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Sinclair, Inc. short interest

4.0M shares of Sinclair were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (3.0M to 4.3M). Short sellers would need 8.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short4.0Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+2.6%+24% over a year
Days to cover8.37at 472K 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 middle of its range over the last year (3.0M to 4.3M), and the share price moved -2% 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 20264.0M+2.6%472K8.37
    30 September 20263.9M-2.5%522K7.38
    15 September 20264.0M+5.1%388K10.19
    31 August 20263.8M-11.6%376K10.00
    14 August 20264.3M-1.7%650K6.55
    31 July 20264.3M+4.0%438K9.87
    15 July 20264.2M-0.6%608K6.85
    30 June 20264.2M+14.4%654K6.40
    15 June 20263.7M+0.6%423K8.64
    29 May 20263.6M+2.7%429K8.48
    15 May 20263.5M+8.7%458K7.72
    30 April 20263.3M+1.2%479K6.80
    15 April 20263.2M-3.9%413K7.80
    31 March 20263.3M+2.4%486K6.90
    13 March 20263.3M-3.3%564K5.80
    27 February 20263.4M-0.1%456K7.41
    13 February 20263.4M+3.7%383K8.83
    30 January 20263.3M-0.0%335K9.74
    15 January 20263.3M+2.8%324K10.07
    31 December 20253.2M+2.7%400K7.93
    15 December 20253.1M+2.5%402K7.68
    28 November 20253.0M-3.6%513K5.88
    14 November 20253.1M-6.0%670K4.67
    31 October 20253.3M+4.3%390K8.53
    15 October 20253.2M-0.7%374K8.53
    30 September 20253.2M+2.2%551K5.83
    15 September 20253.1M-1.4%410K7.66
    29 August 20253.2M+5.0%455K6.99
    15 August 20253.0M-2.8%871K3.48
    31 July 20253.1M-0.4%374K8.35
    15 July 20253.1M+0.2%385K8.15
    30 June 20253.1M+13.3%656K4.77
    13 June 20252.8M+3.5%508K5.43
    30 May 20252.7M+8.9%355K7.51
    15 May 20252.5M-8.8%398K6.15
    30 April 20252.7M+4.6%289K9.28
    15 April 20252.6M+2.4%533K4.82
    31 March 20252.5M+5.4%495K5.07
    14 March 20252.4M+1.7%477K4.99
    28 February 20252.3M+0.2%244K9.61
    14 February 20252.3M+3.3%179K13.02
    31 January 20252.3M+5.5%197K11.48
    15 January 20252.1M-4.1%227K9.43
    31 December 20242.2M-2.0%236K9.46
    13 December 20242.3M-5.6%230K9.93
    29 November 20242.4M-5.5%258K9.36
    15 November 20242.6M-16.8%403K6.34
    31 October 20243.1M-11.3%283K10.83
    15 October 20243.5M-2.7%357K9.68
    30 September 20243.6M+2.7%489K7.26
    13 September 20243.5M-5.2%377K9.18
    30 August 20243.6M+10.5%346K10.55
    15 August 20243.3M+3.0%418K7.90
    31 July 20243.2M-1.1%302K10.63
    15 July 20243.2M-3.6%332K9.76
    28 June 20243.4M+3.3%556K6.05
    14 June 20243.3M-9.3%320K10.18
    31 May 20243.6M+0.1%384K9.35
    15 May 20243.6M-3.4%508K7.06
    30 April 20243.7M+3.6%267K13.89
    15 April 20243.6M+6.0%381K9.41
    28 March 20243.4M-0.4%521K6.50
    15 March 20243.4M-1.9%513K6.62
    29 February 20243.5M-1.8%481K7.19
    15 February 20243.5M-5.4%486K7.26
    31 January 20243.7M-2.7%503K7.41
    12 January 20243.8M+2.3%380K10.07
    29 December 20233.7M-6.0%425K8.81
    15 December 20234.0M-2.9%421K9.46
    30 November 20234.1M-0.4%410K10.01
    15 November 20234.1M-8.8%667K6.17
    31 October 20234.5M+4.5%382K11.81
    13 October 20234.3M-3.4%697K6.20
    29 September 20234.5M-2.0%596K7.51
    15 September 20234.6M+18.2%1.1M4.21
    31 August 20233.9M+5.3%532K7.26
    15 August 20233.7M-2.6%637K5.76
    31 July 20233.8M+7.2%503K7.48
    14 July 20233.5M+6.5%443K7.91
    30 June 20233.3M-11.8%1.0M3.19
    15 June 20233.7M-8.2%906K4.13
    31 May 20234.1M+4.9%685K5.94
    15 May 20233.9M-0.1%897K4.32
    28 April 20233.9M+8.0%1.0M3.78
    14 April 20233.6M+25.6%1.0M3.56
    31 March 20232.9M+2.7%921K3.11
    15 March 20232.8M+8.2%886K3.15
    28 February 20232.6M+1.7%703K3.66
    15 February 20232.5M-6.1%463K5.47
    31 January 20232.7M-3.0%373K7.23
    13 January 20232.8M-9.6%532K5.23
    30 December 20223.1M+17.8%612K5.03
    15 December 20222.6M+13.6%627K4.17
    30 November 20222.3M+1.6%462K4.98
    15 November 20222.3M+6.8%878K2.58
    31 October 20222.1M-10.5%506K4.19
    14 October 20222.4M-5.3%763K3.10
    30 September 20222.5M+5.9%857K2.92
    15 September 20222.4M+2.7%583K4.05
    31 August 20222.3M-15.4%447K5.14
    15 August 20222.7M-5.1%691K3.94
    29 July 20222.9M-14.2%811K3.53
    15 July 20223.3M+5.0%781K4.27
    30 June 20223.2M+4.4%912K3.49
    15 June 20223.0M-12.2%626K4.87
    31 May 20223.5M+12.2%837K4.15
    13 May 20223.1M+26.8%1.0M3.07
    29 April 20222.4M-3.2%715K3.41
    14 April 20222.5M+8.5%687K3.67
    31 March 20222.3M-4.0%535K4.34
    15 March 20222.4M-21.9%1.1M2.14
    28 February 20223.1M-16.2%1.1M2.93
    15 February 20223.7M+7.5%655K5.65
    31 January 20223.4M-24.7%808K4.26
    14 January 20224.6M-16.6%877K5.21
    31 December 20215.5M+25.3%1.4M3.99
    15 December 20214.4M-5.2%782K5.60
    30 November 20214.6M+16.8%1.3M3.59
    15 November 20214.0M+3.5%454K8.71
    29 October 20213.8M+0.4%497K7.68
    15 October 20213.8M+15.0%368K10.34
    30 September 20213.3M-6.2%466K7.10
    15 September 20213.5M-4.7%272K12.98
    31 August 20213.7M-7.3%369K10.03
    13 August 20214.0M-0.0%423K9.45
    30 July 20214.0M-2.3%448K8.92
    15 July 20214.1M-2.5%487K8.40
    30 June 20214.2M-3.3%447K9.39
    15 June 20214.3M+4.0%408K10.62
    28 May 20214.2M+5.9%330K12.65
    14 May 20213.9M-2.8%524K7.51
    30 April 20214.1M-3.9%476K8.51
    15 April 20214.2M+19.7%614K6.86
    31 March 20213.5M+20.5%930K3.78
    15 March 20212.9M-10.6%618K4.72
    26 February 20213.3M+4.0%819K3.99
    12 February 20213.1M-4.6%386K8.15
    29 January 20213.3M-41.4%1.2M2.85
    15 January 20215.6M-17.5%917K6.13
    31 December 20206.8M-24.2%964K7.07
    15 December 20209.0M-11.1%702K12.82
    30 November 202010.1M+5.6%1.6M6.23
    13 November 20209.6M+2.8%1.2M8.01
    30 October 20209.3M+23.9%1.1M8.33
    15 October 20207.5M+18.2%1.5M5.17
    30 September 20206.4M-1.3%961K6.63
    15 September 20206.5M-6.2%674K9.57
    31 August 20206.9M+2.7%540K12.75
    14 August 20206.7M+2.6%1.3M5.08
    31 July 20206.5M-3.3%1.4M4.57
    15 July 20206.8M-6.2%1.1M6.32
    30 June 20207.2M+1.0%2.1M3.38
    15 June 20207.1M-6.8%1.8M3.90
    29 May 20207.7M-4.6%1.1M7.10
    15 May 20208.0M-1.1%1.7M4.74
    30 April 20208.1M-4.8%1.4M5.76
    15 April 20208.5M-14.0%1.8M4.70
    31 March 20209.9M+24.1%3.4M2.93
    13 March 20208.0M+36.8%3.2M2.50
    28 February 20205.8M+16.6%2.1M2.84
    14 February 20205.0M-8.9%1.4M3.65
    31 January 20205.5M+10.4%1.4M3.91
    15 January 20205.0M-4.1%1.1M4.51
    31 December 20195.2M+0.8%890K5.82
    13 December 20195.1M-8.6%1.1M4.56
    29 November 20195.6M-5.9%1.1M5.02
    15 November 20196.0M+12.8%965K6.19
    31 October 20195.3M-5.0%523K10.12
    15 October 20195.6M+8.0%792K7.03
    30 September 20195.2M-2.5%722K7.15
    13 September 20195.3M-10.2%944K5.60
    30 August 20195.9M+8.1%801K7.36
    15 August 20195.4M-11.1%1.3M4.35
    31 July 20196.1M+82.7%1.3M4.86
    15 July 20193.4M-9.9%1.2M2.84
    28 June 20193.7M-1.8%2.0M1.88
    14 June 20193.8M+5.8%1.2M3.20
    31 May 20193.6M-8.9%1.0M3.51
    15 May 20193.9M+29.7%3.5M1.11
    30 April 20193.0M-7.0%611K4.96
    15 April 20193.3M-18.6%1.1M2.92
    29 March 20194.0M-11.4%902K4.43
    15 March 20194.5M-10.0%1.3M3.49
    28 February 20195.0M-1.2%1.1M4.61
    15 February 20195.1M-10.5%895K5.67
    31 January 20195.7M+18.9%1.2M4.62
    15 January 20194.8M+30.7%1.8M2.63
    31 December 20183.6M-14.5%1.8M1.98
    14 December 20184.3M-7.2%1.0M4.10
    30 November 20184.6M+15.2%1.2M3.93
    15 November 20184.0M+1.2%1.5M2.73
    31 October 20183.9M+8.7%1.2M3.22
    15 October 20183.6M-2.9%1.0M3.61
    28 September 20183.7M-11.8%1.2M3.01
    14 September 20184.2M-7.7%1.4M3.04
    31 August 20184.6M-14.0%1.0M4.59
    15 August 20185.3M-30.9%2.1M2.60
    31 July 20187.7M-32.1%3.1M2.49
    13 July 201811.4M-2.4%1.1M10.65
    29 June 201811.7M+17.7%1.3M8.83
    15 June 20189.9M-1.3%1.6M6.02
    31 May 201810.1M-9.7%1.3M7.90
    15 May 201811.1M-9.3%1.7M6.40
    30 April 201812.3M-4.7%1.6M7.57
    13 April 201812.9M-3.7%1.3M10.28
    29 March 201813.4M-2.0%916K14.62
    15 March 201813.7M-2.2%1.2M11.60
    28 February 201814.0M+2.3%1.6M8.62
    15 February 201813.6M+0.3%1.4M10.02
    31 January 201813.6M+0.5%1.2M11.17
    12 January 201813.5M+2.1%2.2M6.04
    29 December 201713.3M869K15.26
    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.