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Barrett Business Services Inc. short interest

1.2M shares of Barrett Business Services were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 6.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.2Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+14.3%+151% over a year
Days to cover6.21at 199K shares a day
Of shares in issue5.13%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 at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved -25% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20261.2M+14.3%199K6.21
    30 September 20261.1M-9.2%247K4.39
    15 September 20261.2M+16.9%163K7.30
    31 August 20261.0M+8.7%196K5.20
    14 August 2026937K+14.6%327K2.87
    31 July 2026818K+18.5%221K3.69
    15 July 2026690K-21.9%200K3.45
    30 June 2026884K+37.2%288K3.06
    15 June 2026644K-1.1%237K2.72
    29 May 2026651K+14.5%250K2.61
    15 May 2026569K+0.5%246K2.31
    30 April 2026566K+13.8%141K4.03
    15 April 2026497K-36.3%186K2.67
    31 March 2026780K-8.2%312K2.50
    13 March 2026850K+20.1%370K2.29
    27 February 2026708K-1.4%317K2.23
    13 February 2026717K+22.0%218K3.29
    30 January 2026588K+18.6%151K3.90
    15 January 2026496K-5.3%141K3.51
    31 December 2025524K+2.0%141K3.71
    15 December 2025513K+11.3%177K2.89
    28 November 2025461K+8.9%234K1.97
    14 November 2025424K-7.0%326K1.30
    31 October 2025455K-7.4%195K2.34
    15 October 2025492K-5.9%136K3.60
    30 September 2025523K-0.9%154K3.39
    15 September 2025527K-10.2%146K3.62
    29 August 2025587K-7.4%168K3.49
    15 August 2025634K-6.3%168K3.77
    31 July 2025677K+0.7%164K4.13
    15 July 2025673K+3.4%153K4.41
    30 June 2025651K-0.7%171K3.80
    13 June 2025655K+0.6%129K5.09
    30 May 2025651K-4.9%127K5.15
    15 May 2025685K+18.9%178K3.85
    30 April 2025576K+16.3%160K3.60
    15 April 2025495K+4.6%180K2.75
    31 March 2025474K-8.9%133K3.57
    14 March 2025520K+14.4%144K3.61
    28 February 2025454K-5.8%150K3.02
    14 February 2025482K-10.2%101K4.79
    31 January 2025537K-7.5%82K6.56
    15 January 2025580K-9.8%75K7.70
    31 December 2024643K+6.6%122K5.28
    13 December 2024603K-2.8%103K5.86
    29 November 2024621K+25.1%160K3.88
    15 November 2024496K+7.6%171K2.90
    31 October 2024461K-5.4%87K5.30
    15 October 2024488K+16.5%71K6.84
    30 September 2024419K+9.4%139K3.02
    13 September 2024383K-4.3%145K2.65
    30 August 2024400K-8.9%151K2.66
    15 August 2024439K+36.3%183K2.40
    31 July 2024322K-1.1%153K2.10
    15 July 2024325K+10.1%156K2.09
    28 June 2024296K-5.9%239K1.24
    14 June 2024314K+66.9%164K1.92
    31 May 2024188K+18.1%123K1.54
    15 May 2024159K-17.6%135K1.18
    30 April 2024193K-0.7%115K1.68
    15 April 2024195K-19.9%113K1.73
    28 March 2024243K+53.9%141K1.72
    15 March 2024158K-7.3%130K1.22
    29 February 2024170K-29.6%114K1.50
    15 February 2024242K-3.6%108K2.24
    31 January 2024251K+36.2%110K2.28
    12 January 2024184K-2.2%121K1.53
    29 December 2023189K-17.7%116K1.62
    15 December 2023229K+17.8%154K1.49
    30 November 2023194K-17.1%152K1.28
    15 November 2023235K+16.0%184K1.28
    31 October 2023202K+1.9%79K2.56
    13 October 2023198K-17.1%79K2.50
    29 September 2023239K-18.2%118K2.02
    15 September 2023293K+7.5%160K1.83
    31 August 2023272K+14.8%99K2.76
    15 August 2023237K-20.3%109K2.17
    31 July 2023298K-20.8%91K3.25
    14 July 2023376K+11.1%124K3.03
    30 June 2023338K-16.4%140K2.42
    15 June 2023404K-17.5%120K3.36
    31 May 2023490K+1.4%136K3.60
    15 May 2023483K+24.9%207K2.33
    28 April 2023387K+3.1%122K3.17
    14 April 2023375K-6.7%148K2.54
    31 March 2023402K+32.6%270K1.49
    15 March 2023304K-9.6%467K1.00
    28 February 2023336K-11.2%237K1.42
    15 February 2023379K+4.1%232K1.63
    31 January 2023364K-0.8%198K1.83
    13 January 2023367K+4.0%196K1.87
    30 December 2022353K-17.4%193K1.83
    15 December 2022427K+3.9%184K2.32
    30 November 2022411K+61.0%179K2.29
    15 November 2022255K-31.7%218K1.17
    31 October 2022374K-14.1%176K2.12
    14 October 2022435K+0.1%144K3.01
    30 September 2022434K-21.2%172K2.52
    15 September 2022551K+54.2%162K3.41
    31 August 2022358K-13.7%149K2.40
    15 August 2022414K-26.4%188K2.20
    29 July 2022563K+6.8%130K4.32
    15 July 2022527K-0.1%111K4.73
    30 June 2022527K+11.7%306K1.72
    15 June 2022472K+23.1%159K2.98
    31 May 2022384K+20.2%129K2.98
    13 May 2022319K-15.5%286K1.11
    29 April 2022378K+12.3%148K2.56
    14 April 2022337K-18.0%150K2.24
    31 March 2022410K-2.6%178K2.30
    15 March 2022421K+82.1%286K1.47
    28 February 2022231K+1.0%245K1.00
    15 February 2022229K+23.2%284K1.00
    31 January 2022186K+58.5%173K1.08
    14 January 2022117K-22.4%149K1.00
    31 December 2021151K-22.3%192K1.00
    15 December 2021195K+9.9%149K1.31
    30 November 2021177K-12.6%126K1.40
    15 November 2021203K-6.0%165K1.23
    29 October 2021216K+8.5%134K1.61
    15 October 2021199K-4.7%133K1.50
    30 September 2021208K-9.2%128K1.62
    15 September 2021230K+15.5%81K2.85
    31 August 2021199K-4.7%70K2.82
    13 August 2021209K-6.2%73K2.87
    30 July 2021222K-13.7%66K3.35
    15 July 2021258K-9.4%86K3.01
    30 June 2021284K-24.0%157K1.81
    15 June 2021374K-7.0%88K4.24
    28 May 2021402K+0.2%96K4.18
    14 May 2021401K-4.1%136K2.94
    30 April 2021418K+21.1%99K4.24
    15 April 2021345K-14.0%89K3.90
    31 March 2021401K-18.6%178K2.26
    15 March 2021493K-10.5%162K3.04
    26 February 2021551K+3.1%131K4.21
    12 February 2021534K-2.1%92K5.81
    29 January 2021546K-12.9%128K4.26
    15 January 2021627K-5.0%148K4.24
    31 December 2020660K+7.0%148K4.46
    15 December 2020617K+9.5%118K5.25
    30 November 2020564K+9.5%120K4.69
    13 November 2020515K-19.2%345K1.49
    30 October 2020637K+29.7%215K2.97
    15 October 2020491K+7.5%166K2.96
    30 September 2020457K+24.2%211K2.17
    15 September 2020368K+0.6%205K1.79
    31 August 2020366K+4.0%181K2.03
    14 August 2020352K+16.1%291K1.21
    31 July 2020303K-40.8%161K1.88
    15 July 2020512K+7.8%205K2.49
    30 June 2020475K+61.3%265K1.79
    15 June 2020294K-10.8%178K1.65
    29 May 2020330K-14.1%197K1.68
    15 May 2020384K+26.8%248K1.55
    30 April 2020303K-10.1%223K1.36
    15 April 2020337K-2.2%256K1.32
    31 March 2020344K+17.6%314K1.10
    13 March 2020293K+45.2%234K1.25
    28 February 2020202K-29.3%224K1.00
    14 February 2020285K+5.4%115K2.48
    31 January 2020271K+14.9%133K2.04
    15 January 2020236K+5.2%166K1.41
    31 December 2019224K-6.7%103K2.17
    13 December 2019240K+23.1%173K1.39
    29 November 2019195K-16.7%102K1.91
    15 November 2019234K-13.6%183K1.28
    31 October 2019271K-21.9%101K2.68
    15 October 2019347K+3.1%142K2.44
    30 September 2019337K-8.6%148K2.27
    13 September 2019368K+5.6%160K2.30
    30 August 2019349K+2.8%208K1.68
    15 August 2019339K+52.5%263K1.29
    31 July 2019222K-37.1%156K1.42
    15 July 2019353K+13.6%151K2.34
    28 June 2019311K+13.6%256K1.22
    14 June 2019274K-21.1%140K1.95
    31 May 2019347K+16.8%83K4.17
    15 May 2019297K+27.2%148K2.00
    30 April 2019234K-1.5%140K1.67
    15 April 2019237K-15.2%171K1.39
    29 March 2019280K+10.9%127K2.20
    15 March 2019252K-53.7%230K1.10
    28 February 2019545K+27.9%181K3.02
    15 February 2019426K+28.2%109K3.91
    31 January 2019333K+37.2%201K1.66
    15 January 2019242K+44.4%189K1.28
    31 December 2018168K-17.1%108K1.56
    14 December 2018202K+2.3%136K1.48
    30 November 2018198K-7.8%130K1.53
    15 November 2018215K-16.0%180K1.19
    31 October 2018255K-34.5%152K1.68
    15 October 2018390K+12.3%184K2.12
    28 September 2018347K+46.4%189K1.84
    14 September 2018237K-35.2%206K1.15
    31 August 2018366K+20.8%184K1.99
    15 August 2018303K-25.9%249K1.22
    31 July 2018409K+26.5%114K3.58
    13 July 2018324K+1.5%99K3.27
    29 June 2018319K+43.5%171K1.86
    15 June 2018222K-12.2%149K1.49
    31 May 2018253K-18.1%140K1.80
    15 May 2018309K+30.6%194K1.60
    30 April 2018237K-7.0%175K1.35
    13 April 2018255K-4.8%205K1.24
    29 March 2018267K-0.9%243K1.10
    15 March 2018270K+43.4%352K1.00
    28 February 2018188K-34.7%182K1.03
    15 February 2018288K-8.1%146K1.97
    31 January 2018313K+4.0%161K1.95
    12 January 2018301K-2.5%107K2.82
    29 December 2017309K130K2.39
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.