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LEE Enterprises, Inc. short interest

527K shares of LEE Enterprises were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (65K to 588K). Short sellers would need 13.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short527Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+2.9%+678% over a year
Days to cover13.68at 39K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.37%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 top of its range over the last year (65K to 588K), and the share price moved +52% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 2026527K+2.9%39K13.68
    30 September 2026512K-9.5%42K12.23
    15 September 2026566K-3.8%34K16.56
    31 August 2026588K+15.3%32K18.40
    14 August 2026510K-1.6%42K12.03
    31 July 2026518K-7.1%54K9.66
    15 July 2026558K+37.0%75K7.42
    30 June 2026407K+129.0%134K3.04
    15 June 2026178K+27.2%62K2.85
    29 May 2026140K+7.1%82K1.69
    15 May 2026131K+30.9%58K2.26
    30 April 2026100K-12.3%24K4.09
    15 April 2026114K+13.4%36K3.14
    31 March 2026100K+13.5%76K1.31
    13 March 202688K+8.7%152K1.00
    27 February 202681K+0.7%86K1.00
    13 February 202681K-4.7%51K1.57
    30 January 202685K-78.9%34K2.46
    15 January 2026402K-9.2%57K7.11
    31 December 2025442K+2.5%125K3.53
    15 December 2025431K-2.3%22K19.44
    28 November 2025441K+4.5%14K30.46
    14 November 2025423K+549.4%114K3.69
    31 October 202565K-4.1%27K2.41
    15 October 202568K-23.9%35K1.95
    30 September 202589K+56.8%83K1.08
    15 September 202557K+5.3%16K3.58
    29 August 202554K-5.9%23K2.31
    15 August 202557K-10.4%39K1.47
    31 July 202564K-2.1%30K2.15
    15 July 202565K-4.8%10K6.77
    30 June 202569K-14.1%56K1.22
    13 June 202580K+0.5%16K5.05
    30 May 202579K+3.3%16K5.09
    15 May 202577K-3.8%13K5.73
    30 April 202580K-4.2%13K6.10
    15 April 202583K-13.7%20K4.07
    31 March 202597K+17.3%23K4.19
    14 March 202582K+39.0%14K5.81
    28 February 202559K+8.9%19K3.07
    14 February 202554K-11.0%18K3.04
    31 January 202561K-6.2%27K2.25
    15 January 202565K-5.7%52K1.26
    31 December 202469K-11.9%30K2.35
    13 December 202479K+26.3%24K3.23
    29 November 202462K-3.3%25K2.51
    15 November 202464K-0.4%39K1.63
    31 October 202465K-16.9%49K1.31
    15 October 202478K+37.8%102K1.00
    30 September 202456K-9.6%12K4.90
    13 September 202462K+11.2%10K6.39
    30 August 202456K-7.4%17K3.23
    15 August 202461K+5.7%11K5.32
    31 July 202457K-7.3%8K7.20
    15 July 202462K-9.1%10K6.12
    28 June 202468K-37.3%16K4.17
    14 June 2024108K-31.2%15K7.30
    31 May 2024158K-22.0%15K10.82
    15 May 2024202K+4.9%10K20.96
    30 April 2024193K+2.9%6K29.79
    15 April 2024188K+13.0%19K10.09
    28 March 2024166K+22.1%54K3.08
    15 March 2024136K+29.2%51K2.64
    29 February 2024105K+17.7%10K10.67
    15 February 202489K+16.2%98K1.00
    31 January 202477K+18.5%35K2.18
    12 January 202465K-1.4%13K4.93
    29 December 202366K+6.8%36K1.82
    15 December 202362K-8.5%14K4.34
    30 November 202367K+2.6%8K8.40
    15 November 202366K+5.0%10K6.91
    31 October 202363K-0.1%10K5.98
    13 October 202363K+3.0%6K11.14
    29 September 202361K-4.4%16K3.91
    15 September 202364K+34.5%16K4.02
    31 August 202347K+94.2%16K2.95
    15 August 202324K+34.1%12K1.97
    31 July 202318K-1.5%7K2.76
    14 July 202318K+4.4%5K3.39
    30 June 202318K-10.9%4K4.01
    15 June 202320K+0.2%6K3.37
    31 May 202320K-22.8%5K4.18
    15 May 202326K+80.3%12K2.22
    28 April 202314K-1.7%10K1.44
    14 April 202314K-4.5%10K1.43
    31 March 202315K-33.1%15K1.00
    15 March 202323K+81.4%22K1.05
    28 February 202312K+5.6%7K1.90
    15 February 202312K-6.4%14K1.00
    31 January 202313K+0.5%17K1.00
    13 January 202313K-2.5%6K2.16
    30 December 202213K-17.1%15K1.00
    15 December 202216K+20.5%18K1.00
    30 November 202213K-5.3%8K1.69
    15 November 202214K-52.0%7K2.02
    31 October 202228K-11.3%8K3.57
    14 October 202232K+2.8%18K1.76
    30 September 202231K+2.2%18K1.76
    15 September 202230K+3.4%10K2.91
    31 August 202229K-12.8%9K3.21
    15 August 202234K-26.8%9K3.69
    29 July 202246K-17.2%9K5.36
    15 July 202256K+5.3%15K3.70
    30 June 202253K+0.9%23K2.27
    15 June 202252K+16.3%33K1.58
    31 May 202245K+10.0%20K2.28
    13 May 202241K+32.4%40K1.01
    29 April 202231K-13.8%44K1.00
    14 April 202236K-2.4%27K1.33
    31 March 202237K+0.8%31K1.18
    15 March 202237K-21.0%29K1.24
    28 February 202246K-16.6%23K1.99
    15 February 202255K-1.3%59K1.00
    31 January 202256K-28.1%42K1.32
    14 January 202278K+32.6%70K1.11
    31 December 202159K-4.5%62K1.00
    15 December 202162K+4.0%104K1.00
    30 November 202159K-68.0%182K1.00
    15 November 2021185K-0.9%36K5.11
    29 October 2021187K+3.2%19K9.94
    15 October 2021181K-2.5%25K7.21
    30 September 2021185K-5.3%29K6.32
    15 September 2021196K+2.6%19K10.20
    31 August 2021191K-1.8%20K9.56
    13 August 2021194K-1.7%32K6.11
    30 July 2021198K-1.8%26K7.63
    15 July 2021201K-1.3%29K7.01
    30 June 2021204K-5.1%26K7.86
    15 June 2021215K-2.6%29K7.29
    28 May 2021221K-5.3%36K6.18
    14 May 2021233K+2.5%55K4.27
    30 April 2021228K+3.2%31K7.35
    15 April 2021220K-38.7%44K4.96
    31 March 2021360K+92.2%41K8.76
    15 March 2021187K+1.0%84K2.22
    26 February 2021185K+3.2%47K3.94
    12 February 2021180K-4.0%133K1.35
    29 January 2021187K+3.6%17K11.11
    15 January 2021181K-2.6%15K11.66
    31 December 2020185K+0.3%19K9.57
    15 December 2020185K-1.8%41K4.53
    30 November 2020188K-1.6%30K6.19
    13 November 2020191K-7.6%10K18.27
    30 October 2020207K+0.1%19K11.04
    15 October 2020207K-7.5%7K29.46
    30 September 2020224K-3.1%9K24.99
    15 September 2020231K+8.4%8K28.07
    31 August 2020213K-7.2%11K20.25
    14 August 2020229K-0.8%25K9.21
    31 July 2020231K-14.8%18K13.04
    15 July 2020271K-7.8%21K12.90
    30 June 2020294K-12.1%106K2.78
    15 June 2020335K-1.5%31K10.69
    29 May 2020340K-6.8%32K10.70
    15 May 2020365K+21.3%36K10.23
    30 April 2020301K+0.3%22K13.78
    15 April 2020300K-2.8%27K11.19
    31 March 2020309K-0.5%39K8.00
    13 March 2020310K+4.5%30K10.30
    28 February 2020297K+8.6%31K9.56
    14 February 2020273K-15.5%69K3.98
    31 January 2020324K+56.8%402K1.00
    15 January 2020206K-7.2%17K11.95
    31 December 2019222K-9.4%39K5.72
    13 December 2019245K+0.7%12K19.93
    29 November 2019243K-2.8%10K23.91
    15 November 2019251K-2.7%9K28.26
    31 October 2019258K-3.4%18K14.50
    15 October 2019267K-2.6%8K33.20
    30 September 2019274K+0.0%17K16.30
    13 September 2019274K-4.7%20K13.56
    30 August 2019287K+0.4%21K13.43
    15 August 2019286K+1.3%27K10.44
    31 July 2019282K-6.0%33K8.61
    15 July 2019300K+18.2%17K17.23
    28 June 2019254K+9.7%87K2.93
    14 June 2019232K+20.9%29K7.86
    31 May 2019192K+1.8%20K9.40
    15 May 2019188K+5.8%20K9.36
    30 April 2019178K-0.7%14K12.80
    15 April 2019179K+0.6%17K10.44
    29 March 2019178K-29.7%30K6.00
    15 March 2019253K-26.6%37K6.86
    28 February 2019344K+3.1%22K15.85
    15 February 2019334K+12.4%14K23.60
    31 January 2019297K-3.0%19K15.92
    15 January 2019306K-6.4%30K10.08
    31 December 2018328K-6.5%28K11.65
    14 December 2018350K-4.5%29K12.17
    30 November 2018367K-0.2%12K31.67
    15 November 2018368K-0.5%9K43.00
    31 October 2018370K+0.5%5K76.39
    15 October 2018368K+3.5%13K28.33
    28 September 2018355K-9.5%10K35.16
    14 September 2018393K+0.6%15K26.81
    31 August 2018390K-6.7%18K21.71
    15 August 2018418K-5.7%22K18.62
    31 July 2018443K-1.0%21K21.02
    13 July 2018448K+3.8%35K12.89
    29 June 2018431K+7.6%87K4.96
    15 June 2018401K-3.4%9K43.61
    31 May 2018415K-2.2%10K39.76
    15 May 2018424K+1.6%10K42.30
    30 April 2018418K+0.5%15K28.77
    13 April 2018416K+1.3%16K25.83
    29 March 2018410K-0.5%27K15.04
    15 March 2018412K+0.0%16K25.46
    28 February 2018412K+3.2%16K26.37
    15 February 2018399K-2.0%21K18.64
    31 January 2018407K+0.2%15K27.70
    12 January 2018407K-0.9%14K29.82
    29 December 2017411K14K28.45
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.