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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. short interest

Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers submit it twice a month, and days to cover is how many days of normal trading it would take to buy them all back.

Short interest in Abercrombie & Fitch Co. was 5.3 million shares at the 15 September 2026 settlement, up 26.6% on the previous settlement, with 3.26 days to cover at an average daily volume of 1.6 million shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
15 September 20265,270,080+26.6%1,615,8803.26
31 August 20264,164,237+3.1%3,177,1861.31
14 August 20264,039,347+12.2%1,033,2573.91
31 July 20263,599,182-21.8%913,3293.94
15 July 20264,604,477-6.1%1,056,6164.36
30 June 20264,901,543+37.2%1,379,9343.55
15 June 20263,572,121+7.6%1,355,7842.63
29 May 20263,320,627-1.2%2,029,8461.64
15 May 20263,361,100+11.1%1,181,8712.84
30 April 20263,024,586-8.4%1,120,8672.70
15 April 20263,303,445-4.0%1,066,8883.10
31 March 20263,440,873+13.9%1,379,9822.49
FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.
Read moreDays to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.

Source

FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.

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