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Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. short interest

492K shares of Forum Energy Technologies were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the fewest since 29 May 2026. Short sellers would need 2.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short492Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-19.1%+88% over a year
Days to cover2.58at 191K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.38%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 fewest since 29 May 2026, and the share price moved +225% 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 2026492K-19.1%191K2.58
    30 September 2026608K-6.5%173K3.52
    15 September 2026650K+8.1%198K3.29
    31 August 2026602K-20.5%174K3.46
    14 August 2026757K+2.6%270K2.81
    31 July 2026738K-5.3%165K4.47
    15 July 2026779K+4.6%145K5.37
    30 June 2026745K+34.8%250K2.98
    15 June 2026552K+17.6%131K4.22
    29 May 2026470K+1.1%156K3.01
    15 May 2026464K-18.3%193K2.40
    30 April 2026569K+16.2%141K4.04
    15 April 2026490K+58.5%149K3.29
    31 March 2026309K+10.5%220K1.40
    13 March 2026280K+26.4%216K1.30
    27 February 2026221K+35.5%420K1.00
    13 February 2026163K+4.6%240K1.00
    30 January 2026156K-13.6%238K1.00
    15 January 2026181K-10.6%132K1.37
    31 December 2025202K+2.0%145K1.39
    15 December 2025198K-2.6%109K1.82
    28 November 2025204K+8.8%73K2.80
    14 November 2025187K+14.1%116K1.61
    31 October 2025164K-37.4%136K1.21
    15 October 2025262K+35.6%83K3.16
    30 September 2025193K+13.9%136K1.43
    15 September 2025170K+27.4%108K1.57
    29 August 2025133K-17.3%99K1.34
    15 August 2025161K+7.3%110K1.46
    31 July 2025150K-9.0%75K2.00
    15 July 2025165K-14.7%87K1.89
    30 June 2025193K+26.7%128K1.51
    13 June 2025153K+1.3%61K2.50
    30 May 2025151K+3.6%42K3.63
    15 May 2025145K-13.5%59K2.45
    30 April 2025168K+5.5%55K3.04
    15 April 2025159K+11.6%109K1.46
    31 March 2025143K-7.5%78K1.83
    14 March 2025154K+5.3%77K2.01
    28 February 2025146K+35.5%70K2.08
    14 February 2025108K-7.4%55K1.97
    31 January 2025117K-7.5%73K1.61
    15 January 2025126K+16.4%74K1.71
    31 December 2024108K+9.5%95K1.14
    13 December 202499K+6.3%77K1.29
    29 November 202493K+6.4%73K1.28
    15 November 202488K-16.1%57K1.53
    31 October 2024104K-2.9%35K2.95
    15 October 2024107K+2.2%28K3.83
    30 September 2024105K-19.2%40K2.62
    13 September 2024130K+14.4%50K2.59
    30 August 2024114K-32.9%100K1.13
    15 August 2024170K+4.4%63K2.68
    31 July 2024162K-8.9%57K2.87
    15 July 2024178K+1.9%39K4.52
    28 June 2024175K-6.2%61K2.85
    14 June 2024187K+22.8%43K4.30
    31 May 2024152K-3.9%34K4.51
    15 May 2024158K+8.3%32K5.01
    30 April 2024146K+13.8%28K5.15
    15 April 2024128K+6.5%27K4.78
    28 March 2024120K+1.3%31K3.90
    15 March 2024119K+18.1%43K2.74
    29 February 2024101K+3.2%25K4.10
    15 February 202498K-0.9%39K2.48
    31 January 202498K-9.9%26K3.82
    12 January 2024109K+1.0%33K3.32
    29 December 2023108K-20.8%23K4.71
    15 December 2023137K+1.7%51K2.70
    30 November 2023134K-19.7%24K5.54
    15 November 2023167K+8.0%37K4.48
    31 October 2023155K-43.2%27K5.78
    13 October 2023272K+42.0%28K9.68
    29 September 2023192K-2.2%25K7.67
    15 September 2023196K-15.1%44K4.50
    31 August 2023231K-11.4%32K7.10
    15 August 2023260K-7.2%64K4.10
    31 July 2023281K-4.8%35K7.93
    14 July 2023295K-8.9%61K4.81
    30 June 2023324K+427.2%228K1.42
    15 June 202361K+14.7%61K1.01
    31 May 202354K-14.0%48K1.11
    15 May 202362K-0.3%44K1.42
    28 April 202362K+5.5%47K1.33
    14 April 202359K-24.8%46K1.30
    31 March 202379K+103.7%131K1.00
    15 March 202339K+19.3%130K1.00
    28 February 202332K-9.4%86K1.00
    15 February 202336K+10.4%79K1.00
    31 January 202332K-6.3%97K1.00
    13 January 202335K-89.6%105K1.00
    30 December 2022332K+24.9%62K5.36
    15 December 2022266K+9.0%28K9.53
    30 November 2022244K+6.3%18K13.64
    15 November 2022229K+0.6%23K10.06
    31 October 2022228K-0.2%21K10.63
    14 October 2022228K+3.8%30K7.64
    30 September 2022220K-15.2%43K5.14
    15 September 2022259K+0.3%19K13.63
    31 August 2022259K-17.7%35K7.36
    15 August 2022315K+6.8%49K6.43
    29 July 2022295K-10.3%20K15.10
    15 July 2022329K+0.2%23K14.28
    30 June 2022328K+2.6%33K9.82
    15 June 2022320K+4.5%29K11.06
    31 May 2022306K-2.9%30K10.11
    13 May 2022315K-10.8%45K7.07
    29 April 2022353K+4.4%28K12.43
    14 April 2022338K-8.0%25K13.60
    31 March 2022368K+18.2%34K10.83
    15 March 2022311K+3.3%70K4.44
    28 February 2022301K-11.7%22K13.76
    15 February 2022341K-1.1%36K9.45
    31 January 2022345K+7.0%26K13.32
    14 January 2022322K-3.2%29K10.93
    31 December 2021333K-1.6%43K7.74
    15 December 2021338K-5.0%39K8.65
    30 November 2021356K-2.4%34K10.45
    15 November 2021365K-3.7%25K14.35
    29 October 2021379K-1.7%23K16.65
    15 October 2021386K+3.8%39K9.79
    30 September 2021372K+15.7%33K11.37
    15 September 2021321K-1.2%26K12.48
    31 August 2021325K+0.7%22K14.66
    13 August 2021323K+3.8%36K8.90
    30 July 2021311K-7.2%46K6.69
    15 July 2021335K+1.1%40K8.33
    30 June 2021332K-2.3%59K5.61
    15 June 2021340K+1.1%75K4.51
    28 May 2021336K+29.7%64K5.26
    14 May 2021259K-8.3%34K7.63
    30 April 2021282K-2.8%31K9.24
    15 April 2021291K-2.0%49K5.93
    31 March 2021297K-29.7%100K2.96
    15 March 2021422K+13.5%75K5.59
    26 February 2021371K+6.0%46K7.99
    12 February 2021350K+9.3%76K4.60
    29 January 2021321K+29.3%72K4.43
    15 January 2021248K+44.4%82K3.03
    31 December 2020172K+4.1%30K5.74
    15 December 2020165K+47.5%50K3.28
    30 November 2020112K-18.4%70K1.60
    13 November 2020137K-0.4%55K2.48
    30 October 2020138K-0.4%22K6.19
    15 October 2020138K+11.9%46K3.00
    30 September 2020124K+53.7%43K2.88
    15 September 202080K-2.2%43K1.87
    31 August 202082K-30.5%139K1.00
    14 August 2020118K-1.8%160K1.00
    31 July 2020120K-21.8%187K1.00
    15 July 2020154K+1.8%189K1.00
    30 June 2020151K-38.1%196K1.00
    15 June 2020244K+1.1%409K1.00
    29 May 2020242K-24.8%190K1.27
    15 May 2020322K+16.1%295K1.09
    30 April 2020277K+52.8%587K1.00
    15 April 2020181K+18.3%201K1.00
    31 March 2020153K-10.3%91K1.69
    13 March 2020171K+19.5%49K3.51
    28 February 2020143K+18.4%31K4.59
    14 February 2020121K-13.3%30K4.00
    31 January 2020139K-17.4%29K4.75
    15 January 2020169K+16.2%37K4.56
    31 December 2019145K-22.5%49K2.93
    13 December 2019187K-4.7%49K3.81
    29 November 2019196K+1.5%50K3.95
    15 November 2019193K+1.5%32K5.99
    31 October 2019190K+3.0%53K3.58
    15 October 2019185K-3.6%35K5.27
    30 September 2019192K-34.1%70K2.75
    13 September 2019291K-9.0%67K4.36
    30 August 2019320K+6.9%62K5.13
    15 August 2019299K-6.7%73K4.08
    31 July 2019320K+8.5%75K4.27
    15 July 2019295K-6.5%48K6.10
    28 June 2019316K+4.9%59K5.35
    14 June 2019301K+7.6%40K7.49
    31 May 2019280K+5.0%44K6.32
    15 May 2019267K-15.0%44K6.04
    30 April 2019314K-5.8%71K4.43
    15 April 2019333K-4.0%69K4.80
    29 March 2019347K-8.7%54K6.43
    15 March 2019380K+0.8%58K6.51
    28 February 2019377K-2.7%44K8.64
    15 February 2019387K+7.8%89K4.36
    31 January 2019359K-8.1%50K7.14
    15 January 2019391K+6.6%65K6.05
    31 December 2018367K+1.6%83K4.45
    14 December 2018361K-2.3%83K4.37
    30 November 2018370K-1.3%47K7.87
    15 November 2018374K-0.8%64K5.88
    31 October 2018378K-0.9%66K5.69
    15 October 2018381K+0.7%65K5.88
    28 September 2018378K+6.9%43K8.74
    14 September 2018354K-2.1%35K10.06
    31 August 2018362K-3.0%25K14.20
    15 August 2018373K-0.1%36K10.50
    31 July 2018373K-10.9%58K6.45
    13 July 2018419K+2.7%35K11.87
    29 June 2018408K+0.7%50K8.19
    15 June 2018405K+2.0%53K7.60
    31 May 2018397K-5.1%44K9.06
    15 May 2018418K-3.5%60K6.93
    30 April 2018433K+5.1%49K8.91
    13 April 2018412K+15.1%44K9.39
    29 March 2018358K+16.5%68K5.24
    15 March 2018308K+2.0%65K4.74
    28 February 2018301K-0.3%68K4.43
    15 February 2018302K-29.5%109K2.79
    31 January 2018429K+21.0%39K11.11
    12 January 2018354K-0.0%54K6.55
    29 December 2017355K46K7.75
    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.