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Alta Equipment Group Inc. short interest

691K shares of Alta Equipment Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 Apr 2026. Short sellers would need 3.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short691Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+15.4%-23% over a year
Days to cover3.50at 198K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.12%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 the most since 15 Apr 2026, and the share price moved +11% 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 28 Feb 2020 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026691K+15.4%198K3.50
    30 September 2026599K-10.9%248K2.42
    15 September 2026672K+12.5%203K3.31
    31 August 2026598K+10.6%145K4.12
    14 August 2026540K+2.4%199K2.71
    31 July 2026528K+4.8%133K3.97
    15 July 2026503K+19.0%184K2.73
    30 June 2026423K-24.4%277K1.52
    15 June 2026559K-7.6%230K2.43
    29 May 2026605K+0.6%386K1.57
    15 May 2026601K-8.3%457K1.32
    30 April 2026656K-15.1%210K3.12
    15 April 2026773K-3.1%175K4.41
    31 March 2026798K-9.3%162K4.93
    13 March 2026879K-2.8%314K2.80
    27 February 2026904K-9.8%200K4.53
    13 February 20261.0M-1.5%210K4.77
    30 January 20261.0M+5.1%225K4.52
    15 January 2026968K+26.7%271K3.58
    31 December 2025764K-16.5%223K3.42
    15 December 2025915K-12.0%241K3.79
    28 November 20251.0M+20.9%208K5.01
    14 November 2025861K-1.4%253K3.40
    31 October 2025873K-2.5%140K6.24
    15 October 2025896K-1.4%177K5.07
    30 September 2025909K+10.2%201K4.53
    15 September 2025825K-5.7%263K3.14
    29 August 2025874K-11.6%279K3.14
    15 August 2025989K+6.1%236K4.20
    31 July 2025932K-19.7%201K4.63
    15 July 20251.2M-13.9%373K3.12
    30 June 20251.3M-17.1%328K4.10
    13 June 20251.6M+17.1%217K7.49
    30 May 20251.4M-7.2%180K7.71
    15 May 20251.5M+8.0%144K10.38
    30 April 20251.4M+11.0%139K9.94
    15 April 20251.2M-19.0%255K4.89
    31 March 20251.5M-27.1%293K5.25
    14 March 20252.1M-1.1%337K6.26
    28 February 20252.1M-12.4%232K9.20
    14 February 20252.4M+12.2%101K24.07
    31 January 20252.2M-2.4%119K18.31
    15 January 20252.2M-7.9%153K14.58
    31 December 20242.4M+0.9%218K11.11
    13 December 20242.4M-5.0%203K11.84
    29 November 20242.5M-17.5%321K7.87
    15 November 20243.1M+10.0%511K5.99
    31 October 20242.8M-1.2%228K12.21
    15 October 20242.8M+11.3%215K13.07
    30 September 20242.5M+6.2%251K10.07
    13 September 20242.4M-2.7%309K7.71
    30 August 20242.4M-1.6%403K6.07
    15 August 20242.5M+20.3%719K3.45
    31 July 20242.1M-6.2%358K5.76
    15 July 20242.2M+28.4%312K7.06
    28 June 20241.7M+8.5%488K3.51
    14 June 20241.6M+4.6%478K3.30
    31 May 20241.5M-9.5%373K4.05
    15 May 20241.7M+3.5%527K3.17
    30 April 20241.6M-3.6%192K8.41
    15 April 20241.7M-3.9%237K7.07
    28 March 20241.7M-5.6%410K4.24
    15 March 20241.8M+4.8%315K5.85
    29 February 20241.8M-15.5%205K8.58
    15 February 20242.1M-4.1%637K3.27
    31 January 20242.2M+1.6%186K11.70
    12 January 20242.1M-0.9%253K8.46
    29 December 20232.2M+20.2%255K8.46
    15 December 20231.8M+18.9%315K5.70
    30 November 20231.5M+14.2%333K4.53
    15 November 20231.3M+32.4%322K4.10
    31 October 2023999K+0.5%286K3.49
    13 October 2023994K+0.6%159K6.25
    29 September 2023988K+8.5%173K5.72
    15 September 2023910K-2.3%207K4.39
    31 August 2023931K-7.6%229K4.07
    15 August 20231.0M+28.1%465K2.17
    31 July 2023786K-16.6%425K1.85
    14 July 2023943K-0.3%97K9.71
    30 June 2023946K+1.9%269K3.51
    15 June 2023929K+0.8%157K5.91
    31 May 2023921K+0.8%149K6.17
    15 May 2023914K+9.2%214K4.28
    28 April 2023837K-4.0%183K4.57
    14 April 2023872K+48.6%303K2.88
    31 March 2023587K+22.0%323K1.81
    15 March 2023481K+125.2%372K1.29
    28 February 2023214K+71.3%277K1.00
    15 February 2023125K-34.5%224K1.00
    31 January 2023191K-25.5%138K1.38
    13 January 2023256K-2.7%129K1.98
    30 December 2022263K+44.8%75K3.50
    15 December 2022182K+12.8%89K2.03
    30 November 2022161K-10.3%45K3.60
    15 November 2022179K-20.3%59K3.03
    31 October 2022225K-18.2%58K3.89
    14 October 2022275K-6.8%60K4.55
    30 September 2022295K-7.7%123K2.39
    15 September 2022320K+43.9%110K2.92
    31 August 2022222K-12.2%64K3.46
    15 August 2022253K-1.9%71K3.59
    29 July 2022258K-16.6%45K5.80
    15 July 2022309K-6.1%63K4.93
    30 June 2022330K+13.9%111K2.97
    15 June 2022289K+13.8%56K5.17
    31 May 2022254K+5.4%89K2.85
    13 May 2022241K+1.1%121K2.00
    29 April 2022239K-17.0%86K2.77
    14 April 2022288K+5.0%95K3.04
    31 March 2022274K-22.4%88K3.12
    15 March 2022353K+56.7%88K4.02
    28 February 2022225K+0.4%40K5.62
    15 February 2022224K+2.2%65K3.45
    31 January 2022220K-2.6%60K3.68
    14 January 2022225K+11.8%78K2.90
    31 December 2021202K+10.2%57K3.52
    15 December 2021183K-10.2%75K2.45
    30 November 2021204K+6.3%76K2.67
    15 November 2021191K-25.5%124K1.54
    29 October 2021257K+0.8%28K9.32
    15 October 2021255K-26.0%36K7.08
    30 September 2021345K-6.7%58K5.91
    15 September 2021369K+0.5%36K10.21
    31 August 2021367K+22.7%79K4.68
    13 August 2021299K-1.8%62K4.80
    30 July 2021305K-23.8%60K5.10
    15 July 2021400K-6.1%69K5.80
    30 June 2021426K+5.8%122K3.50
    15 June 2021403K+1.6%87K4.62
    28 May 2021396K-4.9%108K3.67
    14 May 2021417K+60.5%71K5.85
    30 April 2021260K-14.3%98K2.65
    15 April 2021303K-60.6%86K3.52
    31 March 2021769K-2.2%120K6.40
    15 March 2021787K-11.9%77K10.19
    26 February 2021894K-3.4%47K18.93
    12 February 2021925K-7.7%59K15.76
    29 January 20211.0M-1.2%139K7.24
    15 January 20211.0M-0.9%73K13.84
    31 December 20201.0M+5.8%90K11.37
    15 December 2020968K-5.2%42K23.15
    30 November 20201.0M-0.1%44K23.18
    13 November 20201.0M-4.8%62K16.48
    30 October 20201.1M-3.6%51K21.23
    15 October 20201.1M-10.6%95K11.74
    30 September 20201.2M-4.3%109K11.38
    15 September 20201.3M-1.2%74K17.60
    31 August 20201.3M-12.8%76K17.24
    14 August 20201.5M+5.7%90K16.73
    31 July 20201.4M-8.1%72K19.80
    15 July 20201.6M-14.6%145K10.72
    30 June 20201.8M+106.8%475K3.83
    15 June 2020880K-1.3%167K5.27
    29 May 2020892K+24.5%207K4.31
    15 May 2020716K+6.4%116K6.18
    30 April 2020673K+8.0%142K4.75
    15 April 2020623K-10.8%114K5.46
    31 March 2020698K-0.8%300K2.33
    13 March 2020704K+150.6%208K3.39
    28 February 2020281K380K1.00
    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.