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CRA International, Inc. short interest

327K shares of CRA International 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 2.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short327Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+13.4%+84% over a year
Days to cover2.63at 124K shares a day
Of shares in issue5.22%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 +10% 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 2026327K+13.4%124K2.63
    30 September 2026288K-3.3%132K2.18
    15 September 2026298K-0.3%127K2.34
    31 August 2026299K-2.1%95K3.16
    14 August 2026305K+0.8%150K2.04
    31 July 2026303K+2.9%152K1.99
    15 July 2026294K+0.2%155K1.90
    30 June 2026294K+5.0%207K1.42
    15 June 2026280K+8.9%158K1.77
    29 May 2026257K+0.2%135K1.91
    15 May 2026256K-6.0%172K1.49
    30 April 2026273K+10.7%178K1.53
    15 April 2026246K-5.5%177K1.39
    31 March 2026261K-16.4%221K1.18
    13 March 2026312K+24.5%194K1.60
    27 February 2026250K+4.4%145K1.72
    13 February 2026240K+9.3%140K1.72
    30 January 2026219K+11.3%135K1.62
    15 January 2026197K-0.2%128K1.54
    31 December 2025198K+37.9%107K1.85
    15 December 2025143K-7.0%93K1.54
    28 November 2025154K-6.9%73K2.10
    14 November 2025165K-1.9%84K1.98
    31 October 2025169K-5.2%68K2.49
    15 October 2025178K-19.8%137K1.30
    30 September 2025222K+0.5%113K1.96
    15 September 2025221K-0.7%68K3.23
    29 August 2025222K+10.2%90K2.46
    15 August 2025202K+10.0%78K2.58
    31 July 2025184K-9.5%77K2.39
    15 July 2025203K+8.2%179K1.14
    30 June 2025188K+21.1%168K1.12
    13 June 2025155K+24.7%133K1.17
    30 May 2025124K+0.5%71K1.74
    15 May 2025124K+12.5%69K1.80
    30 April 2025110K+17.8%63K1.74
    15 April 202593K+5.3%40K2.31
    31 March 202589K+1.7%36K2.43
    14 March 202587K+56.5%49K1.77
    28 February 202556K-7.9%56K1.00
    14 February 202560K+19.6%29K2.12
    31 January 202550K-19.7%29K1.75
    15 January 202563K-12.7%34K1.87
    31 December 202472K+18.7%43K1.67
    13 December 202461K+28.0%34K1.78
    29 November 202447K-21.5%29K1.63
    15 November 202460K+24.9%34K1.78
    31 October 202448K-18.6%34K1.44
    15 October 202459K+48.8%41K1.44
    30 September 202440K-17.7%41K1.00
    13 September 202448K+3.5%27K1.80
    30 August 202447K-16.7%34K1.38
    15 August 202456K-4.2%57K1.00
    31 July 202459K-22.0%67K1.00
    15 July 202475K+9.5%38K1.99
    28 June 202469K-0.3%32K2.13
    14 June 202469K+7.7%47K1.47
    31 May 202464K-19.6%42K1.53
    15 May 202479K+16.8%31K2.54
    30 April 202468K-10.0%24K2.88
    15 April 202476K+15.7%28K2.72
    28 March 202465K-9.4%27K2.39
    15 March 202472K-11.7%40K1.78
    29 February 202482K-5.3%31K2.62
    15 February 202486K+55.7%28K3.09
    31 January 202455K-66.0%29K1.88
    12 January 2024163K+14.3%40K4.04
    29 December 2023142K-5.8%33K4.29
    15 December 2023151K-1.3%32K4.79
    30 November 2023153K-9.4%25K6.05
    15 November 2023169K+6.0%60K2.80
    31 October 2023160K-1.5%22K7.16
    13 October 2023162K-5.5%18K9.17
    29 September 2023171K+4.2%19K9.26
    15 September 2023165K-2.4%28K5.91
    31 August 2023169K-1.5%20K8.53
    15 August 2023171K-3.9%20K8.49
    31 July 2023178K-3.7%22K8.21
    14 July 2023185K+3.9%22K8.52
    30 June 2023178K-6.7%44K4.01
    15 June 2023191K-5.9%28K6.93
    31 May 2023203K+1.2%27K7.45
    15 May 2023200K+4.1%46K4.37
    28 April 2023193K-4.3%33K5.81
    14 April 2023201K-3.4%46K4.38
    31 March 2023208K-9.2%72K2.91
    15 March 2023230K+38.3%117K1.96
    28 February 2023166K+3.0%68K2.45
    15 February 2023161K-6.3%51K3.18
    31 January 2023172K+7.6%60K2.88
    13 January 2023160K-6.6%60K2.67
    30 December 2022171K+17.3%68K2.51
    15 December 2022146K+78.5%66K2.21
    30 November 202282K-9.4%63K1.30
    15 November 202290K-19.4%55K1.64
    31 October 2022112K-4.8%37K3.00
    14 October 2022117K+5.5%30K3.88
    30 September 2022111K+7.4%43K2.59
    15 September 2022104K+9.5%39K2.66
    31 August 202295K+7.6%34K2.80
    15 August 202288K-3.1%38K2.33
    29 July 202291K+7.6%26K3.53
    15 July 202284K-4.5%21K4.04
    30 June 202288K-9.0%36K2.43
    15 June 202297K+17.5%32K3.03
    31 May 202283K+8.8%33K2.54
    13 May 202276K+17.7%32K2.38
    29 April 202265K+16.0%32K2.01
    14 April 202256K-7.9%22K2.52
    31 March 202260K-9.1%29K2.08
    15 March 202266K+19.5%31K2.11
    28 February 202256K-9.6%25K2.24
    15 February 202262K+52.0%30K2.04
    31 January 202240K+46.7%34K1.17
    14 January 202228K-6.0%28K1.00
    31 December 202129K-42.4%27K1.08
    15 December 202151K+11.6%33K1.55
    30 November 202146K+8.1%53K1.00
    15 November 202142K-31.8%68K1.00
    29 October 202162K-13.9%29K2.17
    15 October 202172K-3.5%29K2.45
    30 September 202174K+3.4%46K1.62
    15 September 202172K-4.2%39K1.84
    31 August 202175K-36.3%36K2.12
    13 August 2021118K-5.9%37K3.15
    30 July 2021125K-4.4%21K6.07
    15 July 2021131K-9.8%24K5.52
    30 June 2021145K-15.1%68K2.13
    15 June 2021171K+2.9%30K5.71
    28 May 2021166K+14.6%35K4.70
    14 May 2021145K+26.8%38K3.79
    30 April 2021115K+21.2%47K2.45
    15 April 202194K+8.8%50K1.90
    31 March 202187K-0.6%54K1.61
    15 March 202187K+4.4%48K1.84
    26 February 202184K+23.3%26K3.24
    12 February 202168K+0.3%19K3.53
    29 January 202168K-16.7%23K2.95
    15 January 202181K+4.9%26K3.14
    31 December 202078K+10.7%31K2.50
    15 December 202070K-10.8%26K2.72
    30 November 202079K+9.9%24K3.30
    13 November 202071K-12.9%21K3.35
    30 October 202082K-12.1%21K3.97
    15 October 202093K-5.1%22K4.17
    30 September 202098K-6.0%28K3.53
    15 September 2020105K-6.4%22K4.65
    31 August 2020112K-0.5%30K3.74
    14 August 2020112K-5.6%45K2.50
    31 July 2020119K-17.1%29K4.05
    15 July 2020144K+11.4%30K4.84
    30 June 2020129K+34.6%32K3.98
    15 June 202096K-22.0%33K2.89
    29 May 2020123K-0.4%31K4.03
    15 May 2020123K-1.4%46K2.68
    30 April 2020125K-3.8%34K3.67
    15 April 2020130K+61.5%42K3.07
    31 March 202081K+9.4%62K1.29
    13 March 202074K+44.6%52K1.42
    28 February 202051K-0.3%38K1.36
    14 February 202051K-3.2%24K2.17
    31 January 202053K-32.4%33K1.61
    15 January 202078K-3.1%36K2.17
    31 December 201981K-32.7%45K1.79
    13 December 2019120K+21.7%40K3.02
    29 November 201998K-3.9%38K2.62
    15 November 2019102K+60.5%58K1.76
    31 October 201964K+3.3%35K1.80
    15 October 201962K-10.2%57K1.09
    30 September 201969K-13.6%49K1.41
    13 September 201980K+0.8%48K1.66
    30 August 201979K-17.8%60K1.31
    15 August 201996K+48.6%75K1.28
    31 July 201965K-8.7%67K1.00
    15 July 201971K-10.4%54K1.31
    28 June 201979K-7.5%62K1.28
    14 June 201985K+7.4%40K2.12
    31 May 201979K+32.2%61K1.29
    15 May 201960K-2.1%129K1.00
    30 April 201961K+4.4%45K1.36
    15 April 201959K+19.0%35K1.68
    29 March 201949K+25.4%49K1.01
    15 March 201939K-4.6%60K1.00
    28 February 201941K-67.4%37K1.10
    15 February 2019127K+19.0%38K3.34
    31 January 2019107K+15.5%25K4.28
    15 January 201992K+46.6%32K2.92
    31 December 201863K+23.8%44K1.43
    14 December 201851K-8.8%42K1.22
    30 November 201856K+14.1%42K1.32
    15 November 201849K+18.3%54K1.00
    31 October 201841K+2.3%24K1.71
    15 October 201840K-19.0%33K1.23
    28 September 201850K-1.2%57K1.00
    14 September 201850K-13.4%37K1.38
    31 August 201858K+5.2%46K1.26
    15 August 201855K-15.2%46K1.21
    31 July 201865K+2.1%38K1.72
    13 July 201864K-3.3%39K1.63
    29 June 201866K-5.0%63K1.05
    15 June 201870K-0.5%64K1.09
    31 May 201870K-76.6%40K1.74
    15 May 2018298K+13.2%53K5.63
    30 April 2018264K+104.5%77K3.42
    13 April 2018129K+99.6%50K2.59
    29 March 201865K-21.7%64K1.01
    15 March 201882K-0.5%36K2.26
    28 February 201883K+16.8%80K1.03
    15 February 201871K+9.7%32K2.19
    31 January 201865K+7.0%26K2.53
    12 January 201860K+5.5%36K1.68
    29 December 201757K29K1.99
    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.