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Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc. short interest

72K shares of Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (38K to 95K). Short sellers would need 3.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short72Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-6.7%+80% over a year
Days to cover3.27at 22K shares a day
Of shares in issue1.32%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 (38K to 95K), and the share price moved +46% 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 202672K-6.7%22K3.27
    30 September 202677K-17.4%24K3.24
    15 September 202694K-1.1%20K4.69
    31 August 202695K+9.2%35K2.73
    14 August 202687K+9.4%49K1.78
    31 July 202679K+10.8%45K1.76
    15 July 202672K+3.5%20K3.58
    30 June 202669K-4.5%46K1.52
    15 June 202673K-10.4%36K2.04
    29 May 202681K+26.2%36K2.24
    15 May 202664K+24.6%26K2.51
    30 April 202651K+3.3%35K1.45
    15 April 202650K-15.7%42K1.19
    31 March 202659K+6.7%28K2.14
    13 March 202655K+45.9%22K2.55
    27 February 202638K-9.1%16K2.30
    13 February 202642K+3.3%34K1.22
    30 January 202640K-0.2%12K3.24
    15 January 202640K-9.8%11K3.60
    31 December 202545K+8.2%11K3.97
    15 December 202541K+0.8%11K3.71
    28 November 202541K-8.0%6K6.81
    14 November 202545K+6.0%12K3.76
    31 October 202542K+5.3%7K6.22
    15 October 202540K+8.8%5K8.51
    30 September 202537K-10.3%8K4.52
    15 September 202541K+10.7%4K9.67
    29 August 202537K-0.4%6K6.07
    15 August 202537K+28.5%11K3.54
    31 July 202529K-7.3%5K5.33
    15 July 202531K-10.7%13K2.39
    30 June 202535K-19.1%11K3.14
    13 June 202543K-1.2%9K5.09
    30 May 202544K-7.8%5K8.90
    15 May 202548K+4.5%4K12.44
    30 April 202546K-8.8%5K9.30
    15 April 202550K-3.0%10K5.21
    31 March 202551K-9.6%7K7.78
    14 March 202557K-1.4%6K9.26
    28 February 202558K-8.3%10K5.97
    14 February 202563K+6.9%7K8.54
    31 January 202559K-6.5%6K9.79
    15 January 202563K-9.6%18K3.51
    31 December 202470K+1.6%8K8.24
    13 December 202469K-5.1%18K3.77
    29 November 202472K-14.3%44K1.63
    15 November 202484K+0.8%11K7.83
    31 October 202484K-8.3%13K6.43
    15 October 202491K-5.9%10K9.16
    30 September 202497K-4.0%20K4.77
    13 September 2024101K-5.8%28K3.67
    30 August 2024107K+5.1%35K3.10
    15 August 2024102K-5.7%17K6.14
    31 July 2024108K+0.7%47K2.31
    15 July 2024107K+365.9%28K3.88
    28 June 202423K+35.0%103K1.00
    14 June 202417K+68.0%14K1.20
    31 May 202410K+5.4%11K1.00
    15 May 202410K+43.9%10K1.01
    30 April 20247K-10.6%6K1.09
    15 April 20247K-6.4%3K2.34
    28 March 20248K+2.0%6K1.37
    15 March 20248K-2.8%5K1.52
    29 February 20248K+25.8%13K1.00
    15 February 20246K+29.5%6K1.11
    31 January 20245K-10.6%3K1.45
    12 January 20246K-0.6%8K1.00
    29 December 20236K-20.0%6K1.01
    15 December 20237K+6.1%7K1.00
    30 November 20237K-15.1%4K1.74
    15 November 20238K-8.9%4K1.79
    31 October 20238K-9.0%6K1.36
    13 October 20239K+31.1%1K6.27
    29 September 20237K-26.7%2K3.98
    15 September 202310K+44.6%6K1.68
    31 August 20237K+8.5%9K1.00
    15 August 20236K-40.6%3K1.89
    31 July 202310K+83.2%5K1.90
    14 July 20236K+7.0%6K1.00
    30 June 20235K-16.9%12K1.00
    15 June 20236K+34.7%13K1.00
    31 May 20235K-58.3%20K1.00
    15 May 202311K-9.8%9K1.21
    28 April 202313K+9.7%9K1.34
    14 April 202312K+80.5%15K1.00
    31 March 20236K-32.1%19K1.00
    15 March 20239K-16.2%13K1.00
    28 February 202311K+14.0%7K1.60
    15 February 202310K+25.6%8K1.22
    31 January 20238K+38.5%11K1.00
    13 January 20236K-13.3%12K1.00
    30 December 20227K-19.3%9K1.00
    15 December 20228K-27.1%6K1.26
    30 November 202211K+13.0%3K4.24
    15 November 202210K-22.3%2K4.35
    31 October 202213K+4.7%12K1.07
    14 October 202212K-18.0%2K7.68
    30 September 202215K+125.7%6K2.28
    15 September 20227K+8.8%5K1.38
    31 August 20226K-5.0%2K2.65
    15 August 20226K-10.7%2K3.88
    29 July 20227K+7.7%9797.19
    15 July 20227K-31.5%1K4.92
    30 June 202210K+51.8%12K1.00
    15 June 20226K+28.7%3K2.48
    31 May 20225K-14.1%2K2.23
    13 May 20226K-6.7%2K2.57
    29 April 20226K-17.4%1K5.49
    14 April 20227K-8.3%3K2.31
    31 March 20228K+26.8%8K1.06
    15 March 20226K-17.4%3K2.07
    28 February 20228K-0.5%6K1.21
    15 February 20228K+16.9%5K1.60
    31 January 20227K-9.3%2K3.23
    14 January 20227K+0.1%4K1.77
    31 December 20217K-46.5%7K1.04
    15 December 202114K+38.3%6K2.18
    30 November 202110K-19.0%2K5.36
    15 November 202112K-17.5%2K6.07
    29 October 202115K-2.5%2K8.87
    15 October 202115K-28.0%62724.10
    30 September 202121K-17.7%13K1.57
    15 September 202125K+0.2%7K3.55
    31 August 202125K-25.1%12K2.21
    13 August 202134K-11.5%5K6.59
    30 July 202138K+11.7%7K5.13
    15 July 202134K+13.0%11K3.12
    30 June 202130K-81.4%75K1.00
    15 June 2021163K-6.6%16K10.27
    28 May 2021175K+16.2%23K7.64
    14 May 2021151K+51.6%18K8.30
    30 April 202199K+32.9%11K9.15
    15 April 202175K+33.3%9K8.76
    31 March 202156K-8.2%8K6.83
    15 March 202161K+10.5%15K4.08
    26 February 202155K+10.5%17K3.22
    12 February 202150K+20.3%11K4.37
    29 January 202142K+3.0%10K4.06
    15 January 202140K-4.4%9K4.59
    31 December 202042K+10.1%6K6.80
    15 December 202038K+2.3%5K7.64
    30 November 202037K+6.3%4K8.38
    13 November 202035K-0.8%5K6.52
    30 October 202036K+18.7%5K6.53
    15 October 202030K+13.1%3K9.91
    30 September 202026K+9.2%7K3.87
    15 September 202024K-16.7%11K2.11
    31 August 202029K+1.6%4K7.53
    14 August 202029K-1.2%2K11.59
    31 July 202029K-11.4%5K5.76
    15 July 202033K+19.4%6K5.28
    30 June 202027K+24.7%8K3.48
    15 June 202022K+3.2%8K2.66
    29 May 202021K+24.9%7K2.96
    15 May 202017K+33.1%7K2.36
    30 April 202013K-0.1%4K3.27
    15 April 202013K-22.8%6K2.06
    31 March 202017K-34.7%13K1.23
    13 March 202025K+75.0%42K1.00
    28 February 202015K+2.7%5K2.99
    14 February 202014K+3.6%4K3.30
    31 January 202014K-27.7%4K3.55
    15 January 202019K-14.5%4K4.90
    31 December 201922K-14.8%5K4.41
    13 December 201926K-5.3%3K9.17
    29 November 201927K+0.8%4K6.93
    15 November 201927K-7.3%4K7.67
    31 October 201929K-6.9%3K8.61
    15 October 201932K+3.2%4K7.16
    30 September 201931K-8.8%21K1.44
    13 September 201933K+14.0%5K6.63
    30 August 201929K+26.7%8K3.74
    15 August 201923K+10.5%8K2.77
    31 July 201921K-9.0%6K3.59
    15 July 201923K-13.4%6K3.67
    28 June 201927K+47.7%9K3.06
    14 June 201918K-21.5%6K3.09
    31 May 201923K+32.1%7K3.36
    15 May 201917K+23.1%5K3.70
    30 April 201914K-36.3%21K1.00
    15 April 201922K-3.1%3K6.75
    29 March 201923K-3.7%7K3.48
    15 March 201924K-13.1%9K2.78
    28 February 201927K+4.1%8K3.61
    15 February 201926K+10.5%9K2.95
    31 January 201924K-19.5%7K3.50
    15 January 201930K-16.1%6K5.29
    31 December 201835K+12.5%7K5.06
    14 December 201831K+0.9%6K4.88
    30 November 201831K+16.2%4K7.16
    15 November 201827K+91.8%7K3.68
    31 October 201814K-8.0%11K1.31
    15 October 201815K-13.7%5K3.31
    28 September 201818K+29.0%5K3.37
    14 September 201814K+54.3%6K2.15
    31 August 20189K-14.8%4K2.47
    15 August 201810K-10.7%4K2.83
    31 July 201812K-2.4%4K2.76
    13 July 201812K-10.8%4K2.75
    29 June 201813K-36.6%7K1.82
    15 June 201821K-1.4%6K3.44
    31 May 201821K-28.4%7K3.19
    15 May 201830K-15.5%5K5.78
    30 April 201835K-7.4%5K6.91
    13 April 201838K-17.6%6K6.26
    29 March 201846K-14.2%11K4.02
    15 March 201854K-14.8%9K5.98
    28 February 201863K-7.0%5K12.56
    15 February 201868K-42.6%5K13.49
    31 January 2018118K-1.3%2K58.31
    12 January 2018119K-3.1%6K20.47
    29 December 2017123K8K15.97
    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.