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Lifetime Brands, Inc. short interest

1.6M shares of Lifetime Brands were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 9.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.6Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+9.9%+675% over a year
Days to cover9.86at 160K shares a day
Of shares in issue6.86%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 at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved +135% 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 20261.6M+9.9%160K9.86
    30 September 20261.4M-2.9%163K8.82
    15 September 20261.5M-1.7%168K8.77
    31 August 20261.5M+31.7%198K7.59
    14 August 20261.1M+16.2%225K5.08
    31 July 2026982K+15.1%134K7.31
    15 July 2026853K+12.5%144K5.91
    30 June 2026759K+54.4%476K1.59
    15 June 2026492K+38.3%187K2.63
    29 May 2026355K+11.6%193K1.84
    15 May 2026318K+108.3%140K2.28
    30 April 2026153K+1.9%104K1.48
    15 April 2026150K+23.7%227K1.00
    31 March 2026121K-67.7%206K1.00
    13 March 2026376K+248.9%641K1.00
    27 February 2026108K-9.8%23K4.72
    13 February 2026119K-16.6%17K7.10
    30 January 2026143K+19.0%24K5.94
    15 January 2026120K+13.3%22K5.53
    31 December 2025106K-44.9%40K2.65
    15 December 2025193K+10.9%81K2.37
    28 November 2025174K-22.0%46K3.75
    14 November 2025223K-5.6%52K4.31
    31 October 2025236K+15.8%57K4.12
    15 October 2025204K+11.5%24K8.61
    30 September 2025183K-22.1%25K7.36
    15 September 2025234K-1.3%19K12.42
    29 August 2025238K-0.0%22K10.62
    15 August 2025238K-15.7%35K6.72
    31 July 2025282K-6.4%30K9.40
    15 July 2025301K-4.2%52K5.76
    30 June 2025314K-26.4%240K1.31
    13 June 2025427K-5.8%81K5.24
    30 May 2025454K+3.8%69K6.58
    15 May 2025437K+15.8%105K4.16
    30 April 2025378K+21.8%77K4.88
    15 April 2025310K+15.2%59K5.21
    31 March 2025269K-21.8%50K5.36
    14 March 2025344K-6.2%66K5.22
    28 February 2025367K-2.2%39K9.42
    14 February 2025375K+13.9%65K5.77
    31 January 2025329K+15.5%53K6.23
    15 January 2025285K-2.0%31K9.13
    31 December 2024291K-3.9%48K6.00
    13 December 2024303K-4.2%80K3.77
    29 November 2024316K-8.7%43K7.28
    15 November 2024346K-1.8%63K5.51
    31 October 2024352K+3.7%69K5.09
    15 October 2024340K+5.6%50K6.78
    30 September 2024322K+10.3%67K4.77
    13 September 2024292K-4.9%42K6.87
    30 August 2024307K-2.9%32K9.49
    15 August 2024316K+2.5%67K4.70
    31 July 2024308K+3.7%66K4.66
    15 July 2024297K+231.8%88K3.36
    28 June 202490K+66.8%274K1.00
    14 June 202454K-10.1%57K1.00
    31 May 202460K-6.4%68K1.00
    15 May 202464K-25.3%71K1.00
    30 April 202485K+1.1%48K1.78
    15 April 202484K+24.9%62K1.36
    28 March 202468K+9.0%98K1.00
    15 March 202462K-8.0%83K1.00
    29 February 202467K-24.0%77K1.00
    15 February 202489K+65.9%70K1.27
    31 January 202453K+4.1%82K1.00
    12 January 202451K+84.6%80K1.00
    29 December 202328K-41.1%69K1.00
    15 December 202347K+5.0%42K1.13
    30 November 202345K-5.3%33K1.35
    15 November 202347K+46.4%47K1.02
    31 October 202332K-6.1%26K1.23
    13 October 202335K-13.8%33K1.06
    29 September 202340K-25.7%29K1.37
    15 September 202354K-0.1%38K1.41
    31 August 202354K-14.9%53K1.02
    15 August 202363K+31.2%100K1.00
    31 July 202348K+1.7%89K1.00
    14 July 202348K-23.3%117K1.00
    30 June 202362K-84.5%399K1.00
    15 June 2023399K+7.1%86K4.66
    31 May 2023373K-2.9%67K5.55
    15 May 2023384K-1.1%42K9.17
    28 April 2023388K+10.5%35K11.13
    14 April 2023352K+13.7%42K8.36
    31 March 2023309K+27.9%47K6.54
    15 March 2023242K+20.0%52K4.68
    28 February 2023201K+2.5%39K5.20
    15 February 2023196K-4.1%34K5.70
    31 January 2023205K+15.5%42K4.85
    13 January 2023177K+0.6%32K5.46
    30 December 2022176K-14.0%29K6.10
    15 December 2022205K-9.7%45K4.60
    30 November 2022227K-6.3%29K7.85
    15 November 2022242K-14.3%45K5.36
    31 October 2022283K-2.5%16K18.06
    14 October 2022290K+4.8%20K14.83
    30 September 2022277K+1.6%22K12.37
    15 September 2022272K+1.1%19K14.23
    31 August 2022270K+12.2%18K15.09
    15 August 2022240K+1.3%28K8.44
    29 July 2022237K-2.5%19K12.39
    15 July 2022243K-0.9%23K10.45
    30 June 2022245K-7.7%52K4.67
    15 June 2022266K+9.1%36K7.31
    31 May 2022244K+24.0%70K3.50
    13 May 2022197K-0.6%55K3.60
    29 April 2022198K-1.5%23K8.49
    14 April 2022201K+22.3%42K4.83
    31 March 2022164K-0.8%41K4.03
    15 March 2022165K+30.2%32K5.17
    28 February 2022127K+18.6%20K6.24
    15 February 2022107K+17.1%27K4.00
    31 January 202291K+14.2%31K2.95
    14 January 202280K-19.1%33K2.46
    31 December 202199K-16.5%50K1.97
    15 December 2021119K-0.8%29K4.10
    30 November 2021120K-18.5%28K4.24
    15 November 2021147K-9.4%33K4.38
    29 October 2021162K-7.0%25K6.39
    15 October 2021174K+13.3%36K4.79
    30 September 2021154K+7.5%58K2.65
    15 September 2021143K+5.4%51K2.81
    31 August 2021136K+1.7%52K2.59
    13 August 2021133K+14.1%73K1.83
    30 July 2021117K+17.6%45K2.61
    15 July 202199K-2.8%79K1.26
    30 June 2021102K-39.3%91K1.12
    15 June 2021168K-13.4%63K2.67
    28 May 2021194K-60.8%66K2.93
    14 May 2021495K+26.5%69K7.18
    30 April 2021391K-6.1%19K20.28
    15 April 2021417K-14.4%35K12.06
    31 March 2021487K-14.3%50K9.64
    15 March 2021568K+0.6%49K11.56
    26 February 2021565K-1.9%27K20.63
    12 February 2021576K-4.8%44K13.19
    29 January 2021605K+6.8%69K8.79
    15 January 2021566K+3.5%40K14.25
    31 December 2020547K+12.0%54K10.06
    15 December 2020488K+14.4%57K8.55
    30 November 2020427K+45.6%81K5.29
    13 November 2020293K+21.0%49K6.03
    30 October 2020242K+28.9%74K3.29
    15 October 2020188K+19.3%26K7.17
    30 September 2020157K-12.5%43K3.62
    15 September 2020180K-9.8%67K2.67
    31 August 2020200K-12.0%66K3.01
    14 August 2020227K-20.9%39K5.81
    31 July 2020287K-12.2%14K21.20
    15 July 2020326K-18.3%16K20.62
    30 June 2020399K+24.6%50K8.02
    15 June 2020320K-6.6%31K10.31
    29 May 2020343K-3.2%31K11.06
    15 May 2020354K-5.5%25K13.95
    30 April 2020374K+2.6%27K14.03
    15 April 2020365K+4.0%32K11.38
    31 March 2020351K-6.9%32K10.90
    13 March 2020377K+4.2%26K14.61
    28 February 2020361K-1.8%14K25.80
    14 February 2020368K+2.8%10K36.40
    31 January 2020358K+3.3%14K25.93
    15 January 2020347K-3.3%14K25.10
    31 December 2019359K-4.7%37K9.66
    13 December 2019376K+6.3%22K16.79
    29 November 2019354K-5.6%26K13.64
    15 November 2019375K-3.2%39K9.60
    31 October 2019388K-4.3%15K26.08
    15 October 2019405K-4.6%17K23.53
    30 September 2019425K-8.1%26K16.19
    13 September 2019462K+6.8%32K14.46
    30 August 2019432K-1.4%23K19.11
    15 August 2019438K-3.6%22K19.81
    31 July 2019455K+5.7%19K23.31
    15 July 2019430K-2.2%16K26.83
    28 June 2019440K+13.5%27K16.06
    14 June 2019387K+10.4%23K16.61
    31 May 2019351K+114.5%51K6.89
    15 May 2019164K+36.2%27K5.99
    30 April 2019120K-7.0%39K3.07
    15 April 2019129K-11.1%41K3.17
    29 March 2019145K-11.4%52K2.79
    15 March 2019164K-5.1%34K4.76
    28 February 2019173K-3.7%15K11.90
    15 February 2019179K+5.8%14K12.47
    31 January 2019169K-14.6%24K6.96
    15 January 2019198K-20.0%26K7.77
    31 December 2018248K-8.6%41K6.01
    14 December 2018271K-6.7%21K12.66
    30 November 2018291K+8.0%18K16.41
    15 November 2018269K+23.2%21K12.74
    31 October 2018219K+18.1%17K12.74
    15 October 2018185K+5.1%32K5.80
    28 September 2018176K+39.0%24K7.22
    14 September 2018127K-3.8%18K6.91
    31 August 2018132K-11.3%18K7.29
    15 August 2018149K-13.4%16K9.19
    31 July 2018172K-3.7%18K9.74
    13 July 2018178K+2.3%17K10.66
    29 June 2018174K+114.7%61K2.86
    15 June 201881K+25.3%36K2.28
    31 May 201865K+10.3%135K1.00
    15 May 201859K-3.6%73K1.00
    30 April 201861K+11.4%24K2.58
    13 April 201855K-2.0%20K2.67
    29 March 201856K+6.9%32K1.74
    15 March 201852K-4.7%41K1.28
    28 February 201855K-8.8%20K2.77
    15 February 201860K+62.0%24K2.51
    31 January 201837K-1.8%27K1.35
    12 January 201838K+0.1%22K1.70
    29 December 201738K33K1.14
    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.