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Community West Bancshares short interest

1.7M shares of Community West Bancshares were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (127K to 1.9M). Short sellers would need 10.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.7Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-7.4%+1041% over a year
Days to cover10.50at 164K shares a day
Of shares in issue8.99%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 top of its range over the last year (127K to 1.9M), and the share price moved +25% 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 20261.7M-7.4%164K10.50
    30 September 20261.9M+23.5%240K7.75
    15 September 20261.5M+15.2%142K10.60
    31 August 20261.3M+13.3%239K5.46
    14 August 20261.2M+0.0%206K5.58
    31 July 20261.2M-4.5%285K4.05
    15 July 20261.2M+20.0%297K4.06
    30 June 20261.0M+59.3%735K1.37
    15 June 2026631K-20.6%419K1.50
    29 May 2026794K+5.8%221K3.59
    15 May 2026750K+12.3%198K3.79
    30 April 2026668K+30.5%263K2.54
    15 April 2026512K-20.6%203K2.52
    31 March 2026645K+12.7%163K3.97
    13 March 2026573K+12.2%127K4.51
    27 February 2026510K+12.0%168K3.04
    13 February 2026456K+10.3%202K2.26
    30 January 2026413K+15.1%115K3.59
    15 January 2026359K+49.4%106K3.38
    31 December 2025240K+87.0%160K1.50
    15 December 2025129K+1.3%188K1.00
    28 November 2025127K-2.7%101K1.26
    14 November 2025130K-30.3%63K2.06
    31 October 2025187K+24.1%85K2.20
    15 October 2025151K-2.7%38K4.01
    30 September 2025155K-2.9%59K2.62
    15 September 2025159K+15.7%40K3.96
    29 August 2025138K-4.8%39K3.49
    15 August 2025145K-14.7%43K3.39
    31 July 2025170K+25.1%67K2.53
    15 July 2025136K-8.6%89K1.53
    30 June 2025148K+16.0%94K1.59
    13 June 2025128K+11.9%57K2.23
    30 May 2025114K-0.0%44K2.59
    15 May 2025114K+9.1%47K2.45
    30 April 2025105K-9.9%58K1.80
    15 April 2025116K-17.0%49K2.39
    31 March 2025140K+4.6%50K2.80
    14 March 2025134K-0.5%55K2.43
    28 February 2025135K+3.8%53K2.53
    14 February 2025130K-11.9%43K3.01
    31 January 2025147K-8.3%47K3.16
    15 January 2025161K-9.7%36K4.52
    31 December 2024178K-14.5%55K3.25
    13 December 2024208K+4.4%42K5.01
    29 November 2024200K-2.3%72K2.78
    15 November 2024204K-9.8%64K3.19
    31 October 2024227K-6.8%29K7.86
    15 October 2024243K-10.7%29K8.42
    30 September 2024272K-17.0%60K4.53
    13 September 2024328K-7.5%32K10.34
    30 August 2024355K+3.5%26K13.63
    15 August 2024342K-1.1%39K8.83
    31 July 2024346K-4.3%85K4.07
    15 July 2024362K+47.1%66K5.50
    28 June 2024246K+27.5%159K1.55
    14 June 2024193K+5.5%29K6.71
    31 May 2024183K-0.8%34K5.44
    15 May 2024184K+2.3%42K4.41
    30 April 2024180K+19.5%52K3.46
    15 April 2024151K+224.8%122K1.23
    28 March 202446K-0.3%8K5.55
    15 March 202447K-22.8%7K6.31
    29 February 202460K-26.1%11K5.64
    15 February 202482K+244.8%19K4.29
    31 January 202424K+45.9%17K1.42
    12 January 202416K-7.0%23K1.00
    29 December 202317K+96.5%14K1.26
    15 December 20239K-28.6%25K1.00
    30 November 202312K-39.6%9K1.36
    15 November 202321K+14.8%21K1.00
    31 October 202318K+30.4%16K1.12
    13 October 202314K+20.5%6K2.16
    29 September 202311K-3.5%1K8.81
    15 September 202312K+0.0%3K3.81
    31 August 202312K+11.0%5K2.28
    15 August 202311K-4.3%5K2.16
    31 July 202311K-0.5%3K3.81
    14 July 202311K-1.9%2K5.80
    30 June 202311K+29.5%3K3.83
    15 June 20239K-1.6%8K1.17
    31 May 20239K-56.9%5K1.90
    15 May 202321K+98.1%8K2.73
    28 April 202310K-3.6%3K3.35
    14 April 202311K+41.6%3K3.62
    31 March 20238K+189.5%5K1.45
    15 March 20233K-35.9%15K1.00
    28 February 20234K+84.6%4K1.15
    15 February 20232K+9.2%5K1.00
    31 January 20232K+0.4%3K1.00
    13 January 20232K+22.5%4K1.00
    30 December 20222K-15.3%3K1.00
    15 December 20222K-4.8%3K1.00
    30 November 20222K-41.1%7K1.00
    15 November 20224K+46.4%2K1.81
    31 October 20222K-14.3%2K1.20
    14 October 20223K-34.7%1K2.20
    30 September 20224K+126.7%5K1.00
    15 September 20222K+47.5%4K1.00
    31 August 20221K-3.8%3K1.00
    15 August 20221K+62.3%3K1.00
    29 July 2022819-7.0%1K1.00
    15 July 2022881-11.6%2K1.00
    30 June 2022997-14.1%2K1.00
    15 June 20221K-25.1%6K1.00
    31 May 20222K-41.7%3K1.00
    13 May 20223K+49.9%2K1.48
    29 April 20222K+8.7%2K1.07
    14 April 20222K-40.9%4K1.00
    31 March 20223K-71.8%51K1.00
    15 March 202210K+348.2%8K1.16
    28 February 20222K-46.2%5K1.00
    15 February 20224K-25.6%3K1.42
    31 January 20225K+103.8%4K1.24
    14 January 20223K-26.0%5K1.00
    31 December 20214K-34.4%9K1.00
    15 December 20216K-4.8%4K1.30
    30 November 20216K-12.4%4K1.59
    15 November 20217K-20.1%4K1.55
    29 October 20218K+3.4%3K3.27
    15 October 20218K-23.4%3K2.41
    30 September 202110K-18.0%4K2.58
    15 September 202113K-11.8%5K2.40
    31 August 202114K-0.1%3K4.76
    13 August 202114K-10.2%12K1.22
    30 July 202116K-17.2%3K5.26
    15 July 202119K-19.1%7K2.62
    30 June 202124K+12.4%5K4.46
    15 June 202121K-13.0%10K2.16
    28 May 202125K-10.6%3K7.01
    14 May 202127K-15.4%9K3.21
    30 April 202132K-10.8%4K7.92
    15 April 202136K-8.5%2K15.55
    31 March 202140K+1279.2%17K2.28
    15 March 20213K+34.6%10K1.00
    26 February 20212K-47.8%15K1.00
    12 February 20214K+47.9%17K1.00
    29 January 20213K-39.7%6K1.00
    15 January 20215K-54.7%6K1.00
    31 December 202010K+63.8%5K2.05
    15 December 20206K-37.2%33K1.00
    30 November 202010K+115.5%4K2.27
    13 November 20205K-9.8%4K1.10
    30 October 20205K+178.1%2K3.03
    15 October 20202K-35.4%6K1.00
    30 September 20203K+33.1%4K1.00
    15 September 20202K+43.9%19K1.00
    31 August 20201K-29.2%3K1.00
    14 August 20202K-15.9%2K1.37
    31 July 20202K-40.5%9K1.00
    15 July 20204K-25.0%1K3.01
    30 June 20206K+27.2%2K2.86
    15 June 20204K+5.6%31K1.00
    29 May 20204K-10.4%7K1.00
    15 May 20205K+70.7%11K1.00
    30 April 20203K-17.2%8K1.00
    15 April 20203K-28.7%7K1.00
    31 March 20205K+132.7%10K1.00
    13 March 20202K-56.5%4K1.00
    28 February 20205K-10.8%7K1.00
    14 February 20205K+119.5%4K1.22
    31 January 20202K+10.3%3K1.00
    15 January 20202K+0.7%1K1.56
    31 December 20192K-39.2%3K1.00
    13 December 20193K+15.5%3K1.14
    29 November 20193K-14.3%9583.09
    15 November 20193K+10.7%6K1.00
    31 October 20193K+49.2%11K1.00
    15 October 20192K-35.9%2K1.32
    30 September 20193K+20.5%5K1.00
    13 September 20193K+46.5%3K1.00
    30 August 20192K+0.7%5K1.00
    15 August 20192K-9.8%5K1.00
    31 July 20192K-46.0%3K1.00
    15 July 20194K+19.9%4K1.00
    28 June 20193K-8.2%5K1.00
    14 June 20193K+38.2%5K1.00
    31 May 20192K-25.1%4K1.00
    15 May 20193K+115.6%4K1.00
    30 April 20192K-6.8%2K1.00
    15 April 20192K-13.1%3K1.00
    29 March 20192K-4.5%3K1.00
    15 March 20192K+16.5%6K1.00
    28 February 20192K-63.6%12K1.00
    15 February 20195K-7.2%23K1.00
    31 January 20195K+53.5%6K1.00
    15 January 20193K-14.6%2K1.59
    31 December 20184K+315.8%7K1.00
    14 December 2018928-21.9%15K1.00
    30 November 20181K+25.8%13K1.00
    15 November 2018944+8.4%3K1.00
    31 October 2018871-47.9%3K1.00
    15 October 20182K-38.7%6K1.00
    28 September 20183K-20.5%8213.32
    14 September 20183K+236.7%5K1.00
    31 August 20181K-60.5%2K1.00
    15 August 20183K-24.9%2K1.21
    31 July 20183K+0.0%5K1.00
    13 July 20183K+4.6%7K1.00
    29 June 20183K+76.1%3K1.20
    15 June 20182K-46.4%24K1.00
    31 May 20183K-16.6%4K1.00
    15 May 20184K-47.8%6K1.00
    30 April 20188K+14.4%4K2.10
    13 April 20187K+18.1%67710.30
    29 March 20186K-17.2%4K1.63
    15 March 20187K+190.3%2K3.92
    28 February 20182K-19.5%3K1.00
    15 February 20183K-62.3%3K1.09
    31 January 20188K+156.8%8K1.04
    12 January 20183K+87.1%4K1.00
    29 December 20172K3K1.00
    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.