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IonQ, Inc. short interest

47.9M shares of IonQ were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (40.5M to 85.9M). Short sellers would need 1.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short47.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+17.9%+1% over a year
Days to cover1.95at 24.5M shares a day
Of shares in issue12.57%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 bottom of its range over the last year (40.5M to 85.9M), and the share price moved -54% 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 202647.9M+17.9%24.5M1.95
    30 September 202640.6M+0.4%28.8M1.41
    15 September 202640.5M-1.4%18.5M2.19
    31 August 202641.1M-3.1%18.1M2.27
    14 August 202642.4M-15.5%22.8M1.86
    31 July 202650.2M+6.6%20.4M2.46
    15 July 202647.0M+6.8%16.7M2.81
    30 June 202644.0M-12.8%26.9M1.64
    15 June 202650.5M-12.9%29.3M1.73
    29 May 202658.0M-20.9%34.7M1.67
    15 May 202673.3M-12.5%36.2M2.02
    30 April 202683.7M-0.4%36.2M2.31
    15 April 202684.0M+3.8%29.6M2.84
    31 March 202680.9M+1.8%18.0M4.48
    13 March 202679.5M-7.5%22.9M3.47
    27 February 202685.9M+3.7%23.6M3.64
    13 February 202682.8M+4.4%22.6M3.67
    30 January 202679.3M+7.6%24.2M3.28
    15 January 202673.7M-5.8%16.8M4.39
    31 December 202578.2M+10.3%18.2M4.30
    15 December 202570.9M+7.2%17.7M4.01
    28 November 202566.1M+14.3%23.0M2.87
    14 November 202557.9M+17.7%27.0M2.14
    31 October 202549.2M+3.1%31.6M1.56
    15 October 202547.7M-22.6%37.7M1.26
    30 September 202561.6M+39.3%37.5M1.64
    15 September 202544.2M-0.2%21.7M2.04
    29 August 202544.3M+8.6%13.9M3.18
    15 August 202540.8M+17.3%21.3M1.91
    31 July 202534.8M-0.4%19.7M1.77
    15 July 202535.0M-4.2%21.9M1.60
    30 June 202536.5M+3.0%23.4M1.56
    13 June 202535.4M-1.5%23.5M1.51
    30 May 202536.0M-10.8%34.1M1.05
    15 May 202540.3M-8.6%16.5M2.44
    30 April 202544.1M+10.2%13.5M3.26
    15 April 202540.1M+24.4%22.4M1.79
    31 March 202532.2M+15.5%22.4M1.44
    14 March 202527.9M+19.6%21.9M1.27
    28 February 202523.3M-0.9%18.5M1.26
    14 February 202523.5M-0.5%13.6M1.73
    31 January 202523.6M-13.2%23.5M1.01
    15 January 202527.2M+8.9%52.3M1.00
    31 December 202425.0M-19.6%28.4M1.00
    13 December 202431.1M+2.9%24.5M1.27
    29 November 202430.2M-20.5%31.9M1.00
    15 November 202438.0M-3.3%34.1M1.11
    31 October 202439.3M-6.7%24.2M1.62
    15 October 202442.1M+6.4%10.1M4.18
    30 September 202439.6M+13.6%10.0M3.95
    13 September 202434.9M-8.3%3.9M9.03
    30 August 202438.0M+3.7%3.4M11.23
    15 August 202436.7M+8.1%5.2M7.06
    31 July 202433.9M+3.6%4.5M7.58
    15 July 202432.8M-6.6%5.1M6.37
    28 June 202435.1M-0.8%6.4M5.51
    14 June 202435.4M-4.9%3.6M9.87
    31 May 202437.2M+1.4%3.4M10.94
    15 May 202436.7M-18.1%5.3M6.97
    30 April 202444.8M-3.5%5.2M8.60
    15 April 202446.4M+6.2%5.6M8.23
    28 March 202443.7M+2.9%5.0M8.71
    15 March 202442.5M-8.5%10.6M4.00
    29 February 202446.4M+0.4%8.7M5.33
    15 February 202446.3M+1.1%6.0M7.71
    31 January 202445.8M+1.4%5.8M7.87
    12 January 202445.1M+2.4%6.2M7.32
    29 December 202344.1M-7.2%7.0M6.33
    15 December 202347.5M-5.2%9.8M4.86
    30 November 202350.1M-1.7%6.4M7.87
    15 November 202351.0M+18.6%10.7M4.76
    31 October 202343.0M+17.1%10.1M4.25
    13 October 202336.7M+5.8%9.3M3.93
    29 September 202334.7M+26.4%12.3M2.81
    15 September 202327.4M-0.8%13.3M2.06
    31 August 202327.7M+13.9%11.1M2.50
    15 August 202324.3M+13.4%17.4M1.40
    31 July 202321.4M-4.8%10.5M2.04
    14 July 202322.5M-2.2%10.6M2.11
    30 June 202323.0M+9.2%14.4M1.60
    15 June 202321.1M-3.0%11.2M1.88
    31 May 202321.7M-12.0%14.8M1.47
    15 May 202324.7M+10.2%4.9M4.99
    28 April 202322.4M+0.2%3.2M6.99
    14 April 202322.4M+10.0%8.0M2.78
    31 March 202320.3M+8.5%5.8M3.52
    15 March 202318.7M+2.5%2.6M7.15
    28 February 202318.3M+3.2%2.6M7.15
    15 February 202317.7M+0.6%5.0M3.54
    31 January 202317.6M-12.7%2.7M6.41
    13 January 202320.2M-10.2%2.6M7.64
    30 December 202222.4M+2.6%3.7M6.02
    15 December 202221.9M-3.1%3.0M7.29
    30 November 202222.6M+1.6%2.5M8.90
    15 November 202222.2M-3.8%3.1M7.15
    31 October 202223.1M-3.3%2.1M11.23
    14 October 202223.9M+1.4%2.5M9.39
    30 September 202223.6M+7.2%2.7M8.76
    15 September 202222.0M+4.5%2.8M7.93
    31 August 202221.0M+3.1%5.4M3.89
    15 August 202220.4M+1.7%3.4M5.98
    29 July 202220.1M-4.6%2.2M9.18
    15 July 202221.1M-1.1%2.2M9.49
    30 June 202221.3M+25.8%5.7M3.73
    15 June 202216.9M+8.9%4.9M3.45
    31 May 202215.5M+20.5%5.8M2.66
    13 May 202212.9M+77.5%8.9M1.45
    29 April 20227.3M+3.9%6.4M1.13
    14 April 20227.0M-8.5%3.2M2.15
    31 March 20227.6M-26.9%3.6M2.11
    15 March 202210.4M+21.1%2.4M4.30
    28 February 20228.6M-6.2%2.8M3.04
    15 February 20229.2M+11.3%4.1M2.26
    31 January 20228.3M+25.5%3.8M2.19
    14 January 20226.6M-2.7%3.5M1.90
    31 December 20216.8M+21.7%4.6M1.47
    15 December 20215.6M+4.7%5.8M1.00
    30 November 20215.3M-27.6%12.1M1.00
    15 November 20217.3M+88.1%7.8M1.00
    29 October 20213.9M-18.8%5.8M1.00
    15 October 20214.8M4.1M1.19
    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.