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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. short interest

991K shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (552K to 1.7M). Short sellers would need 9.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short991Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-7.6%-28% over a year
Days to cover9.62at 103K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.30%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 (552K to 1.7M), and the share price moved -29% 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 2026991K-7.6%103K9.62
    30 September 20261.1M+17.4%159K6.72
    15 September 2026913K+11.6%147K6.22
    31 August 2026818K+1.0%150K5.44
    14 August 2026810K+9.6%194K4.17
    31 July 2026739K+9.1%107K6.88
    15 July 2026677K+6.6%104K6.54
    30 June 2026635K+0.8%152K4.19
    15 June 2026630K+11.1%134K4.69
    29 May 2026567K-1.6%132K4.31
    15 May 2026576K+4.4%151K3.82
    30 April 2026552K-7.5%116K4.77
    15 April 2026596K+3.7%108K5.52
    31 March 2026575K-11.5%145K3.96
    13 March 2026650K-10.5%134K4.86
    27 February 2026726K-6.2%166K4.38
    13 February 2026774K+4.9%255K3.04
    30 January 2026738K-13.4%229K3.22
    15 January 2026852K-1.3%215K3.97
    31 December 2025864K-40.1%314K2.76
    15 December 20251.4M-13.3%327K4.40
    28 November 20251.7M-1.6%336K4.94
    14 November 20251.7M+18.6%268K6.29
    31 October 20251.4M+3.3%223K6.38
    15 October 20251.4M+1.1%206K6.68
    30 September 20251.4M+8.4%247K5.51
    15 September 20251.3M+3.0%280K4.50
    29 August 20251.2M-10.1%220K5.55
    15 August 20251.4M+8.5%317K4.29
    31 July 20251.3M+4.6%205K6.10
    15 July 20251.2M+2.2%214K5.60
    30 June 20251.2M+107.7%420K2.79
    13 June 2025564K+26.1%205K2.74
    30 May 2025447K-6.5%192K2.33
    15 May 2025478K+12.4%255K1.87
    30 April 2025425K+29.9%141K3.01
    15 April 2025327K-0.4%183K1.79
    31 March 2025328K+8.3%123K2.67
    14 March 2025303K+2.1%176K1.72
    28 February 2025297K+7.2%178K1.67
    14 February 2025277K+52.2%242K1.14
    31 January 2025182K+24.1%93K1.95
    15 January 2025147K-4.7%96K1.53
    31 December 2024154K+15.9%104K1.48
    13 December 2024133K-25.0%128K1.04
    29 November 2024177K+22.4%165K1.07
    15 November 2024145K+0.3%103K1.41
    31 October 2024144K-8.9%57K2.54
    15 October 2024158K+24.4%97K1.63
    30 September 2024127K-31.8%113K1.13
    13 September 2024187K+8.9%78K2.40
    30 August 2024171K-1.5%67K2.56
    15 August 2024174K+8.1%99K1.76
    31 July 2024161K+10.2%78K2.06
    15 July 2024146K+6.8%69K2.12
    28 June 2024137K+23.6%100K1.37
    14 June 2024111K-35.4%52K2.12
    31 May 2024171K+47.0%69K2.47
    15 May 2024116K+14.7%71K1.64
    30 April 2024102K-10.5%40K2.51
    15 April 2024113K-11.3%54K2.12
    28 March 2024128K-8.3%93K1.38
    15 March 2024139K+46.8%61K2.27
    29 February 202495K+1.2%69K1.37
    15 February 202494K-11.1%86K1.09
    31 January 2024106K-16.7%47K2.25
    12 January 2024127K+6.0%38K3.34
    29 December 2023120K+119.2%47K2.56
    15 December 202355K-20.7%75K1.00
    30 November 202369K+0.7%97K1.00
    15 November 202368K+23.6%28K2.47
    31 October 202355K-12.6%25K2.22
    13 October 202363K-6.6%31K2.06
    29 September 202368K+24.2%22K3.06
    15 September 202354K-9.4%55K1.00
    31 August 202360K+7.2%29K2.09
    15 August 202356K-11.1%28K2.03
    31 July 202363K-26.9%28K2.26
    14 July 202386K+30.2%29K2.99
    30 June 202366K-16.9%61K1.08
    15 June 202380K-21.4%36K2.22
    31 May 2023102K-6.5%38K2.65
    15 May 2023109K-24.9%53K2.05
    28 April 2023145K+11.0%33K4.36
    14 April 2023130K-16.0%34K3.83
    31 March 2023155K-5.2%53K2.91
    15 March 2023164K-8.0%83K1.98
    28 February 2023178K+35.6%76K2.35
    15 February 2023131K-7.7%58K2.26
    31 January 2023142K+11.1%85K1.68
    13 January 2023128K+8.0%57K2.23
    30 December 2022118K-5.4%73K1.63
    15 December 2022125K+0.1%72K1.73
    30 November 2022125K+5.1%85K1.47
    15 November 2022119K-38.2%60K1.97
    31 October 2022192K-1.8%55K3.52
    14 October 2022196K+21.1%44K4.45
    30 September 2022162K-19.3%70K2.31
    15 September 2022200K+10.3%59K3.42
    31 August 2022182K-7.9%82K2.22
    15 August 2022197K-28.6%89K2.22
    29 July 2022276K-3.1%46K6.03
    15 July 2022285K+8.7%50K5.72
    30 June 2022262K+9.7%88K2.99
    15 June 2022239K+3.5%69K3.45
    31 May 2022231K-3.7%121K1.92
    13 May 2022240K+10.1%96K2.51
    29 April 2022218K+14.2%109K1.99
    14 April 2022191K-25.9%75K2.56
    31 March 2022258K+17.2%86K2.99
    15 March 2022220K+3.5%158K1.39
    28 February 2022212K-1.2%78K2.72
    15 February 2022215K+42.7%134K1.60
    31 January 2022151K+10.7%82K1.84
    14 January 2022136K-1.8%44K3.08
    31 December 2021139K-5.7%64K2.17
    15 December 2021147K+1.9%66K2.23
    30 November 2021144K-16.6%69K2.08
    15 November 2021173K-1.7%46K3.74
    29 October 2021176K-30.3%50K3.50
    15 October 2021252K+22.0%65K3.86
    30 September 2021207K-9.8%129K1.60
    15 September 2021229K+9.1%98K2.33
    31 August 2021210K-22.0%81K2.60
    13 August 2021269K-17.0%75K3.59
    30 July 2021324K-1.3%93K3.50
    15 July 2021328K+1.2%101K3.24
    30 June 2021325K-23.6%138K2.35
    15 June 2021425K+3.0%109K3.91
    28 May 2021412K+15.4%95K4.34
    14 May 2021357K+10.7%126K2.84
    30 April 2021323K-11.7%47K6.81
    15 April 2021366K+3.2%52K7.02
    31 March 2021354K-17.7%111K3.20
    15 March 2021430K-6.7%96K4.48
    26 February 2021461K-10.2%102K4.54
    12 February 2021513K-9.9%138K3.73
    29 January 2021570K+0.9%135K4.23
    15 January 2021565K-0.1%111K5.11
    31 December 2020565K+9.9%128K4.40
    15 December 2020514K-59.0%119K4.33
    30 November 20201.3M+9.4%253K4.96
    13 November 20201.1M-4.1%74K15.57
    30 October 20201.2M+3.7%93K12.79
    15 October 20201.2M-5.1%115K10.00
    30 September 20201.2M+13.5%151K8.05
    15 September 20201.1M+4.8%138K7.76
    31 August 20201.0M+4.9%137K7.45
    14 August 2020973K+0.5%186K5.23
    31 July 2020968K-1.2%267K3.63
    15 July 2020980K-10.6%112K8.78
    30 June 20201.1M+20.4%150K7.29
    15 June 2020910K+2.4%125K7.26
    29 May 2020889K-5.2%157K5.66
    15 May 2020938K+6.5%319K2.94
    30 April 2020880K+1.6%103K8.53
    15 April 2020867K-2.1%102K8.47
    31 March 2020886K-0.6%165K5.38
    13 March 2020891K-2.8%97K9.20
    28 February 2020916K+5.7%155K5.92
    14 February 2020866K-5.0%92K9.41
    31 January 2020912K-7.3%64K14.33
    15 January 2020984K-10.4%65K15.15
    31 December 20191.1M-1.1%70K15.59
    13 December 20191.1M-0.4%112K9.94
    29 November 20191.1M-10.4%132K8.46
    15 November 20191.2M+15.3%104K11.98
    31 October 20191.1M+8.7%108K9.96
    15 October 2019992K+5.6%75K13.29
    30 September 2019940K-2.4%53K17.85
    13 September 2019962K-4.1%54K17.94
    30 August 20191.0M-4.2%60K16.79
    15 August 20191.0M-0.2%131K7.98
    31 July 20191.0M-3.8%66K15.91
    15 July 20191.1M-4.1%54K20.07
    28 June 20191.1M-5.3%89K12.81
    14 June 20191.2M-3.8%99K12.07
    31 May 20191.2M-18.5%109K11.43
    15 May 20191.5M+21.2%176K8.71
    30 April 20191.3M-4.5%72K17.58
    15 April 20191.3M+2.9%109K12.17
    29 March 20191.3M-0.6%81K15.85
    15 March 20191.3M-3.9%138K9.37
    28 February 20191.3M-0.7%128K10.53
    15 February 20191.4M-16.5%243K5.58
    31 January 20191.6M-11.0%202K8.04
    15 January 20191.8M-4.0%126K14.43
    31 December 20181.9M-1.9%141K13.45
    14 December 20181.9M+0.5%162K11.94
    30 November 20181.9M+8.9%400K4.82
    15 November 20181.8M+3.8%118K15.04
    31 October 20181.7M-0.7%152K11.18
    15 October 20181.7M+5.6%137K12.55
    28 September 20181.6M+3.3%140K11.65
    14 September 20181.6M-4.1%141K11.19
    31 August 20181.6M-9.1%120K13.70
    15 August 20181.8M-0.5%352K5.12
    31 July 20181.8M+1.0%185K9.80
    13 July 20181.8M+3.5%228K7.88
    29 June 20181.7M+5.6%152K11.42
    15 June 20181.6M-0.7%165K9.96
    31 May 20181.7M-3.6%98K16.90
    15 May 20181.7M-2.1%272K6.30
    30 April 20181.8M-0.1%57K30.80
    13 April 20181.8M-1.9%62K28.35
    29 March 20181.8M+1.1%59K30.07
    15 March 20181.8M-3.5%76K23.17
    28 February 20181.8M+3.5%112K16.42
    15 February 20181.8M+4.2%253K7.01
    31 January 20181.7M-3.8%137K12.42
    12 January 20181.8M-3.7%97K18.29
    29 December 20171.8M121K15.19
    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.