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Intrepid Potash, Inc. short interest

398K shares of Intrepid Potash were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 Jan 2026. Short sellers would need 2.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short398Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+29.5%+5% over a year
Days to cover2.22at 179K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.01%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 the most since 15 Jan 2026, and the share price moved +12% 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 2026398K+29.5%179K2.22
    30 September 2026307K-14.8%212K1.45
    15 September 2026361K-8.6%217K1.66
    31 August 2026395K+6.6%213K1.85
    14 August 2026370K+19.3%200K1.85
    31 July 2026311K+21.5%148K2.09
    15 July 2026256K-23.6%195K1.31
    30 June 2026335K+10.0%297K1.12
    15 June 2026304K+7.8%230K1.32
    29 May 2026282K+3.8%156K1.81
    15 May 2026272K-16.9%273K1.00
    30 April 2026327K+5.6%244K1.34
    15 April 2026310K-16.6%338K1.00
    31 March 2026371K+2.0%518K1.00
    13 March 2026364K-1.4%586K1.00
    27 February 2026369K-0.1%164K2.25
    13 February 2026370K-2.2%160K2.31
    30 January 2026378K-15.1%260K1.46
    15 January 2026445K+6.4%157K2.83
    31 December 2025418K+2.5%125K3.36
    15 December 2025408K-7.2%147K2.77
    28 November 2025440K-6.5%124K3.55
    14 November 2025470K+24.1%190K2.48
    31 October 2025379K-0.2%163K2.33
    15 October 2025379K-15.4%197K1.93
    30 September 2025448K+17.0%185K2.42
    15 September 2025383K+3.7%166K2.30
    29 August 2025369K+36.1%168K2.20
    15 August 2025271K+3.6%175K1.55
    31 July 2025262K-0.2%146K1.79
    15 July 2025263K-7.0%117K2.24
    30 June 2025282K-21.5%175K1.62
    13 June 2025360K+11.0%161K2.23
    30 May 2025324K-9.5%181K1.79
    15 May 2025359K+7.5%324K1.11
    30 April 2025334K+17.3%207K1.61
    15 April 2025284K+15.7%193K1.47
    31 March 2025246K-7.5%235K1.05
    14 March 2025266K-3.7%191K1.39
    28 February 2025276K+1.2%116K2.39
    14 February 2025273K+1.5%145K1.88
    31 January 2025269K-9.4%101K2.66
    15 January 2025297K+23.1%138K2.16
    31 December 2024241K+7.4%109K2.20
    13 December 2024224K-13.4%128K1.76
    29 November 2024259K-20.5%123K2.11
    15 November 2024326K-1.8%126K2.58
    31 October 2024332K-1.6%44K7.50
    15 October 2024337K+3.1%36K9.30
    30 September 2024327K+6.3%63K5.19
    13 September 2024308K+0.9%50K6.14
    30 August 2024305K-8.1%57K5.32
    15 August 2024332K-8.9%79K4.19
    31 July 2024364K-8.2%73K4.99
    15 July 2024397K-4.8%64K6.16
    28 June 2024417K+0.4%76K5.45
    14 June 2024415K-7.8%76K5.50
    31 May 2024451K-10.7%105K4.29
    15 May 2024505K+16.3%151K3.34
    30 April 2024434K+6.7%79K5.49
    15 April 2024407K-8.4%117K3.49
    28 March 2024444K-9.5%99K4.50
    15 March 2024491K-4.8%162K3.04
    29 February 2024515K+1.2%95K5.44
    15 February 2024509K+6.9%142K3.59
    31 January 2024476K+0.9%97K4.90
    12 January 2024472K+2.7%102K4.61
    29 December 2023460K+4.3%148K3.10
    15 December 2023441K-4.0%189K2.33
    30 November 2023459K+2.5%128K3.59
    15 November 2023448K+3.0%138K3.25
    31 October 2023435K-6.7%96K4.51
    13 October 2023466K-1.4%90K5.18
    29 September 2023473K-5.9%67K7.09
    15 September 2023502K-8.1%130K3.87
    31 August 2023546K-1.3%97K5.61
    15 August 2023554K-16.4%207K2.68
    31 July 2023662K-4.4%179K3.69
    14 July 2023692K+17.4%212K3.27
    30 June 2023590K-11.1%153K3.86
    15 June 2023664K+12.5%208K3.20
    31 May 2023590K+1.3%207K2.85
    15 May 2023582K+22.1%258K2.25
    28 April 2023477K-3.0%138K3.45
    14 April 2023492K-2.9%160K3.07
    31 March 2023506K+16.6%150K3.37
    15 March 2023434K+5.1%250K1.74
    28 February 2023413K-6.5%183K2.25
    15 February 2023442K-7.7%153K2.90
    31 January 2023479K-24.2%181K2.64
    13 January 2023632K+4.2%265K2.39
    30 December 2022607K+7.9%297K2.05
    15 December 2022563K-16.6%232K2.42
    30 November 2022675K-4.5%184K3.67
    15 November 2022706K+21.9%414K1.71
    31 October 2022580K-23.5%223K2.60
    14 October 2022758K+3.4%222K3.41
    30 September 2022733K-2.7%267K2.74
    15 September 2022754K-1.9%344K2.19
    31 August 2022769K+8.7%460K1.67
    15 August 2022707K-2.7%289K2.44
    29 July 2022727K+8.6%271K2.68
    15 July 2022669K-9.4%472K1.42
    30 June 2022739K+8.0%491K1.50
    15 June 2022684K-2.5%448K1.53
    31 May 2022702K+6.1%654K1.07
    13 May 2022661K+34.7%795K1.00
    29 April 2022491K+6.6%750K1.00
    14 April 2022461K+53.0%693K1.00
    31 March 2022301K-19.7%898K1.00
    15 March 2022375K+58.6%820K1.00
    28 February 2022236K+7.3%175K1.35
    15 February 2022220K+6.0%152K1.45
    31 January 2022208K+5.5%76K2.72
    14 January 2022197K-10.9%84K2.34
    31 December 2021221K-8.1%97K2.28
    15 December 2021241K+0.1%85K2.83
    30 November 2021241K-8.8%98K2.45
    15 November 2021264K+8.8%193K1.37
    29 October 2021242K-1.9%178K1.36
    15 October 2021247K+11.0%144K1.71
    30 September 2021222K-8.8%96K2.32
    15 September 2021244K-1.3%92K2.65
    31 August 2021247K-13.9%126K1.97
    13 August 2021287K-0.1%121K2.37
    30 July 2021287K-1.5%78K3.70
    15 July 2021292K-0.3%97K2.99
    30 June 2021293K+3.7%154K1.90
    15 June 2021282K+0.4%121K2.33
    28 May 2021281K+36.8%135K2.08
    14 May 2021205K+3.2%292K1.00
    30 April 2021199K-8.4%88K2.27
    15 April 2021217K+4.4%117K1.86
    31 March 2021208K+3.4%162K1.28
    15 March 2021202K-15.0%225K1.00
    26 February 2021237K-19.2%193K1.23
    12 February 2021293K+3.0%216K1.36
    29 January 2021285K-0.8%166K1.72
    15 January 2021287K+29.5%322K1.00
    31 December 2020222K-8.6%82K2.70
    15 December 2020243K-7.7%127K1.92
    30 November 2020263K+3.8%159K1.65
    13 November 2020253K+12.9%178K1.42
    30 October 2020224K-4.5%76K2.97
    15 October 2020235K-11.2%92K2.55
    30 September 2020264K+25.2%134K1.97
    15 September 2020211K+14.8%96K2.21
    31 August 2020184K-15.6%212K1.00
    14 August 2020218K-86.3%89K2.44
    31 July 20201.6M-7.9%511K3.11
    15 July 20201.7M-4.4%766K2.25
    30 June 20201.8M+5.2%602K3.00
    15 June 20201.7M+9.6%786K2.18
    29 May 20201.6M-14.4%514K3.05
    15 May 20201.8M+8.1%788K2.32
    30 April 20201.7M-36.6%775K2.18
    15 April 20202.7M-19.3%716K3.72
    31 March 20203.3M-10.7%839K3.94
    13 March 20203.7M-10.7%743K4.98
    28 February 20204.1M-2.0%625K6.63
    14 February 20204.2M+10.0%623K6.78
    31 January 20203.8M-5.6%812K4.73
    15 January 20204.1M+4.7%662K6.14
    31 December 20193.9M+26.2%893K4.35
    13 December 20193.1M+13.7%554K5.56
    29 November 20192.7M+1.8%703K3.85
    15 November 20192.7M+6.1%802K3.32
    31 October 20192.5M-1.7%267K9.38
    15 October 20192.6M-1.1%272K9.37
    30 September 20192.6M-9.1%426K6.06
    13 September 20192.8M+4.8%442K6.42
    30 August 20192.7M+4.7%405K6.69
    15 August 20192.6M+3.0%649K3.99
    31 July 20192.5M-6.0%492K5.10
    15 July 20192.7M-6.2%396K6.74
    28 June 20192.8M+6.5%399K7.14
    14 June 20192.7M-2.9%382K7.00
    31 May 20192.8M+11.3%428K6.44
    15 May 20192.5M+1.3%506K4.89
    30 April 20192.4M-4.1%285K8.56
    15 April 20192.5M-5.1%394K6.47
    29 March 20192.7M-6.9%524K5.12
    15 March 20192.9M-7.1%705K4.09
    28 February 20193.1M+2.6%626K4.95
    15 February 20193.0M+0.9%668K4.53
    31 January 20193.0M-4.4%348K8.60
    15 January 20193.1M-0.7%538K5.83
    31 December 20183.2M-4.7%573K5.51
    14 December 20183.3M-2.7%576K5.75
    30 November 20183.4M-2.6%495K6.87
    15 November 20183.5M-9.6%888K3.93
    31 October 20183.9M-0.4%817K4.73
    15 October 20183.9M-9.7%370K10.50
    28 September 20184.3M-10.7%569K7.55
    14 September 20184.8M-10.0%432K11.13
    31 August 20185.3M-5.9%613K8.73
    15 August 20185.7M+10.6%1.6M3.58
    31 July 20185.1M-4.2%556K9.23
    13 July 20185.4M-3.0%558K9.61
    29 June 20185.5M-4.1%832K6.64
    15 June 20185.8M-7.5%865K6.66
    31 May 20186.2M-2.4%1.5M4.18
    15 May 20186.4M+1.3%2.0M3.17
    30 April 20186.3M-16.7%1.5M4.27
    13 April 20187.6M-3.1%622K12.17
    29 March 20187.8M+24.6%732K10.67
    15 March 20186.3M-13.3%1.2M5.26
    28 February 20187.2M+9.3%1.1M6.30
    15 February 20186.6M+29.4%1.0M6.41
    31 January 20185.1M+5.3%866K5.90
    12 January 20184.9M+1.4%1.3M3.65
    29 December 20174.8M1.6M2.98
    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.