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Compx International Inc. short interest

116K shares of Compx International were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (28K to 118K). Short sellers would need 9.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short116Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-2.0%+180% over a year
Days to cover9.65at 12K shares a day
Of shares in issue0.94%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 top of its range over the last year (28K to 118K), and the share price moved +57% 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 2026116K-2.0%12K9.65
    30 September 2026118K+139.1%56K2.11
    15 September 202649K+12.2%20K2.43
    31 August 202644K+16.5%7K6.07
    14 August 202638K+5.9%10K3.96
    31 July 202636K+0.5%5K6.72
    15 July 202636K+5.7%5K6.56
    30 June 202634K+18.5%10K3.52
    15 June 202628K-14.6%5K5.41
    29 May 202633K+16.2%4K8.78
    15 May 202629K-4.5%3K10.43
    30 April 202630K+1.2%2K13.88
    15 April 202630K-3.7%2K11.98
    31 March 202631K-2.3%4K7.43
    13 March 202631K+14.1%3K9.79
    27 February 202628K-1.2%2K11.82
    13 February 202628K-14.2%3K8.18
    30 January 202632K+3.3%3K11.49
    15 January 202631K-0.2%2K12.71
    31 December 202531K-5.4%9K3.69
    15 December 202533K-4.8%20K1.68
    28 November 202535K-13.1%4K8.45
    14 November 202540K+3.0%3K11.78
    31 October 202539K-5.8%3K12.04
    15 October 202541K-2.2%3K12.01
    30 September 202542K+0.0%5K7.96
    15 September 202542K-0.7%5K7.88
    29 August 202543K-21.9%11K3.85
    15 August 202555K+13.0%12K4.58
    31 July 202548K-8.5%6K8.37
    15 July 202553K-1.0%9K5.66
    30 June 202553K-19.9%8K6.99
    13 June 202567K+28.9%3K22.84
    30 May 202552K-4.2%2K32.62
    15 May 202554K-0.4%3K17.54
    30 April 202554K+2.2%11K4.88
    15 April 202553K+1.0%9K5.81
    31 March 202553K-21.2%4K13.26
    14 March 202567K+27.9%10K6.41
    28 February 202552K-5.2%8K6.50
    14 February 202555K-1.7%7K8.12
    31 January 202556K-0.9%7K7.67
    15 January 202556K-0.4%8K6.83
    31 December 202457K-4.4%15K3.90
    13 December 202459K+55.4%29K2.01
    29 November 202438K+0.2%6K6.51
    15 November 202438K+48.8%13K2.96
    31 October 202426K-5.2%5K5.59
    15 October 202427K+9.1%5K5.13
    30 September 202425K-11.5%11K2.16
    13 September 202428K-15.5%10K2.84
    30 August 202433K-9.1%18K1.85
    15 August 202436K+52.6%18K2.07
    31 July 202424K-9.4%6K4.20
    15 July 202426K+19.6%9K2.80
    28 June 202422K-29.4%23K1.00
    14 June 202431K+5.2%11K2.82
    31 May 202430K-3.8%10K2.93
    15 May 202431K+24.0%25K1.25
    30 April 202425K+18.7%16K1.57
    15 April 202421K-2.8%19K1.08
    28 March 202422K-22.0%13K1.63
    15 March 202428K+25.9%22K1.27
    29 February 202422K-0.1%10K2.19
    15 February 202422K+10.8%5K4.60
    31 January 202420K-18.0%15K1.31
    12 January 202424K-5.5%19K1.30
    29 December 202326K-9.9%7K3.89
    15 December 202328K-14.4%15K1.86
    30 November 202333K+27.4%6K5.44
    15 November 202326K+8.1%4K6.53
    31 October 202324K+1.8%3K8.97
    13 October 202324K-9.5%6K3.92
    29 September 202326K-6.3%7K3.78
    15 September 202328K-15.8%9K2.94
    31 August 202333K+32.1%18K1.86
    15 August 202325K+49.7%10K2.50
    31 July 202317K-2.3%5K3.62
    14 July 202317K-8.3%6K2.76
    30 June 202319K-23.1%14K1.36
    15 June 202324K+15.8%11K2.26
    31 May 202321K-15.7%8K2.48
    15 May 202325K-0.3%10K2.55
    28 April 202325K+9.0%6K4.25
    14 April 202323K-4.9%8K2.83
    31 March 202324K+24.1%7K3.34
    15 March 202319K-12.3%14K1.44
    28 February 202322K+4.9%6K3.67
    15 February 202321K-10.3%4K5.55
    31 January 202324K-7.0%3K7.04
    13 January 202325K+2.2%4K6.62
    30 December 202225K+5.1%6K4.10
    15 December 202224K-19.0%5K4.56
    30 November 202229K+14.2%9K3.10
    15 November 202225K-3.7%4K6.08
    31 October 202226K-8.0%4K6.14
    14 October 202229K+7.2%9K3.04
    30 September 202227K-10.5%10K2.69
    15 September 202230K-25.4%7K4.42
    31 August 202240K+97.4%10K3.87
    15 August 202220K+12.0%6K3.54
    29 July 202218K-22.9%3K6.98
    15 July 202224K-0.6%3K7.40
    30 June 202224K-15.0%14K1.70
    15 June 202228K+16.9%6K4.35
    31 May 202224K-8.9%4K5.95
    13 May 202226K+21.7%11K2.46
    29 April 202221K+3.8%7K2.89
    14 April 202221K+9.5%6K3.71
    31 March 202219K-38.3%6K3.10
    15 March 202231K+72.9%5K6.26
    28 February 202218K-0.6%2K7.76
    15 February 202218K+25.7%3K5.83
    31 January 202214K+98.6%5K3.04
    14 January 20227K-20.0%3K2.12
    31 December 20219K-23.4%3K2.79
    15 December 202112K-4.4%9K1.32
    30 November 202112K+3.0%7K1.64
    15 November 202112K-45.3%8K1.42
    29 October 202122K+3.9%5K4.35
    15 October 202121K-11.4%5K4.03
    30 September 202123K+5.3%6K3.70
    15 September 202122K+9.0%10K2.21
    31 August 202120K-15.3%10K1.96
    13 August 202124K+8.3%15K1.66
    30 July 202122K-10.2%3K7.06
    15 July 202125K-8.8%10K2.57
    30 June 202127K-4.5%10K2.85
    15 June 202129K-19.6%9K3.26
    28 May 202135K-8.3%10K3.55
    14 May 202139K+68.1%22K1.76
    30 April 202123K-15.0%12K1.98
    15 April 202127K+9.1%28K1.00
    31 March 202125K-31.2%24K1.02
    15 March 202136K+80.4%16K2.32
    26 February 202120K+0.4%19K1.03
    12 February 202120K+3.9%2K8.56
    29 January 202119K-3.8%3K6.53
    15 January 202120K+9.8%7K2.74
    31 December 202018K+44.5%6K2.80
    15 December 202013K+34.8%3K3.69
    30 November 20209K-13.0%4K2.14
    13 November 202011K+14.4%8K1.36
    30 October 20209K-4.1%9K1.03
    15 October 202010K-43.6%6K1.76
    30 September 202017K-47.3%14K1.28
    15 September 202033K+4.6%4K7.53
    31 August 202031K+0.6%2K13.98
    14 August 202031K+2.4%4K7.80
    31 July 202031K+5.8%3K10.15
    15 July 202029K-15.9%4K6.56
    30 June 202034K+15.8%10K3.56
    15 June 202030K-4.6%3K8.52
    29 May 202031K-7.6%2K13.80
    15 May 202034K+7.9%4K8.57
    30 April 202031K+1.0%3K10.96
    15 April 202031K+4.4%7K4.22
    31 March 202030K+181.5%7K4.03
    13 March 202010K+120.0%5K2.14
    28 February 20205K+14.2%2K3.09
    14 February 20204K-39.3%1K3.36
    31 January 20207K-36.6%1K4.88
    15 January 202011K+2.5%2K5.40
    31 December 201911K-15.1%2K6.60
    13 December 201912K+4.2%1K9.23
    29 November 201912K+26.3%5K2.29
    15 November 20199K-18.1%6K1.62
    31 October 201912K-3.6%2K5.47
    15 October 201912K-9.8%3K4.17
    30 September 201913K+3.0%3K4.44
    13 September 201913K+3.2%2K7.48
    30 August 201912K+56.0%3K4.51
    15 August 20198K+12.3%2K3.76
    31 July 20197K-9.2%3K2.41
    15 July 20198K-4.3%2K5.14
    28 June 20198K+59.1%4K1.88
    14 June 20195K-11.4%1K4.06
    31 May 20196K+0.3%52111.17
    15 May 20196K+21.2%2K3.59
    30 April 20195K-32.6%3K1.69
    15 April 20197K-28.2%4K1.82
    29 March 201910K+66.8%2K4.21
    15 March 20196K-18.6%2K2.75
    28 February 20197K+20.2%1K5.72
    15 February 20196K+0.6%2K3.55
    31 January 20196K-39.8%2K2.72
    15 January 201910K-24.9%3K3.06
    31 December 201813K+25.8%3K3.88
    14 December 201811K-15.4%3K3.71
    30 November 201813K+35.4%2K8.01
    15 November 20189K+8.8%1K6.85
    31 October 20188K-12.9%1K8.30
    15 October 201810K+11.4%3K3.44
    28 September 20189K+21.8%3K3.41
    14 September 20187K-5.2%1K5.46
    31 August 20188K-8.9%2K3.82
    15 August 20188K-13.5%2K3.46
    31 July 201810K+15.1%3K3.15
    13 July 20188K-18.1%5K1.81
    29 June 201810K-15.8%4K2.36
    15 June 201812K-13.9%7K1.67
    31 May 201814K-6.9%7K2.04
    15 May 201815K+2.1%2K6.79
    30 April 201815K-4.1%1K10.65
    13 April 201815K+20.5%1K15.12
    29 March 201813K-3.3%6K2.13
    15 March 201813K+12.0%89814.78
    28 February 201812K-5.3%90413.11
    15 February 201813K-20.9%1K10.73
    31 January 201816K-1.3%86818.22
    12 January 201816K+1.7%3K4.81
    29 December 201716K1K15.65
    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.