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First Citizens Bancshares Inc. short interest

443K shares of First Citizens Bancshares were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (394K to 588K). Short sellers would need 7.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short443Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-6.7%+12% over a year
Days to cover7.41at 60K shares a day
Of shares in issuen/a
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 middle of its range over the last year (394K to 588K), and the share price moved +35% 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 2026443K-6.7%60K7.41
    30 September 2026475K+1.4%68K6.93
    15 September 2026468K+4.3%63K7.49
    31 August 2026449K+6.9%54K8.36
    14 August 2026420K-7.1%49K8.60
    31 July 2026452K-11.7%85K5.30
    15 July 2026512K-1.0%82K6.28
    30 June 2026517K-12.1%101K5.11
    15 June 2026588K+0.2%78K7.55
    29 May 2026587K+8.0%68K8.67
    15 May 2026543K-1.2%52K10.39
    30 April 2026550K-3.6%74K7.43
    15 April 2026571K-1.7%66K8.59
    31 March 2026581K+5.9%106K5.46
    13 March 2026549K+2.9%124K4.42
    27 February 2026533K+12.9%89K5.99
    13 February 2026472K-4.1%108K4.37
    30 January 2026492K+6.4%130K3.79
    15 January 2026463K+3.2%74K6.29
    31 December 2025449K+7.0%80K5.58
    15 December 2025419K+0.6%84K4.98
    28 November 2025417K-0.2%104K4.01
    14 November 2025418K+5.4%74K5.65
    31 October 2025396K+0.6%136K2.91
    15 October 2025394K+46.7%142K2.78
    30 September 2025268K-27.0%206K1.30
    15 September 2025368K-0.4%135K2.72
    29 August 2025369K-2.8%156K2.36
    15 August 2025380K-6.6%154K2.46
    31 July 2025407K-10.6%82K4.96
    15 July 2025455K+9.1%73K6.26
    30 June 2025417K+0.4%92K4.54
    13 June 2025415K-7.4%74K5.63
    30 May 2025448K+12.1%78K5.74
    15 May 2025400K+1.5%89K4.51
    30 April 2025394K-2.7%81K4.88
    15 April 2025405K+16.1%138K2.93
    31 March 2025349K+7.9%101K3.46
    14 March 2025323K-0.0%98K3.31
    28 February 2025323K+22.4%59K5.46
    14 February 2025264K-18.9%52K5.06
    31 January 2025326K-6.3%82K3.98
    15 January 2025348K-18.3%66K5.24
    31 December 2024425K+13.1%78K5.43
    13 December 2024376K-10.4%83K4.52
    29 November 2024420K+11.1%93K4.53
    15 November 2024378K+4.1%99K3.80
    31 October 2024363K+18.5%98K3.70
    15 October 2024306K+23.0%69K4.46
    30 September 2024249K+12.0%105K2.38
    13 September 2024222K-3.5%87K2.55
    30 August 2024231K+6.6%73K3.17
    15 August 2024216K-5.3%105K2.05
    31 July 2024228K-7.7%119K1.92
    15 July 2024247K+5.3%56K4.44
    28 June 2024235K-11.8%77K3.05
    14 June 2024266K+14.9%70K3.79
    31 May 2024232K-6.6%109K2.12
    15 May 2024248K-11.8%74K3.35
    30 April 2024282K-1.2%84K3.34
    15 April 2024285K-0.0%74K3.83
    28 March 2024285K+9.8%69K4.12
    15 March 2024260K+30.4%89K2.91
    29 February 2024199K+3.2%79K2.54
    15 February 2024193K-14.7%79K2.44
    31 January 2024226K+1.5%94K2.39
    12 January 2024223K-2.3%71K3.15
    29 December 2023228K-12.9%68K3.34
    15 December 2023262K-13.2%89K2.96
    30 November 2023302K-3.4%64K4.73
    15 November 2023312K-4.3%54K5.74
    31 October 2023326K+6.6%73K4.49
    13 October 2023306K-6.4%51K6.04
    29 September 2023327K-11.7%61K5.33
    15 September 2023370K-3.2%67K5.56
    31 August 2023383K-13.2%62K6.22
    15 August 2023441K-0.9%77K5.75
    31 July 2023445K-7.9%78K5.74
    14 July 2023483K+5.9%70K6.89
    30 June 2023456K-8.3%108K4.21
    15 June 2023497K-1.2%110K4.52
    31 May 2023504K-17.7%157K3.21
    15 May 2023612K-1.9%230K2.67
    28 April 2023624K-1.7%172K3.63
    14 April 2023635K+27.1%185K3.44
    31 March 2023500K+164.3%481K1.04
    15 March 2023189K-35.4%175K1.08
    28 February 2023293K+23.7%89K3.30
    15 February 2023236K-28.9%69K3.45
    31 January 2023332K+8.1%89K3.72
    13 January 2023308K+3.9%64K4.79
    30 December 2022296K-26.0%84K3.54
    15 December 2022401K-2.9%102K3.94
    30 November 2022412K+45.0%65K6.35
    15 November 2022284K-23.8%77K3.71
    31 October 2022373K+4.5%171K2.19
    14 October 2022357K+9.8%127K2.80
    30 September 2022325K-11.6%175K1.86
    15 September 2022368K-18.1%96K3.83
    31 August 2022449K+32.2%116K3.85
    15 August 2022340K+28.9%115K2.96
    29 July 2022264K-11.8%92K2.87
    15 July 2022299K+7.0%55K5.47
    30 June 2022279K+8.2%90K3.10
    15 June 2022258K-34.0%68K3.80
    31 May 2022391K+41.6%87K4.52
    13 May 2022276K+5.3%109K2.55
    29 April 2022263K+1.2%101K2.59
    14 April 2022259K+5.6%114K2.27
    31 March 2022246K-2.6%187K1.32
    15 March 2022252K-13.3%124K2.03
    28 February 2022291K+6.0%87K3.33
    15 February 2022275K-14.6%106K2.58
    31 January 2022321K-9.2%221K1.46
    14 January 2022354K-46.1%323K1.09
    31 December 2021657K+15.9%118K5.56
    15 December 2021567K+3.4%45K12.73
    30 November 2021549K-5.7%57K9.55
    15 November 2021582K-4.5%53K11.01
    29 October 2021609K+5.6%62K9.83
    15 October 2021577K-2.4%51K11.41
    30 September 2021591K-4.1%61K9.69
    15 September 2021616K+6.1%58K10.63
    31 August 2021581K-4.9%37K15.74
    13 August 2021611K+1.8%53K11.44
    30 July 2021600K+4.8%47K12.62
    15 July 2021572K-3.0%67K8.50
    30 June 2021590K+8.1%68K8.73
    15 June 2021546K+2.5%40K13.65
    28 May 2021532K+7.9%43K12.37
    14 May 2021493K+15.5%54K9.22
    30 April 2021427K+2.3%42K10.25
    15 April 2021418K+10.4%53K7.92
    31 March 2021378K+27.3%70K5.43
    15 March 2021297K+27.1%53K5.61
    26 February 2021234K+9.3%48K4.89
    12 February 2021214K+2.9%41K5.17
    29 January 2021208K-2.3%41K5.12
    15 January 2021213K-13.7%38K5.62
    31 December 2020247K+3.3%58K4.28
    15 December 2020239K+8.6%47K5.11
    30 November 2020220K-11.4%30K7.29
    13 November 2020248K+0.0%64K3.90
    30 October 2020248K+172.7%147K1.68
    15 October 202091K+35.2%24K3.84
    30 September 202067K-30.2%34K1.98
    15 September 202096K+6.6%18K5.24
    31 August 202090K+5.1%24K3.81
    14 August 202086K-10.7%87K1.00
    31 July 202096K-12.5%39K2.49
    15 July 2020110K-0.2%34K3.24
    30 June 2020110K-18.2%49K2.23
    15 June 2020135K+18.3%42K3.23
    29 May 2020114K-2.6%35K3.29
    15 May 2020117K+10.1%37K3.16
    30 April 2020106K+17.3%31K3.43
    15 April 202091K-1.5%50K1.81
    31 March 202092K-28.1%55K1.66
    13 March 2020128K+6.5%49K2.62
    28 February 2020120K-4.3%52K2.30
    14 February 2020126K-15.5%31K4.11
    31 January 2020149K+10.9%41K3.65
    15 January 2020134K-5.8%39K3.40
    31 December 2019142K-25.8%44K3.25
    13 December 2019192K+2.5%32K6.00
    29 November 2019187K+9.7%25K7.47
    15 November 2019171K-2.2%32K5.37
    31 October 2019174K+23.8%29K5.98
    15 October 2019141K+1.6%36K3.86
    30 September 2019139K-8.6%47K2.94
    13 September 2019152K+27.3%40K3.83
    30 August 2019119K+14.4%44K2.69
    15 August 2019104K+10.8%42K2.48
    31 July 201994K-18.6%45K2.09
    15 July 2019115K+11.5%60K1.93
    28 June 2019104K+4.5%82K1.26
    14 June 201999K-7.2%91K1.09
    31 May 2019107K+10.6%61K1.76
    15 May 201997K+21.8%42K2.29
    30 April 201979K-5.9%34K2.36
    15 April 201984K-10.6%29K2.95
    29 March 201994K-13.6%44K2.13
    15 March 2019109K+9.1%41K2.69
    28 February 2019100K-15.4%31K3.24
    15 February 2019118K-4.3%26K4.49
    31 January 2019124K+0.2%31K4.01
    15 January 2019123K+18.1%36K3.41
    31 December 2018104K+26.1%56K1.88
    14 December 201883K-1.0%35K2.40
    30 November 201884K-3.1%28K2.96
    15 November 201886K+9.7%23K3.75
    31 October 201879K+24.2%27K2.89
    15 October 201863K+1.0%27K2.32
    28 September 201863K+19.0%27K2.36
    14 September 201853K-41.6%32K1.62
    31 August 201890K-21.3%36K2.53
    15 August 2018115K+90.5%44K2.62
    31 July 201860K-5.9%43K1.41
    13 July 201864K-17.3%42K1.52
    29 June 201877K+6.6%143K1.00
    15 June 201873K-0.1%38K1.90
    31 May 201873K+20.4%26K2.78
    15 May 201860K-14.4%28K2.16
    30 April 201870K+1.3%24K2.97
    13 April 201870K-4.1%37K1.86
    29 March 201873K-18.7%39K1.86
    15 March 201889K-7.8%31K2.91
    28 February 201897K-1.1%20K4.90
    15 February 201898K-13.9%38K2.56
    31 January 2018114K+4.2%32K3.60
    12 January 2018109K+30.8%32K3.41
    29 December 201783K19K4.37
    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.