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Financial Institutions Inc. short interest

743K shares of Financial Institutions were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (361K to 796K). Short sellers would need 7.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short743Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-6.6%+32% over a year
Days to cover7.24at 103K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.77%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 top of its range over the last year (361K to 796K), and the share price moved +51% 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 2026743K-6.6%103K7.24
    30 September 2026796K+19.6%161K4.94
    15 September 2026665K+19.9%109K6.10
    31 August 2026555K+9.2%164K3.39
    14 August 2026508K+4.7%135K3.75
    31 July 2026485K-10.5%161K3.01
    15 July 2026542K+8.8%142K3.82
    30 June 2026498K-10.1%301K1.66
    15 June 2026554K-12.6%142K3.89
    29 May 2026634K+10.9%92K6.87
    15 May 2026571K+0.5%84K6.80
    30 April 2026568K+2.6%103K5.52
    15 April 2026554K-1.7%118K4.69
    31 March 2026563K+4.9%136K4.13
    13 March 2026537K+32.8%127K4.23
    27 February 2026404K+11.8%182K2.22
    13 February 2026361K-4.4%240K1.51
    30 January 2026378K-14.4%131K2.88
    15 January 2026442K+13.1%129K3.42
    31 December 2025390K-17.1%151K2.59
    15 December 2025471K-8.7%107K4.38
    28 November 2025515K-2.0%111K4.63
    14 November 2025526K-4.3%105K5.00
    31 October 2025550K-2.4%163K3.38
    15 October 2025563K+8.1%117K4.80
    30 September 2025521K+12.5%148K3.52
    15 September 2025463K+7.6%90K5.13
    29 August 2025430K-18.3%146K2.95
    15 August 2025526K+13.0%123K4.26
    31 July 2025466K-5.3%159K2.94
    15 July 2025492K-8.3%134K3.66
    30 June 2025536K+107.9%228K2.35
    13 June 2025258K+1.7%90K2.86
    30 May 2025254K-1.1%82K3.08
    15 May 2025256K-2.1%103K2.49
    30 April 2025262K-19.7%164K1.60
    15 April 2025326K-39.7%242K1.35
    31 March 2025540K+11.7%238K2.27
    14 March 2025484K+30.4%209K2.32
    28 February 2025371K-1.3%158K2.35
    14 February 2025376K+20.3%138K2.72
    31 January 2025313K+95.9%180K1.74
    15 January 2025160K+26.8%96K1.67
    31 December 2024126K+2.2%122K1.03
    13 December 2024123K+196.9%168K1.00
    29 November 202442K-15.7%60K1.00
    15 November 202449K-22.0%51K1.00
    31 October 202463K-8.7%32K1.94
    15 October 202469K-9.1%28K2.45
    30 September 202476K-29.4%42K1.82
    13 September 2024108K+12.7%28K3.83
    30 August 202496K-0.5%45K2.12
    15 August 202496K+16.1%57K1.69
    31 July 202483K+13.7%87K1.00
    15 July 202473K-13.3%50K1.45
    28 June 202484K+49.5%61K1.37
    14 June 202456K+41.6%38K1.50
    31 May 202440K-25.7%51K1.00
    15 May 202453K-13.4%56K1.00
    30 April 202462K+9.1%41K1.50
    15 April 202456K-23.3%59K1.00
    28 March 202473K-19.3%44K1.68
    15 March 202491K+22.0%45K2.00
    29 February 202475K-0.6%39K1.92
    15 February 202475K-5.6%53K1.41
    31 January 202480K-4.3%63K1.25
    12 January 202483K+22.8%61K1.36
    29 December 202368K-22.5%40K1.71
    15 December 202387K+21.9%71K1.23
    30 November 202372K-4.9%27K2.61
    15 November 202375K+7.3%40K1.88
    31 October 202370K-10.1%35K2.01
    13 October 202378K-15.4%31K2.53
    29 September 202392K+4.0%30K3.05
    15 September 202389K+3.5%54K1.65
    31 August 202386K+2.0%28K3.02
    15 August 202384K-7.7%38K2.21
    31 July 202391K+7.6%56K1.62
    14 July 202385K+0.8%52K1.62
    30 June 202384K-39.1%99K1.00
    15 June 2023138K-7.1%172K1.00
    31 May 2023149K+0.4%45K3.33
    15 May 2023148K-8.5%79K1.87
    28 April 2023162K-9.6%54K2.98
    14 April 2023179K-0.7%54K3.34
    31 March 2023180K+3.1%84K2.16
    15 March 2023175K+0.7%53K3.29
    28 February 2023173K-1.5%38K4.58
    15 February 2023176K+11.1%32K5.43
    31 January 2023159K+10.5%32K4.90
    13 January 2023143K-8.9%27K5.39
    30 December 2022157K-5.7%39K4.03
    15 December 2022167K-1.2%44K3.82
    30 November 2022169K-6.9%23K7.34
    15 November 2022182K-14.9%35K5.18
    31 October 2022213K-14.3%34K6.24
    14 October 2022249K+3.2%32K7.77
    30 September 2022241K-2.3%46K5.21
    15 September 2022247K-1.7%37K6.59
    31 August 2022251K-12.7%26K9.48
    15 August 2022288K-0.4%27K10.62
    29 July 2022289K-2.9%28K10.23
    15 July 2022298K+0.2%34K8.69
    30 June 2022297K-13.0%68K4.36
    15 June 2022342K-7.3%44K7.74
    31 May 2022368K+12.6%38K9.57
    13 May 2022327K+19.3%41K8.01
    29 April 2022274K+13.7%40K6.79
    14 April 2022241K-11.1%39K6.11
    31 March 2022271K+13.4%72K3.76
    15 March 2022239K+24.6%66K3.62
    28 February 2022192K-2.5%80K2.40
    15 February 2022197K+18.6%54K3.66
    31 January 2022166K+15.8%42K3.98
    14 January 2022143K-3.8%51K2.81
    31 December 2021149K-27.0%51K2.94
    15 December 2021204K-4.5%39K5.28
    30 November 2021214K+19.4%46K4.62
    15 November 2021179K-5.5%27K6.52
    29 October 2021189K+1.2%21K9.16
    15 October 2021187K+6.8%26K7.08
    30 September 2021175K-4.7%36K4.86
    15 September 2021184K+6.4%37K5.04
    31 August 2021173K+1.4%27K6.51
    13 August 2021171K+11.4%44K3.88
    30 July 2021153K-9.0%32K4.79
    15 July 2021168K+8.6%34K4.99
    30 June 2021155K-28.1%78K1.99
    15 June 2021215K+2.6%33K6.45
    28 May 2021210K+7.7%43K4.89
    14 May 2021195K+2.9%40K4.85
    30 April 2021190K-4.0%48K3.98
    15 April 2021197K+1.8%37K5.37
    31 March 2021194K-6.0%74K2.63
    15 March 2021206K-5.7%70K2.93
    26 February 2021219K+4.7%77K2.83
    12 February 2021209K-0.3%65K3.23
    29 January 2021209K+2.2%53K3.96
    15 January 2021205K+12.5%73K2.80
    31 December 2020182K+15.0%57K3.20
    15 December 2020158K+15.7%52K3.06
    30 November 2020137K+18.0%45K3.06
    13 November 2020116K-9.3%51K2.28
    30 October 2020128K+3.6%34K3.79
    15 October 2020123K-2.8%44K2.79
    30 September 2020127K-27.9%78K1.63
    15 September 2020176K+2.0%62K2.82
    31 August 2020173K-7.2%46K3.78
    14 August 2020186K-7.0%56K3.30
    31 July 2020200K-9.3%51K3.93
    15 July 2020220K-4.3%37K5.95
    30 June 2020230K+105.3%71K3.27
    15 June 2020112K-12.0%50K2.25
    29 May 2020128K+26.1%53K2.42
    15 May 2020101K+24.3%58K1.73
    30 April 202081K-0.6%39K2.10
    15 April 202082K-8.6%48K1.72
    31 March 202089K+5.8%69K1.29
    13 March 202085K+6.8%48K1.76
    28 February 202079K+7.4%35K2.26
    14 February 202074K-6.2%18K4.02
    31 January 202079K-4.3%20K3.99
    15 January 202082K+11.6%29K2.82
    31 December 201974K-13.6%35K2.09
    13 December 201985K-13.7%24K3.61
    29 November 201999K+15.8%31K3.15
    15 November 201985K-13.0%25K3.38
    31 October 201998K-18.6%27K3.69
    15 October 2019120K-8.3%23K5.25
    30 September 2019131K-2.6%37K3.53
    13 September 2019135K-4.2%40K3.35
    30 August 2019141K+10.1%29K4.78
    15 August 2019128K+18.7%43K3.00
    31 July 2019108K-24.5%42K2.56
    15 July 2019143K-20.8%18K7.86
    28 June 2019180K+39.1%40K4.53
    14 June 2019129K-1.2%26K5.06
    31 May 2019131K-6.8%30K4.36
    15 May 2019141K+30.6%36K3.89
    30 April 2019108K-28.5%32K3.32
    15 April 2019151K+51.9%29K5.12
    29 March 201999K-2.5%44K2.25
    15 March 2019102K+6.6%39K2.63
    28 February 201995K+15.0%29K3.34
    15 February 201983K+11.0%31K2.67
    31 January 201975K-46.3%37K2.00
    15 January 2019139K+98.4%45K3.10
    31 December 201870K-7.3%39K1.80
    14 December 201876K-30.9%48K1.58
    30 November 2018110K-12.7%32K3.43
    15 November 2018126K+2.0%30K4.22
    31 October 2018123K-17.5%50K2.46
    15 October 2018149K-26.4%78K1.90
    28 September 2018203K+195.7%73K2.79
    14 September 201869K+16.0%60K1.15
    31 August 201859K-9.7%61K1.00
    15 August 201865K+22.0%57K1.15
    31 July 201854K+16.0%32K1.67
    13 July 201846K-19.4%45K1.03
    29 June 201857K+24.6%67K1.00
    15 June 201846K+41.5%34K1.37
    31 May 201833K-58.0%35K1.00
    15 May 201877K+49.5%35K2.23
    30 April 201852K-1.6%31K1.67
    13 April 201853K-10.8%43K1.23
    29 March 201859K-25.9%53K1.11
    15 March 201880K-36.8%35K2.30
    28 February 2018126K-3.4%52K2.42
    15 February 2018130K+209.1%69K1.90
    31 January 201842K-2.8%33K1.28
    12 January 201843K-28.2%50K1.00
    29 December 201760K34K1.80
    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.