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Clearfield, Inc. short interest

1.3M shares of Clearfield were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (863K to 1.9M). Short sellers would need 10.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.3Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+0.1%+46% over a year
Days to cover10.02at 130K shares a day
Of shares in issue9.60%shares short over shares outstanding
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  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 (863K to 1.9M), and the share price moved -15% 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 20261.3M+0.1%130K10.02
    30 September 20261.3M-5.0%141K9.24
    15 September 20261.4M+0.3%128K10.71
    31 August 20261.4M+4.7%166K8.26
    14 August 20261.3M+1.1%273K4.79
    31 July 20261.3M-12.7%203K6.39
    15 July 20261.5M+6.3%173K8.59
    30 June 20261.4M-2.8%217K6.42
    15 June 20261.4M-17.1%295K4.86
    29 May 20261.7M-4.7%469K3.69
    15 May 20261.8M-6.7%457K3.97
    30 April 20261.9M+19.4%166K11.69
    15 April 20261.6M+21.9%180K9.05
    31 March 20261.3M+26.8%133K10.06
    13 March 20261.1M+1.6%79K13.29
    27 February 20261.0M+1.8%68K15.28
    13 February 20261.0M+8.6%155K6.59
    30 January 2026938K+7.2%125K7.52
    15 January 2026876K+0.4%144K6.08
    31 December 2025873K-3.8%105K8.34
    15 December 2025907K-7.0%105K8.62
    28 November 2025976K+5.5%161K6.07
    14 November 2025925K+7.2%88K10.47
    31 October 2025863K-3.8%73K11.85
    15 October 2025897K+5.3%93K9.68
    30 September 2025852K-3.2%105K8.09
    15 September 2025880K+2.0%130K6.78
    29 August 2025863K+2.9%169K5.12
    15 August 2025839K-18.3%295K2.84
    31 July 20251.0M-1.9%137K7.50
    15 July 20251.0M-2.2%101K10.33
    30 June 20251.1M-6.6%117K9.17
    13 June 20251.1M-5.9%113K10.14
    30 May 20251.2M-0.8%166K7.35
    15 May 20251.2M+6.7%193K6.37
    30 April 20251.2M+2.3%77K14.85
    15 April 20251.1M-4.3%129K8.73
    31 March 20251.2M+9.2%88K13.41
    14 March 20251.1M+9.7%163K6.59
    28 February 2025980K-2.3%94K10.39
    14 February 20251.0M-2.5%152K6.58
    31 January 20251.0M-4.9%143K7.21
    15 January 20251.1M-1.0%97K11.18
    31 December 20241.1M-3.9%97K11.30
    13 December 20241.1M+3.3%114K9.94
    29 November 20241.1M+2.4%140K7.84
    15 November 20241.1M-16.6%204K5.28
    31 October 20241.3M-6.9%90K14.37
    15 October 20241.4M-2.5%71K19.64
    30 September 20241.4M-8.0%79K17.86
    13 September 20241.5M+1.7%92K16.75
    30 August 20241.5M+6.1%98K15.53
    15 August 20241.4M-3.5%155K9.21
    31 July 20241.5M-12.5%122K12.15
    15 July 20241.7M-6.2%86K19.77
    28 June 20241.8M-0.8%177K10.20
    14 June 20241.8M-21.9%115K15.81
    31 May 20242.3M-1.1%138K16.88
    15 May 20242.4M+12.3%282K8.37
    30 April 20242.1M-9.6%137K15.31
    15 April 20242.3M+9.4%136K17.09
    28 March 20242.1M-2.8%210K10.10
    15 March 20242.2M-3.9%255K8.56
    29 February 20242.3M-5.8%166K13.74
    15 February 20242.4M+5.7%267K9.03
    31 January 20242.3M+3.8%232K9.85
    12 January 20242.2M+3.2%168K13.14
    29 December 20232.1M-12.7%227K9.39
    15 December 20232.4M+0.3%597K4.09
    30 November 20232.4M+0.4%222K10.97
    15 November 20232.4M+10.2%294K8.26
    31 October 20232.2M+5.2%251K8.76
    13 October 20232.1M+0.6%156K13.45
    29 September 20232.1M+8.2%196K10.63
    15 September 20231.9M-0.4%165K11.67
    31 August 20231.9M+0.9%161K11.99
    15 August 20231.9M-7.0%223K8.57
    31 July 20232.1M+3.4%121K16.98
    14 July 20232.0M-7.0%158K12.61
    30 June 20232.1M-2.8%237K9.02
    15 June 20232.2M+12.0%435K5.06
    31 May 20232.0M-0.8%258K7.61
    15 May 20232.0M-15.6%562K3.52
    28 April 20232.3M+9.9%327K7.16
    14 April 20232.1M+16.5%315K6.76
    31 March 20231.8M+5.6%389K4.71
    15 March 20231.7M+7.5%467K3.71
    28 February 20231.6M+1.1%342K4.71
    15 February 20231.6M-11.6%666K2.39
    31 January 20231.8M+22.8%500K3.61
    13 January 20231.5M+14.5%414K3.54
    30 December 20221.3M-0.2%208K6.17
    15 December 20221.3M+1.3%400K3.22
    30 November 20221.3M+34.4%451K2.81
    15 November 2022943K-2.9%302K3.12
    31 October 2022972K+14.3%216K4.51
    14 October 2022850K-2.1%191K4.46
    30 September 2022868K-7.6%281K3.09
    15 September 2022940K-13.7%237K3.97
    31 August 20221.1M-15.3%258K4.22
    15 August 20221.3M+71.7%760K1.69
    29 July 2022749K+16.9%253K2.96
    15 July 2022641K+2.6%195K3.28
    30 June 2022625K+8.1%176K3.54
    15 June 2022578K+4.7%113K5.12
    31 May 2022552K-2.0%112K4.94
    13 May 2022563K+8.1%139K4.04
    29 April 2022521K+0.5%151K3.46
    14 April 2022518K-7.7%115K4.51
    31 March 2022561K-4.8%123K4.56
    15 March 2022589K+1.9%145K4.05
    28 February 2022579K+9.2%175K3.30
    15 February 2022530K+13.8%214K2.48
    31 January 2022466K+3.2%439K1.06
    14 January 2022451K-0.9%220K2.05
    31 December 2021456K+46.0%224K2.03
    15 December 2021312K+27.8%103K3.03
    30 November 2021244K-29.4%115K2.13
    15 November 2021346K-7.5%190K1.82
    29 October 2021374K+21.3%88K4.27
    15 October 2021308K+19.3%125K2.47
    30 September 2021258K-15.0%74K3.48
    15 September 2021304K-5.2%60K5.06
    31 August 2021320K-5.5%82K3.89
    13 August 2021339K-6.9%63K5.42
    30 July 2021364K+9.6%184K1.98
    15 July 2021332K+6.3%64K5.19
    30 June 2021313K-2.1%122K2.56
    15 June 2021319K+1.5%168K1.90
    28 May 2021315K-1.8%75K4.22
    14 May 2021320K+7.9%119K2.68
    30 April 2021297K-17.5%197K1.50
    15 April 2021360K+19.3%64K5.66
    31 March 2021302K-1.1%123K2.46
    15 March 2021305K+10.0%140K2.17
    26 February 2021277K+51.7%161K1.72
    12 February 2021183K-15.0%184K1.00
    29 January 2021215K+21.2%229K1.00
    15 January 2021178K-2.5%62K2.88
    31 December 2020182K+44.5%90K2.02
    15 December 2020126K+20.3%97K1.29
    30 November 2020105K+9.9%82K1.28
    13 November 202095K-15.7%131K1.00
    30 October 2020113K-8.2%54K2.09
    15 October 2020123K+3.7%81K1.51
    30 September 2020119K-20.7%77K1.54
    15 September 2020150K+28.1%171K1.00
    31 August 2020117K+12.5%39K3.01
    14 August 2020104K-5.9%48K2.15
    31 July 2020110K+10.7%106K1.04
    15 July 2020100K-12.0%15K6.85
    30 June 2020113K+116.5%23K5.02
    15 June 202052K-19.3%23K2.23
    29 May 202065K+17.9%23K2.81
    15 May 202055K-0.5%20K2.81
    30 April 202055K+6.7%28K2.01
    15 April 202052K+0.6%29K1.79
    31 March 202052K-27.8%31K1.64
    13 March 202071K+49.1%25K2.81
    28 February 202048K+16.6%19K2.49
    14 February 202041K-23.6%12K3.56
    31 January 202054K+26.9%12K4.34
    15 January 202042K-1.5%11K3.80
    31 December 201943K-27.8%19K2.23
    13 December 201960K+11.3%17K3.49
    29 November 201954K-24.5%29K1.85
    15 November 201971K+11.7%17K4.21
    31 October 201964K-9.3%11K6.03
    15 October 201970K-27.1%13K5.59
    30 September 201996K-12.5%19K5.03
    13 September 2019110K-4.3%40K2.74
    30 August 2019115K+6.9%30K3.89
    15 August 2019108K-6.9%22K4.84
    31 July 2019115K+0.3%23K5.05
    15 July 2019115K-3.0%12K9.43
    28 June 2019119K+15.0%28K4.31
    14 June 2019103K-17.6%16K6.29
    31 May 2019125K-12.3%17K7.43
    15 May 2019143K-17.9%15K9.28
    30 April 2019174K-4.3%23K7.73
    15 April 2019182K-8.3%17K10.88
    29 March 2019198K-16.5%36K5.55
    15 March 2019237K-6.6%60K3.97
    28 February 2019254K+7.1%35K7.24
    15 February 2019237K-18.5%36K6.64
    31 January 2019291K+0.6%27K10.92
    15 January 2019289K-4.2%17K16.86
    31 December 2018302K-22.4%50K6.04
    14 December 2018389K-4.2%25K15.36
    30 November 2018406K+22.2%17K23.46
    15 November 2018332K-15.9%34K9.78
    31 October 2018395K-4.2%17K23.72
    15 October 2018412K-13.1%22K18.68
    28 September 2018475K+17.2%29K16.51
    14 September 2018405K-0.1%19K21.76
    31 August 2018405K-23.3%15K26.58
    15 August 2018528K-9.8%29K18.48
    31 July 2018586K-11.8%47K12.55
    13 July 2018664K+1.2%19K35.21
    29 June 2018656K+16.7%43K15.20
    15 June 2018562K-10.8%42K13.50
    31 May 2018630K-0.2%34K18.69
    15 May 2018631K-5.6%34K18.77
    30 April 2018669K+12.1%24K27.84
    13 April 2018596K+2.4%26K23.20
    29 March 2018582K-6.5%23K25.75
    15 March 2018622K-7.8%24K26.14
    28 February 2018675K-7.1%50K13.48
    15 February 2018727K-6.1%42K17.29
    31 January 2018773K-4.1%26K30.33
    12 January 2018807K+0.5%24K33.46
    29 December 2017803K46K17.43
    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.