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CPI Card Group Inc. short interest

440K shares of CPI Card Group were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 May 2018. Short sellers would need 3.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short440Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+16.4%+153% over a year
Days to cover3.46at 127K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.82%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 most since 15 May 2018, and the share price moved +70% 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 2026440K+16.4%127K3.46
    30 September 2026378K+27.9%200K1.89
    15 September 2026296K+6.7%303K1.00
    31 August 2026277K+10.2%91K3.06
    14 August 2026251K-24.3%146K1.72
    31 July 2026332K+9.0%31K10.71
    15 July 2026304K+18.7%37K8.32
    30 June 2026256K+6.1%53K4.88
    15 June 2026242K+11.5%55K4.43
    29 May 2026217K-16.2%43K5.07
    15 May 2026259K-12.6%48K5.37
    30 April 2026296K-10.1%49K6.09
    15 April 2026329K-8.7%38K8.64
    31 March 2026361K+3.9%60K6.01
    13 March 2026347K+17.6%129K2.70
    27 February 2026295K+15.3%44K6.71
    13 February 2026256K-1.6%48K5.37
    30 January 2026260K+25.3%29K8.99
    15 January 2026208K-12.2%33K6.28
    31 December 2025236K-17.9%35K6.84
    15 December 2025288K-5.9%71K4.05
    28 November 2025306K+32.5%54K5.71
    14 November 2025231K+25.3%89K2.59
    31 October 2025184K+5.8%54K3.40
    15 October 2025174K-14.1%36K4.88
    30 September 2025203K+40.1%50K4.09
    15 September 2025145K+3.2%36K4.06
    29 August 2025140K-7.9%39K3.58
    15 August 2025152K-6.6%125K1.22
    31 July 2025163K+1.9%30K5.43
    15 July 2025160K+27.9%46K3.50
    30 June 2025125K+7.2%61K2.05
    13 June 2025117K+23.4%48K2.44
    30 May 202595K+2.8%87K1.08
    15 May 202592K+26.0%59K1.57
    30 April 202573K+7.0%30K2.42
    15 April 202568K-21.0%38K1.82
    31 March 202586K-12.5%34K2.56
    14 March 202599K+18.4%42K2.37
    28 February 202583K-3.8%29K2.90
    14 February 202587K+21.2%19K4.49
    31 January 202572K-29.3%37K1.95
    15 January 2025101K+30.6%22K4.52
    31 December 202477K+4.3%42K1.83
    13 December 202474K-27.4%39K1.89
    29 November 2024102K+47.2%47K2.20
    15 November 202469K-20.8%43K1.61
    31 October 202488K-5.5%22K4.06
    15 October 202493K-7.9%44K2.09
    30 September 2024101K+31.5%32K3.13
    13 September 202477K-3.8%23K3.41
    30 August 202480K-8.7%31K2.60
    15 August 202487K+4.0%35K2.52
    31 July 202484K+1.0%34K2.47
    15 July 202483K-1.7%19K4.33
    28 June 202485K-3.1%35K2.41
    14 June 202487K-3.1%22K4.05
    31 May 202490K-39.4%33K2.69
    15 May 2024149K+39.6%50K2.95
    30 April 2024106K+8.2%19K5.47
    15 April 202498K+10.8%25K3.97
    28 March 202489K-6.1%22K4.02
    15 March 202494K-35.8%40K2.37
    29 February 2024147K+50.7%23K6.50
    15 February 202498K-11.2%15K6.57
    31 January 2024110K-19.4%11K10.30
    12 January 2024137K-9.6%18K7.70
    29 December 2023151K+3.0%20K7.66
    15 December 2023147K-1.8%28K5.20
    30 November 2023149K-6.2%23K6.40
    15 November 2023159K-20.2%41K3.86
    31 October 2023200K+18.5%33K6.04
    13 October 2023168K-8.0%25K6.80
    29 September 2023183K-3.1%25K7.23
    15 September 2023189K-5.7%23K8.04
    31 August 2023200K-5.2%35K5.66
    15 August 2023211K-1.3%116K1.82
    31 July 2023214K+5.8%54K3.97
    14 July 2023202K-0.1%73K2.78
    30 June 2023203K+136.3%135K1.50
    15 June 202386K+25.2%75K1.15
    31 May 202368K-45.7%51K1.33
    15 May 2023126K-13.8%108K1.16
    28 April 2023146K+15.0%51K2.87
    14 April 2023127K+3.4%66K1.92
    31 March 2023123K+0.4%85K1.45
    15 March 2023122K-10.1%70K1.74
    28 February 2023136K-8.2%32K4.20
    15 February 2023148K+36.1%76K1.96
    31 January 2023109K+11.6%37K2.91
    13 January 202398K+71.1%83K1.18
    30 December 202257K+900.2%64K1.00
    15 December 20226K-12.0%26K1.00
    30 November 20226K+57.1%9K1.00
    15 November 20224K-40.9%31K1.00
    31 October 20227K+1.2%7K1.00
    14 October 20227K-2.3%9K1.00
    30 September 20227K+15.0%11K1.00
    15 September 20226K+69.6%9K1.00
    31 August 20224K-33.5%12K1.00
    15 August 20225K-64.1%14K1.00
    29 July 202215K-15.4%6K2.55
    15 July 202218K-1.4%9K1.90
    30 June 202218K+4.7%10K1.75
    15 June 202217K-25.4%10K1.82
    31 May 202223K-5.3%18K1.27
    13 May 202225K+11.7%43K1.00
    29 April 202222K-13.4%13K1.73
    14 April 202225K+35.0%19K1.33
    31 March 202219K-26.4%24K1.00
    15 March 202226K-14.2%24K1.06
    28 February 202230K-6.7%21K1.42
    15 February 202232K-8.5%22K1.48
    31 January 202235K-27.2%23K1.54
    14 January 202248K-25.2%19K2.57
    31 December 202164K-14.3%27K2.34
    15 December 202175K-10.0%21K3.61
    30 November 202183K+10.3%31K2.68
    15 November 202176K+18.5%76K1.00
    29 October 202164K+41.4%45K1.42
    15 October 202145K+14.0%54K1.00
    30 September 202140K+241.8%92K1.00
    15 September 202112K+32.2%91K1.00
    31 August 20219K+46.0%56K1.00
    13 August 20216K+28.7%34K1.00
    30 July 20215K+36.7%20K1.00
    15 July 20213K-8.5%16K1.00
    30 June 20214K+2.8%23K1.00
    15 June 20214K-17.3%19K1.00
    28 May 20214K-10.0%38K1.00
    14 May 20215K+15.6%27K1.00
    30 April 20214K+21.4%23K1.00
    15 April 20213K-30.7%19K1.00
    31 March 20215K+57.7%49K1.00
    15 March 20213K-22.5%99K1.00
    26 February 20214K-49.3%23K1.00
    12 February 20218K+33.0%35K1.00
    29 January 20216K+6.5%98K1.00
    15 January 20216K+101.5%66K1.00
    31 December 20203K-14.7%20K1.00
    15 December 20203K+27.4%33K1.00
    30 November 20203K-66.5%19K1.00
    13 November 20208K+162.6%112K1.00
    30 October 20203K-50.1%22K1.00
    15 October 20206K+122.1%41K1.00
    30 September 20203K-23.9%24K1.00
    15 September 20204K+35.3%44K1.00
    31 August 20203K-16.6%10K1.00
    14 August 20203K-27.9%43K1.00
    31 July 20204K+25.9%12K1.00
    15 July 20203K-70.4%22K1.00
    30 June 202012K-18.2%24K1.00
    15 June 202014K+314.3%56K1.00
    29 May 20203K-44.0%45K1.00
    15 May 20206K-97.6%33K1.00
    30 April 2020254K-1.3%12K20.83
    15 April 2020257K-1.0%27K9.36
    31 March 2020260K+0.1%42K6.16
    13 March 2020259K+2.2%41K6.38
    28 February 2020254K-0.9%6K45.77
    14 February 2020256K-1.5%27K9.59
    31 January 2020260K+2.3%139K1.88
    15 January 2020254K-14.4%37K6.87
    31 December 2019297K+2.7%102K2.91
    13 December 2019289K+3.7%37K7.84
    29 November 2019279K+10.6%73K3.80
    15 November 2019252K+1.6%44K5.66
    31 October 2019248K-1.9%10K24.03
    15 October 2019253K+1.2%23K10.89
    30 September 2019250K-0.5%26K9.76
    13 September 2019251K-1.5%24K10.64
    30 August 2019255K+2.0%76K3.34
    15 August 2019250K-1.7%3K82.72
    31 July 2019254K-0.5%10K24.81
    15 July 2019256K-2.2%7K38.54
    28 June 2019261K-1.6%12K20.92
    14 June 2019266K+4.5%11K23.46
    31 May 2019254K+1.7%7K36.67
    15 May 2019250K+1.4%13K18.65
    30 April 2019246K+1.1%29K8.59
    15 April 2019244K-0.1%10K24.59
    29 March 2019244K-13.1%14K17.59
    15 March 2019281K+14.9%33K8.44
    28 February 2019244K-1.5%19K12.92
    15 February 2019248K-1.8%14K17.83
    31 January 2019253K-0.1%8K30.38
    15 January 2019253K+3.1%6K41.21
    31 December 2018245K-1.2%28K8.79
    14 December 2018248K-0.3%14K17.24
    30 November 2018249K-4.3%25K9.96
    15 November 2018260K-2.3%16K16.63
    31 October 2018267K-3.5%16K17.13
    15 October 2018276K-6.0%29K9.66
    28 September 2018294K-7.0%60K4.90
    14 September 2018316K+11.9%46K6.94
    31 August 2018282K-5.6%48K5.85
    15 August 2018299K-9.8%56K5.31
    31 July 2018331K-8.0%19K17.25
    13 July 2018360K+5.5%23K15.60
    29 June 2018341K-15.8%85K4.00
    15 June 2018405K-7.1%19K21.52
    31 May 2018436K-6.7%34K12.83
    15 May 2018467K-1.1%22K21.46
    30 April 2018473K-10.3%26K18.02
    13 April 2018527K-12.6%22K24.28
    29 March 2018603K-11.5%44K13.84
    15 March 2018681K-16.7%40K17.24
    28 February 2018818K+1.8%22K36.61
    15 February 2018804K+3.6%46K17.45
    31 January 2018776K+9.0%67K11.61
    12 January 2018711K-1.5%121K5.88
    29 December 2017722K268K2.70
    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.