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Popular, Inc. short interest

1.9M shares of Popular were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (1.2M to 2.2M). Short sellers would need 4.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.1%+52% over a year
Days to cover4.48at 434K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.05%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 middle of its range over the last year (1.2M to 2.2M), and the share price moved +33% 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 20261.9M-1.1%434K4.48
    30 September 20262.0M+11.6%595K3.31
    15 September 20261.8M+5.3%552K3.20
    31 August 20261.7M+2.0%385K4.35
    14 August 20261.6M-16.8%374K4.39
    31 July 20262.0M+2.3%503K3.92
    15 July 20261.9M-2.8%510K3.78
    30 June 20262.0M-11.0%711K2.79
    15 June 20262.2M+20.4%495K4.51
    29 May 20261.9M+15.1%427K4.34
    15 May 20261.6M+31.6%428K3.76
    30 April 20261.2M-1.6%566K2.16
    15 April 20261.2M+0.1%499K2.49
    31 March 20261.2M-4.0%502K2.48
    13 March 20261.3M+10.1%573K2.26
    27 February 20261.2M-27.3%501K2.35
    13 February 20261.6M-4.1%623K2.60
    30 January 20261.7M+2.8%742K2.28
    15 January 20261.6M-1.1%409K4.02
    31 December 20251.7M+13.3%463K3.59
    15 December 20251.5M+15.5%658K2.23
    28 November 20251.3M-19.9%543K2.34
    14 November 20251.6M+3.0%500K3.17
    31 October 20251.5M+20.2%696K2.21
    15 October 20251.3M-9.1%487K2.63
    30 September 20251.4M-16.0%525K2.68
    15 September 20251.7M-6.9%518K3.24
    29 August 20251.8M+33.9%585K3.08
    15 August 20251.3M+21.5%388K3.47
    31 July 20251.1M-3.0%450K2.46
    15 July 20251.1M-23.6%498K2.29
    30 June 20251.5M-11.1%588K2.54
    13 June 20251.7M+7.2%559K3.01
    30 May 20251.6M+27.1%545K2.88
    15 May 20251.2M-17.6%474K2.60
    30 April 20251.5M-4.3%701K2.14
    15 April 20251.6M+20.9%846K1.85
    31 March 20251.3M-9.6%733K1.77
    14 March 20251.4M+38.9%721K1.99
    28 February 20251.0M+27.8%454K2.27
    14 February 2025806K-3.4%415K1.94
    31 January 2025835K-14.1%534K1.56
    15 January 2025972K-15.9%403K2.41
    31 December 20241.2M+6.6%512K2.26
    13 December 20241.1M+0.8%505K2.15
    29 November 20241.1M+82.0%441K2.44
    15 November 2024591K-16.0%578K1.02
    31 October 2024704K-28.9%691K1.02
    15 October 2024990K+13.6%376K2.63
    30 September 2024872K+19.3%447K1.95
    13 September 2024731K-12.0%473K1.55
    30 August 2024831K+90.5%365K2.28
    15 August 2024436K+32.2%373K1.17
    31 July 2024330K-48.4%446K1.00
    15 July 2024639K-21.8%348K1.84
    28 June 2024817K-5.3%380K2.15
    14 June 2024862K+58.7%264K3.27
    31 May 2024544K+3.7%235K2.31
    15 May 2024524K+13.2%261K2.01
    30 April 2024463K-8.2%353K1.31
    15 April 2024504K+5.3%372K1.36
    28 March 2024479K-44.3%423K1.13
    15 March 2024860K-0.2%718K1.20
    29 February 2024862K-4.8%395K2.18
    15 February 2024905K-13.1%438K2.07
    31 January 20241.0M+19.2%489K2.13
    12 January 2024873K+2.4%280K3.12
    29 December 2023853K-26.3%277K3.08
    15 December 20231.2M-10.9%478K2.42
    30 November 20231.3M-18.1%346K3.75
    15 November 20231.6M-9.4%339K4.68
    31 October 20231.7M-8.7%394K4.44
    13 October 20231.9M-9.2%332K5.78
    29 September 20232.1M-9.1%292K7.23
    15 September 20232.3M+12.0%528K4.40
    31 August 20232.1M+13.0%353K5.88
    15 August 20231.8M-0.0%304K6.03
    31 July 20231.8M-3.8%535K3.43
    14 July 20231.9M+0.0%344K5.54
    30 June 20231.9M-2.2%433K4.40
    15 June 20232.0M+11.7%488K3.99
    31 May 20231.7M-10.3%452K3.86
    15 May 20231.9M-2.9%594K3.28
    28 April 20232.0M-15.2%677K2.96
    14 April 20232.4M+8.1%743K3.18
    31 March 20232.2M+44.4%1.4M1.58
    15 March 20231.5M+47.1%1.1M1.38
    28 February 20231.0M-11.1%458K2.25
    15 February 20231.2M-1.1%441K2.63
    31 January 20231.2M+11.2%656K1.79
    13 January 20231.1M-7.7%362K2.91
    30 December 20221.1M-13.3%509K2.24
    15 December 20221.3M-4.9%573K2.30
    30 November 20221.4M+2.8%351K3.95
    15 November 20221.3M-19.0%554K2.43
    31 October 20221.7M-22.2%762K2.18
    14 October 20222.1M-21.5%760K2.81
    30 September 20222.7M-7.6%623K4.36
    15 September 20222.9M-13.1%497K5.93
    31 August 20223.4M+128.3%425K7.96
    15 August 20221.5M-2.9%515K2.88
    29 July 20221.5M-19.0%477K3.20
    15 July 20221.9M+25.8%481K3.92
    30 June 20221.5M+21.8%680K2.20
    15 June 20221.2M-5.0%600K2.05
    31 May 20221.3M-20.6%455K2.85
    13 May 20221.6M-30.7%544K2.99
    29 April 20222.4M-21.8%613K3.83
    14 April 20223.0M-15.1%535K5.61
    31 March 20223.5M-26.6%1.0M3.48
    15 March 20224.8M+232.7%859K5.61
    28 February 20221.4M-8.4%545K2.66
    15 February 20221.6M-3.0%511K3.10
    31 January 20221.6M+14.1%812K2.01
    14 January 20221.4M+32.6%820K1.74
    31 December 20211.1M-20.2%351K3.07
    15 December 20211.4M+16.1%391K3.45
    30 November 20211.2M-21.9%395K2.94
    15 November 20211.5M+4.1%295K5.04
    29 October 20211.4M+1.6%513K2.79
    15 October 20211.4M-9.4%341K4.13
    30 September 20211.6M+6.6%513K3.03
    15 September 20211.5M-9.8%450K3.24
    31 August 20211.6M-17.0%391K4.13
    13 August 20211.9M-11.8%358K5.44
    30 July 20212.2M-31.8%487K4.53
    15 July 20213.2M-19.0%487K6.63
    30 June 20214.0M-12.0%702K5.68
    15 June 20214.5M-2.5%554K8.18
    28 May 20214.7M-17.3%597K7.79
    14 May 20215.6M+137.9%656K8.57
    30 April 20212.4M+0.2%433K5.46
    15 April 20212.4M+15.8%355K6.65
    31 March 20212.0M+103.4%699K2.91
    15 March 20211.0M-11.7%525K1.91
    26 February 20211.1M-37.9%453K2.50
    12 February 20211.8M+18.1%466K3.92
    29 January 20211.5M-2.6%547K2.83
    15 January 20211.6M+1.5%477K3.33
    31 December 20201.6M+7.4%457K3.42
    15 December 20201.5M-4.9%452K3.22
    30 November 20201.5M-16.8%464K3.30
    13 November 20201.8M+0.2%567K3.24
    30 October 20201.8M+11.4%508K3.61
    15 October 20201.6M+2.5%417K3.95
    30 September 20201.6M+10.5%660K2.44
    15 September 20201.5M+16.1%390K3.73
    31 August 20201.3M+5.8%517K2.42
    14 August 20201.2M-1.5%603K1.96
    31 July 20201.2M+1.8%473K2.54
    15 July 20201.2M+5.9%520K2.27
    30 June 20201.1M-3.7%692K1.61
    15 June 20201.2M+20.6%646K1.79
    29 May 2020960K-21.9%731K1.31
    15 May 20201.2M+9.5%862K1.43
    30 April 20201.1M-4.7%849K1.32
    15 April 20201.2M-57.0%1.1M1.12
    31 March 20202.7M+44.1%2.0M1.37
    13 March 20201.9M+84.7%1.1M1.68
    28 February 20201.0M+13.1%713K1.44
    14 February 2020910K+6.9%776K1.17
    31 January 2020851K-12.9%472K1.80
    15 January 2020977K-18.1%389K2.51
    31 December 20191.2M-14.0%402K2.97
    13 December 20191.4M+30.1%527K2.63
    29 November 20191.1M-34.1%598K1.78
    15 November 20191.6M-15.3%507K3.19
    31 October 20191.9M+16.0%594K3.22
    15 October 20191.6M+14.1%575K2.86
    30 September 20191.4M-10.5%552K2.62
    13 September 20191.6M-11.9%475K3.39
    30 August 20191.8M-11.1%384K4.76
    15 August 20192.1M-14.5%484K4.26
    31 July 20192.4M-0.6%576K4.18
    15 July 20192.4M-10.6%396K6.11
    28 June 20192.7M-12.5%502K5.39
    14 June 20193.1M-9.7%384K8.05
    31 May 20193.4M-10.7%468K7.33
    15 May 20193.8M-7.1%410K9.36
    30 April 20194.1M-1.6%602K6.86
    15 April 20194.2M-5.6%551K7.62
    29 March 20194.4M-8.1%680K6.53
    15 March 20194.8M+253.0%682K7.09
    28 February 20191.4M-15.2%532K2.58
    15 February 20191.6M+0.3%497K3.25
    31 January 20191.6M-2.5%741K2.17
    15 January 20191.7M-8.6%570K2.90
    31 December 20181.8M-9.7%829K2.18
    14 December 20182.0M+65.5%860K2.33
    30 November 20181.2M-14.3%657K1.84
    15 November 20181.4M+1.4%823K1.71
    31 October 20181.4M-23.8%1.0M1.35
    15 October 20181.8M-26.4%644K2.83
    28 September 20182.5M-8.4%731K3.39
    14 September 20182.7M-40.8%408K6.64
    31 August 20184.6M+166.5%646K7.08
    15 August 20181.7M-1.2%504K3.41
    31 July 20181.7M-4.4%770K2.25
    13 July 20181.8M+1.5%417K4.36
    29 June 20181.8M-28.5%537K3.33
    15 June 20182.5M+30.8%584K4.28
    31 May 20181.9M-18.3%490K3.90
    15 May 20182.3M-15.8%534K4.37
    30 April 20182.8M+13.6%912K3.05
    13 April 20182.4M+0.9%1.0M2.42
    29 March 20182.4M-20.4%975K2.48
    15 March 20183.0M+6.9%907K3.35
    28 February 20182.8M+0.5%766K3.71
    15 February 20182.8M-0.3%868K3.26
    31 January 20182.8M-16.5%997K2.85
    12 January 20183.4M-5.6%804K4.23
    29 December 20173.6M901K4.00
    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.