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Relay Therapeutics, Inc. short interest

44.0M shares of Relay Therapeutics were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (17.9M to 46.7M). Short sellers would need 16.0 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short44.0Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-5.8%+101% over a year
Days to cover16.00at 2.8M shares a day
Of shares in issue20.15%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 (17.9M to 46.7M), and the share price moved +185% 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 31 Jul 2020 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202644.0M-5.8%2.8M16.00
    30 September 202646.7M+5.1%3.7M12.59
    15 September 202644.5M+2.2%3.1M14.22
    31 August 202643.6M+5.3%2.6M16.73
    14 August 202641.4M+2.8%1.9M21.59
    31 July 202640.3M-5.4%2.3M17.41
    15 July 202642.6M-1.1%3.2M13.38
    30 June 202643.0M+12.9%5.9M7.24
    15 June 202638.1M+10.9%3.9M9.85
    29 May 202634.4M+19.3%6.0M5.74
    15 May 202628.8M+5.2%2.8M10.29
    30 April 202627.4M+1.5%3.1M8.72
    15 April 202627.0M+23.1%4.4M6.15
    31 March 202621.9M+10.5%2.1M10.25
    13 March 202619.8M+2.1%3.1M6.43
    27 February 202619.4M-2.3%2.0M9.78
    13 February 202619.9M-17.2%2.7M7.34
    30 January 202624.0M+7.3%2.5M9.52
    15 January 202622.4M+0.7%1.9M12.07
    31 December 202522.2M+9.5%2.3M9.53
    15 December 202520.3M-12.4%2.0M10.19
    28 November 202523.2M+8.4%2.1M10.93
    14 November 202521.4M+19.6%2.6M8.31
    31 October 202517.9M-18.5%2.1M8.42
    15 October 202521.9M-3.2%1.6M13.96
    30 September 202522.6M+0.6%1.8M12.58
    15 September 202522.5M-1.0%1.5M15.01
    29 August 202522.7M-0.0%933K24.37
    15 August 202522.7M+1.6%2.0M11.20
    31 July 202522.4M+4.0%3.6M6.25
    15 July 202521.5M+0.0%1.3M16.84
    30 June 202521.5M-4.5%1.8M11.79
    13 June 202522.5M-0.5%1.4M15.82
    30 May 202522.6M-2.2%1.4M16.24
    15 May 202523.2M+18.9%2.8M8.14
    30 April 202519.5M+6.0%2.1M9.32
    15 April 202518.4M+1.7%3.4M5.48
    31 March 202518.1M-5.6%2.7M6.74
    14 March 202519.1M+18.1%2.5M7.54
    28 February 202516.2M+2.5%1.8M8.88
    14 February 202515.8M+0.8%1.2M13.09
    31 January 202515.7M+3.0%2.4M6.48
    15 January 202515.2M+1.7%3.3M4.66
    31 December 202415.0M+23.8%2.1M7.24
    13 December 202412.1M+1.3%3.2M3.75
    29 November 202411.9M+2.7%1.9M6.28
    15 November 202411.6M-3.6%1.4M8.47
    31 October 202412.0M+1.6%1.1M10.52
    15 October 202411.9M-4.2%1.8M6.67
    30 September 202412.4M+24.6%2.0M6.16
    13 September 20249.9M+9.5%5.6M1.77
    30 August 20249.1M+0.1%719K12.61
    15 August 20249.1M+2.6%944K9.60
    31 July 20248.8M+4.7%1.2M7.12
    15 July 20248.4M+4.7%1.4M6.09
    28 June 20248.1M-18.3%1.6M5.12
    14 June 20249.9M+2.6%1.5M6.77
    31 May 20249.6M-19.2%1.3M7.25
    15 May 202411.9M+3.1%1.2M10.27
    30 April 202411.5M+7.8%1.4M8.06
    15 April 202410.7M-4.3%1.0M10.29
    28 March 202411.2M-5.4%1.3M8.73
    15 March 202411.8M+7.4%1.2M10.23
    29 February 202411.0M+12.1%1.2M9.45
    15 February 20249.8M+3.9%1.2M8.15
    31 January 20249.4M-16.3%900K10.49
    12 January 202411.3M-6.0%889K12.70
    29 December 202312.0M-12.3%868K13.83
    15 December 202313.7M-6.4%1.4M10.04
    30 November 202314.6M-0.1%888K16.49
    15 November 202314.6M+1.5%1.3M11.62
    31 October 202314.4M+4.7%1.3M11.46
    13 October 202313.8M-29.0%1.3M10.27
    29 September 202319.4M-3.4%970K20.01
    15 September 202320.1M+1.0%1.3M14.92
    31 August 202319.9M-4.0%701K28.38
    15 August 202320.7M+5.5%909K22.78
    31 July 202319.6M-1.1%873K22.49
    14 July 202319.8M-3.1%946K20.98
    30 June 202320.5M-2.8%1.6M12.50
    15 June 202321.1M-0.4%1.2M17.88
    31 May 202321.2M-1.5%1.4M15.45
    15 May 202321.5M+8.5%1.5M14.40
    28 April 202319.8M+1.4%3.3M5.99
    14 April 202319.5M+3.3%1.5M12.65
    31 March 202318.9M+5.5%1.0M18.12
    15 March 202317.9M+0.8%1.1M16.81
    28 February 202317.8M+3.0%980K18.15
    15 February 202317.3M-0.7%1.0M16.78
    31 January 202317.4M-6.8%1.3M13.47
    13 January 202318.7M+10.4%2.2M8.37
    30 December 202216.9M+25.8%1.8M9.27
    15 December 202213.4M+7.5%1.1M12.03
    30 November 202212.5M-4.3%729K17.13
    15 November 202213.0M-3.0%912K14.31
    31 October 202213.5M+3.1%1.0M13.03
    14 October 202213.1M+7.2%1.1M12.37
    30 September 202212.2M+4.0%1.2M10.33
    15 September 202211.7M-25.0%2.4M4.80
    31 August 202215.6M-15.2%1.0M15.53
    15 August 202218.4M-1.8%898K20.51
    29 July 202218.8M-1.4%794K23.62
    15 July 202219.0M-6.8%872K21.80
    30 June 202220.4M+11.2%1.9M10.79
    15 June 202218.4M+2.4%902K20.35
    31 May 202217.9M+9.6%710K25.23
    13 May 202216.3M+11.6%1.3M12.64
    29 April 202214.6M+2.0%559K26.20
    14 April 202214.4M-1.8%590K24.33
    31 March 202214.6M-8.9%688K21.24
    15 March 202216.1M+4.3%582K27.57
    28 February 202215.4M+2.1%703K21.87
    15 February 202215.1M+1.3%561K26.85
    31 January 202214.9M+7.5%738K20.15
    14 January 202213.8M+1.1%530K26.12
    31 December 202113.7M-4.0%558K24.55
    15 December 202114.3M+3.3%496K28.75
    30 November 202113.8M+2.6%541K25.49
    15 November 202113.4M+6.6%548K24.55
    29 October 202112.6M-1.2%505K24.99
    15 October 202112.8M+21.0%2.0M6.26
    30 September 202110.6M+5.5%707K14.92
    15 September 202110.0M-3.3%724K13.82
    31 August 202110.3M-0.9%530K19.52
    13 August 202110.4M+6.0%556K18.77
    30 July 20219.8M+7.4%319K30.84
    15 July 20219.2M+2.2%389K23.56
    30 June 20219.0M+7.1%722K12.42
    15 June 20218.4M-3.6%505K16.58
    28 May 20218.7M+4.1%379K22.91
    14 May 20218.3M+0.2%655K12.75
    30 April 20218.3M+10.1%367K22.70
    15 April 20217.6M-7.6%623K12.14
    31 March 20218.2M+23.4%997K8.21
    15 March 20216.6M+4.0%655K10.13
    26 February 20216.4M+20.1%574K11.13
    12 February 20215.3M-2.9%482K11.01
    29 January 20215.5M-18.7%555K9.86
    15 January 20216.7M-5.4%1.1M6.30
    31 December 20207.1M+32.2%465K15.30
    15 December 20205.4M+7.6%307K17.49
    30 November 20205.0M+5.8%212K23.52
    13 November 20204.7M-2.4%223K21.20
    30 October 20204.8M-2.7%180K26.81
    15 October 20205.0M-2.4%167K29.73
    30 September 20205.1M+76.2%812K6.27
    15 September 20202.9M+12.5%272K10.62
    31 August 20202.6M+11.2%214K12.00
    14 August 20202.3M+42.4%214K10.81
    31 July 20201.6M1.2M1.40
    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.