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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. short interest

49.9M shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (29.9M to 52.3M). Short sellers would need 3.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short49.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+8.9%+65% over a year
Days to cover3.65at 13.7M shares a day
Of shares in issue2.44%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 top of its range over the last year (29.9M to 52.3M), and the share price moved +42% 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 202649.9M+8.9%13.7M3.65
    30 September 202645.8M+9.2%15.2M3.01
    15 September 202642.0M-4.8%7.2M5.80
    31 August 202644.1M-3.9%8.4M5.27
    14 August 202645.9M-12.4%13.2M3.48
    31 July 202652.3M+16.5%11.3M4.63
    15 July 202644.9M+10.9%10.6M4.24
    30 June 202640.5M+2.4%16.4M2.47
    15 June 202639.6M+2.8%11.9M3.33
    29 May 202638.5M+4.9%11.1M3.46
    15 May 202636.7M+17.2%10.4M3.54
    30 April 202631.3M-3.3%9.9M3.17
    15 April 202632.4M+2.8%9.5M3.42
    31 March 202631.5M+5.5%15.8M1.99
    13 March 202629.9M-10.7%11.8M2.53
    27 February 202633.4M+5.5%13.0M2.57
    13 February 202631.7M+6.0%14.6M2.17
    30 January 202629.9M-19.1%12.7M2.35
    15 January 202637.0M+1.1%12.9M2.87
    31 December 202536.6M+3.2%16.1M2.27
    15 December 202535.4M+4.5%16.4M2.16
    28 November 202533.9M+7.0%14.3M2.37
    14 November 202531.7M-1.2%14.1M2.24
    31 October 202532.1M+5.6%17.8M1.80
    15 October 202530.4M+15.2%17.9M1.70
    30 September 202526.3M-10.6%19.2M1.37
    15 September 202529.5M-5.5%9.5M3.12
    29 August 202531.2M+5.1%9.7M3.21
    15 August 202529.7M-4.0%11.6M2.55
    31 July 202530.9M-19.4%13.9M2.22
    15 July 202538.4M-2.7%12.7M3.02
    30 June 202539.4M+17.4%17.0M2.32
    13 June 202533.6M+3.3%11.1M3.04
    30 May 202532.5M-12.1%12.3M2.65
    15 May 202537.0M-0.3%19.0M1.95
    30 April 202537.1M+23.6%16.8M2.21
    15 April 202530.0M+2.2%15.5M1.94
    31 March 202529.4M-20.6%12.0M2.46
    14 March 202537.0M+21.1%13.3M2.78
    28 February 202530.6M+19.5%12.0M2.56
    14 February 202525.6M-4.1%13.4M1.91
    31 January 202526.7M-3.0%10.1M2.64
    15 January 202527.5M+10.4%9.3M2.96
    31 December 202424.9M-9.9%13.1M1.91
    13 December 202427.7M+8.0%9.0M3.06
    29 November 202425.6M-0.7%9.2M2.77
    15 November 202425.8M+10.0%13.9M1.85
    31 October 202423.4M+4.1%8.4M2.79
    15 October 202422.5M+12.3%11.8M1.91
    30 September 202420.0M-8.1%13.9M1.44
    13 September 202421.8M-2.1%8.9M2.44
    30 August 202422.3M-20.5%8.7M2.56
    15 August 202428.0M+6.0%14.8M1.89
    31 July 202426.4M-17.6%19.2M1.37
    15 July 202432.1M+1.4%15.0M2.13
    28 June 202431.6M+4.4%20.1M1.57
    14 June 202430.3M+5.4%12.9M2.35
    31 May 202428.7M+1.6%16.6M1.73
    15 May 202428.3M+0.9%12.2M2.32
    30 April 202428.0M-18.4%16.2M1.73
    15 April 202434.4M-2.1%10.9M3.16
    28 March 202435.1M-5.7%13.2M2.66
    15 March 202437.3M+14.1%26.9M1.38
    29 February 202432.6M+3.7%11.5M2.84
    15 February 202431.5M+1.3%17.2M1.84
    31 January 202431.1M+6.5%15.1M2.06
    12 January 202429.2M+30.8%15.7M1.86
    29 December 202322.3M-7.4%13.8M1.61
    15 December 202324.1M-11.3%17.4M1.39
    30 November 202327.2M+1.4%14.6M1.86
    15 November 202326.8M+14.5%13.8M1.95
    31 October 202323.4M-12.5%15.1M1.55
    13 October 202326.7M-15.3%10.2M2.62
    29 September 202331.6M-14.6%10.1M3.13
    15 September 202337.0M-15.5%13.3M2.77
    31 August 202343.8M-18.2%9.8M4.46
    15 August 202353.5M+221.6%12.8M4.20
    31 July 202316.6M-8.7%10.2M1.63
    14 July 202318.2M+1.2%7.9M2.30
    30 June 202318.0M-1.9%9.5M1.90
    15 June 202318.3M-2.7%7.0M2.63
    31 May 202318.8M-12.3%9.2M2.05
    15 May 202321.5M+13.5%8.7M2.47
    28 April 202318.9M+5.9%7.3M2.59
    14 April 202317.9M+3.5%6.8M2.62
    31 March 202317.3M-17.0%8.3M2.08
    15 March 202320.8M+22.3%7.9M2.63
    28 February 202317.0M-4.0%6.8M2.51
    15 February 202317.7M-14.5%9.2M1.92
    31 January 202320.7M-1.2%8.1M2.57
    13 January 202321.0M+14.9%8.4M2.48
    30 December 202218.2M-26.7%9.0M2.03
    15 December 202224.9M-1.3%8.8M2.82
    30 November 202225.2M+3.5%8.5M2.96
    15 November 202224.4M-1.6%10.4M2.35
    31 October 202224.8M+7.3%8.7M2.83
    14 October 202223.1M-4.6%8.9M2.59
    30 September 202224.2M+4.7%10.9M2.23
    15 September 202223.1M+1.7%10.8M2.13
    31 August 202222.7M-4.7%9.2M2.48
    15 August 202223.8M-14.3%8.2M2.89
    29 July 202227.8M+1.8%9.4M2.96
    15 July 202227.3M-29.9%9.9M2.77
    30 June 202239.0M+13.1%14.2M2.74
    15 June 202234.5M+4.3%12.3M2.80
    31 May 202233.0M+2.7%15.6M2.12
    13 May 202232.2M-9.0%16.1M2.00
    29 April 202235.4M-16.3%15.0M2.36
    14 April 202242.2M-10.8%15.2M2.79
    31 March 202247.3M-11.9%16.0M2.96
    15 March 202253.7M-15.0%14.7M3.65
    28 February 202263.2M-10.8%16.0M3.95
    15 February 202270.9M+171.3%16.0M4.42
    31 January 202226.1M+10.2%13.5M1.93
    14 January 202223.7M+16.6%12.9M1.84
    31 December 202120.3M-7.2%10.8M1.89
    15 December 202121.9M-5.7%16.9M1.30
    30 November 202123.3M+14.8%15.5M1.50
    15 November 202120.3M-9.6%10.7M1.89
    29 October 202122.4M+7.5%11.8M1.90
    15 October 202120.8M+4.6%12.4M1.68
    30 September 202119.9M-5.1%11.7M1.71
    15 September 202121.0M+3.3%9.2M2.27
    31 August 202120.3M+5.1%7.3M2.80
    13 August 202119.3M-11.7%6.5M2.96
    30 July 202121.9M+13.1%9.1M2.40
    15 July 202119.4M+19.8%8.1M2.38
    30 June 202116.2M-22.2%10.5M1.54
    15 June 202120.8M+24.0%9.5M2.19
    28 May 202116.8M+4.9%8.5M1.98
    14 May 202116.0M-23.8%8.9M1.79
    30 April 202121.0M+10.5%11.1M1.90
    15 April 202119.0M+12.6%8.8M2.15
    31 March 202116.9M-33.0%12.2M1.38
    15 March 202125.2M-10.8%10.4M2.42
    26 February 202128.2M+35.6%12.5M2.26
    12 February 202120.8M+6.8%12.9M1.61
    29 January 202119.5M-1.3%10.6M1.84
    15 January 202119.7M+31.4%11.4M1.73
    31 December 202015.0M-2.5%8.4M1.80
    15 December 202015.4M+0.7%8.9M1.73
    30 November 202015.3M-5.2%8.2M1.86
    13 November 202016.1M+2.7%11.9M1.35
    30 October 202015.7M+14.2%8.0M1.97
    15 October 202013.8M+18.3%10.0M1.38
    30 September 202011.6M-19.1%9.5M1.22
    15 September 202014.4M-3.3%10.4M1.38
    31 August 202014.9M+2.8%6.0M2.46
    14 August 202014.5M-30.2%10.4M1.40
    31 July 202020.7M-9.6%8.1M2.54
    15 July 202022.9M+5.8%9.9M2.31
    30 June 202021.6M-29.3%17.8M1.22
    15 June 202030.6M-18.0%12.4M2.47
    29 May 202037.3M+8.4%13.4M2.78
    15 May 202034.4M+8.1%14.9M2.32
    30 April 202031.9M-3.6%12.7M2.51
    15 April 202033.0M+20.4%14.0M2.37
    31 March 202027.4M-39.3%18.2M1.51
    13 March 202045.2M-7.7%17.6M2.57
    28 February 202049.0M-20.1%14.8M3.31
    14 February 202061.3M-3.8%11.3M5.42
    31 January 202063.7M+15.9%12.9M4.96
    15 January 202055.0M-19.1%14.8M3.70
    31 December 201968.0M-8.5%11.9M5.72
    13 December 201974.3M-23.6%17.9M4.14
    29 November 201997.2M-35.7%42.2M2.30
    15 November 2019151.2M+2.0%11.9M12.76
    31 October 2019148.3M-0.9%14.3M10.40
    15 October 2019149.6M+0.1%9.7M15.46
    30 September 2019149.5M+2.6%9.9M15.17
    13 September 2019145.8M+1.2%8.1M17.91
    30 August 2019144.0M+7.3%10.8M13.37
    15 August 2019134.3M+8.2%13.4M10.04
    31 July 2019124.0M+11.7%15.6M7.94
    15 July 2019111.0M-0.3%11.7M9.46
    28 June 2019111.3M+6.3%16.4M6.80
    14 June 2019104.7M+5.0%10.5M9.99
    31 May 201999.7M+5.2%12.0M8.31
    15 May 201994.8M+3.6%14.6M6.49
    30 April 201991.5M+18.1%17.1M5.35
    15 April 201977.5M+61.2%18.4M4.20
    29 March 201948.1M-26.9%18.4M2.62
    15 March 201965.8M-11.2%21.7M3.03
    28 February 201974.1M+21.6%24.2M3.07
    15 February 201961.0M+6.0%15.4M3.97
    31 January 201957.5M+18.9%15.8M3.65
    15 January 201948.4M+281.5%27.8M1.74
    31 December 201812.7M-1.1%9.0M1.40
    14 December 201812.8M+2.3%9.3M1.37
    30 November 201812.5M+5.2%9.6M1.31
    15 November 201811.9M+5.0%7.6M1.56
    31 October 201811.4M-12.1%13.0M1.00
    15 October 201812.9M-4.3%7.0M1.85
    28 September 201813.5M-5.7%5.0M2.69
    14 September 201814.3M+1.4%4.9M2.92
    31 August 201814.1M+5.6%5.0M2.81
    15 August 201813.4M+2.6%5.3M2.51
    31 July 201813.0M+2.3%6.8M1.91
    13 July 201812.7M-13.3%4.4M2.91
    29 June 201814.7M+1.3%8.1M1.82
    15 June 201814.5M+10.5%7.9M1.84
    31 May 201813.1M-2.2%6.1M2.16
    15 May 201813.4M+5.6%8.9M1.51
    30 April 201812.7M-11.2%16.0M1.00
    13 April 201814.3M+28.5%8.0M1.80
    29 March 201811.1M-17.3%6.5M1.71
    15 March 201813.5M-1.9%5.6M2.42
    28 February 201813.7M-5.7%6.9M2.00
    15 February 201814.6M+17.5%12.7M1.15
    31 January 201812.4M+16.7%7.9M1.57
    12 January 201810.6M+33.8%5.9M1.79
    29 December 20177.9M4.9M1.64
    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.