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Preformed Line Products Co. short interest

143K shares of Preformed Line Products were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (140K to 259K). Short sellers would need 2.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short143Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+2.6%-30% over a year
Days to cover1.97at 73K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.94%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 bottom of its range over the last year (140K to 259K), 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 2026143K+2.6%73K1.97
    30 September 2026140K-5.7%75K1.86
    15 September 2026148K-2.1%67K2.22
    31 August 2026151K-8.2%79K1.92
    14 August 2026165K-27.8%125K1.32
    31 July 2026228K-7.0%101K2.25
    15 July 2026245K+6.6%90K2.73
    30 June 2026230K-6.6%105K2.20
    15 June 2026246K+2.6%102K2.42
    29 May 2026240K+5.6%92K2.61
    15 May 2026227K+9.3%114K1.99
    30 April 2026208K-12.5%173K1.21
    15 April 2026238K-8.3%192K1.24
    31 March 2026259K+14.1%165K1.57
    13 March 2026227K+17.3%166K1.37
    27 February 2026194K+0.7%105K1.84
    13 February 2026192K-6.0%120K1.60
    30 January 2026204K+13.2%114K1.80
    15 January 2026181K+1.5%107K1.69
    31 December 2025178K+4.1%87K2.05
    15 December 2025171K-12.7%76K2.24
    28 November 2025196K+0.1%64K3.06
    14 November 2025195K-12.9%91K2.15
    31 October 2025224K+9.9%112K2.00
    15 October 2025204K+27.6%132K1.54
    30 September 2025160K-4.6%82K1.94
    15 September 2025168K+0.1%62K2.72
    29 August 2025168K-4.4%60K2.81
    15 August 2025175K+4.9%40K4.40
    31 July 2025167K+30.8%58K2.87
    15 July 2025128K+19.1%213K1.00
    30 June 2025107K-13.9%178K1.00
    13 June 2025125K+20.7%121K1.03
    30 May 2025103K+3.4%77K1.34
    15 May 2025100K+2.8%18K5.55
    30 April 202597K+2.5%18K5.36
    15 April 202595K-5.2%22K4.37
    31 March 2025100K+76.2%46K2.17
    14 March 202557K-5.3%20K2.82
    28 February 202560K-13.0%14K4.31
    14 February 202569K+89.5%22K3.19
    31 January 202536K+64.5%55K1.00
    15 January 202522K-3.1%8K2.94
    31 December 202423K+52.8%11K2.05
    13 December 202415K-23.2%10K1.44
    29 November 202419K-48.2%14K1.34
    15 November 202438K-0.4%12K3.23
    31 October 202438K+12.0%7K5.13
    15 October 202434K-9.5%7K4.94
    30 September 202437K+5.1%13K2.97
    13 September 202435K-22.2%11K3.18
    30 August 202445K+2.6%15K3.12
    15 August 202444K+0.9%17K2.64
    31 July 202444K-4.0%18K2.38
    15 July 202446K+3.4%19K2.38
    28 June 202444K+25.8%19K2.33
    14 June 202435K+24.0%14K2.51
    31 May 202428K-28.2%18K1.60
    15 May 202439K+10.9%17K2.33
    30 April 202436K-6.4%13K2.64
    15 April 202438K+0.4%12K3.24
    28 March 202438K-9.6%13K2.81
    15 March 202442K+32.1%25K1.70
    29 February 202432K+43.6%13K2.38
    15 February 202422K+0.6%15K1.49
    31 January 202422K+0.8%18K1.25
    12 January 202422K-8.5%13K1.65
    29 December 202324K-0.7%12K1.97
    15 December 202324K-2.2%15K1.59
    30 November 202325K-22.1%13K1.83
    15 November 202331K+7.6%24K1.32
    31 October 202329K-13.4%24K1.20
    13 October 202334K+0.8%23K1.48
    29 September 202334K+27.1%28K1.18
    15 September 202326K-5.8%20K1.35
    31 August 202328K+28.8%13K2.17
    15 August 202322K-14.0%18K1.24
    31 July 202325K+0.8%11K2.34
    14 July 202325K-22.5%12K2.04
    30 June 202332K-10.2%25K1.31
    15 June 202336K+9.7%15K2.34
    31 May 202333K-5.8%16K1.99
    15 May 202335K+12.9%16K2.20
    28 April 202331K-13.0%13K2.33
    14 April 202336K+37.0%16K2.23
    31 March 202326K-6.4%19K1.40
    15 March 202328K+38.3%30K1.00
    28 February 202320K-7.5%8K2.50
    15 February 202322K+2.9%9K2.45
    31 January 202321K+9.2%8K2.66
    13 January 202319K-13.1%11K1.75
    30 December 202222K+11.2%8K2.82
    15 December 202220K+6.2%11K1.78
    30 November 202219K-54.3%11K1.71
    15 November 202241K+0.9%11K3.78
    31 October 202241K+30.4%10K3.90
    14 October 202231K+4.4%10K3.03
    30 September 202230K+1.7%23K1.29
    15 September 202229K-6.7%18K1.66
    31 August 202232K-2.2%24K1.30
    15 August 202232K+3.9%30K1.07
    29 July 202231K-7.2%5K5.66
    15 July 202233K-7.4%5K6.76
    30 June 202236K-18.5%17K2.09
    15 June 202244K+8.0%16K2.70
    31 May 202241K-14.4%21K1.95
    13 May 202248K+15.0%14K3.53
    29 April 202242K+2.2%12K3.48
    14 April 202241K-14.4%11K3.65
    31 March 202248K+10.6%24K1.99
    15 March 202243K+30.1%10K4.15
    28 February 202233K+14.8%6K5.96
    15 February 202229K+53.8%8K3.74
    31 January 202219K+27.8%8K2.21
    14 January 202215K-1.7%10K1.45
    31 December 202115K-13.5%11K1.37
    15 December 202117K+22.6%10K1.74
    30 November 202114K-27.5%7K2.14
    15 November 202119K-9.3%6K3.29
    29 October 202121K+4.0%4K4.89
    15 October 202121K-1.5%4K4.87
    30 September 202121K-1.5%13K1.66
    15 September 202121K-7.7%7K2.94
    31 August 202123K+16.2%4K5.13
    13 August 202120K+15.7%7K2.68
    30 July 202117K-12.7%7K2.52
    15 July 202120K-10.2%6K3.33
    30 June 202122K-40.6%10K2.10
    15 June 202137K-8.5%8K4.63
    28 May 202140K-2.6%11K3.65
    14 May 202141K+32.1%11K3.65
    30 April 202131K+5.1%7K4.58
    15 April 202130K+5.5%4K7.10
    31 March 202128K-13.0%12K2.44
    15 March 202132K-10.8%14K2.23
    26 February 202136K+4.5%15K2.34
    12 February 202135K+6.5%12K2.87
    29 January 202133K-21.4%12K2.62
    15 January 202141K+2.4%9K4.60
    31 December 202040K+10.8%11K3.71
    15 December 202037K-1.1%10K3.83
    30 November 202037K+9.6%10K3.64
    13 November 202034K-3.2%6K5.59
    30 October 202035K-2.3%4K9.75
    15 October 202036K-0.4%4K9.59
    30 September 202036K-11.4%6K6.07
    15 September 202040K-1.8%6K6.94
    31 August 202041K+22.6%6K6.49
    14 August 202034K-0.2%9K3.91
    31 July 202034K-16.6%6K5.73
    15 July 202040K+14.7%8K5.19
    30 June 202035K+0.9%13K2.63
    15 June 202035K-7.7%7K5.01
    29 May 202038K+7.2%8K4.85
    15 May 202035K+16.5%9K3.85
    30 April 202030K+35.9%7K4.13
    15 April 202022K+24.0%13K1.67
    31 March 202018K+36.5%15K1.23
    13 March 202013K+105.4%10K1.29
    28 February 20206K+16.2%9K1.00
    14 February 20206K+8.1%6K1.00
    31 January 20205K-34.0%12K1.00
    15 January 20208K+20.9%7K1.11
    31 December 20196K-35.4%13K1.00
    13 December 201910K-9.8%7K1.32
    29 November 201911K+7.4%8K1.44
    15 November 201910K-22.8%8K1.20
    31 October 201913K-2.4%6K2.04
    15 October 201914K-24.3%4K3.06
    30 September 201918K-13.9%7K2.59
    13 September 201921K+8.1%5K4.20
    30 August 201919K+22.3%5K3.82
    15 August 201916K+9.8%6K2.52
    31 July 201914K+14.4%5K2.83
    15 July 201913K-36.4%6K2.14
    28 June 201920K-39.1%9K2.09
    14 June 201932K-8.7%9K3.56
    31 May 201935K+40.5%15K2.34
    15 May 201925K+56.2%12K2.06
    30 April 201916K-14.0%11K1.51
    15 April 201919K+31.5%11K1.71
    29 March 201914K-41.2%19K1.00
    15 March 201924K+1.1%23K1.07
    28 February 201924K+0.9%17K1.39
    15 February 201924K+15.3%9K2.66
    31 January 201921K+2.3%8K2.51
    15 January 201920K+53.3%8K2.44
    31 December 201813K-56.4%14K1.00
    14 December 201830K+6.1%13K2.29
    30 November 201828K+84.1%10K2.82
    15 November 201815K+7.9%13K1.23
    31 October 201814K+0.6%10K1.39
    15 October 201814K+13.0%6K2.22
    28 September 201813K+37.8%11K1.13
    14 September 20189K-16.8%7K1.27
    31 August 201811K-7.2%8K1.37
    15 August 201812K-17.4%5K2.19
    31 July 201814K+13.3%6K2.44
    13 July 201813K-47.0%11K1.18
    29 June 201824K+49.0%23K1.05
    15 June 201816K+19.7%13K1.25
    31 May 201813K-17.8%11K1.17
    15 May 201816K-4.9%7K2.22
    30 April 201817K-2.0%5K3.39
    13 April 201817K+17.0%6K3.09
    29 March 201815K-11.4%8K1.89
    15 March 201817K-1.1%9K1.89
    28 February 201817K-3.2%6K3.07
    15 February 201818K+4.7%8K2.13
    31 January 201817K-25.6%8K2.17
    12 January 201823K+20.1%15K1.52
    29 December 201719K8K2.28
    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.