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First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. short interest

6.4M shares of First Watch Restaurant Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (4.6M to 7.1M). Short sellers would need 3.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short6.4Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-4.9%+13% over a year
Days to cover3.63at 1.8M shares a day
Of shares in issue10.45%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 (4.6M to 7.1M), and the share price moved -30% 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 Oct 2021 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20266.4M-4.9%1.8M3.63
    30 September 20266.8M+4.0%1.3M5.21
    15 September 20266.5M-4.0%1.2M5.23
    31 August 20266.8M-4.8%769K8.84
    14 August 20267.1M+18.7%1.5M4.73
    31 July 20266.0M+13.1%902K6.67
    15 July 20265.3M-3.0%905K5.87
    30 June 20265.5M+11.2%1.3M4.11
    15 June 20264.9M+5.0%1.3M3.86
    29 May 20264.7M+1.0%1.3M3.57
    15 May 20264.6M-11.4%1.6M2.92
    30 April 20265.2M-9.6%1.2M4.33
    15 April 20265.8M+9.8%1.4M4.07
    31 March 20265.3M+7.3%1.7M3.05
    13 March 20264.9M+1.7%2.0M2.42
    27 February 20264.8M-12.3%2.4M2.02
    13 February 20265.5M-0.1%1.5M3.59
    30 January 20265.5M+0.2%1.1M5.12
    15 January 20265.5M-2.8%1.5M3.60
    31 December 20255.7M+3.9%994K5.70
    15 December 20255.5M+8.7%1.2M4.73
    28 November 20255.0M+3.4%1.1M4.52
    14 November 20254.9M+4.6%1.6M2.96
    31 October 20254.6M-19.1%874K5.31
    15 October 20255.7M-8.4%1.3M4.36
    30 September 20256.3M+5.9%1.1M5.85
    15 September 20255.9M+2.2%1.3M4.42
    29 August 20255.8M-1.2%916K6.31
    15 August 20255.9M-2.0%1.7M3.54
    31 July 20256.0M-7.8%703K8.50
    15 July 20256.5M+5.2%693K9.36
    30 June 20256.2M+12.7%953K6.46
    13 June 20255.5M-2.1%1.1M4.77
    30 May 20255.6M+2.4%542K10.29
    15 May 20255.4M-8.4%1.4M3.82
    30 April 20256.0M-2.1%1.1M5.30
    15 April 20256.1M+1.3%674K9.02
    31 March 20256.0M+5.8%756K7.95
    14 March 20255.7M+6.3%825K6.88
    28 February 20255.3M+13.8%692K7.72
    14 February 20254.7M+0.8%395K11.88
    31 January 20254.7M-7.0%507K9.17
    15 January 20255.0M+0.1%461K10.85
    31 December 20245.0M+16.0%478K10.46
    13 December 20244.3M+19.8%797K5.41
    29 November 20243.6M-4.8%828K4.35
    15 November 20243.8M-21.7%1.3M3.00
    31 October 20244.8M+4.3%547K8.82
    15 October 20244.6M+0.5%530K8.74
    30 September 20244.6M+0.4%548K8.40
    13 September 20244.6M-2.4%555K8.26
    30 August 20244.7M+3.2%352K13.35
    15 August 20244.6M+15.8%809K5.63
    31 July 20243.9M+7.2%556K7.07
    15 July 20243.7M-1.3%790K4.64
    28 June 20243.7M-0.4%1.0M3.67
    14 June 20243.7M-7.3%460K8.11
    31 May 20244.0M-7.2%599K6.72
    15 May 20244.3M+3.6%902K4.81
    30 April 20244.2M+5.2%478K8.76
    15 April 20244.0M-11.8%549K7.25
    28 March 20244.5M+7.0%486K9.30
    15 March 20244.2M+1.4%878K4.81
    29 February 20244.2M+14.9%333K12.49
    15 February 20243.6M+8.2%295K12.27
    31 January 20243.3M+24.4%303K11.06
    12 January 20242.7M+14.8%388K6.93
    29 December 20232.3M-5.9%277K8.45
    15 December 20232.5M+23.5%290K8.59
    30 November 20232.0M-2.0%287K7.04
    15 November 20232.1M-4.8%312K6.60
    31 October 20232.2M+10.1%282K7.65
    13 October 20232.0M+1.7%289K6.79
    29 September 20231.9M+100.3%342K5.64
    15 September 2023963K+9.3%522K1.84
    31 August 2023881K-7.5%363K2.42
    15 August 2023952K+66.5%416K2.29
    31 July 2023572K+21.6%322K1.78
    14 July 2023470K-21.5%218K2.16
    30 June 2023599K-16.2%325K1.84
    15 June 2023715K-21.1%286K2.50
    31 May 2023906K-20.2%327K2.77
    15 May 20231.1M+11.4%215K5.28
    28 April 20231.0M-16.5%160K6.38
    14 April 20231.2M-2.8%115K10.64
    31 March 20231.3M-0.2%137K9.17
    15 March 20231.3M+3.3%224K5.62
    28 February 20231.2M-0.3%320K3.80
    15 February 20231.2M+6.7%156K7.83
    31 January 20231.1M-13.8%166K6.88
    13 January 20231.3M+10.7%237K5.59
    30 December 20221.2M+0.5%214K5.59
    15 December 20221.2M+40.1%204K5.86
    30 November 2022851K+12.1%393K2.17
    15 November 2022760K-18.3%313K2.43
    31 October 2022930K+8.8%236K3.94
    14 October 2022854K+4.9%251K3.41
    30 September 2022814K-15.7%353K2.31
    15 September 2022965K+8.8%397K2.43
    31 August 2022887K+3.2%121K7.33
    15 August 2022860K+8.5%131K6.55
    29 July 2022792K-11.0%72K10.98
    15 July 2022891K+1.7%74K12.06
    30 June 2022876K+3.3%150K5.84
    15 June 2022848K-5.6%101K8.38
    31 May 2022899K-1.4%168K5.35
    13 May 2022911K+1.8%139K6.55
    29 April 2022895K-6.2%102K8.82
    14 April 2022954K-21.9%145K6.56
    31 March 20221.2M+5.1%207K5.89
    15 March 20221.2M+5.1%220K5.28
    28 February 20221.1M+4.0%152K7.27
    15 February 20221.1M+6.4%200K5.33
    31 January 20221.0M+3.5%202K4.95
    14 January 2022967K-6.5%220K4.39
    31 December 20211.0M+12.8%425K2.43
    15 December 2021917K+21.3%259K3.54
    30 November 2021756K+19.0%202K3.75
    15 November 2021635K+10.2%346K1.83
    29 October 2021576K+30.1%265K2.18
    15 October 2021443K708K1.00
    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.