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Krispy Kreme, Inc. short interest

18.8M shares of Krispy Kreme were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (15.8M to 28.8M). Short sellers would need 9.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short18.8Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-7.7%-31% over a year
Days to cover9.33at 2.0M shares a day
Of shares in issue10.86%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 bottom of its range over the last year (15.8M to 28.8M), and the share price moved -3% 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 15 Jul 2021 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202618.8M-7.7%2.0M9.33
    30 September 202620.3M+4.8%2.2M9.37
    15 September 202619.4M+4.6%1.9M10.34
    31 August 202618.5M-4.9%2.8M6.51
    14 August 202619.5M+1.2%3.9M5.02
    31 July 202619.3M+5.5%2.2M8.75
    15 July 202618.3M+15.9%2.8M6.48
    30 June 202615.8M-1.9%2.6M5.99
    15 June 202616.1M-7.1%3.2M4.99
    29 May 202617.3M-1.2%2.1M8.08
    15 May 202617.5M+1.2%2.8M6.36
    30 April 202617.3M-2.6%2.4M7.12
    15 April 202617.8M-6.2%1.4M12.30
    31 March 202618.9M-3.0%2.1M9.06
    13 March 202619.5M-4.8%2.2M8.84
    27 February 202620.5M-4.0%3.7M5.53
    13 February 202621.3M-2.7%1.9M11.43
    30 January 202621.9M+4.2%2.2M10.05
    15 January 202621.0M-6.0%2.6M8.07
    31 December 202522.4M-12.9%2.1M10.64
    15 December 202525.7M-3.5%3.1M8.17
    28 November 202526.6M-0.7%3.5M7.56
    14 November 202526.8M-6.9%6.7M4.00
    31 October 202528.8M+6.0%21.3M1.35
    15 October 202527.2M+5.0%4.1M6.63
    30 September 202525.9M+3.7%6.1M4.24
    15 September 202524.9M+17.1%3.4M7.36
    29 August 202521.3M-2.1%3.8M5.68
    15 August 202521.8M-10.2%4.6M4.69
    31 July 202524.2M+2.3%23.8M1.02
    15 July 202523.7M-2.0%4.2M5.69
    30 June 202524.2M-5.4%4.0M6.07
    13 June 202525.5M+1.4%2.8M9.10
    30 May 202525.2M+2.8%3.1M8.00
    15 May 202524.5M+5.2%10.4M2.36
    30 April 202523.3M+0.2%3.5M6.72
    15 April 202523.2M+3.0%4.3M5.38
    31 March 202522.6M-1.3%2.7M8.50
    14 March 202522.9M+3.9%3.9M5.93
    28 February 202522.0M+9.4%6.2M3.55
    14 February 202520.1M+9.8%1.6M12.37
    31 January 202518.3M+0.2%1.9M9.57
    15 January 202518.3M-1.6%1.4M12.77
    31 December 202418.6M-0.1%2.0M9.50
    13 December 202418.6M-2.2%1.6M11.72
    29 November 202419.1M+4.8%965K19.74
    15 November 202418.2M+10.4%2.4M7.66
    31 October 202416.5M-6.9%1.1M15.20
    15 October 202417.7M-10.0%1.2M14.41
    30 September 202419.6M+8.2%1.3M14.74
    13 September 202418.2M-7.4%1.2M15.27
    30 August 202419.6M+10.2%1.2M15.97
    15 August 202417.8M-4.9%2.1M8.57
    31 July 202418.7M+4.0%1.7M11.11
    15 July 202418.0M-5.6%2.3M7.66
    28 June 202419.1M+2.4%2.0M9.55
    14 June 202418.6M+9.0%2.8M6.58
    31 May 202417.1M+18.4%2.1M8.16
    15 May 202414.4M+3.4%2.8M5.17
    30 April 202413.9M+10.7%1.9M7.31
    15 April 202412.6M-11.7%4.5M2.78
    28 March 202414.3M+13.0%9.0M1.59
    15 March 202412.6M-1.5%805K15.66
    29 February 202412.8M+2.2%840K15.25
    15 February 202412.5M+2.4%1.1M11.80
    31 January 202412.2M-1.0%639K19.13
    12 January 202412.4M-0.5%683K18.09
    29 December 202312.4M-5.5%621K20.00
    15 December 202313.2M-2.2%932K14.12
    30 November 202313.5M+1.6%825K16.31
    15 November 202313.2M-4.3%1.4M9.32
    31 October 202313.8M+14.6%1.1M12.23
    13 October 202312.1M+10.0%1.0M11.51
    29 September 202311.0M+15.3%770K14.26
    15 September 20239.5M+12.3%972K9.79
    31 August 20238.5M+7.7%767K11.04
    15 August 20237.9M-8.7%1.2M6.44
    31 July 20238.6M-3.8%805K10.70
    14 July 20239.0M-10.8%884K10.13
    30 June 202310.0M+7.9%1.4M7.23
    15 June 20239.3M-11.6%1.2M7.89
    31 May 202310.5M+0.8%873K12.06
    15 May 202310.4M-3.8%967K10.79
    28 April 202310.9M+9.7%747K14.54
    14 April 20239.9M-2.9%682K14.50
    31 March 202310.2M+11.2%907K11.23
    15 March 20239.2M-5.6%860K10.64
    28 February 20239.7M+6.6%807K12.02
    15 February 20239.1M+1.3%657K13.85
    31 January 20239.0M-3.7%719K12.50
    13 January 20239.3M-0.9%832K11.23
    30 December 20229.4M-1.9%1.6M5.85
    15 December 20229.6M+13.1%913K10.52
    30 November 20228.5M-2.5%1.2M7.20
    15 November 20228.7M-3.4%765K11.37
    31 October 20229.0M-8.5%1.1M8.31
    14 October 20229.8M+7.9%949K10.38
    30 September 20229.1M+12.0%1.1M8.10
    15 September 20228.2M-4.7%921K8.85
    31 August 20228.6M-1.9%1.6M5.25
    15 August 20228.7M-9.8%826K10.55
    29 July 20229.7M-4.4%374K25.85
    15 July 202210.1M+8.5%371K27.24
    30 June 20229.3M-7.6%843K11.05
    15 June 202210.1M-4.3%485K20.79
    31 May 202210.5M-1.1%685K15.40
    13 May 202210.7M+2.3%900K11.84
    29 April 202210.4M-14.2%581K17.93
    14 April 202212.1M+0.2%1.0M11.66
    31 March 202212.1M+28.0%2.2M5.40
    15 March 20229.5M+7.1%1.2M7.77
    28 February 20228.9M-1.0%1.6M5.63
    15 February 20228.9M+22.6%1.3M6.66
    31 January 20227.3M+16.7%1.3M5.80
    14 January 20226.3M-12.8%1.2M5.31
    31 December 20217.2M+12.8%1.7M4.34
    15 December 20216.4M+17.3%1.6M3.99
    30 November 20215.4M+12.2%1.5M3.54
    15 November 20214.8M+0.4%1.2M4.10
    29 October 20214.8M+1.6%720K6.68
    15 October 20214.7M-18.1%596K7.93
    30 September 20215.8M+16.8%1.7M3.41
    15 September 20214.9M+121.7%1.2M4.15
    31 August 20212.2M+28.4%1.9M1.16
    13 August 20211.7M+33.1%833K2.08
    30 July 20211.3M+14.5%1.5M1.00
    15 July 20211.1M7.3M1.00
    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.