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Caterpillar Inc. short interest

7.6M shares of Caterpillar were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (5.6M to 10.0M). Short sellers would need 2.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short7.6Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-5.6%-3% over a year
Days to cover2.76at 2.7M shares a day
Of shares in issue1.65%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 (5.6M to 10.0M), and the share price moved +5% 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 20267.6M-5.6%2.7M2.76
    30 September 20268.0M-4.4%2.5M3.23
    15 September 20268.4M+10.9%2.3M3.70
    31 August 20267.6M+17.0%2.5M3.06
    14 August 20266.5M-5.8%3.0M2.16
    31 July 20266.9M-14.9%3.2M2.14
    15 July 20268.1M-11.0%2.9M2.81
    30 June 20269.1M+7.2%4.9M1.86
    15 June 20268.4M+4.2%2.8M2.99
    29 May 20268.1M-3.0%2.8M2.93
    15 May 20268.4M+2.0%2.5M3.31
    30 April 20268.2M+7.8%2.4M3.37
    15 April 20267.6M-4.4%2.1M3.59
    31 March 20267.9M+3.7%2.5M3.19
    13 March 20267.7M-7.7%3.0M2.57
    27 February 20268.3M-17.0%2.8M2.95
    13 February 202610.0M+61.1%4.0M2.51
    30 January 20266.2M+0.4%2.6M2.36
    15 January 20266.2M+10.2%2.4M2.57
    31 December 20255.6M-21.3%2.2M2.51
    15 December 20257.1M+10.2%2.7M2.68
    28 November 20256.5M+1.3%2.5M2.57
    14 November 20256.4M-5.6%2.5M2.52
    31 October 20256.8M-13.5%3.1M2.16
    15 October 20257.8M+6.9%3.3M2.40
    30 September 20257.3M+5.4%3.3M2.20
    15 September 20256.9M+6.0%2.0M3.39
    29 August 20256.5M+7.7%2.9M2.26
    15 August 20256.1M-7.7%3.6M1.69
    31 July 20256.6M+13.9%2.7M2.44
    15 July 20255.8M-8.2%2.5M2.30
    30 June 20256.3M+2.9%3.0M2.12
    13 June 20256.1M-4.4%2.0M3.07
    30 May 20256.4M-16.3%2.5M2.60
    15 May 20257.7M+4.4%2.6M2.97
    30 April 20257.3M-7.1%2.8M2.58
    15 April 20257.9M-2.9%4.4M1.79
    31 March 20258.1M-16.3%2.6M3.09
    14 March 20259.7M-3.5%2.7M3.62
    28 February 202510.1M+2.2%2.7M3.75
    14 February 20259.8M+21.7%2.5M4.00
    31 January 20258.1M-2.8%2.6M3.09
    15 January 20258.3M-8.0%2.0M4.15
    31 December 20249.0M+4.5%2.0M4.59
    13 December 20248.7M-2.5%1.7M5.23
    29 November 20248.9M-9.0%2.1M4.31
    15 November 20249.8M-7.8%2.3M4.20
    31 October 202410.6M-10.4%2.2M4.74
    15 October 202411.8M+0.5%2.1M5.65
    30 September 202411.7M+8.5%3.0M3.89
    13 September 202410.8M+7.2%2.4M4.53
    30 August 202410.1M-6.8%1.9M5.31
    15 August 202410.8M+0.9%3.0M3.60
    31 July 202410.8M+3.1%2.9M3.74
    15 July 202410.4M+0.5%2.4M4.30
    28 June 202410.4M-11.3%4.2M2.48
    14 June 202411.7M+1.9%3.3M3.52
    31 May 202411.5M+2.0%3.0M3.84
    15 May 202411.3M+4.0%2.3M4.99
    30 April 202410.8M-15.4%3.0M3.58
    15 April 202412.8M-2.1%2.3M5.68
    28 March 202413.1M-9.6%2.2M5.97
    15 March 202414.4M+3.8%2.1M6.96
    29 February 202413.9M-9.6%2.0M6.99
    15 February 202415.4M+94.5%3.2M4.85
    31 January 20247.9M-13.9%2.8M2.80
    12 January 20249.2M-10.0%2.4M3.86
    29 December 202310.2M-1.2%2.7M3.73
    15 December 202310.3M+6.8%3.8M2.76
    30 November 20239.7M-1.1%2.4M3.97
    15 November 20239.8M+48.3%3.8M2.59
    31 October 20236.6M+7.4%3.9M1.70
    13 October 20236.2M+1.0%2.1M2.95
    29 September 20236.1M-3.7%1.9M3.16
    15 September 20236.3M-5.3%2.2M2.85
    31 August 20236.7M-3.5%2.0M3.37
    15 August 20236.9M+3.4%4.0M1.73
    31 July 20236.7M-4.1%2.6M2.59
    14 July 20237.0M+3.2%2.4M2.89
    30 June 20236.8M-13.1%2.8M2.46
    15 June 20237.8M+5.9%4.0M1.97
    31 May 20237.4M-2.4%3.1M2.41
    15 May 20237.5M+14.7%2.8M2.71
    28 April 20236.6M-9.2%3.3M2.00
    14 April 20237.2M-5.8%3.4M2.16
    31 March 20237.7M+3.2%3.1M2.45
    15 March 20237.4M+10.0%3.5M2.10
    28 February 20236.8M-6.8%2.7M2.50
    15 February 20237.3M-13.6%3.5M2.06
    31 January 20238.4M-0.9%4.0M2.11
    13 January 20238.5M+5.5%3.0M2.82
    30 December 20228.0M-7.7%3.1M2.60
    15 December 20228.7M+6.1%2.7M3.19
    30 November 20228.2M+2.7%2.7M3.09
    15 November 20228.0M+29.0%3.9M2.07
    31 October 20226.2M+11.9%3.6M1.71
    14 October 20225.5M-10.4%3.0M1.86
    30 September 20226.2M+9.5%3.4M1.82
    15 September 20225.6M+11.0%2.2M2.56
    31 August 20225.1M+4.2%2.2M2.34
    15 August 20224.9M-8.6%3.0M1.60
    29 July 20225.3M-7.2%2.4M2.19
    15 July 20225.7M-1.0%3.0M1.90
    30 June 20225.8M+2.3%4.3M1.34
    15 June 20225.7M-1.1%2.5M2.25
    31 May 20225.7M+15.6%3.1M1.83
    13 May 20225.0M-1.1%2.7M1.83
    29 April 20225.0M-7.6%3.9M1.29
    14 April 20225.4M+11.6%2.8M1.93
    31 March 20224.9M-1.0%3.0M1.64
    15 March 20224.9M-8.1%5.2M1.00
    28 February 20225.3M-16.8%4.1M1.29
    15 February 20226.4M+5.8%3.1M2.04
    31 January 20226.1M+14.6%5.2M1.18
    14 January 20225.3M+11.2%3.8M1.38
    31 December 20214.8M-20.7%2.6M1.85
    15 December 20216.0M-4.8%2.7M2.25
    30 November 20216.3M-0.4%3.4M1.84
    15 November 20216.3M+10.8%3.3M1.90
    29 October 20215.7M-11.2%3.2M1.76
    15 October 20216.4M-19.5%3.6M1.79
    30 September 20218.0M+11.9%4.4M1.83
    15 September 20217.2M-2.1%3.0M2.39
    31 August 20217.3M-19.1%2.9M2.48
    13 August 20219.0M+31.9%3.7M2.43
    30 July 20216.9M+11.2%3.5M1.96
    15 July 20216.2M-6.0%3.0M2.08
    30 June 20216.6M+8.9%5.5M1.20
    15 June 20216.0M+10.4%3.9M1.53
    28 May 20215.5M-6.4%2.4M2.30
    14 May 20215.8M-4.6%3.0M1.92
    30 April 20216.1M-3.7%2.4M2.51
    15 April 20216.3M-0.9%2.2M2.85
    31 March 20216.4M-2.8%3.5M1.85
    15 March 20216.6M+7.7%2.9M2.29
    26 February 20216.1M+15.5%3.5M1.75
    12 February 20215.3M+18.5%2.6M2.07
    29 January 20214.5M-41.0%2.5M1.77
    15 January 20217.6M+5.4%3.4M2.21
    31 December 20207.2M-5.2%2.0M3.53
    15 December 20207.6M+8.3%2.9M2.64
    30 November 20207.0M-4.5%2.3M3.04
    13 November 20207.3M+8.0%4.0M1.84
    30 October 20206.8M-21.6%3.4M1.96
    15 October 20208.6M+27.9%2.8M3.12
    30 September 20206.8M-8.0%2.7M2.48
    15 September 20207.3M+5.0%3.7M1.98
    31 August 20207.0M+12.0%2.3M3.08
    14 August 20206.2M-5.9%2.8M2.27
    31 July 20206.6M-3.7%2.3M2.89
    15 July 20206.9M-5.1%2.8M2.49
    30 June 20207.3M-18.1%3.4M2.14
    15 June 20208.9M+7.5%3.6M2.44
    29 May 20208.3M-10.6%3.4M2.46
    15 May 20209.2M+8.0%4.0M2.33
    30 April 20208.6M-16.3%4.1M2.07
    15 April 202010.2M+12.8%6.1M1.66
    31 March 20209.1M+15.0%6.4M1.41
    13 March 20207.9M+14.1%6.3M1.25
    28 February 20206.9M-26.9%4.5M1.52
    14 February 20209.4M+72.4%3.0M3.18
    31 January 20205.5M-20.1%2.8M1.99
    15 January 20206.9M-14.8%2.5M2.77
    31 December 20198.1M-8.3%2.4M3.34
    13 December 20198.8M-9.6%2.3M3.76
    29 November 20199.7M-22.5%2.6M3.70
    15 November 201912.5M-7.3%3.7M3.43
    31 October 201913.5M+46.0%5.2M2.62
    15 October 20199.3M+3.6%3.5M2.65
    30 September 20198.9M+3.5%3.1M2.88
    13 September 20198.6M+2.8%5.1M1.69
    30 August 20198.4M+7.3%3.4M2.46
    15 August 20197.8M+2.2%4.7M1.66
    31 July 20197.7M+3.3%4.6M1.65
    15 July 20197.4M+0.8%3.5M2.13
    28 June 20197.4M-18.8%4.5M1.63
    14 June 20199.1M-14.9%3.5M2.59
    31 May 201910.6M-16.6%4.9M2.19
    15 May 201912.8M+91.6%5.0M2.58
    30 April 20196.7M+13.5%4.6M1.44
    15 April 20195.9M-6.1%3.4M1.72
    29 March 20196.3M-18.6%3.5M1.80
    15 March 20197.7M-13.6%4.2M1.82
    28 February 20198.9M-10.9%4.6M1.94
    15 February 201910.0M-12.9%3.8M2.61
    31 January 201911.5M+47.9%6.8M1.68
    15 January 20197.8M-1.0%4.4M1.76
    31 December 20187.8M-7.7%5.5M1.43
    14 December 20188.5M+14.1%6.2M1.38
    30 November 20187.4M-38.3%5.5M1.36
    15 November 201812.1M-10.5%6.5M1.86
    31 October 201813.5M+97.9%10.3M1.31
    15 October 20186.8M-15.3%5.3M1.29
    28 September 20188.0M+8.4%4.4M1.84
    14 September 20187.4M-19.6%4.1M1.81
    31 August 20189.2M-22.6%4.0M2.31
    15 August 201811.9M+95.0%4.4M2.72
    31 July 20186.1M-11.7%5.4M1.12
    13 July 20186.9M-8.1%3.7M1.88
    29 June 20187.5M-11.3%5.0M1.50
    15 June 20188.5M-2.2%3.7M2.30
    31 May 20188.7M-8.1%3.6M2.44
    15 May 20189.4M-4.2%4.8M1.98
    30 April 20189.9M+10.5%6.6M1.49
    13 April 20188.9M-2.7%4.6M1.96
    29 March 20189.2M-7.7%5.8M1.58
    15 March 20189.9M-0.3%6.1M1.63
    28 February 201810.0M+1.6%5.3M1.89
    15 February 20189.8M-14.1%7.7M1.27
    31 January 201811.4M-9.5%7.7M1.48
    12 January 201812.6M+11.1%4.7M2.68
    29 December 201711.4M3.1M3.69
    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.