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Columbus McKinnon Corp. short interest

2.5M shares of Columbus McKinnon 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 7.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short2.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+11.0%+251% over a year
Days to cover7.58at 326K shares a day
Of shares in issue8.56%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 -4% 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 20262.5M+11.0%326K7.58
    30 September 20262.2M-2.4%469K4.74
    15 September 20262.3M-0.7%380K5.99
    31 August 20262.3M+10.3%368K6.24
    14 August 20262.1M+5.4%585K3.56
    31 July 20262.0M+3.6%915K2.16
    15 July 20261.9M+7.0%563K3.38
    30 June 20261.8M-0.7%671K2.65
    15 June 20261.8M+18.9%891K2.02
    29 May 20261.5M-4.9%393K3.84
    15 May 20261.6M-15.7%254K6.26
    30 April 20261.9M+36.4%270K6.96
    15 April 20261.4M+4.3%416K3.32
    31 March 20261.3M-3.1%528K2.51
    13 March 20261.4M+6.6%478K2.86
    27 February 20261.3M+32.2%439K2.92
    13 February 2026969K+65.7%614K1.58
    30 January 2026585K+5.9%496K1.18
    15 January 2026553K+28.2%298K1.86
    31 December 2025431K-14.2%168K2.57
    15 December 2025502K-0.6%221K2.28
    28 November 2025506K+6.1%252K2.01
    14 November 2025477K+10.9%324K1.47
    31 October 2025430K-38.9%380K1.13
    15 October 2025703K+4.9%287K2.45
    30 September 2025670K+15.0%308K2.17
    15 September 2025583K-7.2%299K1.95
    29 August 2025628K-7.4%316K1.99
    15 August 2025678K+9.0%312K2.18
    31 July 2025622K+3.2%502K1.24
    15 July 2025603K+4.9%334K1.81
    30 June 2025575K-5.3%351K1.64
    13 June 2025607K-15.3%538K1.13
    30 May 2025717K+1.9%644K1.11
    15 May 2025703K-1.8%320K2.20
    30 April 2025716K+1.3%391K1.83
    15 April 2025707K+0.8%654K1.08
    31 March 2025701K-1.6%505K1.39
    14 March 2025713K+44.3%760K1.00
    28 February 2025494K-4.9%1.0M1.00
    14 February 2025519K-1.3%953K1.00
    31 January 2025526K+2.4%195K2.70
    15 January 2025514K+5.2%150K3.43
    31 December 2024488K+29.9%214K2.28
    13 December 2024376K-7.7%256K1.47
    29 November 2024407K+2.7%194K2.10
    15 November 2024397K-0.7%345K1.15
    31 October 2024399K-12.1%217K1.84
    15 October 2024454K+3.2%184K2.47
    30 September 2024440K+21.5%351K1.25
    13 September 2024362K+3.9%200K1.81
    30 August 2024349K+0.0%136K2.56
    15 August 2024349K+4.5%188K1.85
    31 July 2024334K+14.0%187K1.79
    15 July 2024292K-4.3%166K1.76
    28 June 2024305K-18.0%308K1.00
    14 June 2024373K+14.7%179K2.08
    31 May 2024325K+23.3%156K2.08
    15 May 2024264K+9.4%114K2.32
    30 April 2024241K-4.9%136K1.78
    15 April 2024253K+2.7%97K2.61
    28 March 2024247K-28.5%116K2.12
    15 March 2024345K-10.4%109K3.18
    29 February 2024385K+33.6%167K2.30
    15 February 2024288K+30.0%217K1.33
    31 January 2024222K-1.6%140K1.58
    12 January 2024225K-6.4%115K1.95
    29 December 2023240K-29.1%112K2.15
    15 December 2023339K+23.2%148K2.29
    30 November 2023275K+30.9%97K2.83
    15 November 2023210K+11.6%136K1.54
    31 October 2023188K-19.8%78K2.42
    13 October 2023235K-8.3%76K3.11
    29 September 2023256K+22.1%65K3.96
    15 September 2023210K-5.5%85K2.47
    31 August 2023222K-3.0%63K3.53
    15 August 2023229K+11.5%80K2.86
    31 July 2023205K-4.5%74K2.75
    14 July 2023215K+3.6%96K2.23
    30 June 2023207K-19.9%139K1.50
    15 June 2023259K-8.1%110K2.35
    31 May 2023282K-6.8%89K3.15
    15 May 2023302K-9.8%57K5.26
    28 April 2023335K+7.9%76K4.41
    14 April 2023310K+11.2%75K4.13
    31 March 2023279K-12.2%134K2.08
    15 March 2023318K+0.3%95K3.34
    28 February 2023317K-3.5%87K3.65
    15 February 2023328K-6.2%93K3.52
    31 January 2023350K-9.4%102K3.42
    13 January 2023386K-5.2%114K3.40
    30 December 2022408K-5.9%140K2.91
    15 December 2022433K+44.3%137K3.15
    30 November 2022300K-24.2%130K2.31
    15 November 2022396K+7.8%156K2.54
    31 October 2022368K-15.9%226K1.62
    14 October 2022437K+1.4%140K3.12
    30 September 2022431K-2.7%99K4.36
    15 September 2022443K+1.2%62K7.18
    31 August 2022438K+10.5%75K5.84
    15 August 2022396K-21.1%74K5.32
    29 July 2022502K-11.9%104K4.83
    15 July 2022570K-3.6%101K5.61
    30 June 2022591K+4.9%195K3.03
    15 June 2022563K-8.9%130K4.34
    31 May 2022618K+18.0%222K2.78
    13 May 2022523K+3.7%109K4.82
    29 April 2022505K+1.3%101K5.02
    14 April 2022499K-2.7%124K4.02
    31 March 2022512K-8.5%106K4.84
    15 March 2022560K+12.4%116K4.83
    28 February 2022498K+5.5%106K4.68
    15 February 2022472K+33.1%109K4.31
    31 January 2022355K-2.4%143K2.48
    14 January 2022363K+43.2%112K3.25
    31 December 2021254K-12.4%81K3.15
    15 December 2021290K+9.7%83K3.48
    30 November 2021264K-15.6%81K3.25
    15 November 2021313K-19.6%122K2.56
    29 October 2021389K-19.4%151K2.58
    15 October 2021483K-6.1%165K2.92
    30 September 2021515K+12.2%170K3.02
    15 September 2021459K+0.1%74K6.18
    31 August 2021458K+7.0%120K3.82
    13 August 2021428K+7.9%106K4.02
    30 July 2021397K-17.1%124K3.21
    15 July 2021479K-14.7%79K6.09
    30 June 2021561K+13.9%221K2.54
    15 June 2021493K-3.3%115K4.29
    28 May 2021510K-6.5%205K2.48
    14 May 2021545K+2.5%251K2.18
    30 April 2021532K-10.9%137K3.89
    15 April 2021597K-5.6%68K8.80
    31 March 2021632K-3.8%101K6.26
    15 March 2021657K-2.1%117K5.63
    26 February 2021671K+2.3%85K7.92
    12 February 2021656K+9.5%93K7.03
    29 January 2021599K-2.9%101K5.95
    15 January 2021617K-0.3%55K11.21
    31 December 2020619K+0.6%69K8.94
    15 December 2020616K-1.5%65K9.46
    30 November 2020625K-1.1%69K9.02
    13 November 2020633K+11.5%71K8.87
    30 October 2020568K+25.7%84K6.77
    15 October 2020452K+56.6%81K5.58
    30 September 2020288K-15.9%88K3.27
    15 September 2020343K+2.0%73K4.71
    31 August 2020336K+1.3%47K7.20
    14 August 2020332K-12.6%66K5.04
    31 July 2020380K-11.3%120K3.16
    15 July 2020428K-6.9%98K4.37
    30 June 2020460K+49.4%173K2.66
    15 June 2020308K-6.8%110K2.79
    29 May 2020330K-4.5%115K2.87
    15 May 2020346K-0.6%139K2.49
    30 April 2020348K+0.2%116K3.01
    15 April 2020347K-16.1%146K2.38
    31 March 2020414K-22.5%143K2.90
    13 March 2020534K-1.1%97K5.51
    28 February 2020540K-2.5%141K3.82
    14 February 2020554K-8.0%124K4.47
    31 January 2020602K+1.6%133K4.51
    15 January 2020593K+1.4%162K3.67
    31 December 2019585K-0.3%81K7.24
    13 December 2019586K-25.7%144K4.07
    29 November 2019789K-15.9%151K5.22
    15 November 2019938K-7.1%202K4.64
    31 October 20191.0M-1.3%103K9.80
    15 October 20191.0M-2.5%90K11.31
    30 September 20191.0M+1.2%175K5.99
    13 September 20191.0M+3.1%173K6.00
    30 August 20191.0M+7.6%121K8.30
    15 August 2019934K+3.1%133K7.04
    31 July 2019906K-12.5%161K5.63
    15 July 20191.0M-0.1%81K12.76
    28 June 20191.0M+3.6%125K8.26
    14 June 20191.0M+1.5%97K10.32
    31 May 2019985K+1.1%133K7.43
    15 May 2019975K+6.8%75K12.95
    30 April 2019913K-0.3%87K10.54
    15 April 2019915K+4.5%79K11.66
    29 March 2019876K+0.7%87K10.06
    15 March 2019869K-1.2%109K8.01
    28 February 2019880K-0.8%89K9.88
    15 February 2019887K+8.0%98K9.05
    31 January 2019822K-0.7%139K5.91
    15 January 2019827K-0.4%104K7.97
    31 December 2018831K+2.2%127K6.52
    14 December 2018813K-0.7%130K6.27
    30 November 2018819K+2.5%100K8.22
    15 November 2018799K+2.3%99K8.10
    31 October 2018781K+2.2%190K4.12
    15 October 2018764K-3.6%108K7.11
    28 September 2018793K+5.7%122K6.52
    14 September 2018750K-1.4%100K7.49
    31 August 2018761K+13.5%99K7.72
    15 August 2018671K+50.9%141K4.77
    31 July 2018445K+37.6%113K3.93
    13 July 2018323K+15.2%105K3.06
    29 June 2018281K+3.2%189K1.49
    15 June 2018272K+84.4%116K2.34
    31 May 2018148K-6.8%167K1.00
    15 May 2018158K-13.7%140K1.13
    30 April 2018183K+22.1%147K1.25
    13 April 2018150K-17.1%128K1.17
    29 March 2018181K-20.1%130K1.39
    15 March 2018227K-19.5%148K1.53
    28 February 2018282K-14.1%208K1.35
    15 February 2018328K+19.4%257K1.28
    31 January 2018275K-5.4%133K2.06
    12 January 2018290K+26.3%176K1.65
    29 December 2017230K104K2.21
    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.