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Luxfer Holdings plc short interest

455K shares of Luxfer Holdings were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (248K to 697K). Short sellers would need 1.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short455Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-4.8%+22% over a year
Days to cover1.00at 467K shares a day
Of shares in issue1.70%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 (248K to 697K), and the share price moved +27% 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 2026455K-4.8%467K1.00
    30 September 2026478K-5.9%383K1.25
    15 September 2026508K-7.5%413K1.23
    31 August 2026549K+63.4%345K1.59
    14 August 2026336K-13.3%269K1.25
    31 July 2026387K-10.6%535K1.00
    15 July 2026433K+2.0%106K4.10
    30 June 2026425K+8.5%208K2.04
    15 June 2026392K+3.0%137K2.85
    29 May 2026380K+22.5%152K2.51
    15 May 2026310K-18.3%137K2.26
    30 April 2026380K-0.5%144K2.64
    15 April 2026381K-7.0%113K3.37
    31 March 2026410K-41.1%422K1.00
    13 March 2026697K+99.3%252K2.76
    27 February 2026350K-11.4%157K2.23
    13 February 2026395K+28.0%117K3.37
    30 January 2026308K-8.3%163K1.89
    15 January 2026336K+18.9%99K3.40
    31 December 2025283K-4.8%114K2.49
    15 December 2025297K+10.4%112K2.64
    28 November 2025269K-1.9%95K2.84
    14 November 2025274K+10.7%104K2.65
    31 October 2025248K-33.5%103K2.40
    15 October 2025372K-31.5%92K4.05
    30 September 2025544K+3.1%148K3.67
    15 September 2025528K+0.1%90K5.84
    29 August 2025528K+1.1%129K4.10
    15 August 2025522K+0.0%147K3.56
    31 July 2025522K-4.0%115K4.54
    15 July 2025543K+10.3%129K4.21
    30 June 2025493K+10.8%133K3.71
    13 June 2025445K+21.9%108K4.12
    30 May 2025365K+15.7%109K3.36
    15 May 2025316K+35.6%119K2.64
    30 April 2025233K+39.4%131K1.77
    15 April 2025167K+2.0%136K1.22
    31 March 2025164K+5.8%124K1.32
    14 March 2025155K+5.8%161K1.00
    28 February 2025146K+51.8%204K1.00
    14 February 202596K-18.2%111K1.00
    31 January 2025118K-18.8%134K1.00
    15 January 2025145K-5.3%95K1.53
    31 December 2024153K-31.7%152K1.01
    13 December 2024224K+11.0%100K2.25
    29 November 2024202K-7.4%103K1.95
    15 November 2024218K-11.9%222K1.00
    31 October 2024247K-33.8%219K1.13
    15 October 2024374K+31.7%106K3.54
    30 September 2024284K+58.6%150K1.89
    13 September 2024179K+25.7%107K1.67
    30 August 2024142K-18.8%86K1.66
    15 August 2024175K-33.4%124K1.42
    31 July 2024263K-21.2%136K1.93
    15 July 2024334K-4.9%99K3.39
    28 June 2024351K-12.5%158K2.22
    14 June 2024401K-6.0%95K4.21
    31 May 2024427K-2.2%123K3.46
    15 May 2024436K+7.6%144K3.03
    30 April 2024406K-5.8%116K3.51
    15 April 2024431K-8.1%132K3.26
    28 March 2024469K+63.0%209K2.24
    15 March 2024288K-13.1%304K1.00
    29 February 2024331K-2.4%192K1.72
    15 February 2024339K+14.1%163K2.08
    31 January 2024297K+49.4%204K1.45
    12 January 2024199K+155.2%262K1.00
    29 December 202378K+16.0%187K1.00
    15 December 202367K-76.9%374K1.00
    30 November 2023291K+14.2%300K1.00
    15 November 2023255K-33.7%334K1.00
    31 October 2023384K+8.1%312K1.23
    13 October 2023355K+21.7%206K1.72
    29 September 2023292K+119.2%112K2.59
    15 September 2023133K+11.5%182K1.00
    31 August 2023119K+51.2%107K1.11
    15 August 202379K-43.2%308K1.00
    31 July 2023139K-41.3%163K1.00
    14 July 2023237K-14.9%126K1.89
    30 June 2023278K+4.2%117K2.38
    15 June 2023267K+7.2%129K2.07
    31 May 2023249K+22.2%69K3.61
    15 May 2023204K+19.4%201K1.01
    28 April 2023171K+15.4%114K1.50
    14 April 2023148K-5.4%75K1.97
    31 March 2023156K-56.3%125K1.25
    15 March 2023357K+7.4%135K2.64
    28 February 2023333K+10.0%62K5.37
    15 February 2023303K+20.4%75K4.02
    31 January 2023251K-26.7%72K3.51
    13 January 2023343K-0.6%70K4.92
    30 December 2022345K+8.8%103K3.33
    15 December 2022317K-1.0%98K3.24
    30 November 2022320K-9.0%54K5.92
    15 November 2022352K-20.3%77K4.60
    31 October 2022442K-11.5%64K6.88
    14 October 2022499K+23.9%52K9.59
    30 September 2022403K-40.1%85K4.75
    15 September 2022672K+4.9%63K10.64
    31 August 2022641K+0.9%68K9.37
    15 August 2022636K+11.2%64K9.96
    29 July 2022572K-45.6%125K4.57
    15 July 20221.1M+50.6%182K5.79
    30 June 2022699K-19.8%276K2.53
    15 June 2022871K-4.5%61K14.20
    31 May 2022912K+10.0%109K8.35
    13 May 2022828K+0.7%87K9.54
    29 April 2022823K+0.6%107K7.66
    14 April 2022818K-5.3%97K8.43
    31 March 2022864K+131.1%300K2.88
    15 March 2022374K+7.6%191K1.96
    28 February 2022348K+85.2%165K2.10
    15 February 2022188K+39.5%101K1.86
    31 January 2022135K+11.2%86K1.57
    14 January 2022121K+6.1%53K2.28
    31 December 2021114K-39.5%70K1.62
    15 December 2021189K-4.5%72K2.61
    30 November 2021197K-18.0%74K2.67
    15 November 2021241K-27.2%99K2.44
    29 October 2021331K-2.5%115K2.88
    15 October 2021339K-7.7%88K3.83
    30 September 2021367K-8.9%74K4.97
    15 September 2021403K+29.6%61K6.57
    31 August 2021311K+9.9%59K5.28
    13 August 2021283K+3.9%52K5.39
    30 July 2021272K-15.7%73K3.72
    15 July 2021323K-26.4%76K4.26
    30 June 2021439K-13.6%144K3.05
    15 June 2021508K-4.2%84K6.07
    28 May 2021531K+30.3%82K6.48
    14 May 2021407K+30.4%70K5.81
    30 April 2021312K-0.1%56K5.59
    15 April 2021312K-1.9%67K4.65
    31 March 2021319K-9.1%107K2.98
    15 March 2021351K+6.5%100K3.51
    26 February 2021329K+10.2%120K2.74
    12 February 2021299K+29.2%106K2.81
    29 January 2021231K-6.5%91K2.54
    15 January 2021248K+2.6%67K3.70
    31 December 2020241K-23.8%87K2.78
    15 December 2020317K+26.5%109K2.92
    30 November 2020250K+5.6%78K3.21
    13 November 2020237K+20.6%98K2.42
    30 October 2020197K+0.3%93K2.11
    15 October 2020196K-15.3%60K3.26
    30 September 2020231K-3.7%156K1.49
    15 September 2020240K-43.4%59K4.07
    31 August 2020424K-8.5%74K5.71
    14 August 2020463K-3.3%85K5.48
    31 July 2020479K-14.1%109K4.39
    15 July 2020558K-11.4%84K6.65
    30 June 2020630K+10.6%161K3.90
    15 June 2020569K-28.4%124K4.58
    29 May 2020796K-13.9%115K6.89
    15 May 2020924K+12.3%78K11.85
    30 April 2020822K+1.3%86K9.57
    15 April 2020812K+9.6%90K9.02
    31 March 2020741K-22.1%164K4.52
    13 March 2020951K+33.3%192K4.95
    28 February 2020714K-7.6%101K7.04
    14 February 2020772K-9.8%91K8.46
    31 January 2020856K+14.5%84K10.17
    15 January 2020748K-8.3%84K8.86
    31 December 2019815K-0.5%83K9.78
    13 December 2019819K-10.6%107K7.67
    29 November 2019916K-24.0%151K6.07
    15 November 20191.2M-1.6%144K8.37
    31 October 20191.2M-9.0%84K14.62
    15 October 20191.3M+5.6%121K11.14
    30 September 20191.3M+0.8%239K5.33
    13 September 20191.3M-4.7%215K5.89
    30 August 20191.3M-6.4%158K8.42
    15 August 20191.4M-8.9%274K5.18
    31 July 20191.6M-1.5%232K6.70
    15 July 20191.6M+433.4%185K8.55
    28 June 2019296K-5.7%550K1.00
    14 June 2019314K+36.3%186K1.69
    31 May 2019230K-4.9%144K1.60
    15 May 2019242K+40.4%189K1.28
    30 April 2019173K-22.1%95K1.82
    15 April 2019222K-40.7%107K2.07
    29 March 2019374K-28.8%198K1.89
    15 March 2019525K-53.9%355K1.48
    28 February 20191.1M+17.8%126K9.04
    15 February 2019967K+69.8%162K5.97
    31 January 2019569K+50.8%144K3.97
    15 January 2019378K+6.9%209K1.81
    31 December 2018353K+453.2%365K1.00
    14 December 201864K+2.3%90K1.00
    30 November 201862K+30.4%86K1.00
    15 November 201848K-23.0%193K1.00
    31 October 201862K+129.3%118K1.00
    15 October 201827K-73.5%111K1.00
    28 September 2018102K+435.0%182K1.00
    14 September 201819K+10.8%107K1.00
    31 August 201817K+149.0%163K1.00
    15 August 20187K-36.8%146K1.00
    31 July 201811K-59.5%68K1.00
    13 July 201827K+119.3%104K1.00
    29 June 201812K-40.5%93K1.00
    15 June 201821K-47.2%97K1.00
    31 May 201839K+288.6%212K1.00
    15 May 201810K-32.3%116K1.00
    30 April 201815K+134.2%82K1.00
    13 April 20186K-42.1%56K1.00
    29 March 201811K-31.5%70K1.00
    15 March 201816K+217.9%51K1.00
    28 February 20185K-13.4%55K1.00
    15 February 20186K-64.4%52K1.00
    31 January 201816K+18.8%35K1.00
    12 January 201814K-24.8%33K1.00
    29 December 201718K52K1.00
    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.