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Lifeway Foods, Inc. short interest

670K shares of Lifeway Foods were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (208K to 1.0M). Short sellers would need 4.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short670Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-2.2%+220% over a year
Days to cover4.55at 147K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.44%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 (208K to 1.0M), and the share price moved -17% 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 2026670K-2.2%147K4.55
    30 September 2026685K+33.6%175K3.92
    15 September 2026513K+20.3%98K5.21
    31 August 2026427K+15.1%148K2.88
    14 August 2026371K+20.1%190K1.95
    31 July 2026309K-8.4%101K3.05
    15 July 2026337K-27.3%259K1.30
    30 June 2026464K+10.0%249K1.86
    15 June 2026422K+0.1%128K3.31
    29 May 2026421K-59.1%146K2.88
    15 May 20261.0M+255.8%177K5.84
    30 April 2026290K+4.1%61K4.72
    15 April 2026278K+18.1%100K2.78
    31 March 2026236K+5.6%71K3.32
    13 March 2026223K-4.0%35K6.43
    27 February 2026232K-4.3%30K7.73
    13 February 2026243K-9.7%48K5.08
    30 January 2026269K+3.7%47K5.67
    15 January 2026259K-10.9%64K4.04
    31 December 2025291K+3.0%70K4.16
    15 December 2025283K+17.0%63K4.46
    28 November 2025242K+11.8%116K2.07
    14 November 2025216K+4.0%114K1.90
    31 October 2025208K-1.0%62K3.36
    15 October 2025210K+62.4%171K1.22
    30 September 2025129K-0.8%250K1.00
    15 September 2025130K-3.8%81K1.60
    29 August 2025135K-5.0%56K2.42
    15 August 2025142K-27.9%103K1.38
    31 July 2025198K-8.3%34K5.76
    15 July 2025216K+5.6%42K5.13
    30 June 2025204K+25.9%47K4.39
    13 June 2025162K-1.0%54K2.99
    30 May 2025164K-3.7%33K4.97
    15 May 2025170K-16.6%60K2.83
    30 April 2025204K-0.8%29K7.10
    15 April 2025206K-9.5%52K3.96
    31 March 2025228K-2.7%88K2.57
    14 March 2025234K-7.8%36K6.44
    28 February 2025254K+2.8%32K7.85
    14 February 2025247K+6.2%41K6.01
    31 January 2025232K+3.8%41K5.62
    15 January 2025224K+21.2%74K3.04
    31 December 2024185K+29.9%59K3.12
    13 December 2024142K+21.5%75K1.90
    29 November 2024117K-5.2%104K1.12
    15 November 2024123K-9.5%136K1.00
    31 October 2024136K-23.7%61K2.23
    15 October 2024179K-32.6%98K1.82
    30 September 2024265K-40.2%237K1.12
    13 September 2024443K+11.9%154K2.87
    30 August 2024395K-0.5%141K2.80
    15 August 2024398K+3.0%251K1.58
    31 July 2024386K-2.3%118K3.26
    15 July 2024395K+41.9%115K3.44
    28 June 2024278K+4.4%222K1.25
    14 June 2024267K+7.9%209K1.27
    31 May 2024247K-27.2%246K1.01
    15 May 2024340K+51.4%242K1.41
    30 April 2024224K+36.1%191K1.18
    15 April 2024165K+55.0%175K1.00
    28 March 2024106K-20.1%184K1.00
    15 March 2024133K-1.3%31K4.33
    29 February 2024135K-21.7%64K2.11
    15 February 2024172K-17.3%44K3.95
    31 January 2024208K-3.4%53K3.96
    12 January 2024215K+3.3%50K4.35
    29 December 2023208K+1.0%53K3.93
    15 December 2023206K-0.2%84K2.47
    30 November 2023207K+19.2%169K1.22
    15 November 2023173K+178.9%248K1.00
    31 October 202362K+10.7%93K1.00
    13 October 202356K+66.2%71K1.00
    29 September 202334K-3.4%98K1.00
    15 September 202335K-59.8%174K1.00
    31 August 202387K-43.6%133K1.00
    15 August 2023154K-3.6%26K5.96
    31 July 2023160K+3.6%12K12.97
    14 July 2023155K+0.3%8K20.08
    30 June 2023154K-3.4%11K13.74
    15 June 2023160K+5.7%16K9.91
    31 May 2023151K-0.2%15K10.09
    15 May 2023151K-1.3%4K34.48
    28 April 2023153K-1.0%8K18.98
    14 April 2023155K+3.1%7K23.49
    31 March 2023150K-5.3%33K4.49
    15 March 2023159K+5.9%24K6.63
    28 February 2023150K-1.3%15K10.17
    15 February 2023152K-3.5%22K7.02
    31 January 2023157K-0.7%24K6.47
    13 January 2023158K-4.2%26K6.05
    30 December 2022165K+0.6%11K15.09
    15 December 2022164K+0.5%26K6.31
    30 November 2022164K-23.9%19K8.81
    15 November 2022215K-10.7%14K15.04
    31 October 2022241K-6.3%4K62.61
    14 October 2022257K-2.6%5K53.72
    30 September 2022264K-1.0%7K39.27
    15 September 2022266K+4.4%7K38.55
    31 August 2022255K-0.7%14K18.84
    15 August 2022257K-0.4%16K15.81
    29 July 2022258K-0.3%3K87.09
    15 July 2022259K-0.9%4K64.05
    30 June 2022261K-2.0%3K100.05
    15 June 2022266K-4.9%13K20.58
    31 May 2022280K-1.1%3K84.21
    13 May 2022283K-1.2%5K58.98
    29 April 2022287K-1.1%6K48.03
    14 April 2022290K-0.2%9K32.62
    31 March 2022291K-3.7%27K10.61
    15 March 2022302K+2.1%72K4.20
    28 February 2022296K-0.2%46K6.42
    15 February 2022297K+0.2%12K25.46
    31 January 2022296K-2.2%23K13.14
    14 January 2022302K+0.8%9K33.58
    31 December 2021300K-0.1%11K27.42
    15 December 2021300K+0.6%9K33.90
    30 November 2021299K+0.3%20K15.30
    15 November 2021298K+2.4%19K15.71
    29 October 2021291K+0.9%5K61.17
    15 October 2021288K+0.2%6K52.01
    30 September 2021288K-1.5%8K35.17
    15 September 2021292K+1.0%20K14.78
    31 August 2021289K-0.2%25K11.53
    13 August 2021290K-1.9%18K15.77
    30 July 2021295K+43.9%64K4.61
    15 July 2021205K+23.4%220K1.00
    30 June 2021166K+3.6%66K2.52
    15 June 2021160K+0.3%17K9.70
    28 May 2021160K+12.9%21K7.58
    14 May 2021142K+3.3%13K10.82
    30 April 2021137K+12.7%19K7.31
    15 April 2021122K+36.3%20K5.97
    31 March 202189K-4.1%20K4.49
    15 March 202193K+3.1%22K4.17
    26 February 202190K+18.5%37K2.45
    12 February 202176K+12.2%29K2.65
    29 January 202168K+24.5%27K2.48
    15 January 202155K+42.7%21K2.55
    31 December 202038K+92.0%55K1.00
    15 December 202020K+2.9%65K1.00
    30 November 202019K-27.1%117K1.00
    13 November 202027K-11.2%18K1.46
    30 October 202030K-39.5%22K1.39
    15 October 202049K+3.0%71K1.00
    30 September 202048K-32.0%246K1.00
    15 September 202071K+62.6%149K1.00
    31 August 202043K-8.4%308K1.00
    14 August 202047K+247.1%76K1.00
    31 July 202014K-60.2%72K1.00
    15 July 202034K+56.3%56K1.00
    30 June 202022K-35.1%19K1.13
    15 June 202034K-1.5%17K2.01
    29 May 202034K-22.7%27K1.29
    15 May 202044K+1.7%19K2.29
    30 April 202044K+243.2%94K1.00
    15 April 202013K-7.5%29K1.00
    31 March 202014K+80.3%53K1.00
    13 March 20208K+70.2%13K1.00
    28 February 20204K-62.8%11K1.00
    14 February 202012K+1.1%7K1.65
    31 January 202012K-7.2%23K1.00
    15 January 202013K-40.1%20K1.00
    31 December 201921K-69.3%32K1.00
    13 December 201970K+13.1%17K4.18
    29 November 201962K-13.0%17K3.68
    15 November 201971K+15.9%20K3.49
    31 October 201961K-22.7%19K3.26
    15 October 201979K+1.8%16K4.98
    30 September 201978K+1.1%17K4.45
    13 September 201977K+7.6%13K6.14
    30 August 201971K+37.1%21K3.39
    15 August 201952K-22.2%19K2.80
    31 July 201967K+15.8%59K1.14
    15 July 201958K-35.5%29K2.00
    28 June 201990K+1909.6%312K1.00
    14 June 20194K-75.5%52K1.00
    31 May 201918K-31.2%18K1.04
    15 May 201926K-15.9%44K1.00
    30 April 201931K+10.2%18K1.75
    15 April 201929K+2.1%20K1.44
    29 March 201928K-16.9%19K1.45
    15 March 201934K+17.7%27K1.25
    28 February 201929K+6.9%15K1.92
    15 February 201927K-5.4%18K1.48
    31 January 201928K+134.5%19K1.53
    15 January 201912K-6.3%16K1.00
    31 December 201813K+41.7%27K1.00
    14 December 20189K-13.7%16K1.00
    30 November 201811K-19.6%20K1.00
    15 November 201813K+7.5%20K1.00
    31 October 201812K-17.3%38K1.00
    15 October 201815K+15.5%21K1.00
    28 September 201813K+10.9%27K1.00
    14 September 201811K-46.3%30K1.00
    31 August 201821K-1.8%11K1.96
    15 August 201822K-26.6%8K2.90
    31 July 201830K+75.0%16K1.89
    13 July 201817K-34.4%38K1.00
    29 June 201826K-78.7%71K1.00
    15 June 2018121K-1.1%20K6.07
    31 May 2018123K-3.4%17K7.17
    15 May 2018127K+6.8%15K8.58
    30 April 2018119K+12.6%17K7.14
    13 April 2018106K-1.7%12K8.72
    29 March 2018107K+6.1%17K6.30
    15 March 2018101K+7.4%12K8.46
    28 February 201894K-1.5%28K3.39
    15 February 201896K+11.7%27K3.53
    31 January 201886K+51.3%22K3.83
    12 January 201857K+40.8%32K1.79
    29 December 201740K38K1.07
    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.