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Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. short interest

8.3M shares of Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 Jul 2025. Short sellers would need 1.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short8.3Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+13.4%+25% over a year
Days to cover1.88at 4.4M shares a day
Of shares in issue13.02%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 since 15 Jul 2025, and the share price moved -29% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 30 Sep 2021 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20268.3M+13.4%4.4M1.88
    30 September 20267.3M+2.1%2.7M2.67
    15 September 20267.2M+4.4%995K7.20
    31 August 20266.9M+22.7%1.2M5.49
    14 August 20265.6M+5.3%1.3M4.25
    31 July 20265.3M+2.1%797K6.67
    15 July 20265.2M+0.9%1.0M4.96
    30 June 20265.2M+5.1%1.3M4.02
    15 June 20264.9M+7.6%1.5M3.31
    29 May 20264.6M+0.8%933K4.89
    15 May 20264.5M-13.5%1.7M2.74
    30 April 20265.2M-14.2%1.1M4.95
    15 April 20266.1M-0.8%1.0M5.82
    31 March 20266.1M-23.2%1.2M5.17
    13 March 20268.0M+6.9%1.4M5.77
    27 February 20267.5M+3.1%1.1M6.82
    13 February 20267.3M+8.4%1.5M4.82
    30 January 20266.7M-4.7%802K8.36
    15 January 20267.0M+5.3%899K7.82
    31 December 20256.7M+2.8%1.0M6.63
    15 December 20256.5M-2.0%988K6.57
    28 November 20256.6M-5.9%1.0M6.62
    14 November 20257.0M-1.7%1.5M4.77
    31 October 20257.2M+7.7%1.2M5.91
    15 October 20256.7M+13.8%2.0M3.37
    30 September 20255.8M-6.8%1.6M3.74
    15 September 20256.3M-6.5%1.7M3.77
    29 August 20256.7M-5.5%1.6M4.15
    15 August 20257.1M-13.9%1.6M4.41
    31 July 20258.2M-20.2%1.9M4.28
    15 July 202510.3M-14.0%1.4M7.42
    30 June 202512.0M+6.3%1.8M6.66
    13 June 202511.3M-4.3%1.2M9.83
    30 May 202511.8M+2.8%1.0M11.70
    15 May 202511.5M-1.2%1.1M10.14
    30 April 202511.6M-12.8%1.1M10.95
    15 April 202513.3M+17.1%1.8M7.28
    31 March 202511.4M+14.2%1.2M9.69
    14 March 202510.0M+10.1%1.5M6.53
    28 February 20259.1M+3.5%2.6M3.54
    14 February 20258.8M+6.1%2.1M4.19
    31 January 20258.3M+5.4%1.3M6.19
    15 January 20257.8M+6.1%1.4M5.50
    31 December 20247.4M+2.8%1.5M5.02
    13 December 20247.2M-3.3%1.6M4.61
    29 November 20247.4M+1.4%1.0M7.15
    15 November 20247.3M-0.1%1.4M5.14
    31 October 20247.3M-7.0%853K8.59
    15 October 20247.9M-3.8%825K9.55
    30 September 20248.2M+29.0%2.0M4.12
    13 September 20246.3M-11.2%1.7M3.80
    30 August 20247.1M+86.4%2.1M3.45
    15 August 20243.8M+24.3%1.2M3.16
    31 July 20243.1M+27.0%1.1M2.87
    15 July 20242.4M-19.7%1.3M1.82
    28 June 20243.0M-49.2%2.8M1.10
    14 June 20246.0M-2.9%861K6.92
    31 May 20246.1M-10.6%1.3M4.80
    15 May 20246.9M-5.3%1.6M4.26
    30 April 20247.2M+8.7%1.3M5.39
    15 April 20246.7M-1.6%575K11.58
    28 March 20246.8M+3.3%401K16.88
    15 March 20246.6M+2.5%770K8.51
    29 February 20246.4M+2.2%518K12.34
    15 February 20246.3M+5.6%537K11.66
    31 January 20245.9M+1.3%563K10.52
    12 January 20245.8M-0.7%573K10.21
    29 December 20235.9M-1.5%487K12.08
    15 December 20236.0M+3.7%590K10.14
    30 November 20235.8M+3.4%377K15.27
    15 November 20235.6M-5.5%618K9.02
    31 October 20235.9M+2.2%402K14.66
    13 October 20235.8M-1.2%435K13.26
    29 September 20235.8M-0.4%478K12.21
    15 September 20235.9M+13.2%493K11.89
    31 August 20235.2M+0.4%573K9.04
    15 August 20235.2M-3.8%566K9.11
    31 July 20235.4M-1.4%535K10.04
    14 July 20235.4M-2.4%598K9.10
    30 June 20235.6M+20.6%598K9.32
    15 June 20234.6M+0.9%662K6.98
    31 May 20234.6M-9.4%656K6.98
    15 May 20235.1M+7.5%471K10.74
    28 April 20234.7M-4.4%444K10.60
    14 April 20234.9M+2.1%383K12.85
    31 March 20234.8M+11.3%424K11.36
    15 March 20234.3M+18.4%636K6.80
    28 February 20233.7M+16.7%546K6.69
    15 February 20233.1M+1.4%483K6.48
    31 January 20233.1M-1.6%451K6.84
    13 January 20233.1M-0.6%542K5.79
    30 December 20223.2M+10.5%576K5.48
    15 December 20222.9M-3.6%538K5.31
    30 November 20223.0M-4.7%739K4.01
    15 November 20223.1M-7.3%613K5.08
    31 October 20223.4M-14.1%632K5.31
    14 October 20223.9M-8.7%613K6.38
    30 September 20224.3M-8.7%665K6.44
    15 September 20224.7M+4.8%523K8.96
    31 August 20224.5M+24.1%722K6.20
    15 August 20223.6M-4.0%871K4.14
    29 July 20223.8M+3.9%403K9.33
    15 July 20223.6M+7.5%546K6.63
    30 June 20223.4M+22.4%759K4.43
    15 June 20222.7M-14.6%575K4.78
    31 May 20223.2M+19.1%605K5.32
    13 May 20222.7M+16.9%626K4.32
    29 April 20222.3M+13.8%439K5.27
    14 April 20222.0M+9.7%552K3.68
    31 March 20221.9M-16.4%763K2.43
    15 March 20222.2M+2.9%305K7.27
    28 February 20222.2M+1.5%228K9.47
    15 February 20222.1M-9.2%322K6.59
    31 January 20222.3M+30.3%366K6.40
    14 January 20221.8M+30.0%277K6.49
    31 December 20211.4M+28.8%282K4.89
    15 December 20211.1M+147.2%290K3.70
    30 November 2021434K-7.3%125K3.46
    15 November 2021468K+7.5%97K4.84
    29 October 2021436K-22.1%151K2.88
    15 October 2021559K+115.4%364K1.54
    30 September 2021259K208K1.25
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.