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Better Home & Finance Holding Co. short interest

3.7M shares of Better Home & Finance Holding were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (806K to 3.7M). Short sellers would need 3.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short3.7Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.0%+358% over a year
Days to cover3.29at 1.1M shares a day
Of shares in issue19.47%shares short over shares outstanding
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  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 top of its range over the last year (806K to 3.7M), and the share price moved -65% 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 20263.7M-1.0%1.1M3.29
    30 September 20263.7M+11.6%647K5.77
    15 September 20263.3M+6.5%426K7.85
    31 August 20263.1M+10.1%745K4.21
    14 August 20262.9M+14.9%1.2M2.47
    31 July 20262.5M+3.2%214K11.60
    15 July 20262.4M+6.0%308K7.82
    30 June 20262.3M-7.1%338K6.71
    15 June 20262.4M+17.0%298K8.19
    29 May 20262.1M-6.0%452K4.62
    15 May 20262.2M+5.7%692K3.21
    30 April 20262.1M+0.7%548K3.84
    15 April 20262.1M-16.5%749K2.79
    31 March 20262.5M+9.4%415K6.04
    13 March 20262.3M+5.3%401K5.71
    27 February 20262.2M-0.7%353K6.15
    13 February 20262.2M+7.1%361K6.06
    30 January 20262.0M+11.2%454K4.50
    15 January 20261.8M+6.8%506K3.63
    31 December 20251.7M+4.4%416K4.13
    15 December 20251.6M+41.4%511K3.22
    28 November 20251.2M+5.0%461K2.53
    14 November 20251.1M+28.8%692K1.60
    31 October 2025862K+6.9%860K1.00
    15 October 2025806K-20.6%1.0M1.00
    30 September 20251.0M+119.1%2.3M1.00
    15 September 2025464K+3.6%73K6.32
    29 August 2025448K-0.6%70K6.42
    15 August 2025450K+10.9%58K7.74
    31 July 2025406K-2.4%32K12.74
    15 July 2025416K+21.0%46K9.08
    30 June 2025344K+107.7%150K2.30
    13 June 2025166K+5.9%98K1.70
    30 May 2025156K-18.5%56K2.77
    15 May 2025192K+0.7%31K6.19
    30 April 2025191K+27.6%44K4.36
    15 April 2025149K-7.5%70K2.12
    31 March 2025161K+28.6%50K3.19
    14 March 2025125K-4.8%48K2.60
    28 February 2025132K+1.6%20K6.60
    14 February 2025130K-12.5%33K3.92
    31 January 2025148K+9.4%52K2.86
    15 January 2025135K-23.3%52K2.60
    31 December 2024177K+10.9%29K6.11
    13 December 2024159K-4.0%44K3.62
    29 November 2024166K-17.6%34K4.82
    15 November 2024201K+18.8%45K4.46
    31 October 2024169K+12.9%46K3.72
    15 October 2024150K-11.4%51K2.96
    30 September 2024169K+25.9%42K4.05
    13 September 2024134K-11.6%32K4.22
    30 August 2024152K+33.7%44K3.43
    15 August 2024114K+37.2%23K5.00
    31 July 202483K-15.2%14K6.01
    15 July 202498K-17.8%27K3.57
    28 June 2024119K+38.2%44K2.71
    14 June 202486K-19.3%25K3.40
    31 May 2024107K-5.2%32K3.32
    15 May 2024112K+3.6%17K6.68
    30 April 2024109K-5.4%12K9.10
    15 April 2024115K-9.1%12K9.62
    28 March 2024126K+17.2%18K7.16
    15 March 2024108K-8.4%22K4.83
    29 February 2024118K+11.9%24K4.93
    15 February 2024105K+50.3%23K4.50
    31 January 202470K-22.8%19K3.78
    12 January 202491K+10.0%30K2.97
    29 December 202382K+1696.3%78K1.05
    15 December 20235K-55.5%78K1.00
    30 November 202310K-2.0%18K1.00
    15 November 202311K-37.0%19K1.00
    31 October 202317K+87.0%25K1.00
    13 October 20239K-19.2%37K1.00
    29 September 202311K-70.4%58K1.00
    15 September 202337K+439.0%165K1.00
    31 August 20237K-93.8%320K1.00
    31 January 2018112K-5.2%13K8.84
    12 January 2018118K-6.6%17K7.09
    29 December 2017126K151K1.00
    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.