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Smith Midland Corp. short interest

214K shares of Smith Midland were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 15 May 2025. Short sellers would need 18.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short214Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+4.9%+25% over a year
Days to cover18.65at 11K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.03%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 2025, and the share price moved -40% 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 2026214K+4.9%11K18.65
    30 September 2026204K+0.5%15K13.76
    15 September 2026203K+8.2%12K17.25
    31 August 2026188K+4.3%17K11.19
    14 August 2026180K+4.8%14K12.58
    31 July 2026172K-0.5%17K10.04
    15 July 2026172K+1.8%12K14.46
    30 June 2026170K+0.1%21K8.10
    15 June 2026169K+0.5%12K13.65
    29 May 2026168K+0.2%9K17.75
    15 May 2026168K-1.9%9K18.27
    30 April 2026172K+0.4%8K20.75
    15 April 2026171K-0.1%12K14.45
    31 March 2026171K+1.5%10K17.25
    13 March 2026169K+2.5%6K28.92
    27 February 2026164K-1.6%6K28.45
    13 February 2026167K-0.6%6K28.92
    30 January 2026168K+1.9%5K32.86
    15 January 2026165K-1.0%7K22.11
    31 December 2025166K+0.6%8K20.02
    15 December 2025165K-1.7%9K19.12
    28 November 2025168K+0.9%9K19.76
    14 November 2025167K-2.8%12K14.09
    31 October 2025172K+0.0%8K21.87
    15 October 2025172K+2.1%7K24.50
    30 September 2025168K-1.6%14K11.82
    15 September 2025171K-1.0%6K27.52
    29 August 2025172K-6.1%13K12.86
    15 August 2025184K-4.4%11K16.88
    31 July 2025192K+3.9%8K23.65
    15 July 2025185K+0.9%12K15.15
    30 June 2025183K-13.0%31K5.86
    13 June 2025210K-1.0%15K13.85
    30 May 2025213K-1.8%15K14.45
    15 May 2025217K-2.1%8K28.31
    30 April 2025221K+1.7%7K33.67
    15 April 2025218K-0.5%12K18.07
    31 March 2025219K-4.2%9K23.48
    14 March 2025228K+0.9%8K26.86
    28 February 2025226K+1.3%7K30.55
    14 February 2025223K+1.1%9K25.41
    31 January 2025221K-5.2%25K8.77
    15 January 2025233K-2.6%20K11.72
    31 December 2024239K+1.6%21K11.33
    13 December 2024236K-2.5%31K7.69
    29 November 2024241K-3.4%30K8.04
    15 November 2024250K-0.7%25K9.95
    31 October 2024252K-5.2%12K21.48
    15 October 2024265K-0.6%19K13.96
    30 September 2024267K+9.3%30K9.01
    13 September 2024244K-3.3%36K6.70
    30 August 2024252K+1.7%37K6.89
    15 August 2024248K-3.0%16K15.80
    31 July 2024256K+10.2%23K11.30
    15 July 2024232K+71.4%36K6.41
    28 June 2024136K+5.3%99K1.38
    14 June 2024129K+12.8%22K5.80
    31 May 2024114K+18.2%30K3.84
    15 May 202497K+2.1%17K5.58
    30 April 202495K-3.0%14K6.54
    15 April 202498K+31.8%22K4.38
    28 March 202474K+9.5%45K1.65
    15 March 202468K+14.7%26K2.64
    29 February 202459K-14.6%23K2.52
    15 February 202469K+27.4%26K2.64
    31 January 202454K+63.1%21K2.62
    12 January 202433K+13.7%30K1.10
    29 December 202329K+64.9%26K1.11
    15 December 202318K-29.1%30K1.00
    30 November 202325K-3.0%19K1.31
    15 November 202326K+62.6%10K2.50
    31 October 202316K+79.1%5K3.40
    13 October 20239K-15.0%8K1.04
    29 September 202310K-13.0%6K1.89
    15 September 202312K+47.6%8K1.48
    31 August 20238K-43.4%11K1.00
    15 August 202314K+26.5%6K2.42
    31 July 202311K-25.1%7K1.54
    14 July 202315K+20.6%7K2.16
    30 June 202313K+15.8%8K1.51
    15 June 202311K+29.2%7K1.59
    31 May 20238K-31.4%2K3.38
    15 May 202312K+67.6%7K1.73
    28 April 20237K-39.1%13K1.00
    14 April 202312K+18.4%5K2.28
    31 March 202310K+44.5%6K1.63
    15 March 20237K-14.7%7K1.00
    28 February 20238K-26.6%11K1.00
    15 February 202311K-2.6%8K1.34
    31 January 202311K+84.8%6K1.89
    13 January 20236K-42.8%7K1.00
    30 December 202211K+4.3%10K1.10
    15 December 202210K-27.3%9K1.16
    30 November 202214K+10.3%8K1.73
    15 November 202213K+8.7%10K1.31
    31 October 202212K-17.4%9K1.27
    14 October 202214K-18.5%17K1.00
    30 September 202218K-31.1%17K1.02
    15 September 202226K+90.1%15K1.74
    31 August 202214K+13.7%16K1.00
    15 August 202212K-33.3%17K1.00
    29 July 202218K+9.7%6K2.86
    15 July 202216K+1.0%4K4.09
    30 June 202216K+11.9%6K2.91
    15 June 202214K-22.8%7K2.01
    31 May 202219K-9.4%7K2.67
    13 May 202221K-31.0%11K1.79
    29 April 202230K+24.9%10K2.92
    14 April 202224K-3.6%16K1.52
    31 March 202225K-9.9%24K1.02
    15 March 202227K-5.7%24K1.17
    28 February 202229K+3.0%29K1.00
    15 February 202228K-30.7%31K1.00
    31 January 202241K-3.3%35K1.17
    14 January 202242K-23.9%94K1.00
    31 December 202155K+11.2%59K1.00
    15 December 202150K+52.6%42K1.18
    30 November 202133K+30.6%92K1.00
    15 November 202125K-3.9%32K1.00
    29 October 202126K+30.2%18K1.43
    15 October 202120K+198.3%22K1.00
    30 September 20217K-46.2%31K1.00
    15 September 202112K-25.2%12K1.01
    31 August 202117K-28.4%23K1.00
    13 August 202123K+96.8%24K1.00
    30 July 202112K-56.5%45K1.00
    15 July 202127K+104.9%60K1.00
    30 June 202113K-2.5%42K1.00
    15 June 202114K-35.1%64K1.00
    28 May 202121K+23.4%44K1.00
    14 May 202117K+76.8%15K1.10
    30 April 202110K+190.1%9K1.04
    15 April 20213K-67.6%11K1.00
    31 March 202110K+222.1%24K1.00
    15 March 20213K-30.1%18K1.00
    26 February 20215K-7.2%17K1.00
    12 February 20215K-38.0%9K1.00
    29 January 20218K-36.2%15K1.00
    15 January 202112K-21.6%10K1.20
    31 December 202016K+50.5%9K1.77
    15 December 202011K+749.8%10K1.03
    30 November 20201K+7.2%7K1.00
    13 November 20201K+1055.0%7K1.00
    30 October 2020100-75.9%5K1.00
    15 October 2020415-7.8%3K1.00
    30 September 2020450+14.5%2K1.00
    15 September 2020393+379.3%3K1.00
    31 August 202082-12.8%2K1.00
    14 August 202094+0.0%9451.00
    31 July 202094-42.3%2K1.00
    15 July 2020163-52.5%2K1.00
    30 June 2020343+229.8%5K1.00
    15 June 2020104+285.2%41K1.00
    29 May 202027-96.6%2K1.00
    30 April 2020800-27.9%6K1.00
    15 April 20201K+241.2%6K1.00
    31 March 2020325-33.7%8K1.00
    13 March 2020490+456.8%10K1.00
    14 February 202088-75.9%28K1.00
    31 December 2019365-69.1%60K1.00
    13 December 20191K+5815.0%18K1.00
    29 November 201920-62.3%2K1.00
    15 November 201953-93.7%7K1.00
    31 October 2019846-5.4%4K1.00
    15 October 2019894+1688.0%12K1.00
    30 September 201950-86.7%6K1.00
    13 September 2019376-77.4%4K1.00
    30 August 20192K+45.4%6K1.00
    15 August 20191K-56.3%14K1.00
    31 July 20193K+1210.5%6K1.00
    15 July 2019200+100.0%5K1.00
    28 June 2019100-84.0%4K1.00
    14 June 2019625+217.3%12K1.00
    15 May 2019197-93.1%12K1.00
    15 April 20193K+420.2%19K1.00
    29 March 2019550+708.8%24K1.00
    15 March 201968-69.5%7K1.00
    28 February 2019223-78.8%8K1.00
    15 February 20191K+8650.0%7K1.00
    31 January 201912-98.8%10K1.00
    15 January 2019974+34.5%17K1.00
    31 December 2018724+31.4%13K1.00
    14 December 2018551-46.6%7K1.00
    30 November 20181K+222.2%9K1.00
    15 November 2018320-66.1%7K1.00
    31 October 2018945-15.9%9K1.00
    15 October 20181K+503.8%7K1.00
    28 September 2018186-60.7%8K1.00
    14 September 2018473-21.8%9K1.00
    31 August 2018605-1.0%9K1.00
    31 July 2018611-38.9%6K1.00
    13 July 20181K+92.3%7K1.00
    29 June 2018520-52.2%14K1.00
    15 June 20181K-6.4%9K1.00
    31 May 20181K-3.6%19K1.00
    15 May 20181K+100.8%6K1.00
    30 April 2018601-57.6%5K1.00
    13 April 20181K+17.9%27K1.00
    29 March 20181K-12.8%20K1.00
    15 March 20181K-58.7%7K1.00
    28 February 20183K+94.0%11K1.00
    15 February 20182K+235.3%20K1.00
    31 January 2018513-43.6%27K1.00
    12 January 2018910+58.5%11K1.00
    29 December 201757413K1.00
    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.