%24K1.00
    14 July 20235K-17.9%10K1.00
    30 June 20236K+19.2%5K1.29
    15 June 20235K-65.6%6K1.00
    31 May 202314K+93.2%10K1.42
    15 May 20237K+9.9%6K1.31
    28 April 20237K-22.2%6K1.06
    14 April 20239K-15.5%5K1.61
    31 March 202310K-11.3%5K2.00
    15 March 202311K+33.7%11K1.05
    28 February 20239K-16.6%4K1.98
    15 February 202310K-29.0%7K1.38
    31 January 202315K+43.5%9K1.56
    13 January 202310K+41.3%4K2.33
    30 December 20227K-15.2%5K1.48
    15 December 20228K-16.0%11K1.00
    30 November 202210K-19.0%6K1.67
    15 November 202212K+154.3%8K1.51
    31 October 20225K-21.5%12K1.00
    14 October 20226K+8.8%8K1.00
    30 September 20226K-47.0%7K1.00
    15 September 202211K+25.5%6K1.76
    31 August 20229K-19.2%4K1.96
    15 August 202211K+82.9%6K1.88
    29 July 20226K-10.2%8K1.00
    15 July 20226K-38.8%5K1.22
    30 June 202211K+27.5%7K1.52
    15 June 20228K+7.2%8K1.00
    31 May 20228K-14.2%11K1.00
    13 May 20229K-8.0%12K1.00
    29 April 202210K-38.0%7K1.40
    14 April 202216K+32.5%7K2.25
    31 March 202212K-17.6%5K2.26
    15 March 202214K-10.0%5K2.70
    28 February 202216K+19.1%6K2.78
    15 February 202213K-8.2%6K2.29
    31 January 202215K+44.6%11K1.36
    14 January 202210K-1.9%8K1.22
    31 December 202110K-45.4%14K1.00
    15 December 202119K-15.2%15K1.23
    30 November 202122K-1.1%7K3.09
    15 November 202123K-14.2%7K3.04
    29 October 202126K+13.7%8K3.19
    15 October 202123K-4.7%13K1.77
    30 September 202124K+4.7%18K1.35
    15 September 202123K-1.6%10K2.22
    31 August 202124K+2.4%10K2.37
    13 August 202123K-0.6%13K1.81
    30 July 202123K-2.4%9K2.63
    15 July 202124K+7.4%25K1.00
    30 June 202122K-10.3%14K1.63
    15 June 202125K-0.6%15K1.64
    28 May 202125K-29.4%20K1.27
    14 May 202135K+7.2%19K1.84
    30 April 202133K+2260.8%64K1.00
    15 April 20211K-82.4%13K1.00
    31 March 20218K+6.9%13K1.00
    15 March 20217K+872.8%13K1.00
    26 February 2021760-71.4%13K1.00
    12 February 20213K+176.1%11K1.00
    29 January 2021962-51.2%18K1.00
    15 January 20212K-75.3%11K1.00
    31 December 20208K+709.2%18K1.00
    15 December 2020988-86.6%20K1.00
    30 November 20207K+109.5%39K1.00
    13 November 20204K-24.6%11K1.00
    30 October 20205K+92.1%13K1.00
    15 October 20202K-52.1%10K1.00
    30 September 20205K+57.9%8K1.00
    15 September 20203K+67.1%10K1.00
    31 August 20202K-43.9%6K1.00
    14 August 20203K+145.4%7K1.00
    31 July 20201K-11.2%11K1.00
    15 July 20202K-50.2%9K1.00
    30 June 20203K-29.3%10K1.00
    15 June 20204K+79.7%14K1.00
    29 May 20202K+9.7%16K1.00
    15 May 20202K+105.3%14K1.00
    30 April 20201K+9.5%16K1.00
    15 April 20201K+25.6%12K1.00
    31 March 2020802-40.9%12K1.00
    13 March 20201K-66.1%12K1.00
    28 February 20204K+22.9%13K1.00
    14 February 20203K+533.7%6K1.00
    31 January 2020513-81.8%6K1.00
    15 January 20203K+94.4%10K1.00
    31 December 20191K-48.5%4K1.00
    13 December 20193K+26.9%5K1.00
    29 November 20192K-14.6%7K1.00
    15 November 20193K-47.6%3K1.00
    31 October 20195K-8.8%5K1.02
    15 October 20195K+54.6%3K1.77
    30 September 20194K-8.7%6K1.00
    13 September 20194K-12.6%10K1.00
    30 August 20194K+51.8%8K1.00
    15 August 20193K-53.9%9K1.00
    31 July 20196K-21.3%14K1.00
    15 July 20198K+91.2%10K1.00
    28 June 20194K-37.7%15K1.00
    14 June 20197K+5.8%20K1.00
    31 May 20196K-7.2%22K1.00
    15 May 20197K-48.6%26K1.00
    30 April 201913K-68.4%34K1.00
    15 April 201942K-11.0%20K2.07
    29 March 201947K-5.7%17K2.77
    15 March 201950K-5.5%9K5.74
    28 February 201953K+2.7%4K12.30
    15 February 201952K+5.9%5K10.95
    31 January 201949K-1.6%6K8.80
    15 January 201950K-0.3%5K10.58
    31 December 201850K+6.2%21K2.38
    14 December 201847K-1.3%20K2.41
    30 November 201848K+8.6%11K4.24
    15 November 201844K+14.5%9K4.64
    31 October 201838K+39.5%16K2.46
    15 October 201827K-1.5%4K6.66
    28 September 201828K-5.1%2K11.71
    14 September 201829K-2.4%3K9.14
    31 August 201830K-8.3%3K8.63
    15 August 201833K+24.8%5K6.70
    31 July 201826K-1.6%6K4.37
    13 July 201827K+5.0%8K3.49
    29 June 201825K-4.2%5K5.26
    15 June 201827K-12.4%4K6.98
    31 May 201830K+7.3%4K6.98
    15 May 201828K-3.5%2K12.83
    30 April 201829K-1.3%5K6.09
    13 April 201830K+33.4%5K6.27
    29 March 201822K+581.9%14K1.61
    15 March 20183K+28.4%7K1.00
    28 February 20183K-37.3%5K1.00
    15 February 20184K-27.0%2K1.84
    31 January 20186K+98.6%8K1.00
    12 January 20183K+225.3%6K1.00
    29 December 20178574K1.00
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.