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Royalty Pharma plc short interest

12.8M shares of Royalty Pharma were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (10.7M to 28.8M). Short sellers would need 4.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short12.8Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-0.3%-5% over a year
Days to cover4.28at 3.0M shares a day
Of shares in issuen/a
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 (10.7M to 28.8M), and the share price moved +80% 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 202612.8M-0.3%3.0M4.28
    30 September 202612.9M+10.6%2.9M4.44
    15 September 202611.6M-2.2%3.6M3.25
    31 August 202611.9M+2.6%2.4M5.05
    14 August 202611.6M+8.8%3.1M3.77
    31 July 202610.7M-12.1%2.6M4.07
    15 July 202612.1M-2.5%2.7M4.44
    30 June 202612.4M+11.8%4.2M2.98
    15 June 202611.1M-3.9%3.7M3.04
    29 May 202611.6M-8.6%4.7M2.47
    15 May 202612.7M-8.2%3.8M3.32
    30 April 202613.8M+15.0%3.1M4.41
    15 April 202612.0M+4.3%2.8M4.36
    31 March 202611.5M-0.5%3.5M3.31
    13 March 202611.6M-4.8%3.4M3.44
    27 February 202612.2M-9.5%2.8M4.27
    13 February 202613.4M-49.2%4.4M3.03
    30 January 202626.5M-3.8%3.7M7.20
    15 January 202627.5M-4.5%4.0M6.96
    31 December 202528.8M+3.9%3.1M9.29
    15 December 202527.7M+13.9%5.1M5.45
    28 November 202524.3M+1.3%3.8M6.48
    14 November 202524.0M+69.3%5.4M4.49
    31 October 202514.2M+4.5%2.3M6.15
    15 October 202513.6M+5.5%2.3M5.98
    30 September 202512.9M-39.5%6.9M1.87
    15 September 202521.3M+28.0%5.1M4.16
    29 August 202516.6M+18.1%2.8M5.93
    15 August 202514.1M-7.3%3.3M4.21
    31 July 202515.2M-9.3%2.4M6.25
    15 July 202516.7M-1.1%3.3M5.09
    30 June 202516.9M-41.8%4.3M3.92
    13 June 202529.0M+0.0%4.4M6.59
    30 May 202529.0M+39.9%7.7M3.75
    15 May 202520.7M+11.6%4.5M4.60
    30 April 202518.6M-9.6%3.1M6.06
    15 April 202520.6M+14.2%5.3M3.86
    31 March 202518.0M+15.6%4.9M3.70
    14 March 202515.6M+13.2%3.7M4.17
    28 February 202513.8M-10.1%5.6M2.46
    14 February 202515.3M-5.1%3.9M3.87
    31 January 202516.1M-3.0%4.4M3.66
    15 January 202516.6M+0.5%4.0M4.11
    31 December 202416.6M+5.8%3.4M4.89
    13 December 202415.6M-0.4%2.9M5.47
    29 November 202415.7M+7.0%3.6M4.35
    15 November 202414.7M+0.8%3.0M4.85
    31 October 202414.6M+0.6%1.8M8.03
    15 October 202414.5M-0.7%1.8M8.10
    30 September 202414.6M+2.7%2.0M7.40
    13 September 202414.2M-3.3%2.3M6.05
    30 August 202414.7M+2.8%2.2M6.64
    15 August 202414.3M-4.0%3.7M3.83
    31 July 202414.9M-9.8%2.4M6.24
    15 July 202416.5M-2.4%2.4M6.79
    28 June 202416.9M+8.7%2.7M6.24
    14 June 202415.5M+17.3%2.3M6.78
    31 May 202413.2M-0.3%3.0M4.40
    15 May 202413.3M-3.4%3.0M4.49
    30 April 202413.7M-2.9%2.7M5.18
    15 April 202414.2M+14.2%2.6M5.40
    28 March 202412.4M-2.0%2.0M6.15
    15 March 202412.6M-3.7%2.5M5.01
    29 February 202413.1M+14.2%3.7M3.57
    15 February 202411.5M+11.9%3.4M3.35
    31 January 202410.3M+0.9%2.0M5.25
    12 January 202410.2M-9.1%2.4M4.32
    29 December 202311.2M-9.1%2.0M5.65
    15 December 202312.3M+23.3%3.4M3.62
    30 November 202310.0M+1.8%2.3M4.44
    15 November 20239.8M-10.4%2.0M4.87
    31 October 202311.0M-2.9%2.0M5.44
    13 October 202311.3M+8.1%2.1M5.29
    29 September 202310.4M+11.7%2.6M4.03
    15 September 20239.4M+9.4%2.4M3.82
    31 August 20238.6M-8.7%2.0M4.26
    15 August 20239.4M+0.2%2.0M4.69
    31 July 20239.3M-14.2%1.6M5.77
    14 July 202310.9M+23.2%2.1M5.13
    30 June 20238.8M+1.2%3.2M2.74
    15 June 20238.7M+15.2%2.8M3.09
    31 May 20237.6M+5.6%2.6M2.93
    15 May 20237.2M-7.4%2.0M3.54
    28 April 20237.8M+1.8%1.4M5.64
    14 April 20237.6M+0.9%1.2M6.25
    31 March 20237.5M-1.2%2.4M3.10
    15 March 20237.6M+3.7%2.0M3.89
    28 February 20237.4M+7.1%2.3M3.17
    15 February 20236.9M+8.2%1.9M3.59
    31 January 20236.4M-10.5%1.4M4.65
    13 January 20237.1M-9.0%1.5M4.84
    30 December 20227.8M+4.5%1.3M6.10
    15 December 20227.5M-2.8%1.6M4.79
    30 November 20227.7M+35.4%1.4M5.40
    15 November 20225.7M-14.7%1.6M3.62
    31 October 20226.7M-22.1%1.4M4.63
    14 October 20228.5M-0.5%1.6M5.45
    30 September 20228.6M-5.4%2.1M4.08
    15 September 20229.1M-9.8%1.7M5.19
    31 August 202210.1M-17.2%1.6M6.47
    15 August 202212.1M-10.0%1.7M6.96
    29 July 202213.5M+0.5%2.1M6.55
    15 July 202213.4M+0.8%1.6M8.15
    30 June 202213.3M-2.9%3.0M4.40
    15 June 202213.7M+36.0%1.9M7.40
    31 May 202210.1M+21.0%1.9M5.38
    13 May 20228.3M+13.4%2.3M3.55
    29 April 20227.4M-10.0%2.8M2.59
    14 April 20228.2M+17.5%2.9M2.87
    31 March 20227.0M+11.2%1.8M3.81
    15 March 20226.3M+4.6%1.1M5.75
    28 February 20226.0M+7.3%1.4M4.35
    15 February 20225.6M-7.4%1.6M3.40
    31 January 20226.0M-4.2%1.6M3.70
    14 January 20226.3M+7.7%1.9M3.23
    31 December 20215.8M-17.7%1.4M4.11
    15 December 20217.1M+20.3%2.1M3.43
    30 November 20215.9M-10.1%3.4M1.73
    15 November 20216.6M-17.5%2.5M2.63
    29 October 20218.0M+2.0%1.7M4.78
    15 October 20217.8M-7.4%1.2M6.77
    30 September 20218.4M+40.4%3.4M2.49
    15 September 20216.0M+2.2%3.2M1.89
    31 August 20215.9M-22.6%1.3M4.36
    13 August 20217.6M-15.5%3.0M2.51
    30 July 20219.0M-11.5%2.2M4.10
    15 July 202110.2M+8.5%1.8M5.57
    30 June 20219.4M-30.2%2.9M3.24
    15 June 202113.4M-15.7%2.5M5.28
    28 May 202115.9M-12.4%1.3M12.37
    14 May 202118.2M+10.6%1.6M11.38
    30 April 202116.4M-8.1%964K17.04
    15 April 202117.9M-1.4%1.3M13.48
    31 March 202118.1M+30.2%5.6M3.26
    15 March 202113.9M+31.0%3.0M4.62
    26 February 202110.6M+31.5%1.8M5.79
    12 February 20218.1M-7.1%1.2M6.54
    29 January 20218.7M-3.3%2.7M3.28
    15 January 20219.0M-31.8%3.6M2.53
    31 December 202013.2M-0.6%4.0M3.29
    15 December 202013.3M+8.6%1.3M10.44
    30 November 202012.2M+15.4%982K12.47
    13 November 202010.6M+33.9%1.9M5.45
    30 October 20207.9M+8.9%2.4M3.32
    15 October 20207.3M+5.2%853K8.53
    30 September 20206.9M+50.8%1.4M5.02
    15 September 20204.6M+13.6%721K6.36
    31 August 20204.0M+2.5%626K6.45
    14 August 20203.9M+43.8%982K4.01
    31 July 20202.7M+62.8%928K2.95
    15 July 20201.7M-16.5%1.3M1.27
    30 June 20202.0M+136.4%6.2M1.00
    31 January 2018852K-34.8%394K2.16
    12 January 20181.3M-14.2%409K3.20
    29 December 20171.5M720K2.12
    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.