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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. short interest

619K shares of Bankwell Financial Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 12.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short619Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+8.0%+268% over a year
Days to cover12.42at 50K shares a day
Of shares in issue7.76%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 at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved +63% 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 2026619K+8.0%50K12.42
    30 September 2026573K+9.7%86K6.69
    15 September 2026522K+9.1%71K7.38
    31 August 2026479K+15.2%58K8.29
    14 August 2026416K+4.9%59K7.08
    31 July 2026396K+21.9%85K4.66
    15 July 2026325K+12.7%85K3.84
    30 June 2026288K+24.5%110K2.62
    15 June 2026232K+8.6%56K4.16
    29 May 2026213K+4.6%34K6.24
    15 May 2026204K+0.2%35K5.89
    30 April 2026204K-3.9%51K4.01
    15 April 2026212K+7.5%52K4.10
    31 March 2026197K-2.5%34K5.72
    13 March 2026202K+22.3%34K6.03
    27 February 2026165K-6.8%24K6.84
    13 February 2026177K+6.8%33K5.37
    30 January 2026166K+0.8%30K5.47
    15 January 2026165K+1.8%30K5.53
    31 December 2025162K-2.9%59K2.76
    15 December 2025167K-0.3%59K2.81
    28 November 2025167K-2.7%27K6.22
    14 November 2025172K+6.8%24K7.05
    31 October 2025161K-4.3%21K7.74
    15 October 2025168K-4.0%24K7.12
    30 September 2025175K+11.4%48K3.68
    15 September 2025157K+5.4%50K3.12
    29 August 2025149K-2.2%31K4.88
    15 August 2025152K+50.5%30K5.08
    31 July 2025101K-5.5%31K3.22
    15 July 2025107K-12.3%23K4.59
    30 June 2025122K-0.1%22K5.55
    13 June 2025122K+7.0%12K10.08
    30 May 2025114K+4.6%13K8.97
    15 May 2025109K-1.8%15K7.12
    30 April 2025111K+5.7%11K9.80
    15 April 2025105K-1.9%14K7.35
    31 March 2025107K+1.5%14K7.78
    14 March 2025106K+4.7%17K6.16
    28 February 2025101K+0.1%10K10.52
    14 February 2025101K+1.8%14K7.06
    31 January 202599K-0.5%14K6.86
    15 January 2025100K-3.4%14K7.05
    31 December 2024103K+10.6%15K6.70
    13 December 202493K-3.6%13K7.41
    29 November 202497K+3.2%19K5.04
    15 November 202494K+0.8%21K4.50
    31 October 202493K-12.4%10K8.96
    15 October 2024106K+7.8%12K8.60
    30 September 202498K-9.4%17K5.94
    13 September 2024108K+1.7%17K6.37
    30 August 2024107K+4.9%16K6.52
    15 August 2024102K+1.9%11K9.53
    31 July 2024100K+4.7%14K6.98
    15 July 202495K+0.6%20K4.68
    28 June 202495K+9.6%20K4.66
    14 June 202486K+2.0%8K10.27
    31 May 202485K-2.4%9K9.07
    15 May 202487K-3.6%9K10.06
    30 April 202490K+2.9%12K7.26
    15 April 202487K-6.8%12K7.40
    28 March 202494K-10.6%11K8.64
    15 March 2024105K+5.1%12K8.74
    29 February 2024100K+5.5%8K12.09
    15 February 202495K+5.0%17K5.49
    31 January 202490K-7.3%8K10.65
    12 January 202497K+3.5%16K6.01
    29 December 202394K+3.1%19K4.86
    15 December 202391K+6.9%20K4.49
    30 November 202385K-0.7%9K9.53
    15 November 202386K+1.9%9K9.28
    31 October 202384K-8.2%8K9.94
    13 October 202392K-3.6%8K11.64
    29 September 202395K-2.7%8K12.18
    15 September 202398K-2.0%17K5.62
    31 August 2023100K+1.8%11K9.51
    15 August 202398K-3.9%13K7.60
    31 July 2023102K+1.8%15K6.60
    14 July 2023100K-0.8%14K7.06
    30 June 2023101K+7.3%32K3.12
    15 June 202394K-9.0%16K5.83
    31 May 2023104K-21.5%13K8.21
    15 May 2023132K+3.0%24K5.49
    28 April 2023128K+4.4%26K4.90
    14 April 2023123K-5.3%28K4.36
    31 March 2023130K+3.2%23K5.70
    15 March 2023126K+6.9%31K4.11
    28 February 2023118K-2.1%11K10.82
    15 February 2023120K+0.3%14K8.45
    31 January 2023120K+0.6%16K7.49
    13 January 2023119K-1.0%17K7.19
    30 December 2022120K+16.5%22K5.43
    15 December 2022103K-2.0%17K6.13
    30 November 2022105K-10.7%16K6.49
    15 November 2022118K-10.6%20K5.89
    31 October 2022132K+11.3%38K3.52
    14 October 2022119K-8.2%24K5.04
    30 September 2022129K-8.9%20K6.41
    15 September 2022142K-14.0%22K6.49
    31 August 2022165K-3.5%18K9.05
    15 August 2022171K+2.2%29K5.86
    29 July 2022167K+0.8%32K5.24
    15 July 2022166K+3.8%27K6.07
    30 June 2022160K+106.5%130K1.22
    15 June 202277K+7.2%39K2.00
    31 May 202272K-12.6%49K1.46
    13 May 202282K+45.6%42K1.96
    29 April 202257K+38.7%59K1.00
    14 April 202241K+3.9%15K2.69
    31 March 202239K+5.1%19K2.08
    15 March 202237K+1.3%42K1.00
    28 February 202237K-1.0%17K2.15
    15 February 202237K+11.3%7K5.00
    31 January 202233K-8.9%11K2.93
    14 January 202237K-0.5%6K5.80
    31 December 202137K-16.7%19K1.98
    15 December 202144K+1.9%16K2.77
    30 November 202144K+15.6%9K4.69
    15 November 202138K+4.2%18K2.11
    29 October 202136K-2.7%17K2.11
    15 October 202137K+3.6%13K2.97
    30 September 202136K-10.7%15K2.39
    15 September 202140K-2.9%15K2.72
    31 August 202141K+1.6%11K3.90
    13 August 202141K-7.7%32K1.28
    30 July 202144K-15.2%19K2.30
    15 July 202152K-7.8%28K1.88
    30 June 202156K-75.4%121K1.00
    15 June 2021229K+2.1%41K5.60
    28 May 2021224K+1.3%27K8.37
    14 May 2021222K+32.0%34K6.55
    30 April 2021168K+7.6%15K11.37
    15 April 2021156K+9.1%23K6.87
    31 March 2021143K+21.5%33K4.31
    15 March 2021118K+8.0%30K3.92
    26 February 2021109K+1.0%35K3.08
    12 February 2021108K+3.3%23K4.60
    29 January 2021104K+1.4%17K6.26
    15 January 2021103K-3.7%19K5.32
    31 December 2020107K+1.1%14K7.57
    15 December 2020106K+2.0%9K11.37
    30 November 2020104K+13.0%9K11.46
    13 November 202092K+4.9%13K6.94
    30 October 202088K-6.1%7K12.11
    15 October 202093K-0.3%13K7.41
    30 September 202094K-4.9%14K6.87
    15 September 202098K-5.4%6K15.48
    31 August 2020104K-0.2%10K10.68
    14 August 2020104K-7.5%13K8.17
    31 July 2020113K-9.5%6K18.35
    15 July 2020124K-2.2%14K8.96
    30 June 2020127K+34.9%31K4.17
    15 June 202094K+10.0%38K2.46
    29 May 202086K+3.9%35K2.44
    15 May 202083K+4.8%21K4.01
    30 April 202079K+2.1%18K4.39
    15 April 202077K-3.8%17K4.42
    31 March 202080K-5.4%27K2.95
    13 March 202085K+12.1%25K3.33
    28 February 202076K-6.7%12K6.46
    14 February 202081K-15.9%17K4.87
    31 January 202096K-6.8%12K8.34
    15 January 2020104K-3.1%10K10.20
    31 December 2019107K-6.2%11K9.33
    13 December 2019114K-1.3%5K21.31
    29 November 2019115K+0.6%10K11.70
    15 November 2019115K-5.4%8K15.15
    31 October 2019121K-6.1%6K19.65
    15 October 2019129K-15.6%12K11.04
    30 September 2019153K-1.7%11K13.70
    13 September 2019156K+0.3%15K10.46
    30 August 2019155K+4.7%13K12.26
    15 August 2019148K-1.7%15K9.82
    31 July 2019151K+0.2%7K22.14
    15 July 2019151K+1.1%5K30.23
    28 June 2019149K+10.7%20K7.35
    14 June 2019134K+0.5%12K11.13
    31 May 2019134K-0.8%7K20.53
    15 May 2019135K+1.5%12K11.43
    30 April 2019133K-4.9%12K11.15
    15 April 2019140K+0.0%9K15.81
    29 March 2019140K+2.4%23K5.97
    15 March 2019136K+3.3%20K6.79
    28 February 2019132K+3.7%15K9.09
    15 February 2019127K+11.5%19K6.84
    31 January 2019114K+17.9%28K4.05
    15 January 201997K+7.2%28K3.46
    31 December 201890K+25.9%42K2.15
    14 December 201872K+7.2%25K2.92
    30 November 201867K+11.2%15K4.53
    15 November 201860K+0.9%13K4.81
    31 October 201860K+4.5%13K4.46
    15 October 201857K+3.0%19K3.08
    28 September 201855K+37.0%11K5.00
    14 September 201840K+1.6%6K6.99
    31 August 201840K-5.2%6K6.64
    15 August 201842K-9.9%4K9.48
    31 July 201847K+5.5%6K7.27
    13 July 201844K+0.8%8K5.83
    29 June 201844K+34.1%17K2.53
    15 June 201833K+3.3%15K2.24
    31 May 201832K+7.6%7K4.54
    15 May 201829K+40.9%9K3.39
    30 April 201821K-26.9%17K1.20
    13 April 201829K-5.3%14K1.99
    29 March 201830K-17.1%11K2.64
    15 March 201836K+12.8%13K2.83
    28 February 201832K+1.0%10K3.38
    15 February 201832K+27.4%9K3.40
    31 January 201825K+5.2%10K2.55
    12 January 201824K-15.0%14K1.67
    29 December 201728K16K1.81
    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.