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Octave Specialty Group Inc. short interest

1.4M shares of Octave Specialty Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (1.1M to 2.3M). Short sellers would need 2.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.4Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-3.3%-41% over a year
Days to cover2.35at 580K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.03%shares short over shares outstanding
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  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 bottom of its range over the last year (1.1M to 2.3M), and the share price moved -44% 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 20261.4M-3.3%580K2.35
    30 September 20261.4M-18.8%468K3.01
    15 September 20261.7M+0.4%561K3.09
    31 August 20261.7M+10.4%464K3.73
    14 August 20261.6M+8.2%600K2.61
    31 July 20261.4M+1.6%322K4.50
    15 July 20261.4M+8.8%361K3.95
    30 June 20261.3M+22.1%751K1.74
    15 June 20261.1M-10.0%429K2.50
    29 May 20261.2M-5.5%483K2.47
    15 May 20261.3M-3.5%1.3M1.00
    30 April 20261.3M-2.6%382K3.42
    15 April 20261.3M-6.1%727K1.84
    31 March 20261.4M-15.0%621K2.30
    13 March 20261.7M+0.3%545K3.08
    27 February 20261.7M-10.0%671K2.50
    13 February 20261.9M-8.6%483K3.86
    30 January 20262.0M-2.0%703K2.90
    15 January 20262.1M-0.6%846K2.46
    31 December 20252.1M-7.6%651K3.21
    15 December 20252.3M-1.2%622K3.64
    28 November 20252.3M+230.4%710K3.23
    28 June 2024693K+10.2%952K1.00
    14 June 2024629K+18.4%1.1M1.00
    31 May 2024531K+5.1%3.9M1.00
    15 May 2024506K+18.5%439K1.15
    30 April 2024427K-4.5%246K1.73
    15 April 2024447K-12.1%252K1.77
    28 March 2024509K-31.6%317K1.60
    15 March 2024744K+16.9%400K1.86
    29 February 2024636K+10.7%320K1.99
    15 February 2024575K+4.2%428K1.34
    31 January 2024552K-11.2%515K1.07
    12 January 2024621K-3.0%444K1.40
    29 December 2023640K-15.8%673K1.00
    15 December 2023760K+14.7%483K1.58
    30 November 2023663K-12.7%311K2.13
    15 November 2023760K-13.3%483K1.57
    31 October 2023876K+0.2%249K3.52
    13 October 2023875K-19.7%307K2.85
    29 September 20231.1M+9.2%234K4.66
    15 September 2023998K-17.0%386K2.59
    31 August 20231.2M+4.4%294K4.09
    15 August 20231.2M-5.8%240K4.80
    31 July 20231.2M-11.1%221K5.53
    14 July 20231.4M+4.6%285K4.83
    30 June 20231.3M+220.6%1.4M1.00
    15 June 2023410K-4.2%332K1.24
    31 May 2023428K-11.7%427K1.00
    15 May 2023485K+34.2%348K1.39
    28 April 2023361K-39.3%575K1.00
    14 April 2023596K+53.0%306K1.95
    31 March 2023389K+19.9%555K1.00
    15 March 2023325K-10.6%401K1.00
    28 February 2023363K+5.6%264K1.38
    15 February 2023344K-31.9%477K1.00
    31 January 2023504K+11.2%545K1.00
    13 January 2023454K+0.3%1.1M1.00
    30 December 2022453K+16.5%348K1.30
    15 December 2022389K+5.8%166K2.34
    30 November 2022367K+26.1%186K1.98
    15 November 2022291K-3.2%252K1.16
    31 October 2022301K-4.1%195K1.54
    14 October 2022314K-2.9%335K1.00
    30 September 2022323K-5.7%556K1.00
    15 September 2022343K+4.0%383K1.00
    31 August 2022330K+2.2%502K1.00
    15 August 2022322K-12.4%276K1.17
    29 July 2022368K-12.6%202K1.82
    15 July 2022421K+22.3%178K2.37
    30 June 2022344K-13.8%206K1.67
    15 June 2022399K-15.7%219K1.83
    31 May 2022474K+8.1%141K3.37
    13 May 2022439K+6.7%164K2.67
    29 April 2022411K+3.0%258K1.59
    14 April 2022399K-18.1%306K1.30
    31 March 2022488K+12.3%455K1.07
    15 March 2022434K-16.6%500K1.00
    28 February 2022521K-5.1%321K1.62
    15 February 2022549K-2.7%227K2.41
    31 January 2022564K-2.3%137K4.12
    14 January 2022577K-1.6%155K3.71
    31 December 2021586K-9.5%326K1.80
    15 December 2021648K+3.2%264K2.46
    30 November 2021628K-6.9%317K1.98
    15 November 2021674K+7.6%325K2.07
    29 October 2021627K+7.4%234K2.68
    15 October 2021584K-16.4%265K2.20
    30 September 2021698K-10.6%354K1.97
    15 September 2021781K+52.8%912K1.00
    31 August 2021511K-7.3%208K2.46
    13 August 2021552K+3.8%296K1.86
    30 July 2021532K-35.3%447K1.19
    15 July 2021822K+2.6%2.6M1.00
    30 June 2021801K-61.6%1.4M1.00
    15 June 20212.1M+4.3%291K7.16
    28 May 20212.0M+10.1%292K6.85
    14 May 20211.8M-35.8%445K4.08
    30 April 20212.8M+136.3%327K8.64
    15 April 20211.2M+18.2%967K1.24
    31 March 20211.0M+45.4%684K1.48
    15 March 2021696K-13.3%557K1.25
    26 February 2021803K+5.0%898K1.00
    12 February 2021764K-11.5%299K2.56
    29 January 2021863K+16.9%257K3.37
    15 January 2021738K-5.3%336K2.20
    31 December 2020780K+1.6%323K2.41
    15 December 2020768K-1.8%123K6.25
    30 November 2020782K+4.1%121K6.45
    13 November 2020752K-8.0%177K4.24
    30 October 2020817K-0.6%161K5.07
    15 October 2020821K-1.1%131K6.26
    30 September 2020831K+9.4%187K4.45
    15 September 2020759K-7.2%176K4.32
    31 August 2020818K-0.2%166K4.93
    14 August 2020820K-18.4%276K2.97
    31 July 20201.0M-4.8%301K3.34
    15 July 20201.1M+17.8%369K2.86
    30 June 2020896K+51.1%507K1.77
    15 June 2020593K-2.2%276K2.15
    29 May 2020606K+25.8%320K1.89
    15 May 2020482K+14.6%469K1.03
    30 April 2020421K+4.0%508K1.00
    15 April 2020404K-10.7%437K1.00
    31 March 2020453K-17.9%481K1.00
    13 March 2020551K+16.2%629K1.00
    28 February 2020474K-13.5%278K1.70
    14 February 2020548K+15.9%315K1.74
    31 January 2020473K-16.6%212K2.23
    15 January 2020567K+4.9%278K2.04
    31 December 2019541K-3.7%585K1.00
    13 December 2019562K-11.1%209K2.68
    29 November 2019632K-2.6%268K2.35
    15 November 2019649K-24.3%285K2.28
    31 October 2019857K-10.2%207K4.14
    15 October 2019954K+20.8%365K2.61
    30 September 2019790K-6.5%261K3.02
    13 September 2019845K-1.8%269K3.15
    30 August 2019861K+12.9%204K4.21
    15 August 2019762K+3.7%377K2.03
    31 July 2019736K+16.1%247K2.98
    15 July 2019634K-17.4%369K1.72
    28 June 2019767K+36.0%413K1.86
    14 June 2019564K+11.3%297K1.90
    31 May 2019507K-23.4%333K1.52
    15 May 2019662K+44.7%419K1.58
    30 April 2019457K-3.2%452K1.01
    15 April 2019472K-31.9%334K1.42
    29 March 2019693K-12.1%422K1.64
    15 March 2019789K+12.9%1.2M1.00
    28 February 2019698K-6.5%314K2.22
    15 February 2019747K+11.2%186K4.02
    31 January 2019672K-7.7%197K3.41
    15 January 2019728K+16.3%362K2.01
    31 December 2018626K+10.0%861K1.00
    14 December 2018569K+34.4%724K1.00
    30 November 2018423K+62.5%552K1.00
    15 November 2018261K-43.9%701K1.00
    31 October 2018465K-23.4%294K1.58
    15 October 2018607K+20.4%406K1.50
    28 September 2018504K+16.9%645K1.00
    14 September 2018431K+3.9%387K1.11
    31 August 2018415K-52.3%594K1.00
    15 August 2018871K-31.4%463K1.88
    31 July 20181.3M-8.3%324K3.92
    13 July 20181.4M+7.7%486K2.85
    29 June 20181.3M-4.1%900K1.43
    15 June 20181.3M+4.6%728K1.84
    31 May 20181.3M+11.3%376K3.41
    15 May 20181.2M-7.9%812K1.42
    30 April 20181.3M-9.7%741K1.69
    13 April 20181.4M-18.8%838K1.65
    29 March 20181.7M-1.0%935K1.82
    15 March 20181.7M-0.2%771K2.23
    28 February 20181.7M+9.9%377K4.58
    15 February 20181.6M+80.1%631K2.49
    31 January 2018872K-0.7%670K1.30
    12 January 2018878K-15.0%516K1.70
    29 December 20171.0M642K1.61
    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.