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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. short interest

956K shares of Bowhead Specialty Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 30 Jan 2026. Short sellers would need 4.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short956Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+51.3%-5% over a year
Days to cover3.96at 241K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.90%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 since 30 Jan 2026, and the share price moved +28% 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 31 May 2024 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026956K+51.3%241K3.96
    30 September 2026632K+5.1%271K2.34
    15 September 2026602K+9.8%358K1.68
    31 August 2026548K-4.5%375K1.46
    14 August 2026574K-17.6%652K1.00
    31 July 2026696K+6.3%137K5.08
    15 July 2026655K-9.7%189K3.46
    30 June 2026725K-5.0%227K3.20
    15 June 2026763K+0.7%163K4.69
    29 May 2026757K-3.0%199K3.80
    15 May 2026781K+9.9%300K2.60
    30 April 2026710K-3.1%151K4.70
    15 April 2026733K-1.4%169K4.34
    31 March 2026744K+9.5%190K3.92
    13 March 2026679K-28.5%220K3.09
    27 February 2026950K+20.3%320K2.97
    13 February 2026790K-26.9%203K3.89
    30 January 20261.1M-5.8%209K5.16
    15 January 20261.1M+12.0%194K5.92
    31 December 20251.0M+0.4%182K5.65
    15 December 20251.0M-7.8%188K5.43
    28 November 20251.1M+3.2%179K6.18
    14 November 20251.1M-3.6%282K3.80
    31 October 20251.1M+10.0%231K4.81
    15 October 20251.0M+15.8%411K2.46
    30 September 2025873K+8.3%326K2.68
    15 September 2025806K+10.4%292K2.76
    29 August 2025731K-11.8%328K2.23
    15 August 2025828K+5.8%450K1.84
    31 July 2025783K+2.9%171K4.58
    15 July 2025761K-16.5%193K3.95
    30 June 2025911K+11.9%254K3.59
    13 June 2025815K+3.1%198K4.11
    30 May 2025790K-3.2%203K3.90
    15 May 2025817K+26.3%295K2.76
    30 April 2025646K-9.6%250K2.58
    15 April 2025715K+1.6%366K1.95
    31 March 2025703K+140.7%468K1.50
    14 March 2025292K-10.7%246K1.19
    28 February 2025327K-5.7%161K2.04
    14 February 2025347K-23.6%81K4.27
    31 January 2025454K+19.0%91K5.01
    15 January 2025382K-20.4%125K3.04
    31 December 2024479K+44.2%202K2.38
    13 December 2024332K-24.0%137K2.43
    29 November 2024437K+27.9%191K2.29
    15 November 2024342K-0.5%253K1.35
    31 October 2024344K-8.5%376K1.00
    15 October 2024376K-17.8%99K3.78
    30 September 2024457K+516.1%293K1.56
    13 September 202474K+149.2%79K1.00
    30 August 202430K-24.3%128K1.00
    15 August 202439K-12.9%97K1.00
    31 July 202445K-74.5%91K1.00
    15 July 2024177K-56.9%146K1.21
    28 June 2024411K+164.0%204K2.01
    14 June 2024156K+1.4%144K1.08
    31 May 2024153K508K1.00
    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.