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Microsoft Corp. short interest

Short interest in Microsoft Corp. was 74.5 million shares at the 31 August 2026 settlement, up 8.6% on the previous settlement, with 3.18 days to cover at an average daily volume of 23.4 million shares, as reported to FINRA.

SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
31 August 202674,451,155+8.6%23,419,0473.18
14 August 202668,544,953-15.7%33,441,1522.05
31 July 202681,311,791-12.0%40,018,3362.03
15 July 202692,373,474+3.7%32,422,5092.85
30 June 202689,063,316-6.4%60,620,4781.47
15 June 202695,188,264+7.3%36,471,4182.61
29 May 202688,696,120+14.7%36,733,6902.41
15 May 202677,302,679-2.3%32,966,5852.34
30 April 202679,107,882-5.2%37,236,4472.12
15 April 202683,407,242+3.0%29,802,3502.80
31 March 202680,991,357+1.4%35,067,5202.31
13 March 202679,835,909+7.4%31,867,2642.51

FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement. Days to cover is shares short over average daily volume. Short interest as a share of the float is not shown: the float is not in the public record.

Source

FINRA equity short interest data, the public dataset.

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