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National CineMedia, Inc. short interest

6.5M shares of National CineMedia were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the fewest since 30 Apr 2025. Short sellers would need 6.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short6.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-0.9%-20% over a year
Days to cover5.99at 1.1M shares a day
Of shares in issue6.97%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 the fewest since 30 Apr 2025, and the share price moved -62% 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 20266.5M-0.9%1.1M5.99
    30 September 20266.6M-8.6%1.6M4.17
    15 September 20267.2M-1.0%673K10.74
    31 August 20267.3M-1.9%1.1M6.93
    14 August 20267.5M+3.7%2.0M3.66
    31 July 20267.2M-1.6%297K24.18
    15 July 20267.3M-0.6%298K24.50
    30 June 20267.3M+2.1%633K11.60
    15 June 20267.2M+2.9%399K18.02
    29 May 20267.0M+0.7%306K22.80
    15 May 20266.9M+2.4%335K20.71
    30 April 20266.8M-1.6%290K23.38
    15 April 20266.9M-3.0%643K10.71
    31 March 20267.1M-6.5%362K19.61
    13 March 20267.6M+2.6%572K13.26
    27 February 20267.4M-4.8%670K11.03
    13 February 20267.8M-2.1%370K20.96
    30 January 20267.9M+0.7%251K31.58
    15 January 20267.9M+0.8%264K29.86
    31 December 20257.8M-4.8%328K23.79
    15 December 20258.2M+4.1%475K17.29
    28 November 20257.9M-4.2%345K22.88
    14 November 20258.2M-2.3%568K14.49
    31 October 20258.4M+2.9%437K19.30
    15 October 20258.2M+7.3%513K15.97
    30 September 20257.6M-0.9%414K18.46
    15 September 20257.7M+4.5%453K17.00
    29 August 20257.4M-6.9%412K17.87
    15 August 20257.9M+8.1%692K11.44
    31 July 20257.3M+1.8%481K15.22
    15 July 20257.2M+1.5%667K10.78
    30 June 20257.1M-12.1%613K11.57
    13 June 20258.1M-0.2%694K11.61
    30 May 20258.1M+5.7%727K11.10
    15 May 20257.6M+25.4%892K8.56
    30 April 20256.1M+11.8%803K7.59
    15 April 20255.4M+3.5%997K5.46
    31 March 20255.3M+11.1%741K7.11
    14 March 20254.7M+3.4%973K4.87
    28 February 20254.6M-0.4%370K12.39
    14 February 20254.6M+13.4%395K11.64
    31 January 20254.1M+4.6%462K8.79
    15 January 20253.9M-6.8%484K8.02
    31 December 20244.2M-7.6%687K6.06
    13 December 20244.5M-10.4%846K5.33
    29 November 20245.0M-7.6%354K14.20
    15 November 20245.4M-0.5%611K8.90
    31 October 20245.5M-6.1%398K13.73
    15 October 20245.8M+0.7%466K12.49
    30 September 20245.8M+3.5%552K10.46
    13 September 20245.6M-4.0%364K15.32
    30 August 20245.8M+4.3%320K18.19
    15 August 20245.6M+1.3%606K9.19
    31 July 20245.5M+5.9%503K10.94
    15 July 20245.2M+53.1%469K11.08
    28 June 20243.4M+6.7%1.8M1.92
    14 June 20243.2M-3.1%385K8.24
    31 May 20243.3M-1.7%580K5.65
    15 May 20243.3M+11.0%601K5.56
    30 April 20243.0M-8.9%583K5.16
    15 April 20243.3M-17.6%966K3.42
    28 March 20244.0M+18.1%2.1M1.90
    15 March 20243.4M-1.7%291K11.68
    29 February 20243.5M+18.0%259K13.31
    15 February 20242.9M+8.3%342K8.55
    31 January 20242.7M+10.8%354K7.64
    12 January 20242.4M+10.8%438K5.57
    29 December 20232.2M+0.6%530K4.15
    15 December 20232.2M-8.6%362K6.05
    30 November 20232.4M-12.2%388K6.18
    15 November 20232.7M-3.0%511K5.34
    31 October 20232.8M+2.3%265K10.59
    13 October 20232.7M-5.2%547K5.02
    29 September 20232.9M+109.4%622K4.66
    15 September 20231.4M+67.1%1.3M1.09
    31 August 2023829K+74.1%715K1.16
    15 August 2023476K-92.0%452K1.05
    31 July 20236.0M-8.0%727K8.22
    14 July 20236.5M+842.0%744K8.73
    30 June 2023690K+5.4%215K3.21
    15 June 2023654K-19.5%213K3.07
    31 May 2023813K-13.8%93K8.76
    15 May 2023942K-9.8%156K6.04
    28 April 20231.0M-20.8%695K1.50
    14 April 20231.3M+81.8%7.4M1.00
    31 March 2023725K+90.0%927K1.00
    15 March 2023382K-7.0%83K4.62
    28 February 2023410K+21.8%72K5.72
    15 February 2023337K-7.1%94K3.59
    31 January 2023363K+20.4%78K4.64
    13 January 2023301K+9.8%72K4.17
    30 December 2022274K-9.5%106K2.58
    15 December 2022303K+11.5%110K2.76
    30 November 2022272K+1.4%53K5.14
    15 November 2022268K-1.1%170K1.58
    31 October 2022271K-45.2%77K3.53
    14 October 2022495K+35.1%88K5.63
    30 September 2022366K+32.5%120K3.05
    15 September 2022276K+18.6%121K2.28
    31 August 2022233K-20.1%58K4.02
    15 August 2022292K-24.5%126K2.32
    29 July 2022386K+18.6%94K4.10
    15 July 2022326K-3.4%47K6.89
    30 June 2022337K-23.3%203K1.66
    15 June 2022440K-2.2%103K4.28
    31 May 2022450K+19.8%437K1.03
    13 May 2022375K+41.0%97K3.87
    29 April 2022266K+18.5%49K5.48
    14 April 2022225K-2.0%50K4.49
    31 March 2022229K-9.5%85K2.71
    15 March 2022253K-3.9%62K4.06
    28 February 2022264K-5.7%50K5.30
    15 February 2022280K+9.7%60K4.64
    31 January 2022255K+10.6%92K2.78
    14 January 2022230K-6.8%58K4.00
    31 December 2021247K+0.4%56K4.42
    15 December 2021246K-4.3%80K3.06
    30 November 2021257K-8.7%59K4.35
    15 November 2021282K-15.3%71K3.98
    29 October 2021333K-12.6%47K7.07
    15 October 2021381K+3.5%74K5.12
    30 September 2021368K-5.0%111K3.32
    15 September 2021387K+14.7%84K4.63
    31 August 2021338K-6.7%81K4.18
    13 August 2021362K+33.1%72K5.00
    30 July 2021272K+2.5%54K5.06
    15 July 2021265K+12.4%64K4.17
    30 June 2021236K-21.0%56K4.24
    15 June 2021299K-1.0%45K6.61
    28 May 2021302K-0.6%47K6.36
    14 May 2021304K+1.6%44K6.86
    30 April 2021299K+0.7%38K7.97
    15 April 2021297K-1.9%60K4.98
    31 March 2021302K+14.7%86K3.53
    15 March 2021264K-3.8%94K2.82
    26 February 2021274K-3.3%76K3.60
    12 February 2021283K-5.3%52K5.45
    29 January 2021299K-32.6%137K2.18
    15 January 2021444K-8.2%47K9.37
    31 December 2020484K-4.6%69K6.99
    15 December 2020508K-4.0%84K6.03
    30 November 2020529K-8.8%73K7.20
    13 November 2020580K-12.7%112K5.18
    30 October 2020664K+2.4%68K9.78
    15 October 2020649K+12.7%62K10.47
    30 September 2020576K-3.4%67K8.54
    15 September 2020596K-7.0%164K3.64
    31 August 2020641K-0.5%32K19.86
    14 August 2020644K-2.0%52K12.35
    31 July 2020657K+6.2%54K12.24
    15 July 2020619K-0.1%53K11.58
    30 June 2020619K+7.7%109K5.68
    15 June 2020575K-8.1%137K4.21
    29 May 2020626K-1.9%159K3.94
    15 May 2020638K-2.0%56K11.37
    30 April 2020651K+6.1%90K7.23
    15 April 2020614K+7.8%87K7.09
    31 March 2020569K-11.7%114K4.98
    13 March 2020645K+33.4%91K7.09
    28 February 2020483K+26.6%97K4.96
    14 February 2020382K+0.5%21K18.06
    31 January 2020380K-7.6%22K17.37
    15 January 2020411K+6.9%44K9.32
    31 December 2019385K-5.1%34K11.29
    13 December 2019405K+5.1%38K10.80
    29 November 2019386K-4.2%41K9.48
    15 November 2019402K+8.5%61K6.62
    31 October 2019371K-0.7%31K11.94
    15 October 2019374K+5.8%27K14.09
    30 September 2019353K-6.9%72K4.91
    13 September 2019379K+5.2%42K8.96
    30 August 2019361K+14.5%55K6.55
    15 August 2019315K+2.0%26K12.12
    31 July 2019309K-8.9%31K9.96
    15 July 2019339K-9.5%28K12.22
    28 June 2019375K+3.1%52K7.17
    14 June 2019364K+3.2%32K11.45
    31 May 2019352K-2.8%25K14.23
    15 May 2019363K+4.0%32K11.42
    30 April 2019348K+1.1%25K13.73
    15 April 2019345K+0.2%19K17.68
    29 March 2019344K+2.6%30K11.55
    15 March 2019335K+6.4%35K9.62
    28 February 2019315K+6.4%47K6.77
    15 February 2019296K+6.5%26K11.38
    31 January 2019278K-0.8%25K11.18
    15 January 2019280K+16.3%32K8.69
    31 December 2018241K-13.1%59K4.12
    14 December 2018277K+14.7%53K5.21
    30 November 2018242K-3.2%44K5.46
    15 November 2018250K+9.1%83K3.02
    31 October 2018229K-3.3%37K6.23
    15 October 2018237K-10.5%39K6.07
    28 September 2018264K+17.2%61K4.34
    14 September 2018226K+12.1%42K5.37
    31 August 2018201K-13.9%35K5.74
    15 August 2018234K+12.1%56K4.14
    31 July 2018209K+13.0%40K5.18
    13 July 2018185K-21.1%40K4.64
    29 June 2018234K+16.7%97K2.40
    15 June 2018200K+5.3%63K3.20
    31 May 2018190K-7.1%75K2.53
    15 May 2018205K-33.8%109K1.88
    30 April 2018309K-17.4%59K5.26
    13 April 2018374K+10.6%54K6.93
    29 March 2018338K+16.1%120K2.82
    15 March 2018291K+9.2%129K2.26
    28 February 2018267K-16.4%79K3.37
    15 February 2018319K-1.7%52K6.14
    31 January 2018325K-7.3%40K8.12
    12 January 2018350K+6.0%60K5.85
    29 December 2017330K77K4.28
    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.