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Smart Sand, Inc. short interest

1.9M shares of Smart Sand were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (96K to 2.1M). Short sellers would need 10.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.9Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-5.2%+1621% over a year
Days to cover10.72at 181K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.97%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 (96K to 2.1M), and the share price moved +126% 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 20261.9M-5.2%181K10.72
    30 September 20262.0M-1.2%328K6.22
    15 September 20262.1M+3.0%181K11.40
    31 August 20262.0M-0.0%228K8.78
    14 August 20262.0M+4.8%323K6.21
    31 July 20261.9M+4.9%276K6.94
    15 July 20261.8M+41.8%367K4.98
    30 June 20261.3M+87.6%759K1.70
    15 June 2026686K-9.2%394K1.74
    29 May 2026755K-5.8%249K3.03
    15 May 2026802K+9.9%301K2.66
    30 April 2026729K+9.8%279K2.62
    15 April 2026664K+11.0%264K2.51
    31 March 2026598K+49.6%435K1.38
    13 March 2026400K+0.5%458K1.00
    27 February 2026398K+36.7%388K1.03
    13 February 2026291K-1.1%423K1.00
    30 January 2026294K+36.2%399K1.00
    15 January 2026216K+20.0%333K1.00
    31 December 2025180K-24.0%332K1.00
    15 December 2025237K+87.4%773K1.00
    28 November 2025126K+6.8%298K1.00
    14 November 2025118K+22.9%161K1.00
    31 October 202596K-14.5%99K1.00
    15 October 2025112K+16.1%97K1.16
    30 September 202597K-7.5%126K1.00
    15 September 2025105K-29.4%76K1.37
    29 August 2025148K-28.5%88K1.69
    15 August 2025208K+42.6%95K2.18
    31 July 2025146K-13.6%85K1.71
    15 July 2025169K+46.0%58K2.91
    30 June 2025115K+10.2%100K1.15
    13 June 2025105K-45.1%126K1.00
    30 May 2025191K+9.2%133K1.44
    15 May 2025175K-22.3%143K1.23
    30 April 2025225K+26.7%140K1.60
    15 April 2025178K-26.3%350K1.00
    31 March 2025241K+33.0%203K1.19
    14 March 2025181K-5.1%174K1.04
    28 February 2025191K+5.1%67K2.83
    14 February 2025181K-7.6%98K1.86
    31 January 2025196K-6.6%204K1.00
    15 January 2025210K-11.4%79K2.66
    31 December 2024237K-23.2%102K2.32
    13 December 2024309K+1.6%102K3.02
    29 November 2024304K-4.8%131K2.31
    15 November 2024319K+30.5%347K1.00
    31 October 2024245K-2.5%127K1.93
    15 October 2024251K+6.4%258K1.00
    30 September 2024236K-6.0%47K4.98
    13 September 2024251K-7.2%61K4.09
    30 August 2024271K+10.9%67K4.05
    15 August 2024244K-4.0%98K2.49
    31 July 2024254K-2.5%60K4.24
    15 July 2024261K-14.4%33K7.97
    28 June 2024305K+5.1%64K4.74
    14 June 2024290K-1.6%67K4.33
    31 May 2024295K-27.5%112K2.64
    15 May 2024406K+60.4%169K2.41
    30 April 2024253K+37.3%191K1.33
    15 April 2024185K+2.3%167K1.10
    28 March 2024180K-16.9%112K1.61
    15 March 2024217K+5.1%153K1.42
    29 February 2024207K-4.6%138K1.50
    15 February 2024216K+0.2%94K2.31
    31 January 2024216K-10.4%99K2.18
    12 January 2024241K+1.1%154K1.56
    29 December 2023238K+4.2%105K2.26
    15 December 2023229K-1.7%125K1.82
    30 November 2023233K-8.7%146K1.59
    15 November 2023255K+2.7%179K1.43
    31 October 2023248K-10.0%121K2.06
    13 October 2023276K+0.4%138K2.00
    29 September 2023274K+7.9%181K1.51
    15 September 2023254K-0.7%231K1.10
    31 August 2023256K-2.9%147K1.74
    15 August 2023264K-4.7%202K1.31
    31 July 2023277K+3.0%145K1.91
    14 July 2023268K-6.9%143K1.88
    30 June 2023288K-10.1%120K2.40
    15 June 2023321K-11.6%151K2.12
    31 May 2023363K+20.2%226K1.61
    15 May 2023302K+2.1%231K1.31
    28 April 2023296K+11.1%231K1.28
    14 April 2023266K+2.3%309K1.00
    31 March 2023260K-2.7%301K1.00
    15 March 2023267K-7.3%521K1.00
    28 February 2023288K+2.6%161K1.79
    15 February 2023281K-3.8%241K1.16
    31 January 2023292K-10.0%86K3.39
    13 January 2023324K+6.2%95K3.42
    30 December 2022305K-85.6%79K3.86
    15 December 20222.1M+31.2%162K13.10
    30 November 20221.6M+140.4%338K4.78
    15 November 2022671K-36.7%257K2.61
    31 October 20221.1M-3.8%238K4.46
    14 October 20221.1M+1.7%106K10.38
    30 September 20221.1M-54.0%120K9.00
    15 September 20222.4M+12.1%160K14.69
    31 August 20222.1M+53.2%195K10.78
    15 August 20221.4M+12.7%379K3.62
    29 July 20221.2M+10.7%283K4.30
    15 July 20221.1M-3.7%195K5.63
    30 June 20221.1M-66.8%287K3.97
    15 June 20223.4M+93.7%561K6.13
    31 May 20221.8M+49.1%240K7.40
    13 May 20221.2M-2.5%215K5.55
    29 April 20221.2M-7.7%341K3.58
    14 April 20221.3M+1.1%688K1.92
    31 March 20221.3M-0.4%312K4.19
    15 March 20221.3M-1.7%767K1.71
    28 February 20221.3M-10.7%559K2.39
    15 February 20221.5M-1.0%67K22.41
    31 January 20221.5M-1.4%46K32.56
    14 January 20221.5M-0.9%62K24.57
    31 December 20211.5M-9.3%84K18.29
    15 December 20211.7M+1.1%69K24.64
    30 November 20211.7M+6.3%115K14.70
    15 November 20211.6M+3.6%99K16.01
    29 October 20211.5M-0.5%93K16.53
    15 October 20211.5M-3.7%95K16.17
    30 September 20211.6M-1.2%110K14.49
    15 September 20211.6M-11.2%63K25.65
    31 August 20211.8M-1.9%102K17.93
    13 August 20211.9M-3.3%126K14.74
    30 July 20211.9M-0.5%101K18.96
    15 July 20211.9M-3.4%195K9.90
    30 June 20212.0M+1.9%258K7.74
    15 June 20212.0M-16.1%892K2.20
    28 May 20212.3M+5.2%200K11.67
    14 May 20212.2M+3.4%163K13.61
    30 April 20212.2M+7.4%159K13.49
    15 April 20212.0M-0.4%151K13.25
    31 March 20212.0M-2.7%258K7.78
    15 March 20212.1M+0.9%572K3.61
    26 February 20212.0M-3.4%442K4.63
    12 February 20212.1M-6.1%628K3.38
    29 January 20212.3M-4.3%259K8.73
    15 January 20212.4M-2.2%338K6.99
    31 December 20202.4M-6.2%170K14.20
    15 December 20202.6M-4.4%305K8.43
    30 November 20202.7M+0.6%366K7.35
    13 November 20202.7M-4.1%409K6.54
    30 October 20202.8M-1.9%594K4.70
    15 October 20202.8M+1.3%133K21.34
    30 September 20202.8M-0.8%125K22.44
    15 September 20202.8M-0.1%122K23.20
    31 August 20202.8M-0.1%230K12.32
    14 August 20202.8M-11.9%258K10.98
    31 July 20203.2M-10.7%125K25.80
    15 July 20203.6M-5.9%186K19.43
    30 June 20203.8M-7.6%474K8.09
    15 June 20204.1M-7.8%467K8.88
    29 May 20204.5M-3.5%283K15.91
    15 May 20204.7M-0.9%268K17.39
    30 April 20204.7M-1.4%347K13.55
    15 April 20204.8M-1.3%350K13.60
    31 March 20204.8M-10.7%270K17.87
    13 March 20205.4M-2.3%393K13.75
    28 February 20205.5M+4.1%300K18.47
    14 February 20205.3M+2.9%239K22.20
    31 January 20205.2M+3.0%200K25.80
    15 January 20205.0M+3.3%190K26.33
    31 December 20194.9M-3.4%186K26.15
    13 December 20195.0M-4.8%191K26.27
    29 November 20195.3M+0.2%187K28.13
    15 November 20195.3M+1.0%308K17.09
    31 October 20195.2M-0.2%246K21.17
    15 October 20195.2M+2.9%261K20.02
    30 September 20195.1M+2.1%415K12.22
    13 September 20195.0M+0.9%358K13.88
    30 August 20194.9M+0.5%257K19.18
    15 August 20194.9M+25.2%511K9.60
    31 July 20193.9M+4.3%313K12.53
    15 July 20193.8M-8.3%250K15.04
    28 June 20194.1M-5.8%330K12.42
    14 June 20194.3M-1.1%170K25.65
    31 May 20194.4M+3.7%180K24.43
    15 May 20194.2M-0.7%314K13.52
    30 April 20194.3M+2.3%328K13.02
    15 April 20194.2M-0.5%343K12.16
    29 March 20194.2M-15.8%513K8.18
    15 March 20195.0M-11.7%505K9.87
    28 February 20195.6M-2.2%277K20.39
    15 February 20195.8M-3.8%245K23.58
    31 January 20196.0M+3.2%287K20.89
    15 January 20195.8M-5.5%278K20.89
    31 December 20186.1M-8.5%524K11.74
    14 December 20186.7M-1.7%381K17.63
    30 November 20186.8M-1.9%477K14.34
    15 November 20187.0M+6.3%980K7.12
    31 October 20186.6M-1.0%903K7.27
    15 October 20186.6M-8.8%456K14.55
    28 September 20187.3M-5.1%500K14.54
    14 September 20187.7M-0.5%492K15.57
    31 August 20187.7M+5.1%596K12.91
    15 August 20187.3M+7.1%809K9.05
    31 July 20186.8M-6.1%579K11.82
    13 July 20187.3M+0.4%629K11.57
    29 June 20187.3M+8.3%1.0M6.94
    15 June 20186.7M+21.8%1.1M6.15
    31 May 20185.5M+14.0%1.2M4.50
    15 May 20184.8M-0.9%1.1M4.41
    30 April 20184.9M-0.2%733K6.64
    13 April 20184.9M+2.3%805K6.06
    29 March 20184.8M-5.0%1.4M3.44
    15 March 20185.0M+6.7%825K6.08
    28 February 20184.7M+5.3%892K5.27
    15 February 20184.5M+15.7%660K6.76
    31 January 20183.9M-5.0%628K6.14
    12 January 20184.1M+2.2%843K4.81
    29 December 20174.0M580K6.85
    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.