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Halliburton Co. short interest

33.1M shares of Halliburton were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (20.3M to 38.2M). Short sellers would need 4.1 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short33.1Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-2.8%+24% over a year
Days to cover4.08at 8.1M shares a day
Of shares in issue4.00%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 (20.3M to 38.2M), and the share price moved +42% 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 202633.1M-2.8%8.1M4.08
    30 September 202634.0M-2.2%11.3M3.00
    15 September 202634.8M+1.9%9.9M3.53
    31 August 202634.2M+10.6%11.6M2.95
    14 August 202630.9M-12.6%10.1M3.07
    31 July 202635.3M+2.2%14.1M2.51
    15 July 202634.6M+9.0%9.4M3.69
    30 June 202631.7M-4.4%14.1M2.24
    15 June 202633.2M+3.2%11.1M2.98
    29 May 202632.1M+0.5%12.9M2.49
    15 May 202632.0M+6.4%9.2M3.47
    30 April 202630.0M+7.8%15.0M2.00
    15 April 202627.9M-10.9%14.0M1.99
    31 March 202631.3M-15.0%19.9M1.58
    13 March 202636.8M-2.8%17.5M2.10
    27 February 202637.9M-0.8%10.4M3.64
    13 February 202638.2M+7.4%12.8M2.98
    30 January 202635.5M+9.3%16.1M2.20
    15 January 202632.5M+23.6%18.0M1.81
    31 December 202526.3M-4.7%8.6M3.06
    15 December 202527.6M+20.1%11.0M2.51
    28 November 202523.0M+12.6%9.7M2.38
    14 November 202520.4M+0.4%9.6M2.12
    31 October 202520.3M-23.4%17.3M1.18
    15 October 202526.6M+2.4%10.9M2.45
    30 September 202525.9M-2.4%16.8M1.55
    15 September 202526.6M-14.4%10.8M2.46
    29 August 202531.1M-8.5%9.9M3.12
    15 August 202533.9M+16.1%11.5M2.96
    31 July 202529.2M-18.5%16.6M1.76
    15 July 202535.9M-2.1%14.8M2.43
    30 June 202536.7M+23.3%17.4M2.10
    13 June 202529.7M+13.0%14.4M2.07
    30 May 202526.3M-18.0%15.4M1.71
    15 May 202532.1M+37.0%15.1M2.13
    30 April 202523.4M+17.3%15.6M1.50
    15 April 202520.0M-15.4%15.0M1.33
    31 March 202523.6M-12.7%15.1M1.56
    14 March 202527.0M+31.9%12.5M2.16
    28 February 202520.5M-19.1%9.7M2.11
    14 February 202525.3M-7.6%9.1M2.77
    31 January 202527.4M-6.8%13.6M2.01
    15 January 202529.4M+0.0%9.4M3.14
    31 December 202429.4M+24.7%9.7M3.05
    13 December 202423.6M+1.8%7.8M3.01
    29 November 202423.2M+5.2%9.7M2.40
    15 November 202422.1M+1.1%11.1M1.99
    31 October 202421.8M-6.2%8.5M2.56
    15 October 202423.3M-11.7%9.5M2.44
    30 September 202426.4M+5.0%11.2M2.36
    13 September 202425.1M-0.5%9.7M2.59
    30 August 202425.2M-1.8%6.3M4.04
    15 August 202425.7M-5.3%7.9M3.25
    31 July 202427.2M-23.0%10.3M2.65
    15 July 202435.2M-4.3%6.9M5.10
    28 June 202436.8M+49.4%14.4M2.55
    14 June 202424.6M+5.4%7.2M3.42
    31 May 202423.4M-5.2%5.5M4.27
    15 May 202424.7M+9.3%5.1M4.79
    30 April 202422.6M-9.2%6.4M3.51
    15 April 202424.9M+4.7%5.5M4.56
    28 March 202423.7M+2.9%5.3M4.51
    15 March 202423.1M+3.6%7.9M2.92
    29 February 202422.3M+4.0%6.7M3.33
    15 February 202421.4M-3.3%7.0M3.07
    31 January 202422.1M+4.5%10.6M2.09
    12 January 202421.2M+8.8%6.5M3.26
    29 December 202319.5M+1.0%4.9M3.99
    15 December 202319.3M+26.3%8.5M2.26
    30 November 202315.3M+2.5%6.5M2.34
    15 November 202314.9M+4.9%5.4M2.79
    31 October 202314.2M-14.0%7.8M1.82
    13 October 202316.5M-15.4%6.9M2.39
    29 September 202319.5M-6.5%5.7M3.44
    15 September 202320.9M-6.5%7.7M2.73
    31 August 202322.4M-14.0%6.1M3.66
    15 August 202326.0M+0.3%6.8M3.83
    31 July 202325.9M+12.0%9.9M2.61
    14 July 202323.1M-0.2%9.4M2.46
    30 June 202323.2M-2.7%8.4M2.74
    15 June 202323.8M-12.5%9.2M2.58
    31 May 202327.2M-6.9%11.2M2.43
    15 May 202329.2M+2.4%9.3M3.14
    28 April 202328.5M+8.1%9.8M2.91
    14 April 202326.4M-2.3%9.4M2.80
    31 March 202327.0M+8.3%11.1M2.43
    15 March 202324.9M+8.0%8.5M2.92
    28 February 202323.1M+5.5%8.0M2.88
    15 February 202321.9M+29.3%9.3M2.34
    31 January 202316.9M-16.8%9.9M1.71
    13 January 202320.3M+0.4%8.8M2.31
    30 December 202220.2M-5.3%7.1M2.83
    15 December 202221.4M+7.0%10.5M2.04
    30 November 202220.0M-1.0%9.2M2.18
    15 November 202220.2M-6.9%9.3M2.17
    31 October 202221.7M-2.8%13.5M1.61
    14 October 202222.3M+20.0%12.8M1.74
    30 September 202218.6M+5.1%10.6M1.76
    15 September 202217.7M-5.6%8.4M2.12
    31 August 202218.8M-9.7%10.3M1.83
    15 August 202220.8M+13.6%8.6M2.41
    29 July 202218.3M+0.2%10.8M1.69
    15 July 202218.2M+7.0%10.4M1.75
    30 June 202217.0M-9.9%15.3M1.11
    15 June 202218.9M-2.1%9.7M1.95
    31 May 202219.3M+29.5%11.7M1.65
    13 May 202214.9M+5.6%10.2M1.47
    29 April 202214.1M-4.4%13.8M1.02
    14 April 202214.8M+13.9%9.5M1.56
    31 March 202213.0M-9.3%11.5M1.13
    15 March 202214.3M+18.2%20.1M1.00
    28 February 202212.1M-13.8%13.4M1.00
    15 February 202214.1M-7.6%12.4M1.13
    31 January 202215.2M-8.8%15.6M1.00
    14 January 202216.7M+17.5%12.0M1.39
    31 December 202114.2M+1.0%6.7M2.11
    15 December 202114.0M+4.4%9.2M1.52
    30 November 202113.4M-6.0%10.4M1.29
    15 November 202114.3M-15.1%8.1M1.77
    29 October 202116.9M-7.7%10.9M1.55
    15 October 202118.3M+3.2%11.6M1.58
    30 September 202117.7M+12.3%8.4M2.10
    15 September 202115.8M+0.9%6.7M2.36
    31 August 202115.6M-6.4%7.4M2.10
    13 August 202116.7M+9.4%8.6M1.95
    30 July 202115.2M-0.5%11.1M1.37
    15 July 202115.3M-2.7%8.4M1.82
    30 June 202115.7M-24.4%8.3M1.90
    15 June 202120.8M+18.1%8.1M2.57
    28 May 202117.6M-2.7%6.7M2.62
    14 May 202118.1M-2.2%9.0M2.02
    30 April 202118.5M+13.3%9.6M1.93
    15 April 202116.4M-3.6%6.0M2.74
    31 March 202117.0M-30.9%10.5M1.62
    15 March 202124.6M-2.1%10.9M2.25
    26 February 202125.1M-10.9%10.1M2.48
    12 February 202128.1M-9.8%9.1M3.09
    29 January 202131.2M-10.9%11.9M2.63
    15 January 202135.0M-2.1%11.1M3.15
    31 December 202035.8M-10.2%8.2M4.37
    15 December 202039.8M-6.9%11.0M3.61
    30 November 202042.8M-6.9%10.5M4.07
    13 November 202046.0M-0.5%13.0M3.54
    30 October 202046.2M+8.6%14.5M3.18
    15 October 202042.5M+0.7%13.8M3.09
    30 September 202042.2M-7.1%14.4M2.93
    15 September 202045.5M-6.5%11.6M3.93
    31 August 202048.6M+1.5%9.9M4.92
    14 August 202047.9M+10.3%13.5M3.55
    31 July 202043.4M+1.6%17.3M2.51
    15 July 202042.8M-7.7%12.7M3.38
    30 June 202046.3M-4.4%15.8M2.92
    15 June 202048.4M-3.7%22.9M2.12
    29 May 202050.3M-0.8%22.1M2.27
    15 May 202050.7M-0.9%21.0M2.41
    30 April 202051.2M+12.4%32.8M1.56
    15 April 202045.5M+28.9%35.7M1.28
    31 March 202035.3M-11.9%35.8M1.00
    13 March 202040.1M+20.0%34.8M1.15
    28 February 202033.4M-0.8%13.7M2.43
    14 February 202033.7M-5.7%9.7M3.47
    31 January 202035.7M-9.9%11.9M3.00
    15 January 202039.6M-7.6%10.8M3.67
    31 December 201942.8M-6.0%11.7M3.66
    13 December 201945.6M+4.4%11.7M3.90
    29 November 201943.6M+7.9%9.3M4.70
    15 November 201940.4M-1.8%9.8M4.12
    31 October 201941.2M+5.5%14.6M2.82
    15 October 201939.0M+7.0%10.4M3.75
    30 September 201936.5M+24.2%16.1M2.27
    13 September 201929.4M+9.9%13.2M2.23
    30 August 201926.7M-4.1%12.5M2.14
    15 August 201927.9M+17.9%15.4M1.81
    31 July 201923.6M-9.6%14.5M1.63
    15 July 201926.2M+0.1%12.1M2.16
    28 June 201926.1M-13.5%15.7M1.66
    14 June 201930.2M+32.5%14.7M2.05
    31 May 201922.8M+14.3%12.0M1.90
    15 May 201919.9M+16.0%10.9M1.84
    30 April 201917.2M-2.3%10.8M1.59
    15 April 201917.6M-6.3%8.0M2.20
    29 March 201918.8M+13.8%9.3M2.01
    15 March 201916.5M-11.4%11.8M1.40
    28 February 201918.6M-1.4%8.5M2.20
    15 February 201918.9M-5.1%7.8M2.42
    31 January 201919.9M-7.4%11.2M1.78
    15 January 201921.5M+10.9%10.3M2.09
    31 December 201819.4M+12.7%13.9M1.39
    14 December 201817.2M+14.0%14.1M1.22
    30 November 201815.1M-23.6%10.6M1.42
    15 November 201819.7M-2.6%11.0M1.79
    31 October 201820.3M+15.2%12.7M1.60
    15 October 201817.6M-2.8%8.7M2.02
    28 September 201818.1M+6.7%8.9M2.03
    14 September 201817.0M+17.4%11.2M1.52
    31 August 201814.4M-13.4%5.8M2.50
    15 August 201816.7M-16.2%6.6M2.51
    31 July 201819.9M+58.9%13.5M1.48
    13 July 201812.5M-14.2%6.4M1.94
    29 June 201814.6M+13.4%9.0M1.62
    15 June 201812.9M+13.7%9.5M1.35
    31 May 201811.3M-19.7%7.3M1.54
    15 May 201814.1M-10.3%6.7M2.11
    30 April 201815.7M-22.8%8.5M1.85
    13 April 201820.3M-4.3%8.8M2.32
    29 March 201821.2M+1.4%9.8M2.17
    15 March 201821.0M-4.1%7.6M2.77
    28 February 201821.8M+6.1%8.9M2.45
    15 February 201820.6M-2.7%11.8M1.74
    31 January 201821.2M-14.8%10.5M2.01
    12 January 201824.8M+17.1%9.0M2.75
    29 December 201721.2M6.9M3.09
    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.