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FreightCar America, Inc. short interest

1.1M shares of FreightCar America were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (180K to 1.2M). Short sellers would need 6.5 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.1Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-8.5%+270% over a year
Days to cover6.52at 167K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.32%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 top of its range over the last year (180K to 1.2M), and the share price moved -58% 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 20261.1M-8.5%167K6.52
    30 September 20261.2M+34.4%351K3.39
    15 September 2026886K+1.1%189K4.70
    31 August 2026876K+3.4%169K5.17
    14 August 2026847K-5.5%241K3.52
    31 July 2026896K+5.1%172K5.22
    15 July 2026852K+13.1%269K3.17
    30 June 2026753K+235.8%446K1.69
    15 June 2026224K+24.8%172K1.31
    29 May 2026180K-1.3%123K1.47
    15 May 2026182K+1.1%176K1.03
    30 April 2026180K-14.0%148K1.22
    15 April 2026209K-5.9%153K1.37
    31 March 2026222K+7.8%189K1.18
    13 March 2026206K-42.3%331K1.00
    27 February 2026357K+4.4%127K2.82
    13 February 2026342K+6.9%159K2.16
    30 January 2026320K-7.9%113K2.84
    15 January 2026348K-10.4%148K2.34
    31 December 2025388K+60.4%243K1.59
    15 December 2025242K+4.2%127K1.90
    28 November 2025232K-0.2%142K1.63
    14 November 2025232K-17.7%185K1.26
    31 October 2025282K-4.1%128K2.21
    15 October 2025294K+5.2%129K2.27
    30 September 2025280K-2.4%164K1.71
    15 September 2025287K+36.7%128K2.24
    29 August 2025210K-17.7%186K1.13
    15 August 2025255K+1.9%263K1.00
    31 July 2025250K-4.2%172K1.45
    15 July 2025261K+3.2%278K1.00
    30 June 2025253K-21.4%115K2.20
    13 June 2025322K-10.7%171K1.89
    30 May 2025361K-8.6%156K2.31
    15 May 2025394K-5.3%316K1.25
    30 April 2025416K-20.2%292K1.43
    15 April 2025522K-4.1%201K2.59
    31 March 2025544K-7.5%278K1.95
    14 March 2025588K+41.6%377K1.56
    28 February 2025415K+18.6%254K1.63
    14 February 2025350K+9.0%167K2.10
    31 January 2025321K-19.8%185K1.73
    15 January 2025400K-12.6%192K2.08
    31 December 2024458K-6.0%160K2.87
    13 December 2024487K-3.6%243K2.00
    29 November 2024506K+11.6%426K1.19
    15 November 2024453K+2.4%796K1.00
    31 October 2024442K+76.4%364K1.22
    15 October 2024251K+28.8%466K1.00
    30 September 2024195K-27.7%458K1.00
    13 September 2024269K+16.8%444K1.00
    30 August 2024231K+133.7%479K1.00
    15 August 202499K+13.2%120K1.00
    31 July 202487K-7.1%26K3.32
    15 July 202494K-3.2%23K4.02
    28 June 202497K-11.3%26K3.80
    14 June 2024109K-0.8%26K4.23
    31 May 2024110K-13.6%23K4.87
    15 May 2024128K-6.4%62K2.05
    30 April 2024136K-13.1%21K6.59
    15 April 2024157K-23.2%47K3.33
    28 March 2024204K-18.4%93K2.20
    15 March 2024250K-15.4%37K6.76
    29 February 2024296K-1.5%24K12.18
    15 February 2024300K-7.8%29K10.46
    31 January 2024326K-0.2%32K10.12
    12 January 2024326K-8.3%26K12.77
    29 December 2023356K-15.5%58K6.14
    15 December 2023422K-3.8%38K11.17
    30 November 2023438K-0.6%19K23.12
    15 November 2023441K-0.4%49K9.01
    31 October 2023443K-2.4%25K17.37
    13 October 2023453K+0.3%28K15.95
    29 September 2023452K-1.5%26K17.68
    15 September 2023459K+3.0%27K17.05
    31 August 2023445K-0.6%21K21.02
    15 August 2023448K-1.9%40K11.12
    31 July 2023457K+3.8%40K11.56
    14 July 2023440K-1.0%44K9.93
    30 June 2023444K+1.4%33K13.43
    15 June 2023438K+2.3%25K17.26
    31 May 2023428K+9.0%19K22.74
    15 May 2023393K-7.3%37K10.59
    28 April 2023424K+2.1%23K18.18
    14 April 2023416K-4.0%28K14.62
    31 March 2023433K+3.9%45K9.56
    15 March 2023417K+4.5%21K19.59
    28 February 2023399K-4.1%24K16.73
    15 February 2023416K-3.2%41K10.16
    31 January 2023430K-1.6%28K15.27
    13 January 2023436K+1.1%37K11.89
    30 December 2022432K+15.8%44K9.84
    15 December 2022373K-1.6%32K11.55
    30 November 2022379K+1.0%40K9.59
    15 November 2022375K-11.1%69K5.40
    31 October 2022422K+0.8%66K6.37
    14 October 2022419K-1.9%53K7.94
    30 September 2022427K+1.6%76K5.64
    15 September 2022420K-6.9%65K6.43
    31 August 2022451K+4.8%81K5.57
    15 August 2022431K-16.8%137K3.14
    29 July 2022518K-2.8%57K9.08
    15 July 2022533K-2.4%52K10.26
    30 June 2022546K-1.7%105K5.20
    15 June 2022555K-0.3%94K5.89
    31 May 2022557K+7.4%155K3.59
    13 May 2022518K+2.7%345K1.50
    29 April 2022504K-16.1%189K2.67
    14 April 2022601K-10.6%247K2.43
    31 March 2022673K-17.1%572K1.18
    15 March 2022811K+15.7%108K7.52
    28 February 2022701K-17.9%71K9.85
    15 February 2022853K+13.7%92K9.33
    31 January 2022750K-17.2%116K6.49
    14 January 2022906K+2.4%121K7.47
    31 December 2021885K-7.1%111K7.99
    15 December 2021953K+23.8%223K4.27
    30 November 2021770K-1.1%347K2.22
    15 November 2021778K-10.7%512K1.52
    29 October 2021871K-3.6%493K1.77
    15 October 2021904K+35.4%306K2.95
    30 September 2021667K-27.0%531K1.26
    15 September 2021914K+54.2%535K1.71
    31 August 2021593K-41.8%842K1.00
    13 August 20211.0M-13.6%772K1.32
    30 July 20211.2M-7.9%972K1.21
    15 July 20211.3M+22.1%1.5M1.00
    30 June 20211.0M-1.5%2.1M1.00
    15 June 20211.1M-12.7%1.1M1.00
    28 May 20211.2M+26.8%1.5M1.00
    14 May 2021960K-10.4%1.4M1.00
    30 April 20211.1M+41.0%3.0M1.00
    15 April 2021760K+49.4%3.0M1.00
    31 March 2021508K+238.8%4.8M1.00
    15 March 2021150K+27.0%205K1.00
    26 February 2021118K-11.5%204K1.00
    12 February 2021134K-50.6%273K1.00
    29 January 2021271K-43.6%521K1.00
    15 January 2021480K-14.7%339K1.41
    31 December 2020563K+0.7%301K1.87
    15 December 2020559K+64.3%1.2M1.00
    30 November 2020340K+48.0%3.7M1.00
    13 November 2020230K-29.9%142K1.62
    30 October 2020328K+53.8%299K1.10
    15 October 2020213K-9.6%140K1.53
    30 September 2020236K+4.6%269K1.00
    15 September 2020226K+38.3%310K1.00
    31 August 2020163K-2.2%104K1.57
    14 August 2020167K-35.8%263K1.00
    31 July 2020259K+50.8%166K1.56
    15 July 2020172K-9.1%109K1.58
    30 June 2020189K+11.5%222K1.00
    15 June 2020170K-9.2%221K1.00
    29 May 2020187K+1.2%77K2.42
    15 May 2020185K-6.4%105K1.76
    30 April 2020197K-5.3%63K3.16
    15 April 2020208K-1.2%76K2.76
    31 March 2020211K-11.4%81K2.60
    13 March 2020238K-5.5%96K2.48
    28 February 2020252K+0.6%86K2.93
    14 February 2020250K-6.7%56K4.43
    31 January 2020268K+25.4%96K2.79
    15 January 2020214K-29.4%129K1.66
    31 December 2019303K-13.6%317K1.00
    13 December 2019350K+17.1%136K2.57
    29 November 2019299K-5.4%239K1.25
    15 November 2019316K-17.1%147K2.15
    31 October 2019382K-15.8%49K7.87
    15 October 2019453K-1.1%53K8.52
    30 September 2019458K-5.8%62K7.38
    13 September 2019486K-2.3%69K7.05
    30 August 2019498K-7.4%71K6.98
    15 August 2019537K+14.2%108K4.99
    31 July 2019470K-12.9%80K5.86
    15 July 2019540K-41.6%102K5.32
    28 June 2019925K-9.2%308K3.00
    14 June 20191.0M-13.1%97K10.45
    31 May 20191.2M-1.4%90K12.98
    15 May 20191.2M+17.1%102K11.62
    30 April 20191.0M+2.2%97K10.44
    15 April 2019994K+8.4%76K13.00
    29 March 2019917K+5.4%82K11.22
    15 March 2019871K+13.4%108K8.07
    28 February 2019768K+0.5%113K6.79
    15 February 2019763K+15.4%81K9.48
    31 January 2019662K+6.8%154K4.31
    15 January 2019620K-5.5%118K5.25
    31 December 2018656K+0.8%155K4.23
    14 December 2018650K-5.8%108K6.03
    30 November 2018690K+13.2%83K8.32
    15 November 2018610K+36.3%187K3.26
    31 October 2018447K+6.7%34K13.03
    15 October 2018419K-2.4%38K10.93
    28 September 2018430K-3.3%37K11.75
    14 September 2018445K+1.5%44K10.12
    31 August 2018438K+10.4%26K17.05
    15 August 2018397K+1.9%53K7.50
    31 July 2018390K-11.0%44K8.79
    13 July 2018438K+1.1%47K9.38
    29 June 2018433K-7.1%85K5.07
    15 June 2018466K-5.2%62K7.51
    31 May 2018492K+15.1%85K5.81
    15 May 2018428K+4.3%98K4.38
    30 April 2018410K-9.8%69K5.91
    13 April 2018454K+30.0%94K4.83
    29 March 2018349K-15.5%95K3.68
    15 March 2018414K+36.1%91K4.56
    28 February 2018304K-4.8%147K2.07
    15 February 2018319K+20.4%108K2.95
    31 January 2018265K-13.1%55K4.81
    12 January 2018305K+4.3%80K3.82
    29 December 2017293K50K5.86
    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.