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Clearwater Paper Corp. short interest

631K shares of Clearwater Paper were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (544K to 951K). Short sellers would need 5.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short631Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+0.7%+16% over a year
Days to cover5.29at 119K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.91%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 bottom of its range over the last year (544K to 951K), and the share price moved -30% 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 2026631K+0.7%119K5.29
    30 September 2026627K-8.3%140K4.47
    15 September 2026684K+9.7%119K5.77
    31 August 2026624K+10.7%163K3.82
    14 August 2026563K-9.7%175K3.22
    31 July 2026624K-20.4%280K2.23
    15 July 2026783K-14.0%127K6.16
    30 June 2026911K-4.2%219K4.15
    15 June 2026951K+0.7%235K4.04
    29 May 2026944K+15.1%214K4.41
    15 May 2026820K-6.0%174K4.71
    30 April 2026873K+14.2%231K3.78
    15 April 2026765K-10.6%126K6.08
    31 March 2026856K+1.4%233K3.67
    13 March 2026844K+15.9%209K4.05
    27 February 2026728K+33.2%366K1.99
    13 February 2026546K-17.9%255K2.15
    30 January 2026666K-6.4%198K3.36
    15 January 2026711K-3.4%183K3.89
    31 December 2025737K+0.2%225K3.28
    15 December 2025735K+7.7%149K4.95
    28 November 2025683K-3.5%214K3.19
    14 November 2025707K-1.3%168K4.21
    31 October 2025717K+31.6%267K2.68
    15 October 2025544K+9.6%177K3.07
    30 September 2025497K+19.0%242K2.05
    15 September 2025418K-6.3%176K2.38
    29 August 2025446K-0.5%168K2.65
    15 August 2025448K-19.9%259K1.73
    31 July 2025560K+9.7%301K1.86
    15 July 2025510K-7.9%133K3.84
    30 June 2025554K+8.9%208K2.67
    13 June 2025509K-4.0%166K3.07
    30 May 2025530K+1.4%202K2.62
    15 May 2025522K-10.2%273K1.91
    30 April 2025582K-2.9%304K1.91
    15 April 2025599K+5.4%314K1.91
    31 March 2025569K+5.6%244K2.33
    14 March 2025539K+4.8%256K2.10
    28 February 2025514K-5.6%292K1.76
    14 February 2025544K+34.8%332K1.64
    31 January 2025404K+9.9%258K1.56
    15 January 2025368K-5.7%381K1.00
    31 December 2024390K-60.5%697K1.00
    13 December 2024988K+16.0%292K3.38
    29 November 2024852K+21.9%275K3.10
    15 November 2024699K-29.0%886K1.00
    31 October 2024984K-9.7%313K3.14
    15 October 20241.1M+25.3%238K4.59
    30 September 2024870K+40.6%413K2.11
    13 September 2024618K+13.4%284K2.18
    30 August 2024545K-9.5%263K2.07
    15 August 2024603K+35.7%410K1.47
    31 July 2024444K+2.1%171K2.60
    15 July 2024435K+11.4%114K3.80
    28 June 2024390K+15.4%228K1.71
    14 June 2024338K+0.7%129K2.63
    31 May 2024336K-18.8%138K2.44
    15 May 2024414K-6.5%163K2.54
    30 April 2024443K-8.3%158K2.80
    15 April 2024482K-9.0%112K4.31
    28 March 2024530K+77.9%189K2.81
    15 March 2024298K+108.7%431K1.00
    29 February 2024143K+49.5%245K1.00
    15 February 202496K+27.6%99K1.00
    31 January 202475K-17.6%115K1.00
    12 January 202491K-9.1%118K1.00
    29 December 2023100K-53.8%88K1.14
    15 December 2023217K+22.0%131K1.65
    30 November 2023177K+13.3%93K1.91
    15 November 2023157K+47.7%128K1.22
    31 October 2023106K-33.5%107K1.00
    13 October 2023159K-1.3%60K2.64
    29 September 2023161K-20.3%72K2.24
    15 September 2023203K+29.2%108K1.87
    31 August 2023157K-20.6%90K1.74
    15 August 2023198K+31.4%143K1.38
    31 July 2023150K-27.2%67K2.26
    14 July 2023207K-9.3%109K1.90
    30 June 2023228K-28.3%215K1.06
    15 June 2023317K+32.1%129K2.46
    31 May 2023240K+22.3%86K2.79
    15 May 2023197K+2.1%155K1.27
    28 April 2023192K-11.0%109K1.77
    14 April 2023216K-21.3%108K2.01
    31 March 2023275K-19.3%127K2.17
    15 March 2023341K+16.5%140K2.44
    28 February 2023292K-11.0%170K1.72
    15 February 2023329K+9.6%143K2.29
    31 January 2023300K+5.7%82K3.65
    13 January 2023284K-11.0%82K3.46
    30 December 2022319K+3.2%86K3.69
    15 December 2022309K+39.7%87K3.56
    30 November 2022221K-27.4%76K2.93
    15 November 2022305K-15.4%164K1.85
    31 October 2022360K+0.9%124K2.90
    14 October 2022357K+2.4%88K4.07
    30 September 2022349K-9.7%163K2.14
    15 September 2022386K-4.8%106K3.66
    31 August 2022406K+8.6%96K4.25
    15 August 2022374K+28.3%184K2.03
    29 July 2022291K-8.2%57K5.10
    15 July 2022317K+1.7%92K3.44
    30 June 2022312K+5.7%133K2.34
    15 June 2022295K-0.1%76K3.88
    31 May 2022296K-3.7%101K2.92
    13 May 2022307K+12.8%160K1.92
    29 April 2022272K-0.2%138K1.97
    14 April 2022273K-25.0%90K3.02
    31 March 2022364K-20.5%95K3.82
    15 March 2022458K+10.6%70K6.49
    28 February 2022414K+4.9%202K2.04
    15 February 2022394K+9.4%73K5.42
    31 January 2022361K+1.6%93K3.88
    14 January 2022355K-4.7%72K4.93
    31 December 2021372K-2.1%157K2.37
    15 December 2021380K+20.2%86K4.40
    30 November 2021316K+4.2%99K3.19
    15 November 2021304K-16.0%117K2.60
    29 October 2021362K-30.1%234K1.55
    15 October 2021517K+1.1%124K4.18
    30 September 2021512K-22.2%156K3.28
    15 September 2021658K+9.7%123K5.37
    31 August 2021600K-11.7%82K7.31
    13 August 2021679K-3.3%129K5.28
    30 July 2021702K-5.8%89K7.92
    15 July 2021745K+6.5%118K6.30
    30 June 2021700K-12.9%152K4.61
    15 June 2021804K+8.3%142K5.65
    28 May 2021742K-1.3%158K4.69
    14 May 2021752K+7.6%239K3.15
    30 April 2021699K+44.0%135K5.17
    15 April 2021485K+9.7%133K3.65
    31 March 2021442K-3.9%121K3.65
    15 March 2021460K-15.5%184K2.50
    26 February 2021545K-4.0%129K4.22
    12 February 2021567K-5.6%136K4.16
    29 January 2021601K+5.0%116K5.17
    15 January 2021572K-16.1%117K4.89
    31 December 2020682K-0.5%134K5.10
    15 December 2020686K+1.4%112K6.11
    30 November 2020677K+8.2%140K4.85
    13 November 2020626K+5.1%261K2.40
    30 October 2020595K-16.5%139K4.29
    15 October 2020713K-12.2%163K4.36
    30 September 2020812K-0.8%147K5.51
    15 September 2020819K+1.4%122K6.73
    31 August 2020807K+11.0%134K6.01
    14 August 2020727K-0.2%145K5.03
    31 July 2020728K-13.9%99K7.33
    15 July 2020846K-3.5%107K7.88
    30 June 2020877K+29.7%184K4.78
    15 June 2020677K+12.0%234K2.89
    29 May 2020604K+15.3%141K4.30
    15 May 2020524K-13.2%236K2.22
    30 April 2020603K+0.7%163K3.69
    15 April 2020599K+16.0%181K3.32
    31 March 2020516K-13.9%312K1.66
    13 March 2020600K-14.7%183K3.28
    28 February 2020703K+20.1%236K2.97
    14 February 2020585K-6.1%152K3.84
    31 January 2020623K-1.1%161K3.86
    15 January 2020631K+11.0%111K5.69
    31 December 2019568K-9.9%104K5.49
    13 December 2019631K-6.9%123K5.12
    29 November 2019678K-1.5%134K5.06
    15 November 2019688K-13.3%178K3.86
    31 October 2019794K-2.3%203K3.90
    15 October 2019812K-11.4%170K4.77
    30 September 2019917K-15.9%231K3.97
    13 September 20191.1M-14.8%320K3.41
    30 August 20191.3M+12.9%142K9.03
    15 August 20191.1M+22.2%271K4.18
    31 July 2019928K-10.2%145K6.40
    15 July 20191.0M-2.7%101K10.27
    28 June 20191.1M-11.3%208K5.11
    14 June 20191.2M+9.1%151K7.94
    31 May 20191.1M+29.0%183K5.99
    15 May 2019851K+35.5%273K3.12
    30 April 2019628K+12.6%155K4.05
    15 April 2019558K+37.6%150K3.73
    29 March 2019406K-1.4%281K1.44
    15 March 2019411K-8.9%274K1.50
    28 February 2019452K-19.7%191K2.37
    15 February 2019562K-2.1%103K5.45
    31 January 2019574K-7.4%148K3.88
    15 January 2019620K-14.3%146K4.24
    31 December 2018724K+27.7%144K5.04
    14 December 2018567K+9.3%110K5.18
    30 November 2018519K+9.8%130K3.99
    15 November 2018473K-9.7%153K3.10
    31 October 2018523K+8.2%136K3.86
    15 October 2018483K-9.7%127K3.80
    28 September 2018535K-1.5%133K4.04
    14 September 2018544K-5.2%120K4.53
    31 August 2018574K+12.7%218K2.64
    15 August 2018509K-8.8%213K2.39
    31 July 2018558K+1.0%183K3.05
    13 July 2018553K-26.2%125K4.42
    29 June 2018749K-4.1%231K3.24
    15 June 2018781K+13.6%156K5.00
    31 May 2018688K-10.2%163K4.21
    15 May 2018766K+8.2%183K4.18
    30 April 2018708K+52.5%462K1.53
    13 April 2018464K+2.9%115K4.02
    29 March 2018451K+4.7%106K4.25
    15 March 2018430K+4.2%103K4.17
    28 February 2018413K+5.5%114K3.62
    15 February 2018392K+47.4%201K1.95
    31 January 2018266K-5.3%61K4.35
    12 January 2018280K+13.7%81K3.44
    29 December 2017247K47K5.27
    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.