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KB Financial Group Inc. short interest

455K shares of KB Financial Group were sold short at the 30 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (295K to 825K). Short sellers would need 1.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short455Kat 30 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+0.1%+17% over a year
Days to cover1.74at 261K shares a day
Of shares in issuen/a
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 (295K to 825K), and the share price moved +40% 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
    30 October 2026455K+0.1%261K1.74
    15 October 2026454K+9.5%203K2.24
    30 September 2026415K-12.1%137K3.03
    15 September 2026472K-2.9%171K2.75
    31 August 2026486K-3.1%174K2.79
    14 August 2026502K-8.8%192K2.61
    31 July 2026550K+25.9%290K1.90
    15 July 2026437K-47.0%350K1.25
    30 June 2026825K+64.5%425K1.94
    15 June 2026501K+17.6%259K1.93
    29 May 2026426K-5.2%212K2.01
    15 May 2026450K+22.0%177K2.54
    30 April 2026369K-19.8%176K2.10
    15 April 2026459K+10.3%247K1.86
    31 March 2026416K-23.2%268K1.55
    13 March 2026542K+60.6%381K1.42
    27 February 2026337K+8.1%249K1.35
    13 February 2026312K-17.3%370K1.00
    30 January 2026378K-5.8%187K2.02
    15 January 2026401K+7.4%106K3.79
    31 December 2025373K+1.9%85K4.41
    15 December 2025367K+12.1%131K2.80
    28 November 2025327K+10.8%130K2.52
    14 November 2025295K-23.8%131K2.26
    31 October 2025387K-6.3%94K4.12
    15 October 2025414K-1.3%115K3.59
    30 September 2025419K-16.5%147K2.85
    15 September 2025502K-8.9%132K3.81
    29 August 2025550K-2.1%132K4.17
    15 August 2025562K+19.4%176K3.19
    31 July 2025471K-6.0%347K1.36
    15 July 2025501K-23.5%202K2.48
    30 June 2025655K+8.6%248K2.64
    13 June 2025603K+14.8%206K2.93
    30 May 2025526K-13.1%178K2.96
    15 May 2025605K+40.6%188K3.21
    30 April 2025430K+7.2%187K2.30
    15 April 2025401K+0.8%217K1.85
    31 March 2025398K-28.4%195K2.04
    14 March 2025556K+9.8%179K3.11
    28 February 2025507K+3.6%144K3.51
    14 February 2025489K+18.7%211K2.31
    31 January 2025412K-1.5%118K3.48
    15 January 2025418K+6.8%166K2.52
    31 December 2024392K-12.2%177K2.21
    13 December 2024446K+33.3%400K1.11
    29 November 2024335K-13.4%103K3.26
    15 November 2024386K+14.1%111K3.48
    31 October 2024338K+11.7%161K2.11
    15 October 2024303K-31.8%184K1.64
    30 September 2024445K-24.4%221K2.01
    13 September 2024588K+28.0%189K3.11
    30 August 2024459K+6.3%134K3.44
    15 August 2024432K-4.5%148K2.91
    31 July 2024453K+54.2%306K1.48
    15 July 2024294K-9.7%340K1.00
    28 June 2024325K-30.1%238K1.37
    14 June 2024465K+36.3%127K3.67
    31 May 2024341K-31.3%99K3.44
    15 May 2024497K+53.6%213K2.34
    30 April 2024323K-4.5%174K1.86
    15 April 2024339K+1.5%179K1.89
    28 March 2024334K+3.4%176K1.89
    15 March 2024323K+1.6%240K1.34
    29 February 2024318K-33.9%218K1.46
    15 February 2024480K+115.6%327K1.47
    31 January 2024223K+6.4%174K1.28
    12 January 2024210K+1.7%175K1.20
    29 December 2023206K-6.2%137K1.51
    15 December 2023220K+47.4%159K1.38
    30 November 2023149K-49.7%261K1.00
    15 November 2023296K-39.4%172K1.72
    31 October 2023489K-3.8%139K3.53
    13 October 2023508K+53.0%204K2.49
    29 September 2023332K-28.4%155K2.14
    15 September 2023464K-15.8%187K2.48
    31 August 2023551K-15.7%118K4.66
    15 August 2023654K+25.9%200K3.27
    31 July 2023520K-24.1%238K2.18
    14 July 2023685K+20.2%191K3.59
    30 June 2023569K+27.4%172K3.32
    15 June 2023447K-11.2%219K2.04
    31 May 2023504K+145.2%233K2.16
    15 May 2023205K+29.4%216K1.00
    28 April 2023159K-20.8%226K1.00
    14 April 2023200K-48.3%295K1.00
    31 March 2023388K+56.1%308K1.26
    15 March 2023248K-22.0%209K1.19
    28 February 2023318K+58.4%185K1.72
    15 February 2023201K-11.4%193K1.04
    31 January 2023227K-5.7%181K1.25
    13 January 2023240K-28.9%259K1.00
    30 December 2022338K+35.2%187K1.81
    15 December 2022250K-42.9%247K1.01
    30 November 2022438K+10.6%142K3.07
    15 November 2022395K-24.5%193K2.05
    31 October 2022523K-28.1%393K1.33
    14 October 2022728K-5.0%279K2.61
    30 September 2022767K-19.4%455K1.68
    15 September 2022952K+40.8%362K2.63
    31 August 2022676K+25.7%312K2.17
    15 August 2022538K+40.9%222K2.43
    29 July 2022382K-48.8%319K1.20
    15 July 2022746K-6.5%265K2.82
    30 June 2022798K-18.0%328K2.43
    15 June 2022973K+34.6%270K3.61
    31 May 2022723K+17.2%190K3.82
    13 May 2022617K+6.0%182K3.39
    29 April 2022582K+3.7%183K3.18
    14 April 2022561K+51.2%271K2.07
    31 March 2022371K-16.7%209K1.78
    15 March 2022446K-23.5%242K1.84
    28 February 2022583K+2.1%219K2.66
    15 February 2022571K+2.8%192K2.97
    31 January 2022556K+30.1%210K2.65
    14 January 2022427K+12.9%175K2.44
    31 December 2021378K-41.2%199K1.90
    15 December 2021643K+34.9%212K3.04
    30 November 2021477K-26.6%194K2.46
    15 November 2021650K-2.9%169K3.84
    29 October 2021669K-9.0%138K4.84
    15 October 2021736K-6.1%165K4.45
    30 September 2021783K+32.6%263K2.98
    15 September 2021591K+8.4%164K3.59
    31 August 2021545K-13.5%116K4.71
    13 August 2021630K-12.6%190K3.31
    30 July 2021720K+1.9%134K5.37
    15 July 2021707K+0.9%248K2.85
    30 June 2021700K-36.1%196K3.57
    15 June 20211.1M+0.2%128K8.57
    28 May 20211.1M+4.3%171K6.38
    14 May 20211.0M-16.2%198K5.30
    30 April 20211.3M+33.0%218K5.74
    15 April 2021941K+28.0%163K5.79
    31 March 2021735K+51.4%214K3.44
    15 March 2021486K+7.0%320K1.52
    26 February 2021454K+18.3%156K2.91
    12 February 2021384K+114.2%228K1.68
    29 January 2021179K+23.7%140K1.28
    15 January 2021145K-57.7%100K1.45
    31 December 2020342K+5.5%128K2.68
    15 December 2020324K-14.4%203K1.59
    30 November 2020379K+35.7%152K2.50
    13 November 2020279K-10.8%134K2.08
    30 October 2020313K+31.5%93K3.38
    15 October 2020238K+17.5%119K1.99
    30 September 2020202K+52.0%153K1.32
    15 September 2020133K-45.1%114K1.17
    31 August 2020242K+10.6%134K1.81
    14 August 2020219K+51.9%156K1.40
    31 July 2020144K-30.1%199K1.00
    15 July 2020206K+25.8%165K1.25
    30 June 2020164K-9.4%222K1.00
    15 June 2020181K-14.6%269K1.00
    29 May 2020212K-16.7%210K1.01
    15 May 2020255K-2.0%183K1.39
    30 April 2020260K+64.8%302K1.00
    15 April 2020158K-36.3%193K1.00
    31 March 2020248K-11.9%334K1.00
    13 March 2020281K+26.0%311K1.00
    28 February 2020223K+26.4%205K1.09
    14 February 2020177K-13.5%215K1.00
    31 January 2020204K+11.6%178K1.15
    15 January 2020183K-50.0%191K1.00
    31 December 2019366K+63.7%103K3.56
    13 December 2019223K-22.6%138K1.62
    29 November 2019288K+13.8%111K2.60
    15 November 2019253K+12.4%76K3.35
    31 October 2019226K-32.9%109K2.08
    15 October 2019336K+23.3%134K2.50
    30 September 2019273K-1.2%151K1.80
    13 September 2019276K-14.7%135K2.04
    30 August 2019324K+31.1%152K2.13
    15 August 2019247K-12.8%154K1.60
    31 July 2019283K-2.5%109K2.60
    15 July 2019290K-18.7%142K2.05
    28 June 2019357K-21.1%110K3.25
    14 June 2019453K+7.1%135K3.36
    31 May 2019423K-6.1%162K2.61
    15 May 2019450K-4.9%125K3.60
    30 April 2019473K+20.8%193K2.46
    15 April 2019392K+31.5%160K2.45
    29 March 2019298K+9.1%206K1.44
    15 March 2019273K+38.7%225K1.21
    28 February 2019197K-20.0%175K1.12
    15 February 2019246K+67.7%134K1.84
    31 January 2019147K-51.2%173K1.00
    15 January 2019301K+2.5%214K1.41
    31 December 2018293K+59.5%204K1.44
    14 December 2018184K-7.2%286K1.00
    30 November 2018198K-4.8%149K1.33
    15 November 2018208K-33.1%146K1.43
    31 October 2018311K-17.0%180K1.73
    15 October 2018375K+17.6%227K1.65
    28 September 2018319K-23.6%154K2.07
    14 September 2018417K+5.6%124K3.35
    31 August 2018395K+21.9%133K2.98
    15 August 2018324K-40.6%128K2.53
    31 July 2018546K+95.1%181K3.01
    13 July 2018280K-27.7%256K1.09
    29 June 2018387K-18.6%259K1.50
    15 June 2018476K+88.4%123K3.86
    31 May 2018252K-42.9%114K2.20
    15 May 2018442K+29.0%108K4.11
    30 April 2018343K-15.9%118K2.90
    13 April 2018408K+38.9%200K2.04
    29 March 2018294K-7.5%161K1.82
    15 March 2018317K+8.9%120K2.65
    28 February 2018291K-41.4%136K2.15
    15 February 2018497K-15.1%159K3.13
    31 January 2018585K-15.8%142K4.13
    12 January 2018695K+1.3%111K6.26
    29 December 2017686K96K7.11
    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.