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Smith & Nephew plc short interest

4.4M shares of Smith & Nephew were sold short at the 30 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (2.4M to 6.2M). Short sellers would need 3.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short4.4Mat 30 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+9.0%+80% over a year
Days to cover3.71at 1.2M 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 (2.4M to 6.2M), and the share price moved -16% 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
    30 October 20264.4M+9.0%1.2M3.71
    15 October 20264.0M-13.3%1.3M3.12
    30 September 20264.7M-3.5%1.2M3.98
    15 September 20264.8M-22.6%2.2M2.22
    31 August 20266.2M+28.0%1.6M3.91
    14 August 20264.9M-4.1%1.4M3.53
    31 July 20265.1M+12.7%1.9M2.61
    15 July 20264.5M+21.2%1.7M2.73
    30 June 20263.7M+15.1%1.5M2.47
    15 June 20263.2M-3.5%1.2M2.71
    29 May 20263.4M+3.3%1.1M3.05
    15 May 20263.2M+10.0%1.5M2.18
    30 April 20263.0M-3.9%1.2M2.42
    15 April 20263.1M-9.4%893K3.44
    31 March 20263.4M-3.4%609K5.57
    13 March 20263.5M+12.4%1.2M3.04
    27 February 20263.1M+0.7%700K4.46
    13 February 20263.1M-15.8%910K3.40
    30 January 20263.7M+16.3%966K3.81
    15 January 20263.2M+2.8%1.0M3.02
    31 December 20253.1M+22.7%451K6.84
    15 December 20252.5M+5.7%603K4.16
    28 November 20252.4M-0.7%427K5.56
    14 November 20252.4M-1.9%739K3.24
    31 October 20252.4M-3.9%485K5.03
    15 October 20252.5M+0.2%721K3.52
    30 September 20252.5M+6.3%646K3.92
    15 September 20252.4M-8.7%795K3.00
    29 August 20252.6M-8.2%535K4.87
    15 August 20252.8M+7.5%1.3M2.24
    31 July 20252.6M-2.7%717K3.69
    15 July 20252.7M+4.6%1.4M1.91
    30 June 20252.6M+4.9%1.0M2.48
    13 June 20252.5M-14.9%806K3.07
    30 May 20252.9M+54.4%534K5.44
    15 May 20251.9M+23.2%717K2.63
    30 April 20251.5M+34.0%787K1.94
    15 April 20251.1M+0.4%1.4M1.00
    31 March 20251.1M-1.5%796K1.43
    14 March 20251.2M-28.0%723K1.60
    28 February 20251.6M+4.6%857K1.87
    14 February 20251.5M-10.2%637K2.41
    31 January 20251.7M-20.2%692K2.47
    15 January 20252.1M-23.3%1.1M2.01
    31 December 20242.8M-8.7%909K3.07
    13 December 20243.1M+6.0%625K4.89
    29 November 20242.9M-7.5%894K3.22
    15 November 20243.1M+28.4%1.0M3.10
    31 October 20242.4M-8.2%837K2.90
    15 October 20242.6M-24.9%690K3.83
    30 September 20243.5M+6.3%824K4.27
    13 September 20243.3M+2.0%528K6.27
    30 August 20243.2M-3.7%493K6.58
    15 August 20243.4M-19.0%690K4.88
    31 July 20244.2M-13.4%761K5.46
    15 July 20244.8M-4.0%1.3M3.76
    28 June 20245.0M-2.8%613K8.17
    14 June 20245.1M-7.4%668K7.71
    31 May 20245.6M+31.8%846K6.56
    15 May 20244.2M+70.3%1.0M4.13
    30 April 20242.5M+18.1%1.3M1.97
    15 April 20242.1M+5.9%830K2.52
    28 March 20242.0M-17.6%944K2.09
    15 March 20242.4M+7.9%784K3.06
    29 February 20242.2M+9.9%1.1M2.03
    15 February 20242.0M+41.0%796K2.54
    31 January 20241.4M+64.6%1.3M1.08
    12 January 2024871K-12.2%922K1.00
    29 December 2023992K+34.8%525K1.89
    15 December 2023736K-31.6%955K1.00
    30 November 20231.1M-35.6%815K1.32
    15 November 20231.7M+62.9%2.2M1.00
    31 October 20231.0M-51.2%2.5M1.00
    13 October 20232.1M+94.0%1.1M1.83
    29 September 20231.1M+22.7%1.2M1.00
    15 September 2023883K-49.4%901K1.00
    31 August 20231.7M+33.3%519K3.37
    15 August 20231.3M-40.3%755K1.74
    31 July 20232.2M+46.8%796K2.75
    14 July 20231.5M+68.2%914K1.63
    30 June 2023887K-36.4%903K1.00
    15 June 20231.4M-26.1%896K1.56
    31 May 20231.9M+45.0%977K1.93
    15 May 20231.3M+24.9%703K1.85
    28 April 20231.0M-15.2%972K1.07
    14 April 20231.2M-48.0%867K1.42
    31 March 20232.4M+71.0%1.4M1.68
    15 March 20231.4M+19.1%765K1.81
    28 February 20231.2M-28.6%793K1.46
    15 February 20231.6M+7.3%572K2.84
    31 January 20231.5M-40.5%646K2.35
    13 January 20232.5M+30.7%747K3.41
    30 December 20221.9M-23.0%672K2.90
    15 December 20222.5M-10.8%743K3.40
    30 November 20222.8M-16.4%831K3.41
    15 November 20223.4M-14.3%1.0M3.33
    31 October 20224.0M+1.4%913K4.33
    14 October 20223.9M+2.1%1.4M2.74
    30 September 20223.8M+1.4%1.4M2.77
    15 September 20223.8M+62.6%2.3M1.62
    31 August 20222.3M+151.1%874K2.65
    15 August 2022923K+44.3%1.4M1.00
    29 July 2022640K-20.2%933K1.00
    15 July 2022801K+12.0%835K1.00
    30 June 2022715K+1.6%811K1.00
    15 June 2022704K-20.7%648K1.09
    31 May 2022887K+7.5%568K1.56
    13 May 2022825K+1.8%648K1.27
    29 April 2022811K-15.0%1.1M1.00
    14 April 2022954K+15.4%678K1.41
    31 March 2022826K+20.3%928K1.00
    15 March 2022687K-48.3%1.4M1.00
    28 February 20221.3M+9.4%824K1.61
    15 February 20221.2M-8.4%484K2.51
    31 January 20221.3M+12.5%604K2.19
    14 January 20221.2M+0.7%700K1.68
    31 December 20211.2M+33.7%557K2.10
    15 December 2021875K+10.5%942K1.00
    30 November 2021792K+6.8%458K1.73
    15 November 2021741K+9.5%821K1.00
    29 October 2021677K-23.6%354K1.92
    15 October 2021887K+30.7%520K1.71
    30 September 2021679K+2.4%348K1.95
    15 September 2021663K-17.5%447K1.48
    31 August 2021803K-9.1%313K2.56
    13 August 2021884K+45.6%394K2.24
    30 July 2021607K+18.8%661K1.00
    15 July 2021511K-23.6%270K1.90
    30 June 2021669K-37.8%335K2.00
    15 June 20211.1M-1.7%1.1M1.00
    28 May 20211.1M+62.6%643K1.70
    14 May 2021672K-18.1%675K1.00
    30 April 2021821K-12.3%642K1.28
    15 April 2021936K-16.8%451K2.07
    31 March 20211.1M-16.2%397K2.84
    15 March 20211.3M-9.7%441K3.05
    26 February 20211.5M+22.2%438K3.40
    12 February 20211.2M+0.6%279K4.36
    29 January 20211.2M+13.1%339K3.57
    15 January 20211.1M+60.3%365K2.93
    31 December 2020667K+43.9%310K2.15
    15 December 2020464K+4.1%299K1.55
    30 November 2020446K+50.0%337K1.32
    13 November 2020297K-36.4%532K1.00
    30 October 2020467K+20.3%266K1.76
    15 October 2020389K-4.5%301K1.29
    30 September 2020407K+0.6%326K1.25
    15 September 2020405K-8.5%258K1.57
    31 August 2020442K-18.4%235K1.88
    14 August 2020542K-14.8%350K1.55
    31 July 2020636K-28.0%379K1.68
    15 July 2020883K-26.7%477K1.85
    30 June 20201.2M-2.4%585K2.06
    15 June 20201.2M+33.8%399K3.09
    29 May 2020923K-6.5%528K1.75
    15 May 2020987K+2.9%587K1.68
    30 April 2020959K-38.3%493K1.95
    15 April 20201.6M-14.9%763K2.04
    31 March 20201.8M+20.4%1.8M1.03
    13 March 20201.5M+53.6%1.2M1.29
    28 February 2020988K-16.3%972K1.02
    14 February 20201.2M-29.7%379K3.11
    31 January 20201.7M-4.4%385K4.36
    15 January 20201.8M-7.4%457K3.84
    31 December 20191.9M+109.6%843K2.25
    13 December 2019904K+11.0%394K2.30
    29 November 2019815K+4.9%469K1.74
    15 November 2019777K-14.2%489K1.59
    31 October 2019906K-8.2%1.3M1.00
    15 October 2019987K-23.5%681K1.45
    30 September 20191.3M+12.9%499K2.58
    13 September 20191.1M+2.9%533K2.14
    30 August 20191.1M+123.7%457K2.43
    15 August 2019496K-14.3%485K1.02
    31 July 2019579K-6.9%591K1.00
    15 July 2019622K-30.2%388K1.60
    28 June 2019890K-2.7%356K2.50
    14 June 2019915K-10.9%453K2.02
    31 May 20191.0M-10.3%303K3.39
    15 May 20191.1M+53.8%591K1.94
    30 April 2019744K+7.3%527K1.41
    15 April 2019694K-1.6%369K1.88
    29 March 2019705K-13.1%429K1.64
    15 March 2019812K-36.0%630K1.29
    28 February 20191.3M-18.5%477K2.66
    15 February 20191.6M-10.0%899K1.73
    31 January 20191.7M-24.9%548K3.16
    15 January 20192.3M-2.4%840K2.74
    31 December 20182.4M-20.5%997K2.37
    14 December 20183.0M-5.2%685K4.34
    30 November 20183.1M+0.1%387K8.10
    15 November 20183.1M+46.3%911K3.44
    31 October 20182.1M-18.5%654K3.27
    15 October 20182.6M+1.3%412K6.38
    28 September 20182.6M-0.4%326K7.94
    14 September 20182.6M+12.2%428K6.08
    31 August 20182.3M-11.2%305K7.59
    15 August 20182.6M+4.5%310K8.42
    31 July 20182.5M-4.3%431K5.80
    13 July 20182.6M+23.4%467K5.59
    29 June 20182.1M+95.6%722K2.93
    15 June 20181.1M-3.6%646K1.67
    31 May 20181.1M-32.5%659K1.70
    15 May 20181.7M-24.9%740K2.25
    30 April 20182.2M-10.5%703K3.15
    13 April 20182.5M-11.7%761K3.25
    29 March 20182.8M+35.4%1.1M2.45
    15 March 20182.1M+48.6%1.2M1.67
    28 February 20181.4M+1.2%543K2.56
    15 February 20181.4M+13.1%845K1.63
    31 January 20181.2M-22.9%470K2.59
    12 January 20181.6M+34.8%514K3.07
    29 December 20171.2M389K3.02
    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.