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CRH Public Ltd. Co. short interest

13.0M shares of CRH Public Ltd. were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (10.1M to 19.1M). Short sellers would need 2.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short13.0Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+3.3%-6% over a year
Days to cover2.55at 5.1M shares a day
Of shares in issue1.96%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 middle of its range over the last year (10.1M to 19.1M), and the share price moved -20% 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 202613.0M+3.3%5.1M2.55
    30 September 202612.6M+6.1%6.3M2.00
    15 September 202611.9M-6.3%4.7M2.51
    31 August 202612.7M-1.2%4.1M3.13
    14 August 202612.9M-9.9%4.7M2.73
    31 July 202614.3M+2.3%4.3M3.28
    15 July 202613.9M-12.6%3.7M3.77
    30 June 202616.0M+7.4%5.6M2.82
    15 June 202614.9M+14.7%4.0M3.74
    29 May 202613.0M-1.6%6.1M2.12
    15 May 202613.2M-2.9%4.7M2.83
    30 April 202613.6M+4.9%4.2M3.20
    15 April 202612.9M+3.1%4.8M2.69
    31 March 202612.5M+10.4%6.1M2.07
    13 March 202611.4M-10.1%6.2M1.83
    27 February 202612.6M-4.6%5.6M2.27
    13 February 202613.3M-19.2%4.4M3.00
    30 January 202616.4M-8.9%4.1M3.96
    15 January 202618.0M-6.0%5.6M3.24
    31 December 202519.1M+11.5%17.8M1.07
    15 December 202517.2M+53.1%8.6M1.99
    28 November 202511.2M+11.1%4.4M2.56
    14 November 202510.1M-7.5%4.0M2.53
    31 October 202510.9M-21.2%3.1M3.50
    15 October 202513.9M-1.3%3.3M4.17
    30 September 202514.1M+4.8%4.5M3.09
    15 September 202513.4M+1.7%3.4M3.99
    29 August 202513.2M+23.6%4.1M3.19
    15 August 202510.7M-10.7%5.1M2.10
    31 July 202511.9M-6.2%4.2M2.84
    15 July 202512.7M+1.7%3.1M4.07
    30 June 202512.5M+10.4%4.9M2.58
    13 June 202511.3M+3.7%3.4M3.32
    30 May 202510.9M-5.0%4.7M2.34
    15 May 202511.5M-19.0%5.4M2.13
    30 April 202514.2M-6.0%5.2M2.75
    15 April 202515.1M-13.7%6.5M2.32
    31 March 202517.5M+51.8%14.3M1.23
    14 March 202511.5M-10.6%8.8M1.31
    28 February 202512.9M-2.7%6.7M1.93
    14 February 202513.3M+10.2%4.9M2.72
    31 January 202512.0M-1.1%3.4M3.51
    15 January 202512.2M-2.4%3.2M3.81
    31 December 202412.5M+2.1%2.6M4.72
    13 December 202412.2M+26.4%3.8M3.25
    29 November 20249.7M-7.3%3.8M2.53
    15 November 202410.4M-8.7%4.5M2.30
    31 October 202411.4M-3.1%3.2M3.57
    15 October 202411.8M+2.9%3.4M3.42
    30 September 202411.5M+4.8%3.6M3.20
    13 September 202410.9M+8.8%4.7M2.33
    30 August 202410.1M+41.1%3.6M2.79
    15 August 20247.1M-43.6%5.0M1.44
    31 July 202412.6M+10.2%4.0M3.18
    15 July 202411.5M+8.1%5.3M2.16
    28 June 202410.6M-11.9%16.2M1.00
    14 June 202412.0M+75.8%9.6M1.25
    31 May 20246.8M+0.8%9.1M1.00
    15 May 20246.8M-4.8%3.8M1.81
    30 April 20247.1M-2.7%3.1M2.33
    15 April 20247.3M-2.4%2.9M2.52
    28 March 20247.5M+80.8%3.1M2.45
    15 March 20244.2M-76.5%4.0M1.03
    29 February 202417.6M+40.6%4.4M3.97
    15 February 202412.5M+6.3%3.6M3.48
    31 January 202411.8M+0.5%3.9M3.03
    12 January 202411.7M+87.7%3.7M3.15
    29 December 20236.3M+157.8%2.7M2.32
    15 December 20232.4M-50.1%3.9M1.00
    30 November 20234.9M+2.8%4.1M1.18
    15 November 20234.7M-46.1%3.5M1.35
    31 October 20238.8M+85.4%3.3M2.68
    13 October 20234.7M-67.8%4.1M1.15
    29 September 202314.7M+83.2%5.5M2.69
    15 September 20238.0M+47.1%5.5M1.46
    31 August 20235.5M-45.0%2.3M2.39
    15 August 20239.9M+20.4%1.4M7.18
    31 July 20238.3M+41.6%1.3M6.43
    14 July 20235.8M+35.4%1.6M3.72
    30 June 20234.3M+84.9%1.9M2.23
    15 June 20232.3M+49.0%1.5M1.55
    31 May 20231.6M+24.0%686K2.28
    15 May 20231.3M+6.7%578K2.18
    28 April 20231.2M-2.0%463K2.55
    14 April 20231.2M+33.7%618K1.95
    31 March 2023901K+9.5%829K1.09
    15 March 2023823K+9.2%703K1.17
    28 February 2023754K-28.6%1.2M1.00
    15 February 20231.1M+11.5%691K1.53
    31 January 2023947K+31.1%547K1.73
    13 January 2023722K-21.6%600K1.20
    30 December 2022921K-14.8%354K2.60
    15 December 20221.1M+11.9%352K3.07
    30 November 2022966K-8.2%482K2.01
    15 November 20221.1M+6.1%706K1.49
    31 October 2022991K-34.0%624K1.59
    14 October 20221.5M-1.2%618K2.43
    30 September 20221.5M+9.1%655K2.32
    15 September 20221.4M-39.2%595K2.34
    31 August 20222.3M-5.8%461K4.97
    15 August 20222.4M+7.3%428K5.69
    29 July 20222.3M+42.9%653K3.47
    15 July 20221.6M-2.8%705K2.25
    30 June 20221.6M-2.7%667K2.45
    15 June 20221.7M+24.5%486K3.45
    31 May 20221.3M-4.6%500K2.70
    13 May 20221.4M+86.7%809K1.75
    29 April 2022756K+25.8%902K1.00
    14 April 2022601K+18.8%684K1.00
    31 March 2022506K-12.1%854K1.00
    15 March 2022576K-13.8%1.2M1.00
    28 February 2022668K+0.2%698K1.00
    15 February 2022666K+12.2%362K1.84
    31 January 2022594K-6.0%564K1.05
    14 January 2022632K+11.1%366K1.73
    31 December 2021569K-3.9%298K1.91
    15 December 2021592K-33.8%436K1.36
    30 November 2021893K+24.8%472K1.89
    15 November 2021716K-25.4%358K2.00
    29 October 2021960K+20.9%377K2.55
    15 October 2021794K-33.2%520K1.53
    30 September 20211.2M+67.0%553K2.15
    15 September 2021712K-27.5%486K1.46
    31 August 2021983K+48.7%335K2.94
    13 August 2021661K-29.8%308K2.15
    30 July 2021941K+65.7%302K3.12
    15 July 2021568K-10.2%294K1.93
    30 June 2021632K-0.6%344K1.84
    15 June 2021636K+29.8%337K1.89
    28 May 2021490K+10.8%372K1.32
    14 May 2021443K+15.0%497K1.00
    30 April 2021385K-21.0%596K1.00
    15 April 2021487K-4.3%336K1.45
    31 March 2021509K+11.6%454K1.12
    15 March 2021456K-46.9%680K1.00
    26 February 2021859K+17.5%408K2.10
    12 February 2021730K-24.8%378K1.93
    29 January 2021972K+22.7%333K2.92
    15 January 2021792K+15.8%486K1.63
    31 December 2020684K+28.8%214K3.20
    15 December 2020531K-24.9%330K1.61
    30 November 2020707K-3.3%315K2.25
    13 November 2020731K+18.5%440K1.66
    30 October 2020617K-32.1%292K2.12
    15 October 2020909K+0.4%313K2.90
    30 September 2020905K-10.2%321K2.82
    15 September 20201.0M-0.7%267K3.77
    31 August 20201.0M-20.4%374K2.71
    14 August 20201.3M-6.0%234K5.45
    31 July 20201.4M-12.8%348K3.90
    15 July 20201.6M+9.7%544K2.86
    30 June 20201.4M+7.0%732K1.94
    15 June 20201.3M-0.1%556K2.39
    29 May 20201.3M-12.7%571K2.32
    15 May 20201.5M-11.3%701K2.17
    30 April 20201.7M+64.6%970K1.77
    15 April 20201.0M+173.8%1.3M1.00
    31 March 2020380K-34.5%1.8M1.00
    13 March 2020581K-26.9%1.8M1.00
    28 February 2020795K+10.6%964K1.00
    14 February 2020719K+6.0%486K1.48
    31 January 2020679K-33.0%657K1.03
    15 January 20201.0M-37.6%490K2.07
    31 December 20191.6M+51.8%321K5.05
    13 December 20191.1M-43.7%605K1.77
    29 November 20191.9M+46.2%501K3.79
    15 November 20191.3M-31.7%570K2.28
    31 October 20191.9M+127.0%642K2.96
    15 October 2019838K+51.3%696K1.20
    30 September 2019554K-25.1%637K1.00
    13 September 2019739K-20.8%459K1.61
    30 August 2019934K+23.5%858K1.09
    15 August 2019756K-29.9%402K1.88
    31 July 20191.1M+31.6%378K2.85
    15 July 2019819K-10.7%374K2.19
    28 June 2019917K-8.8%389K2.36
    14 June 20191.0M-29.1%472K2.13
    31 May 20191.4M+7.0%458K3.10
    15 May 20191.3M-24.5%561K2.37
    30 April 20191.8M+9.6%376K4.67
    15 April 20191.6M-5.8%364K4.40
    29 March 20191.7M-12.5%491K3.47
    15 March 20191.9M-13.1%540K3.60
    28 February 20192.2M+4.1%474K4.73
    15 February 20192.2M+30.7%672K3.20
    31 January 20191.6M+55.5%662K2.48
    15 January 20191.1M+30.5%744K1.42
    31 December 2018810K+28.0%1.2M1.00
    14 December 2018633K-35.2%1.1M1.00
    30 November 2018976K-33.2%866K1.13
    15 November 20181.5M+37.7%788K1.85
    31 October 20181.1M+14.7%1.1M1.01
    15 October 2018926K+15.1%716K1.29
    28 September 2018804K+113.1%545K1.47
    14 September 2018377K-49.4%523K1.00
    31 August 2018745K+396.4%587K1.27
    15 August 2018150K-27.9%437K1.00
    31 July 2018208K-65.8%587K1.00
    13 July 2018608K-42.7%848K1.00
    29 June 20181.1M+55.5%620K1.71
    15 June 2018682K+13.1%492K1.39
    31 May 2018603K-31.4%830K1.00
    15 May 2018880K-21.3%454K1.94
    30 April 20181.1M+63.6%610K1.83
    13 April 2018683K-13.9%655K1.04
    29 March 2018793K+43.6%674K1.18
    15 March 2018553K-24.3%629K1.00
    28 February 2018730K-7.5%598K1.22
    15 February 2018790K-63.5%1.2M1.00
    31 January 20182.2M+16.1%684K3.16
    12 January 20181.9M+58.3%1.4M1.34
    29 December 20171.2M573K2.05
    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.