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First Business Financial Services, Inc. short interest

380K shares of First Business Financial Services were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 5.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short380Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+5.2%+427% over a year
Days to cover5.75at 66K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.54%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 at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved +47% 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 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026380K+5.2%66K5.75
    30 September 2026361K+17.2%72K5.01
    15 September 2026308K+17.1%48K6.49
    31 August 2026263K+18.6%56K4.67
    14 August 2026222K+20.3%55K4.05
    31 July 2026185K+19.8%80K2.31
    15 July 2026154K+13.9%54K2.87
    30 June 2026135K+65.8%67K2.03
    15 June 202682K-2.4%37K2.20
    29 May 202684K+10.2%32K2.60
    15 May 202676K+3.6%27K2.85
    30 April 202673K+20.5%52K1.42
    15 April 202661K-14.8%56K1.08
    31 March 202671K+6.0%39K1.81
    13 March 202667K+25.1%28K2.39
    27 February 202654K-23.3%35K1.52
    13 February 202670K+21.3%28K2.52
    30 January 202658K-18.4%26K2.23
    15 January 202671K+13.6%23K3.09
    31 December 202562K-17.6%25K2.45
    15 December 202576K-2.1%28K2.71
    28 November 202577K-14.8%18K4.24
    14 November 202591K+5.9%21K4.41
    31 October 202586K+18.8%30K2.89
    15 October 202572K-10.7%32K2.28
    30 September 202581K+10.2%49K1.65
    15 September 202573K-8.2%21K3.44
    29 August 202580K+18.1%25K3.24
    15 August 202568K+5.4%43K1.56
    31 July 202564K-6.9%38K1.67
    15 July 202569K+11.9%60K1.14
    30 June 202562K-1.1%62K1.00
    13 June 202562K+14.3%47K1.31
    30 May 202555K+20.5%39K1.42
    15 May 202545K-10.4%30K1.51
    30 April 202551K-25.2%25K2.00
    15 April 202568K+3.3%28K2.43
    31 March 202565K+10.1%36K1.80
    14 March 202559K+10.3%25K2.34
    28 February 202554K+14.6%26K2.09
    14 February 202547K+4.7%43K1.08
    31 January 202545K+24.0%30K1.47
    15 January 202536K+49.5%26K1.41
    31 December 202424K+13.6%42K1.00
    13 December 202421K+1.1%19K1.11
    29 November 202421K+2.7%26K1.00
    15 November 202421K+11.7%31K1.00
    31 October 202418K-18.8%19K1.00
    15 October 202423K-20.5%19K1.21
    30 September 202428K+11.5%27K1.07
    13 September 202426K-10.1%11K2.22
    30 August 202428K+2.7%11K2.66
    15 August 202428K-7.3%16K1.70
    31 July 202430K-8.1%22K1.38
    15 July 202432K+3.4%16K2.06
    28 June 202431K+56.8%23K1.38
    14 June 202420K+7.1%10K2.08
    31 May 202419K-18.2%12K1.59
    15 May 202423K-1.7%12K1.99
    30 April 202423K+6.0%13K1.81
    15 April 202422K-40.3%12K1.79
    28 March 202437K-15.2%13K2.85
    15 March 202443K+10.7%11K3.93
    29 February 202439K+10.9%13K3.07
    15 February 202435K+13.7%18K2.01
    31 January 202431K-7.7%11K2.75
    12 January 202434K-6.7%17K1.95
    29 December 202336K-15.8%22K1.65
    15 December 202343K-14.4%18K2.34
    30 November 202350K-9.2%8K6.37
    15 November 202355K+13.6%9K6.00
    31 October 202348K-0.5%10K4.82
    13 October 202349K+2.7%9K5.58
    29 September 202347K+17.6%9K5.33
    15 September 202340K+16.6%16K2.48
    31 August 202335K-7.9%18K1.94
    15 August 202338K-17.9%8K4.55
    31 July 202346K+8.8%12K3.85
    14 July 202342K-6.3%12K3.47
    30 June 202345K-26.3%15K2.98
    15 June 202361K-52.5%20K3.01
    31 May 2023128K+1.3%11K11.53
    15 May 2023127K-4.0%16K7.68
    28 April 2023132K+8.0%12K10.90
    14 April 2023122K-13.2%16K7.58
    31 March 2023141K+7.7%23K6.16
    15 March 2023131K+4.6%29K4.55
    28 February 2023125K-4.2%19K6.62
    15 February 2023130K+0.1%17K7.78
    31 January 2023130K+11.3%22K5.99
    13 January 2023117K+36.4%25K4.77
    30 December 202286K+0.7%35K2.43
    15 December 202285K+19.0%21K4.05
    30 November 202272K-17.3%16K4.57
    15 November 202287K-21.7%25K3.52
    31 October 2022111K-15.3%29K3.79
    14 October 2022130K-8.2%16K8.37
    30 September 2022142K+4.0%24K5.90
    15 September 2022137K-6.4%17K7.92
    31 August 2022146K+5.9%18K7.90
    15 August 2022138K+11.0%26K5.32
    29 July 2022124K+10.2%24K5.11
    15 July 2022113K-21.2%43K2.64
    30 June 2022143K+359.0%154K1.00
    15 June 202231K+43.7%49K1.00
    31 May 202222K-29.9%29K1.00
    13 May 202231K+33.5%39K1.00
    29 April 202223K+51.7%27K1.00
    14 April 202215K-9.5%16K1.00
    31 March 202217K+29.4%19K1.00
    15 March 202213K-9.2%16K1.00
    28 February 202214K-26.0%16K1.00
    15 February 202219K+25.4%15K1.31
    31 January 202215K-8.5%23K1.00
    14 January 202217K-2.8%9K1.78
    31 December 202117K-18.4%11K1.65
    15 December 202121K-10.7%13K1.66
    30 November 202124K-0.2%10K2.40
    15 November 202124K-3.1%12K1.96
    29 October 202125K-1.2%11K2.26
    15 October 202125K+16.8%9K2.92
    30 September 202121K-15.8%27K1.00
    15 September 202125K+18.8%16K1.59
    31 August 202121K-19.2%15K1.46
    13 August 202126K+14.4%20K1.31
    30 July 202123K-11.5%19K1.21
    15 July 202126K-24.3%31K1.00
    30 June 202134K-88.0%164K1.00
    15 June 2021288K-3.7%41K7.10
    28 May 2021299K+20.9%28K10.79
    14 May 2021247K+44.1%27K9.29
    30 April 2021172K+31.1%23K7.34
    15 April 2021131K+27.9%18K7.35
    31 March 2021102K+11.2%25K4.14
    15 March 202192K+6.9%27K3.44
    26 February 202186K+10.3%14K6.20
    12 February 202178K+23.2%19K4.12
    29 January 202163K+20.5%16K4.01
    15 January 202153K+2.2%12K4.26
    31 December 202051K+11.5%18K2.81
    15 December 202046K-21.2%8K5.50
    30 November 202059K+20.1%9K6.38
    13 November 202049K-8.7%18K2.66
    30 October 202053K+2.1%13K4.05
    15 October 202052K+5.9%13K3.92
    30 September 202049K-5.5%19K2.54
    15 September 202052K-3.0%14K3.79
    31 August 202054K-10.3%12K4.33
    14 August 202060K+6.4%22K2.67
    31 July 202056K-9.5%13K4.36
    15 July 202062K+20.1%11K5.48
    30 June 202052K+84.1%22K2.39
    15 June 202028K-17.6%17K1.62
    29 May 202034K+23.5%18K1.86
    15 May 202028K+41.6%27K1.04
    30 April 202020K+36.4%25K1.00
    15 April 202014K-31.5%35K1.00
    31 March 202021K-16.6%28K1.00
    13 March 202025K+96.8%14K1.85
    28 February 202013K+40.8%12K1.06
    14 February 20209K-35.5%8K1.09
    31 January 202014K+3.4%13K1.08
    15 January 202014K-8.0%10K1.36
    31 December 201915K-29.6%12K1.20
    13 December 201921K+9.0%13K1.66
    29 November 201919K-16.4%15K1.26
    15 November 201923K-8.7%11K2.15
    31 October 201925K-19.2%15K1.64
    15 October 201931K-17.5%14K2.15
    30 September 201938K-29.9%26K1.47
    13 September 201954K+11.6%18K3.05
    30 August 201948K+27.4%14K3.36
    15 August 201938K+29.6%16K2.41
    31 July 201929K+0.0%15K1.90
    15 July 201929K-38.9%14K2.13
    28 June 201948K+36.3%18K2.65
    14 June 201935K-2.4%8K4.22
    31 May 201936K+0.6%12K3.12
    15 May 201936K+4.3%15K2.42
    30 April 201934K+3.7%15K2.33
    15 April 201933K+29.0%8K3.95
    29 March 201926K-18.0%11K2.37
    15 March 201931K-11.9%9K3.46
    28 February 201935K+24.5%14K2.47
    15 February 201928K+8.8%15K1.92
    31 January 201926K-14.3%20K1.31
    15 January 201931K-9.8%11K2.79
    31 December 201834K-11.6%21K1.61
    14 December 201838K+8.1%11K3.50
    30 November 201835K+27.2%14K2.55
    15 November 201828K+8.3%20K1.39
    31 October 201826K-16.5%14K1.88
    15 October 201831K-26.7%11K2.75
    28 September 201842K+81.6%20K2.08
    14 September 201823K+18.9%16K1.41
    31 August 201820K-11.5%13K1.49
    15 August 201822K+9.9%8K2.83
    31 July 201820K+13.4%8K2.57
    13 July 201818K-13.1%12K1.53
    29 June 201820K-39.0%30K1.00
    15 June 201833K-34.0%19K1.80
    31 May 201851K-6.5%17K2.92
    15 May 201854K-24.9%11K4.75
    30 April 201872K+3.5%10K7.28
    13 April 201870K-9.4%8K8.36
    29 March 201877K-7.1%16K4.82
    15 March 201883K-11.7%14K5.77
    28 February 201894K-6.0%15K6.43
    15 February 2018100K+0.3%22K4.57
    31 January 201899K+13.7%15K6.70
    12 January 201887K+4.2%17K5.22
    29 December 201784K14K5.87
    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.