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Shift4 Payments, Inc. short interest

14.0M shares of Shift4 Payments were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (12.3M to 17.5M). Short sellers would need 6.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short14.0Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-4.2%+14% over a year
Days to cover6.61at 2.1M shares a day
Of shares in issue17.72%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 middle of its range over the last year (12.3M to 17.5M), and the share price moved -50% 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 15 Jun 2020 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202614.0M-4.2%2.1M6.61
    30 September 202614.6M-1.7%2.0M7.23
    15 September 202614.8M+8.4%2.1M7.00
    31 August 202613.7M-2.6%1.9M7.33
    14 August 202614.1M-7.5%2.3M6.15
    31 July 202615.2M-2.9%981K15.50
    15 July 202615.7M-0.5%1.2M13.43
    30 June 202615.7M-5.8%2.1M7.48
    15 June 202616.7M+12.3%1.9M8.75
    29 May 202614.9M-0.3%1.2M12.42
    15 May 202614.9M-5.1%2.1M7.28
    30 April 202615.7M+4.5%1.5M10.52
    15 April 202615.0M-8.0%1.5M9.75
    31 March 202616.4M-6.7%2.8M5.91
    13 March 202617.5M+8.2%2.7M6.38
    27 February 202616.2M+3.9%3.2M5.01
    13 February 202615.6M+7.8%2.5M6.18
    30 January 202614.5M-4.4%1.9M7.45
    15 January 202615.1M+8.4%2.1M7.25
    31 December 202514.0M+5.1%1.5M9.35
    15 December 202513.3M-1.0%1.6M8.39
    28 November 202513.4M-4.5%1.8M7.59
    14 November 202514.0M+14.4%3.4M4.17
    31 October 202512.3M-0.2%2.3M5.45
    15 October 202512.3M-0.4%1.9M6.39
    30 September 202512.3M+3.2%2.4M5.19
    15 September 202512.0M-4.6%1.3M9.28
    29 August 202512.5M+2.4%1.4M8.89
    15 August 202512.2M+9.9%3.4M3.58
    31 July 202511.1M-9.6%1.1M10.45
    15 July 202512.3M-1.6%1.3M9.62
    30 June 202512.5M+8.2%1.2M10.63
    13 June 202511.6M-7.7%1.5M7.80
    30 May 202512.5M+2.3%1.3M9.82
    15 May 202512.2M+27.0%2.6M4.78
    30 April 20259.6M+0.7%2.4M4.05
    15 April 20259.6M+9.0%2.2M4.32
    31 March 20258.8M+6.7%1.5M6.05
    14 March 20258.2M+24.6%2.0M4.20
    28 February 20256.6M+5.6%4.0M1.65
    14 February 20256.3M-11.5%1.0M5.98
    31 January 20257.1M-8.0%1.4M4.95
    15 January 20257.7M+9.9%1.1M6.93
    31 December 20247.0M+6.8%1.3M5.43
    13 December 20246.6M-16.3%2.6M2.55
    29 November 20247.8M+10.6%3.0M2.61
    15 November 20247.1M-8.4%1.9M3.82
    31 October 20247.7M-9.2%811K9.53
    15 October 20248.5M-5.4%1.0M8.27
    30 September 20249.0M+17.3%1.0M8.84
    13 September 20247.7M-20.7%1.0M7.45
    30 August 20249.7M+0.8%1.4M6.83
    15 August 20249.6M-0.6%2.6M3.70
    31 July 20249.7M-5.1%1.2M8.17
    15 July 202410.2M-1.8%998K10.20
    28 June 202410.4M+9.7%1.1M9.12
    14 June 20249.4M+22.1%1.3M7.31
    31 May 20247.7M+0.4%1.1M7.34
    15 May 20247.7M+1.4%2.1M3.69
    30 April 20247.6M-5.8%1.3M6.00
    15 April 20248.1M+6.6%1.4M5.61
    28 March 20247.6M+12.4%2.2M3.42
    15 March 20246.7M-5.7%1.5M4.58
    29 February 20247.1M+2.4%2.6M2.73
    15 February 20247.0M-17.4%751K9.30
    31 January 20248.5M-4.5%820K10.31
    12 January 20248.9M-2.6%970K9.12
    29 December 20239.1M-6.0%807K11.26
    15 December 20239.7M+0.9%1.6M6.24
    30 November 20239.6M-3.7%1.1M8.65
    15 November 202310.0M-2.1%1.8M5.51
    31 October 202310.2M+8.3%1.3M7.65
    13 October 20239.4M+0.2%1.1M8.18
    29 September 20239.4M+7.8%977K9.59
    15 September 20238.7M+1.5%1.6M5.53
    31 August 20238.6M-5.1%1.2M7.04
    15 August 20239.0M-0.0%1.1M7.93
    31 July 20239.0M+0.3%973K9.28
    14 July 20239.0M-1.8%906K9.93
    30 June 20239.2M+5.5%1.0M8.84
    15 June 20238.7M-2.3%964K9.00
    31 May 20238.9M-9.1%905K9.82
    15 May 20239.8M+4.2%1.5M6.56
    28 April 20239.4M+2.8%2.6M3.58
    14 April 20239.1M+8.8%1.5M6.19
    31 March 20238.4M-0.9%1.3M6.67
    15 March 20238.5M-9.5%1.6M5.28
    28 February 20239.4M-10.3%2.1M4.37
    15 February 202310.4M+2.3%854K12.20
    31 January 202310.2M-9.5%1.3M8.05
    13 January 202311.3M+5.0%1.1M10.44
    30 December 202210.7M-0.4%815K13.17
    15 December 202210.8M+11.0%1.2M9.21
    30 November 20229.7M-8.4%931K10.42
    15 November 202210.6M+1.6%1.6M6.46
    31 October 202210.4M-4.2%1.1M9.77
    14 October 202210.9M+4.3%757K14.39
    30 September 202210.4M+1.2%778K13.42
    15 September 202210.3M+4.7%738K13.98
    31 August 20229.9M+0.7%688K14.33
    15 August 20229.8M-3.4%1.2M7.99
    29 July 202210.1M-5.7%821K12.33
    15 July 202210.7M-4.6%1.1M10.07
    30 June 202211.3M-3.3%1.6M7.08
    15 June 202211.6M+4.6%1.2M10.01
    31 May 202211.1M-10.5%870K12.81
    13 May 202212.4M+2.5%1.6M7.70
    29 April 202212.1M+8.2%986K12.31
    14 April 202211.2M-0.1%1.1M9.97
    31 March 202211.2M-2.0%1.1M10.61
    15 March 202211.5M+4.8%1.6M7.31
    28 February 202210.9M+5.2%1.0M10.60
    15 February 202210.4M-5.4%1.0M10.35
    31 January 202211.0M+8.4%1.6M7.05
    14 January 202210.1M+0.5%1.1M8.81
    31 December 202110.1M+1.5%1.4M7.34
    15 December 20219.9M+5.5%1.5M6.42
    30 November 20219.4M-6.6%1.7M5.61
    15 November 202110.1M+2.8%1.9M5.30
    29 October 20219.8M+3.1%1.9M5.13
    15 October 20219.5M-0.7%1.2M7.95
    30 September 20219.6M-0.8%1.0M9.16
    15 September 20219.6M+64.3%1.3M7.57
    31 August 20215.9M-11.5%893K6.57
    13 August 20216.6M-10.9%1.2M5.48
    30 July 20217.4M+42.0%1.6M4.57
    15 July 20215.2M+2.3%528K9.92
    30 June 20215.1M-14.0%952K5.38
    15 June 20216.0M-3.3%649K9.17
    28 May 20216.2M-6.4%695K8.86
    14 May 20216.6M+10.6%1.3M5.12
    30 April 20215.9M-5.2%638K9.32
    15 April 20216.3M+7.5%932K6.74
    31 March 20215.8M+56.8%1.1M5.14
    15 March 20213.7M+18.3%1.3M2.80
    26 February 20213.1M-4.3%532K5.92
    12 February 20213.3M+7.3%556K5.92
    29 January 20213.1M-0.2%801K3.83
    15 January 20213.1M-5.1%695K4.42
    31 December 20203.2M+28.9%824K3.93
    15 December 20202.5M+23.2%2.0M1.24
    30 November 20202.0M+1.9%509K4.01
    13 November 20202.0M+34.5%839K2.39
    30 October 20201.5M+29.5%458K3.25
    15 October 20201.1M+8.7%984K1.17
    30 September 20201.1M+0.0%748K1.41
    15 September 20201.1M+128.2%1.0M1.02
    31 August 2020463K+59.5%380K1.22
    14 August 2020290K-24.0%625K1.00
    31 July 2020382K+31.6%332K1.15
    15 July 2020291K+3.4%1.0M1.00
    30 June 2020281K+500.5%573K1.00
    15 June 202047K1.8M1.00
    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.