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Design Therapeutics, Inc. short interest

6.7M shares of Design Therapeutics were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 31 Jul 2023. Short sellers would need 12.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short6.7Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+0.6%+249% over a year
Days to cover11.99at 555K shares a day
Of shares in issue10.63%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 31 Jul 2023, and the share price moved +65% 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 31 Mar 2021 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20266.7M+0.6%555K11.99
    30 September 20266.6M+21.1%761K8.69
    15 September 20265.5M-1.5%752K7.26
    31 August 20265.5M-6.5%617K8.98
    14 August 20265.9M-0.4%389K15.23
    31 July 20266.0M+5.0%498K11.96
    15 July 20265.7M-0.8%892K6.36
    30 June 20265.7M+23.4%1.1M5.16
    15 June 20264.6M+19.5%742K6.25
    29 May 20263.9M+33.5%2.0M1.91
    15 May 20262.9M+25.1%544K5.34
    30 April 20262.3M+3.7%651K3.57
    15 April 20262.2M+7.6%329K6.81
    31 March 20262.1M+6.0%334K6.22
    13 March 20262.0M+12.8%213K9.20
    27 February 20261.7M-3.6%186K9.37
    13 February 20261.8M-9.5%192K9.42
    30 January 20262.0M-14.0%354K5.63
    15 January 20262.3M+3.8%261K8.87
    31 December 20252.2M+5.3%702K3.18
    15 December 20252.1M+0.7%292K7.27
    28 November 20252.1M+5.1%310K6.79
    14 November 20252.0M+8.4%624K3.21
    31 October 20251.8M-3.1%123K15.02
    15 October 20251.9M-46.2%258K7.39
    30 September 20253.6M-3.6%209K16.97
    15 September 20253.7M+4.7%164K22.49
    29 August 20253.5M+0.3%175K20.11
    15 August 20253.5M+0.4%146K24.07
    31 July 20253.5M-1.1%79K44.07
    15 July 20253.5M-2.4%117K30.15
    30 June 20253.6M-0.9%88K41.32
    13 June 20253.7M-0.2%94K38.80
    30 May 20253.7M-0.9%92K39.84
    15 May 20253.7M+4.3%102K36.31
    30 April 20253.5M+2.0%127K27.77
    15 April 20253.5M+4.5%182K19.09
    31 March 20253.3M+1.6%93K35.66
    14 March 20253.3M+1.6%217K15.08
    28 February 20253.2M+2.5%169K19.02
    14 February 20253.1M-0.5%120K26.22
    31 January 20253.2M+1.7%157K20.15
    15 January 20253.1M+6.2%221K14.02
    31 December 20242.9M+8.3%209K13.95
    13 December 20242.7M-0.5%205K13.18
    29 November 20242.7M+0.7%92K29.55
    15 November 20242.7M+4.0%192K14.04
    31 October 20242.6M-1.3%130K19.98
    15 October 20242.6M+1.7%191K13.75
    30 September 20242.6M-0.3%202K12.77
    13 September 20242.6M+18.0%681K3.80
    30 August 20242.2M-25.5%179K12.23
    15 August 20242.9M-17.2%212K13.85
    31 July 20243.6M+16.7%198K18.00
    15 July 20243.0M+3.2%153K19.88
    28 June 20243.0M+3.0%201K14.73
    14 June 20242.9M+2.4%141K20.38
    31 May 20242.8M-1.9%146K19.20
    15 May 20242.9M-4.4%437K6.54
    30 April 20243.0M+24.9%227K13.14
    15 April 20242.4M+7.1%308K7.76
    28 March 20242.2M+4.2%504K4.42
    15 March 20242.1M-24.9%160K13.39
    29 February 20242.9M+1.0%231K12.34
    15 February 20242.8M+16.3%168K16.83
    31 January 20242.4M-3.5%216K11.25
    12 January 20242.5M-11.0%269K9.34
    29 December 20232.8M+9.9%337K8.39
    15 December 20232.6M-19.2%407K6.32
    30 November 20233.2M+1.5%792K4.01
    15 November 20233.1M+0.4%446K7.01
    31 October 20233.1M+5.9%324K9.62
    13 October 20232.9M+0.8%271K10.86
    29 September 20232.9M+2.2%257K11.36
    15 September 20232.9M+24.3%728K3.92
    31 August 20232.3M-42.2%2.1M1.07
    15 August 20234.0M-41.0%1.6M2.47
    31 July 20236.7M-2.3%233K28.91
    14 July 20236.9M-0.4%161K42.84
    30 June 20236.9M-7.3%383K18.10
    15 June 20237.5M+5.2%212K35.33
    31 May 20237.1M-4.9%173K41.05
    15 May 20237.5M+35.6%242K30.95
    28 April 20235.5M+2.5%384K14.35
    14 April 20235.4M-3.3%330K16.30
    31 March 20235.6M-23.9%625K8.90
    15 March 20237.3M-3.0%476K15.37
    28 February 20237.5M+5.2%341K22.10
    15 February 20237.2M-1.3%366K19.57
    31 January 20237.3M+8.1%446K16.26
    13 January 20236.7M+3.1%431K15.56
    30 December 20226.5M+28.9%926K7.03
    15 December 20225.1M+11.6%949K5.33
    30 November 20224.5M-10.6%275K16.49
    15 November 20225.1M-1.8%308K16.48
    31 October 20225.2M+7.3%259K19.94
    14 October 20224.8M-11.5%227K21.15
    30 September 20225.4M+23.7%727K7.47
    15 September 20224.4M+10.6%276K15.88
    31 August 20224.0M-14.4%176K22.51
    15 August 20224.6M+14.6%196K23.69
    29 July 20224.0M-4.0%110K36.66
    15 July 20224.2M-1.4%156K27.05
    30 June 20224.3M+2.9%352K12.15
    15 June 20224.2M-7.6%158K26.37
    31 May 20224.5M+10.0%187K24.09
    13 May 20224.1M+0.6%197K20.75
    29 April 20224.1M+37.5%187K21.73
    14 April 20223.0M+2.4%109K27.19
    31 March 20222.9M-3.2%174K16.64
    15 March 20223.0M+20.6%136K21.94
    28 February 20222.5M+14.7%112K22.11
    15 February 20222.2M-5.2%151K14.26
    31 January 20222.3M+4.5%252K9.01
    14 January 20222.2M-0.1%79K27.42
    31 December 20212.2M-19.2%337K6.46
    15 December 20212.7M+11.5%219K12.29
    30 November 20212.4M+25.4%148K16.31
    15 November 20211.9M+38.8%128K15.07
    29 October 20211.4M+0.7%99K13.98
    15 October 20211.4M-14.5%81K17.10
    30 September 20211.6M-3.6%87K18.64
    15 September 20211.7M+10.2%63K26.72
    31 August 20211.5M-26.8%59K25.95
    13 August 20212.1M+7.5%118K17.56
    30 July 20211.9M+16.6%81K23.74
    15 July 20211.7M-1.0%75K22.09
    30 June 20211.7M+60.0%388K4.31
    15 June 20211.0M+2.9%123K8.50
    28 May 20211.0M+38.0%62K16.28
    14 May 2021736K+13.9%98K7.48
    30 April 2021646K+1.8%112K5.78
    15 April 2021635K+138.4%203K3.13
    31 March 2021266K301K1.00
    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.