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MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. short interest

180K shares of MainStreet Bancshares were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (153K to 247K). Short sellers would need 6.8 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short180Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-3.2%-16% over a year
Days to cover6.81at 26K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.53%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 (153K to 247K), and the share price moved +12% 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 2026180K-3.2%26K6.81
    30 September 2026186K-17.7%27K7.02
    15 September 2026226K+4.0%26K8.80
    31 August 2026217K+13.8%34K6.33
    14 August 2026191K+6.5%34K5.59
    31 July 2026179K+0.2%36K4.91
    15 July 2026179K+4.0%24K7.47
    30 June 2026172K-4.8%76K2.27
    15 June 2026180K+3.1%37K4.83
    29 May 2026175K+12.8%40K4.36
    15 May 2026155K+1.4%32K4.79
    30 April 2026153K-16.8%73K2.10
    15 April 2026184K-7.9%43K4.24
    31 March 2026200K-6.5%44K4.52
    13 March 2026213K+7.5%67K3.18
    27 February 2026198K-1.3%64K3.11
    13 February 2026201K-8.8%60K3.35
    30 January 2026221K+13.3%68K3.24
    15 January 2026195K-10.2%29K6.82
    31 December 2025217K-5.3%33K6.57
    15 December 2025229K+1.8%48K4.73
    28 November 2025225K-9.1%22K10.04
    14 November 2025247K+18.2%27K9.08
    31 October 2025209K-2.8%49K4.27
    15 October 2025215K-11.7%24K8.91
    30 September 2025243K-0.6%46K5.31
    15 September 2025245K-2.7%18K13.37
    29 August 2025252K+2.0%13K19.69
    15 August 2025247K+2.0%19K12.91
    31 July 2025242K+1.1%21K11.39
    15 July 2025239K+6.9%29K8.36
    30 June 2025224K+174.5%107K2.10
    13 June 202582K+8.1%24K3.45
    30 May 202575K+5.1%22K3.37
    15 May 202572K+4.4%28K2.60
    30 April 202569K+94.3%28K2.44
    15 April 202535K-3.9%13K2.71
    31 March 202537K+62.7%11K3.40
    14 March 202523K+19.9%14K1.65
    28 February 202519K+2.0%9K2.18
    14 February 202519K+7.2%11K1.76
    31 January 202517K-6.5%8K2.28
    15 January 202518K+1.2%8K2.22
    31 December 202418K-13.9%7K2.48
    13 December 202421K+26.9%17K1.27
    29 November 202417K+10.7%6K2.74
    15 November 202415K+3.0%9K1.67
    31 October 202415K+8.0%6K2.26
    15 October 202414K-2.4%5K2.54
    30 September 202414K-10.3%13K1.11
    13 September 202416K+5.3%14K1.13
    30 August 202415K-43.3%21K1.00
    15 August 202426K+0.5%13K2.06
    31 July 202426K+3.1%12K2.09
    15 July 202425K-87.6%23K1.09
    28 June 2024202K-8.6%124K1.63
    14 June 2024221K+0.8%30K7.41
    31 May 2024219K-11.4%22K9.99
    15 May 2024247K-0.1%20K12.38
    30 April 2024247K+68.4%40K6.14
    15 April 2024147K+1.6%25K5.77
    28 March 2024145K-6.9%19K7.52
    15 March 2024155K+31.9%25K6.33
    29 February 2024118K+10.2%15K7.64
    15 February 2024107K+110.5%22K4.84
    31 January 202451K+51.7%14K3.67
    12 January 202433K+1.9%16K2.12
    29 December 202333K-36.6%11K3.02
    15 December 202352K-31.4%25K2.05
    30 November 202376K-39.9%13K5.89
    15 November 2023126K-10.4%11K11.12
    31 October 2023140K+2.8%18K7.62
    13 October 2023136K+23.3%18K7.51
    29 September 2023111K+31.6%13K8.82
    15 September 202384K-20.5%15K5.79
    31 August 2023106K+15.5%10K10.98
    15 August 202392K-13.5%14K6.39
    31 July 2023106K-23.2%22K4.88
    14 July 2023138K+18.3%19K7.14
    30 June 2023117K+1033.9%108K1.08
    15 June 202310K-14.3%24K1.00
    31 May 202312K+62.8%22K1.00
    15 May 20237K-46.0%12K1.00
    28 April 202314K+125.1%30K1.00
    14 April 20236K+19.4%26K1.00
    31 March 20235K-77.5%16K1.00
    15 March 202323K+135.3%18K1.25
    28 February 202310K+6.9%8K1.23
    15 February 20239K-2.6%13K1.00
    31 January 20239K+68.8%15K1.00
    13 January 20235K-5.6%25K1.00
    30 December 20226K-41.0%6K1.01
    15 December 202210K+112.4%6K1.55
    30 November 20225K-18.9%21K1.00
    15 November 20226K-29.6%19K1.00
    31 October 20228K+24.1%48K1.00
    14 October 20227K-8.2%7K1.00
    30 September 20227K-19.0%4K1.68
    15 September 20229K-4.6%8K1.04
    31 August 20229K+89.3%13K1.00
    15 August 20225K+9.7%34K1.00
    29 July 20224K-39.4%9K1.00
    15 July 20227K+45.3%8K1.00
    30 June 20225K+1.5%12K1.00
    15 June 20225K-33.1%3K1.72
    31 May 20227K-7.0%9K1.00
    13 May 20228K-1.6%26K1.00
    29 April 20228K+37.4%28K1.00
    14 April 20226K+13.7%7K1.00
    31 March 20225K-29.1%4K1.19
    15 March 20227K-12.6%6K1.24
    28 February 20228K-16.5%7K1.24
    15 February 202210K+48.2%9K1.06
    31 January 20227K-22.1%9K1.00
    14 January 20229K+34.2%5K1.67
    31 December 20216K-36.8%18K1.00
    15 December 202110K-12.0%13K1.00
    30 November 202112K-17.8%5K2.29
    15 November 202114K-33.4%10K1.42
    29 October 202121K+16.4%19K1.12
    15 October 202118K-2.9%10K1.84
    30 September 202119K-51.4%13K1.41
    15 September 202139K+4.6%7K5.55
    31 August 202137K-3.6%6K5.71
    13 August 202138K-2.8%7K5.59
    30 July 202140K-22.1%13K3.06
    15 July 202151K+4.7%20K2.54
    30 June 202149K-80.2%109K1.00
    15 June 2021245K+4.9%17K14.33
    28 May 2021234K+0.5%10K22.57
    14 May 2021232K+35.1%16K14.76
    30 April 2021172K+23.2%16K10.66
    15 April 2021140K+16.1%31K4.51
    31 March 2021120K-8.3%29K4.22
    15 March 2021131K+18.3%29K4.45
    26 February 2021111K+5.7%18K6.04
    12 February 2021105K+20.1%19K5.47
    29 January 202187K+1.6%19K4.73
    15 January 202186K+0.2%18K4.78
    31 December 202086K-1.8%17K5.03
    15 December 202088K+11.0%12K7.01
    30 November 202079K+17.8%21K3.70
    13 November 202067K+9.6%13K5.02
    30 October 202061K-19.2%76K1.00
    15 October 202076K+5.1%5K14.04
    30 September 202072K-2.3%10K7.43
    15 September 202074K-4.8%6K13.13
    31 August 202077K-9.3%7K10.44
    14 August 202085K-0.5%5K16.76
    31 July 202086K-7.0%11K7.95
    15 July 202092K+3.3%9K10.61
    30 June 202089K+21.7%17K5.38
    15 June 202073K+1.4%17K4.27
    29 May 202072K+20.3%18K4.12
    15 May 202060K+3.3%17K3.63
    30 April 202058K-10.8%13K4.33
    15 April 202065K-27.7%16K3.96
    31 March 202090K-15.3%17K5.19
    13 March 2020107K+27.8%15K7.13
    28 February 202083K-6.5%7K11.52
    14 February 202089K-39.1%8K11.37
    31 January 2020146K-5.9%10K14.69
    15 January 2020156K-3.6%9K16.53
    31 December 2019161K+0.6%11K15.29
    13 December 2019160K-14.3%11K15.21
    29 November 2019187K-0.7%7K25.08
    15 November 2019189K-9.1%18K10.72
    31 October 2019208K-10.3%13K16.06
    15 October 2019232K-4.5%12K18.86
    30 September 2019242K-9.8%14K17.70
    13 September 2019269K+33.6%9K28.89
    30 August 2019201K-4.4%10K19.67
    15 August 2019210K-0.1%6K36.28
    31 July 2019211K+3.4%9K22.92
    15 July 2019204K+2011.4%20K10.10
    28 June 201910K+84.2%146K1.00
    14 June 20195K+117.1%26K1.00
    31 May 20192K-68.5%10K1.00
    15 May 20198K+419.8%12K1.00
    30 April 20191K+73500.0%4K1.00
    15 April 20192-96.4%7K1.00
    29 March 201955-45.0%4K1.00
    15 March 2019100-64.3%3K1.00
    28 February 2019280-47.7%3K1.00
    31 January 2019535+2040.0%6K1.00
    15 January 201925-89.9%24K1.00
    15 October 2018248+386.3%3K1.00
    28 September 201851+292.3%4K1.00
    14 September 201813-75.9%6K1.00
    31 August 201854-78.7%8K1.00
    15 August 2018254+370.4%3K1.00
    31 July 201854+0.0%3K1.00
    13 July 201854+0.0%1K1.00
    29 June 201854-63.5%2K1.00
    15 June 2018148-9.2%2K1.00
    31 May 2018163-3.6%2K1.00
    15 May 2018169+160.0%7K1.00
    30 April 201865-11.0%1K1.00
    13 April 201873+21.7%4K1.00
    29 March 201860-88.8%4K1.00
    15 March 2018535+342.1%4K1.00
    29 December 201712133K1.00
    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.