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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. short interest

1.8M shares of Barnes & Noble Education were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (1.3M to 3.4M). Short sellers would need 7.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.8Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-5.3%-7% over a year
Days to cover7.57at 236K shares a day
Of shares in issue5.15%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 bottom of its range over the last year (1.3M to 3.4M), and the share price moved +34% 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 20261.8M-5.3%236K7.57
    30 September 20261.9M+17.9%202K9.33
    15 September 20261.6M+9.2%364K4.40
    31 August 20261.5M+16.8%246K5.96
    14 August 20261.3M-21.7%169K7.43
    31 July 20261.6M+1.3%291K5.51
    15 July 20261.6M-1.8%489K3.23
    30 June 20261.6M-20.4%454K3.55
    15 June 20262.0M-12.9%343K5.90
    29 May 20262.3M+11.3%265K8.78
    15 May 20262.1M-8.4%268K7.78
    30 April 20262.3M-21.6%229K9.94
    15 April 20262.9M-3.8%181K16.10
    31 March 20263.0M-3.4%228K13.28
    13 March 20263.1M-2.1%284K11.03
    27 February 20263.2M-5.7%273K11.70
    13 February 20263.4M+11.6%301K11.28
    30 January 20263.0M+16.1%330K9.20
    15 January 20262.6M+0.4%404K6.48
    31 December 20252.6M-3.8%279K9.34
    15 December 20252.7M+3.0%319K8.48
    28 November 20252.6M+25.8%965K2.72
    14 November 20252.1M+0.8%191K10.93
    31 October 20252.1M+7.4%167K12.43
    15 October 20251.9M-7.1%220K8.76
    30 September 20252.1M-7.3%333K6.25
    15 September 20252.2M+12.3%328K6.82
    29 August 20252.0M-7.4%284K7.02
    15 August 20252.2M+9.1%349K6.17
    31 July 20252.0M+34.2%768K2.57
    15 July 20251.5M+7.5%315K4.67
    30 June 20251.4M+52.0%590K2.32
    13 June 2025900K-8.2%245K3.67
    30 May 2025979K-0.1%369K2.65
    15 May 2025981K-20.1%347K2.83
    30 April 20251.2M+12.3%241K5.09
    15 April 20251.1M+11.0%358K3.05
    31 March 2025984K+7.2%334K2.94
    14 March 2025918K+16.6%506K1.81
    28 February 2025787K+21.4%330K2.39
    14 February 2025648K+20.6%291K2.23
    31 January 2025537K-16.8%312K1.72
    15 January 2025646K-9.2%716K1.00
    31 December 2024711K-33.4%830K1.00
    13 December 20241.1M+20.8%585K1.83
    29 November 2024884K-12.3%447K1.98
    15 November 20241.0M-3.4%342K2.95
    31 October 20241.0M-11.7%126K8.30
    15 October 20241.2M-3.1%195K6.06
    30 September 20241.2M+69.6%422K2.89
    13 September 2024720K+2.1%257K2.80
    30 August 2024705K+13.4%215K3.28
    15 August 2024622K+19.2%308K2.02
    31 July 2024521K+19.3%512K1.02
    15 July 2024437K+16.5%432K1.01
    28 June 2024375K+1.2%536K1.00
    14 June 2024371K-42.5%1.2M1.00
    31 May 2024645K+135.2%3.6M1.00
    15 May 2024274K+172.0%192K1.43
    30 April 2024101K+42.3%199K1.00
    15 April 202471K-1.0%23K3.15
    28 March 202472K+37.5%37K1.96
    15 March 202452K-7.2%49K1.06
    29 February 202456K-26.1%18K3.12
    15 February 202476K+106.8%74K1.02
    31 January 202437K+21.4%53K1.00
    12 January 202430K+28.5%150K1.00
    29 December 202324K-12.0%28K1.00
    15 December 202327K-36.0%56K1.00
    30 November 202342K-10.2%6K7.55
    15 November 202347K+21.8%11K4.41
    31 October 202338K-13.5%15K2.64
    13 October 202344K-2.0%14K3.10
    29 September 202345K+5.1%11K4.18
    15 September 202343K+15.7%21K2.05
    31 August 202337K-22.7%10K3.83
    15 August 202348K-3.2%22K2.19
    31 July 202350K+57.1%43K1.16
    14 July 202332K+33.3%81K1.00
    30 June 202324K+19.2%12K1.93
    15 June 202320K-27.4%25K1.00
    31 May 202327K+21.8%8K3.36
    15 May 202322K-0.8%11K2.00
    28 April 202323K-17.0%12K1.90
    14 April 202327K+19.8%13K2.15
    31 March 202323K-51.6%25K1.00
    15 March 202347K+61.8%111K1.00
    28 February 202329K-8.7%8K3.86
    15 February 202332K+4.0%11K2.78
    31 January 202331K-11.5%23K1.31
    13 January 202335K-20.6%10K3.38
    30 December 202244K+23.3%26K1.65
    15 December 202235K+11.4%67K1.00
    30 November 202232K-3.8%11K2.99
    15 November 202233K-23.4%8K4.30
    31 October 202243K-21.4%7K6.45
    14 October 202255K-17.8%7K7.33
    30 September 202267K-0.2%12K5.38
    15 September 202267K-22.1%10K6.54
    31 August 202286K+14.7%22K3.94
    15 August 202275K+0.6%11K6.52
    29 July 202274K-1.1%12K6.31
    15 July 202275K-36.0%24K3.15
    30 June 2022118K-16.3%79K1.49
    15 June 2022141K+2.9%30K4.62
    31 May 2022137K+11.9%29K4.72
    13 May 2022122K+35.7%31K3.95
    29 April 202290K+12.3%25K3.57
    14 April 202280K-36.2%80K1.00
    31 March 2022126K+4.8%61K2.08
    15 March 2022120K-2.6%28K4.23
    28 February 2022123K+2.7%14K9.04
    15 February 2022120K+3.3%13K9.42
    31 January 2022116K+5.9%17K6.76
    14 January 2022110K-1.3%20K5.60
    31 December 2021111K+21.2%39K2.85
    15 December 202192K-1.7%31K2.95
    30 November 202193K-0.2%28K3.31
    15 November 202193K-10.9%20K4.61
    29 October 2021105K-5.9%15K6.82
    15 October 2021111K+4.0%24K4.55
    30 September 2021107K+7.3%22K4.94
    15 September 2021100K+1.0%28K3.53
    31 August 202199K-3.6%17K5.81
    13 August 2021102K-4.7%17K5.99
    30 July 2021107K+5.9%20K5.32
    15 July 2021101K+3.5%44K2.32
    30 June 202198K+73.9%62K1.58
    15 June 202156K-12.7%26K2.21
    28 May 202165K-9.5%17K3.90
    14 May 202171K+15.8%19K3.73
    30 April 202162K+0.4%15K4.03
    15 April 202161K+6.8%20K3.09
    31 March 202157K-4.1%31K1.88
    15 March 202160K+15.7%40K1.50
    26 February 202152K-10.6%27K1.93
    12 February 202158K-8.1%39K1.49
    29 January 202163K-9.3%44K1.42
    15 January 202170K+31.1%23K2.98
    31 December 202053K-17.0%29K1.81
    15 December 202064K+2.3%23K2.80
    30 November 202062K-7.6%13K4.89
    13 November 202068K-7.9%15K4.42
    30 October 202073K+4.6%9K7.75
    15 October 202070K-7.3%11K6.55
    30 September 202076K-13.5%25K3.05
    15 September 202088K-8.0%31K2.86
    31 August 202095K-12.8%18K5.31
    14 August 2020109K-17.0%22K4.93
    31 July 2020132K+17.1%45K2.96
    15 July 2020112K-24.1%48K2.35
    30 June 2020148K-4.5%53K2.81
    15 June 2020155K+15.4%48K3.22
    29 May 2020135K-1.0%33K4.06
    15 May 2020136K+4.9%16K8.53
    30 April 2020130K-2.9%18K7.36
    15 April 2020133K-23.4%38K3.54
    31 March 2020174K-4.4%25K6.87
    13 March 2020182K-3.0%21K8.85
    28 February 2020188K+12.7%22K8.42
    14 February 2020166K+4.1%20K8.37
    31 January 2020160K-6.2%15K10.33
    15 January 2020170K-1.1%14K12.28
    31 December 2019172K-14.7%23K7.58
    13 December 2019202K+4.6%24K8.47
    29 November 2019193K-5.9%18K10.91
    15 November 2019205K-12.3%18K11.10
    31 October 2019234K-8.2%19K12.43
    15 October 2019255K+6.2%24K10.54
    30 September 2019240K+46.7%44K5.51
    13 September 2019164K+1.1%24K6.71
    30 August 2019162K+5.0%20K8.07
    15 August 2019154K-2.4%17K9.18
    31 July 2019158K-8.0%23K6.96
    15 July 2019172K-1.4%19K9.03
    28 June 2019174K+14.5%36K4.82
    14 June 2019152K+21.3%22K7.07
    31 May 2019125K+28.9%36K3.47
    15 May 201997K+7.2%25K3.89
    30 April 201991K-4.9%26K3.55
    15 April 201995K-16.5%23K4.11
    29 March 2019114K+22.6%30K3.76
    15 March 201993K+10.5%59K1.58
    28 February 201984K-5.2%36K2.37
    15 February 201989K+7.0%16K5.48
    31 January 201983K+13.7%15K5.40
    15 January 201973K+9.5%23K3.15
    31 December 201867K+19.2%33K2.05
    14 December 201856K+1.7%41K1.38
    30 November 201855K+9.7%9K6.13
    15 November 201850K-3.8%9K5.44
    31 October 201852K-18.6%10K5.08
    15 October 201864K-0.5%10K6.45
    28 September 201864K-25.1%14K4.74
    14 September 201886K+19.4%16K5.48
    31 August 201872K+8.6%31K2.33
    15 August 201866K+10.1%11K6.07
    31 July 201860K-30.5%16K3.67
    13 July 201887K-2.2%18K4.84
    29 June 201889K+3.2%38K2.35
    15 June 201886K+17.0%12K7.41
    31 May 201873K-1.4%11K6.63
    15 May 201874K-27.9%14K5.49
    30 April 2018103K+41.7%12K8.76
    13 April 201873K-2.1%12K5.90
    29 March 201874K+2.7%19K3.91
    15 March 201872K+28.4%26K2.83
    28 February 201856K+8.1%21K2.69
    15 February 201852K+2.2%14K3.73
    31 January 201851K-4.5%14K3.58
    12 January 201853K-11.3%24K2.22
    29 December 201760K25K2.42
    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.