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Investar Holding Corp. short interest

170K shares of Investar Holding were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (119K to 302K). Short sellers would need 2.2 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short170Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-32.0%+17% over a year
Days to cover2.21at 77K shares a day
Of shares in issue1.23%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 (119K to 302K), and the share price moved +22% 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 2026170K-32.0%77K2.21
    30 September 2026249K-10.4%105K2.38
    15 September 2026278K-7.9%88K3.15
    31 August 2026302K+28.6%108K2.79
    14 August 2026235K+18.8%105K2.24
    31 July 2026198K+18.7%205K1.00
    15 July 2026167K-18.7%209K1.00
    30 June 2026205K+26.4%280K1.00
    15 June 2026162K-19.2%166K1.00
    29 May 2026201K-10.4%139K1.44
    15 May 2026224K+20.8%114K1.97
    30 April 2026185K-20.4%221K1.00
    15 April 2026233K-17.6%134K1.73
    31 March 2026283K+40.7%199K1.42
    13 March 2026201K+35.6%105K1.92
    27 February 2026148K+5.4%113K1.31
    13 February 2026141K+2.0%133K1.06
    30 January 2026138K-9.9%75K1.84
    15 January 2026153K+10.7%49K3.10
    31 December 2025138K+15.9%46K2.98
    15 December 2025119K-0.6%45K2.67
    28 November 2025120K-3.2%21K5.59
    14 November 2025124K-4.1%27K4.65
    31 October 2025129K-10.8%53K2.45
    15 October 2025145K+18.9%33K4.34
    30 September 2025122K+13.6%42K2.90
    15 September 2025107K+2.3%33K3.29
    29 August 2025105K-13.1%40K2.61
    15 August 2025121K-12.9%29K4.16
    31 July 2025139K-3.9%35K3.94
    15 July 2025144K+26.0%65K2.21
    30 June 2025115K+4.0%28K4.16
    13 June 2025110K+3.1%19K5.89
    30 May 2025107K-6.4%19K5.57
    15 May 2025114K-4.5%19K5.88
    30 April 2025119K+5.6%40K3.02
    15 April 2025113K-1.8%47K2.42
    31 March 2025115K-0.6%33K3.44
    14 March 2025116K-1.0%28K4.13
    28 February 2025117K-2.9%33K3.60
    14 February 2025120K-8.6%29K4.17
    31 January 2025132K-2.8%31K4.30
    15 January 2025136K-27.2%32K4.28
    31 December 2024186K+21.7%30K6.15
    13 December 2024153K-8.6%28K5.44
    29 November 2024167K-5.1%28K5.93
    15 November 2024176K-21.4%38K4.69
    31 October 2024225K-12.2%33K6.78
    15 October 2024256K+8.4%31K8.23
    30 September 2024236K+12.3%44K5.31
    13 September 2024210K-13.0%26K8.02
    30 August 2024242K-0.5%49K4.89
    15 August 2024243K-2.0%54K4.50
    31 July 2024248K+11.7%93K2.66
    15 July 2024222K+364.3%66K3.37
    28 June 202448K+25.3%183K1.00
    14 June 202438K+15.3%28K1.37
    31 May 202433K+9.1%24K1.39
    15 May 202430K-12.1%26K1.16
    30 April 202435K+8.1%30K1.17
    15 April 202432K-11.0%18K1.79
    28 March 202436K-9.8%15K2.35
    15 March 202440K+5.6%21K1.89
    29 February 202438K-3.4%27K1.39
    15 February 202439K+87.3%31K1.26
    31 January 202421K-14.8%23K1.00
    12 January 202424K-11.9%27K1.00
    29 December 202328K+35.0%27K1.03
    15 December 202321K+90.0%18K1.12
    30 November 202311K-15.2%15K1.00
    15 November 202313K-55.3%21K1.00
    31 October 202329K-23.8%24K1.18
    13 October 202337K-7.9%24K1.53
    29 September 202341K-13.9%18K2.26
    15 September 202347K+4.1%10K4.58
    31 August 202345K-8.3%11K4.29
    15 August 202349K+37.5%9K5.31
    31 July 202336K+1.8%26K1.38
    14 July 202335K+45.4%117K1.00
    30 June 202324K-47.7%93K1.00
    15 June 202346K+183.3%28K1.63
    31 May 202316K-23.5%11K1.54
    15 May 202321K+21.3%21K1.04
    28 April 202318K-57.3%26K1.00
    14 April 202341K-5.3%21K1.95
    31 March 202344K+131.8%31K1.41
    15 March 202319K+16.9%24K1.00
    28 February 202316K+2.0%8K2.03
    15 February 202316K+59.0%13K1.18
    31 January 202310K+44.9%15K1.00
    13 January 20237K-15.6%7K1.03
    30 December 20228K-1.6%8K1.02
    15 December 20228K-17.8%8K1.02
    30 November 202210K+43.1%5K1.87
    15 November 20227K-17.5%19K1.00
    31 October 20229K-21.8%7K1.23
    14 October 202211K+40.6%10K1.12
    30 September 20228K-22.1%10K1.00
    15 September 202210K+44.3%10K1.00
    31 August 20227K-27.8%14K1.00
    15 August 202210K-26.2%23K1.00
    29 July 202213K-34.5%27K1.00
    15 July 202220K+76.3%25K1.00
    30 June 202211K-43.1%21K1.00
    15 June 202220K+81.8%27K1.00
    31 May 202211K-22.3%32K1.00
    13 May 202214K-35.6%28K1.00
    29 April 202222K+128.0%20K1.07
    14 April 20229K-8.3%10K1.00
    31 March 202210K-1.4%10K1.07
    15 March 202210K-30.0%17K1.00
    28 February 202215K-0.2%21K1.00
    15 February 202215K-21.7%12K1.27
    31 January 202219K+6.2%12K1.63
    14 January 202218K-9.6%8K2.13
    31 December 202120K+5.1%18K1.09
    15 December 202119K-0.2%10K1.87
    30 November 202119K-15.5%11K1.76
    15 November 202123K-8.8%10K2.25
    29 October 202125K+1.2%13K1.85
    15 October 202124K+10.2%18K1.40
    30 September 202122K-8.9%12K1.78
    15 September 202124K+11.0%22K1.10
    31 August 202122K-16.2%23K1.00
    13 August 202126K-41.8%22K1.18
    30 July 202145K-19.6%54K1.00
    15 July 202156K+0.3%44K1.26
    30 June 202156K-84.8%214K1.00
    15 June 2021369K+9.5%67K5.52
    28 May 2021337K+7.5%26K12.95
    14 May 2021313K+30.0%33K9.56
    30 April 2021241K+48.1%33K7.35
    15 April 2021163K+17.0%33K4.99
    31 March 2021139K+24.0%37K3.80
    15 March 2021112K+1.9%28K3.94
    26 February 2021110K+18.4%27K4.03
    12 February 202193K+26.8%36K2.59
    29 January 202173K+17.1%20K3.59
    15 January 202163K+3.2%13K4.74
    31 December 202061K-2.3%14K4.27
    15 December 202062K-0.7%12K5.23
    30 November 202063K-6.3%20K3.18
    13 November 202067K+2.7%26K2.56
    30 October 202065K-11.8%19K3.41
    15 October 202074K-6.0%16K4.59
    30 September 202078K+4.8%19K4.03
    15 September 202075K-4.4%17K4.53
    31 August 202078K-6.5%17K4.51
    14 August 202084K-9.0%20K4.11
    31 July 202092K-5.3%7K12.58
    15 July 202097K-11.6%20K4.87
    30 June 2020110K+158.9%35K3.16
    15 June 202042K+10.0%33K1.28
    29 May 202039K+11.2%30K1.28
    15 May 202035K+20.9%36K1.00
    30 April 202029K+25.1%23K1.23
    15 April 202023K-27.5%34K1.00
    31 March 202032K-8.3%58K1.00
    13 March 202035K+107.4%50K1.00
    28 February 202017K+42.1%15K1.12
    14 February 202012K-45.6%15K1.00
    31 January 202022K-10.7%9K2.48
    15 January 202024K-8.2%8K3.08
    31 December 201926K-17.3%13K1.97
    13 December 201932K+5.1%7K4.36
    29 November 201930K-10.5%14K2.22
    15 November 201934K-1.7%13K2.51
    31 October 201934K-14.4%16K2.13
    15 October 201940K-8.0%8K4.90
    30 September 201944K-40.1%28K1.56
    13 September 201973K+0.2%10K7.59
    30 August 201973K+11.5%10K7.40
    15 August 201965K-7.9%9K7.08
    31 July 201971K-12.8%11K6.37
    15 July 201981K+14.3%9K9.35
    28 June 201971K+28.7%25K2.87
    14 June 201955K-8.4%36K1.53
    31 May 201960K+2.6%13K4.48
    15 May 201959K+2.8%7K7.98
    30 April 201957K-14.9%7K8.22
    15 April 201967K-42.7%37K1.83
    29 March 2019117K-2.2%16K7.50
    15 March 2019120K-5.7%13K9.22
    28 February 2019127K-0.1%10K13.26
    15 February 2019127K+7.1%17K7.35
    31 January 2019119K-4.9%15K8.19
    15 January 2019125K-0.1%10K11.96
    31 December 2018125K+15.0%18K7.15
    14 December 2018109K+10.9%12K8.87
    30 November 201898K+21.4%11K8.96
    15 November 201881K+84.4%18K4.44
    31 October 201844K-7.3%38K1.15
    15 October 201847K-6.4%13K3.70
    28 September 201851K+36.5%12K4.19
    14 September 201837K+16.8%8K4.70
    31 August 201832K-10.0%18K1.78
    15 August 201835K+13.4%15K2.42
    31 July 201831K-26.9%12K2.57
    13 July 201842K-12.9%9K4.63
    29 June 201849K-5.3%34K1.45
    15 June 201851K+13.2%17K3.01
    31 May 201845K-1.8%9K4.85
    15 May 201846K-8.6%10K4.72
    30 April 201851K-17.2%11K4.75
    13 April 201861K-9.9%21K2.88
    29 March 201868K-8.5%21K3.22
    15 March 201874K-17.6%20K3.71
    28 February 201890K-15.1%11K7.99
    15 February 2018106K-44.2%15K7.29
    31 January 2018190K-6.8%15K12.26
    12 January 2018204K-6.5%20K10.25
    29 December 2017218K11K20.30
    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.