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Ames National Corp. short interest

261K shares of Ames National were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (90K to 387K). Short sellers would need 14.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short261Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+5.3%+161% over a year
Days to cover14.55at 18K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.95%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 (90K to 387K), and the share price moved +67% 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 2026261K+5.3%18K14.55
    30 September 2026248K-20.6%23K10.93
    15 September 2026312K-19.3%36K8.63
    31 August 2026387K+44.6%41K9.55
    14 August 2026268K-1.1%31K8.62
    31 July 2026271K+12.0%35K7.79
    15 July 2026242K+12.9%51K4.73
    30 June 2026214K+9.3%132K1.63
    15 June 2026196K-13.6%89K2.19
    29 May 2026227K+38.2%55K4.15
    15 May 2026164K+6.0%62K2.66
    30 April 2026155K-17.3%69K2.25
    15 April 2026187K-11.4%66K2.82
    31 March 2026211K-4.1%50K4.18
    13 March 2026220K-12.3%38K5.76
    27 February 2026251K+15.2%35K7.21
    13 February 2026218K+9.8%45K4.83
    30 January 2026198K-0.0%29K6.90
    15 January 2026198K+50.7%24K8.13
    31 December 2025132K+15.2%26K5.03
    15 December 2025114K-1.6%27K4.16
    28 November 2025116K+20.2%17K6.96
    14 November 202597K+7.2%14K6.70
    31 October 202590K-10.1%30K3.02
    15 October 2025100K-1.0%13K7.84
    30 September 2025101K+7.2%21K4.82
    15 September 202594K-7.7%13K7.11
    29 August 2025102K+16.3%8K12.82
    15 August 202588K+12.1%11K7.88
    31 July 202578K+1.5%14K5.57
    15 July 202577K+1.8%14K5.42
    30 June 202576K-9.4%22K3.49
    13 June 202584K-15.0%10K8.22
    30 May 202599K+37.7%9K11.25
    15 May 202572K+13.4%12K6.19
    30 April 202563K+9.4%14K4.63
    15 April 202558K-6.0%18K3.17
    31 March 202561K-10.3%12K5.15
    14 March 202568K+2.3%12K5.52
    28 February 202567K-3.3%12K5.41
    14 February 202569K-29.8%13K5.48
    31 January 202598K+32.5%19K5.12
    15 January 202574K+7.9%23K3.25
    31 December 202469K+38.6%34K2.05
    13 December 202450K+9.0%18K2.76
    29 November 202446K-3.8%17K2.63
    15 November 202447K-31.5%22K2.20
    31 October 202469K+17.9%15K4.72
    15 October 202459K-7.3%13K4.43
    30 September 202463K-21.5%18K3.51
    13 September 202481K-12.3%13K6.04
    30 August 202492K+24.8%16K5.69
    15 August 202474K-30.4%14K5.20
    31 July 2024106K+63.0%19K5.54
    15 July 202465K-9.8%15K4.33
    28 June 202472K+39.9%22K3.35
    14 June 202452K-14.4%8K6.14
    31 May 202460K-8.1%9K6.77
    15 May 202466K-51.2%15K4.34
    30 April 2024134K+44.7%9K14.93
    15 April 202493K-9.4%10K9.27
    28 March 2024102K-9.6%11K9.01
    15 March 2024113K-8.4%15K7.71
    29 February 2024124K+6.7%15K8.29
    15 February 2024116K-38.5%18K6.34
    31 January 2024188K+12.3%11K17.13
    12 January 2024168K-1.1%13K12.61
    29 December 2023169K+2.5%22K7.54
    15 December 2023165K-12.4%27K6.17
    30 November 2023189K-21.2%14K13.48
    15 November 2023239K-25.8%24K9.92
    31 October 2023323K+18.3%26K12.45
    13 October 2023273K+23.8%23K12.09
    29 September 2023220K-8.6%26K8.52
    15 September 2023241K-6.8%23K10.66
    31 August 2023258K+2.4%15K17.72
    15 August 2023252K-3.8%19K13.62
    31 July 2023262K-7.1%23K11.32
    14 July 2023282K-4.4%33K8.62
    30 June 2023295K+159.9%140K2.10
    15 June 2023114K+4.3%29K3.86
    31 May 2023109K-14.0%25K4.36
    15 May 2023127K-10.0%38K3.29
    28 April 2023141K+48.7%36K3.93
    14 April 202395K+2.2%21K4.47
    31 March 202392K+48.1%26K3.61
    15 March 202362K-22.7%36K1.73
    28 February 202381K+57.7%34K2.39
    15 February 202351K-7.6%22K2.35
    31 January 202355K-4.1%13K4.18
    13 January 202358K+57.0%17K3.41
    30 December 202237K-33.0%24K1.53
    15 December 202255K+3.1%19K2.82
    30 November 202253K+46.0%19K2.86
    15 November 202237K-17.1%39K1.00
    31 October 202244K-30.6%15K2.99
    14 October 202264K+16.8%8K8.14
    30 September 202254K-5.3%21K2.54
    15 September 202257K-4.0%15K3.96
    31 August 202260K+12.0%14K4.15
    15 August 202253K-8.1%10K5.16
    29 July 202258K-1.9%15K3.96
    15 July 202259K+11.7%9K6.61
    30 June 202253K+5.8%15K3.45
    15 June 202250K-1.4%29K1.73
    31 May 202251K-4.1%22K2.32
    13 May 202253K+25.2%13K3.96
    29 April 202242K-4.0%15K2.85
    14 April 202244K+26.5%13K3.47
    31 March 202235K+7.7%26K1.32
    15 March 202232K-1.5%14K2.36
    28 February 202233K+1.8%12K2.83
    15 February 202232K-4.2%9K3.54
    31 January 202234K+5.0%18K1.84
    14 January 202232K-11.4%18K1.83
    31 December 202136K-19.4%18K2.03
    15 December 202145K+21.3%13K3.59
    30 November 202137K-5.6%14K2.71
    15 November 202139K+15.0%14K2.82
    29 October 202134K-7.1%21K1.62
    15 October 202137K+9.9%14K2.56
    30 September 202133K-16.0%10K3.50
    15 September 202140K+4.9%14K2.85
    31 August 202138K+11.6%14K2.74
    13 August 202134K+3.3%19K1.82
    30 July 202133K-32.4%34K1.00
    15 July 202149K-1.4%41K1.18
    30 June 202149K-86.3%158K1.00
    15 June 2021361K+8.1%26K13.88
    28 May 2021334K+4.0%24K14.02
    14 May 2021321K+46.1%25K12.68
    30 April 2021220K+15.6%19K11.79
    15 April 2021190K+4.2%12K15.23
    31 March 2021182K+2.4%26K6.91
    15 March 2021178K+6.6%30K5.89
    26 February 2021167K+11.7%21K7.85
    12 February 2021149K+4.9%13K11.21
    29 January 2021142K+2.1%17K8.43
    15 January 2021139K-5.7%22K6.27
    31 December 2020148K+36.7%47K3.18
    15 December 2020108K+12.4%26K4.13
    30 November 202096K+31.2%15K6.40
    13 November 202073K+11.1%17K4.23
    30 October 202066K-5.5%15K4.26
    15 October 202070K+8.5%23K3.08
    30 September 202064K+0.2%25K2.63
    15 September 202064K-5.2%15K4.27
    31 August 202068K+28.3%7K9.05
    14 August 202053K-13.1%8K6.82
    31 July 202061K-9.2%9K6.70
    15 July 202067K-1.5%9K7.62
    30 June 202068K+52.8%20K3.37
    15 June 202044K-20.4%15K3.05
    29 May 202056K+7.3%11K5.04
    15 May 202052K+28.6%17K3.11
    30 April 202040K-7.4%18K2.24
    15 April 202044K-24.5%23K1.90
    31 March 202058K-9.7%22K2.62
    13 March 202064K+27.1%22K2.93
    28 February 202050K-3.8%15K3.41
    14 February 202052K+3.4%6K9.19
    31 January 202051K+12.5%7K7.01
    15 January 202045K-13.9%17K2.69
    31 December 201952K-9.5%12K4.39
    13 December 201958K+6.5%6K10.30
    29 November 201954K-0.0%8K6.86
    15 November 201954K-11.2%7K7.26
    31 October 201961K-7.5%6K9.97
    15 October 201966K-7.8%9K7.55
    30 September 201972K-11.8%21K3.43
    13 September 201981K+3.2%7K11.16
    30 August 201979K+5.6%7K10.62
    15 August 201975K+4.1%7K10.05
    31 July 201972K-2.7%7K10.33
    15 July 201974K-12.4%3K24.69
    28 June 201984K+27.8%11K7.37
    14 June 201966K+3.1%9K7.22
    31 May 201964K-5.5%7K8.54
    15 May 201968K+0.5%6K12.11
    30 April 201967K-6.3%6K11.97
    15 April 201972K+7.7%6K11.78
    29 March 201967K-2.1%9K7.31
    15 March 201968K+2.4%12K5.91
    28 February 201967K+0.5%8K8.58
    15 February 201966K+3.7%9K6.99
    31 January 201964K-5.3%8K7.87
    15 January 201967K-2.7%12K5.78
    31 December 201869K-2.7%16K4.23
    14 December 201871K-0.9%11K6.45
    30 November 201872K+15.8%8K9.01
    15 November 201862K+0.5%7K8.85
    31 October 201862K-8.1%7K8.27
    15 October 201867K-8.2%10K6.68
    28 September 201873K+4.4%44K1.66
    14 September 201870K+6.3%17K4.13
    31 August 201866K+8.7%4K16.46
    15 August 201861K+0.9%5K11.31
    31 July 201860K-2.7%6K10.58
    13 July 201862K-12.4%6K10.69
    29 June 201870K+10.7%11K6.18
    15 June 201864K+1.8%9K7.27
    31 May 201862K-3.0%8K7.53
    15 May 201864K-6.0%5K13.86
    30 April 201869K-1.5%6K11.77
    13 April 201870K-7.5%5K15.10
    29 March 201875K-9.6%9K8.01
    15 March 201883K+3.5%5K17.71
    28 February 201880K-0.4%5K17.16
    15 February 201881K+2.0%7K11.67
    31 January 201879K-2.0%4K19.35
    12 January 201881K-2.8%6K14.52
    29 December 201783K5K17.82
    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.