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Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. short interest

1.3M shares of Stock Yards Bancorp were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (1.2M to 2.1M). Short sellers would need 8.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.3Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-9.8%-38% over a year
Days to cover8.90at 142K shares a day
Of shares in issue4.07%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 bottom of its range over the last year (1.2M to 2.1M), and the share price moved +14% 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. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares, the way the price is.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20261.3M-9.8%142K8.90
    30 September 20261.4M+4.8%165K8.47
    15 September 20261.3M+9.5%155K8.66
    31 August 20261.2M+3.1%126K9.69
    14 August 20261.2M-2.1%137K8.63
    31 July 20261.2M-23.4%219K5.53
    15 July 20261.6M-0.6%172K9.20
    30 June 20261.6M+6.5%308K5.15
    15 June 20261.5M+6.7%166K8.99
    29 May 20261.4M-3.5%172K8.15
    15 May 20261.4M-7.1%140K10.37
    30 April 20261.6M-6.2%153K10.17
    15 April 20261.7M-10.6%174K9.55
    31 March 20261.9M-0.9%250K7.45
    13 March 20261.9M+2.2%172K10.91
    27 February 20261.8M-0.7%99K18.54
    13 February 20261.8M+5.3%122K15.13
    30 January 20261.8M+1.4%114K15.39
    15 January 20261.7M-6.4%143K12.08
    31 December 20251.8M-11.5%140K13.24
    15 December 20252.1M+0.4%158K13.23
    28 November 20252.1M-0.6%209K9.96
    14 November 20252.1M+2.9%111K18.90
    31 October 20252.0M-1.0%103K19.84
    15 October 20252.1M-1.7%118K17.34
    30 September 20252.1M-0.8%150K13.92
    15 September 20252.1M+3.6%78K27.15
    29 August 20252.0M-0.1%96K21.26
    15 August 20252.0M-1.6%98K20.70
    31 July 20252.1M-3.0%115K18.03
    15 July 20252.1M-4.3%132K16.18
    30 June 20252.2M-0.2%189K11.78
    13 June 20252.2M+3.2%108K20.69
    30 May 20252.2M+0.3%103K20.97
    15 May 20252.2M+1.0%98K22.07
    30 April 20252.1M+3.6%139K15.34
    15 April 20252.1M+1.4%118K17.56
    31 March 20252.0M-0.9%108K18.85
    14 March 20252.1M+3.2%82K24.97
    28 February 20252.0M-3.3%129K15.49
    14 February 20252.1M-0.6%88K23.45
    31 January 20252.1M+2.3%210K9.88
    15 January 20252.0M-1.5%118K17.12
    31 December 20242.1M-2.9%208K9.90
    13 December 20242.1M+8.2%96K22.04
    29 November 20242.0M-0.7%96K20.36
    15 November 20242.0M+1.1%157K12.52
    31 October 20242.0M+0.9%215K9.09
    15 October 20241.9M+0.5%169K11.42
    30 September 20241.9M-5.1%275K7.00
    13 September 20242.0M+1.2%54K37.27
    30 August 20242.0M+0.3%52K38.18
    15 August 20242.0M-1.2%70K28.56
    31 July 20242.0M+2.6%137K14.74
    15 July 20242.0M+0.2%83K23.59
    28 June 20242.0M+0.2%173K11.34
    14 June 20242.0M+3.3%64K30.87
    31 May 20241.9M-2.3%62K30.84
    15 May 20241.9M-2.9%56K34.60
    30 April 20242.0M+2.3%100K20.00
    15 April 20242.0M+0.3%76K25.68
    28 March 20242.0M-3.2%101K19.37
    15 March 20242.0M+7.6%84K23.88
    29 February 20241.9M+0.3%55K34.33
    15 February 20241.9M-0.8%78K23.98
    31 January 20241.9M+0.7%64K29.21
    12 January 20241.9M-1.8%69K26.93
    29 December 20231.9M-3.2%66K29.01
    15 December 20232.0M+4.1%88K22.30
    30 November 20231.9M-2.4%75K25.20
    15 November 20231.9M+7.0%104K18.67
    31 October 20231.8M-1.1%69K26.14
    13 October 20231.8M-1.5%69K26.67
    29 September 20231.9M-3.9%73K25.45
    15 September 20231.9M+5.9%115K16.78
    31 August 20231.8M+7.0%74K24.51
    15 August 20231.7M+1.0%68K25.16
    31 July 20231.7M+11.7%102K16.50
    14 July 20231.5M+6.2%86K17.65
    30 June 20231.4M-3.7%143K10.00
    15 June 20231.5M+16.8%119K12.47
    31 May 20231.3M+46.3%150K8.43
    15 May 2023867K+24.7%119K7.30
    28 April 2023695K-3.3%78K8.96
    14 April 2023718K+6.8%100K7.18
    31 March 2023673K-7.7%186K3.61
    15 March 2023729K+3.9%117K6.23
    28 February 2023701K+2.0%66K10.66
    15 February 2023687K+5.9%64K10.80
    31 January 2023649K+11.4%64K10.18
    13 January 2023582K-6.1%67K8.73
    30 December 2022620K-7.1%86K7.25
    15 December 2022667K-7.4%65K10.21
    30 November 2022721K-6.0%63K11.39
    15 November 2022767K-14.1%73K10.49
    31 October 2022892K-1.3%75K11.96
    14 October 2022904K-3.8%60K15.04
    30 September 2022940K+2.8%77K12.26
    15 September 2022914K+4.6%53K17.17
    31 August 2022873K-5.6%55K15.84
    15 August 2022925K-2.7%64K14.47
    29 July 2022951K-6.1%80K11.82
    15 July 20221.0M+6.7%81K12.54
    30 June 2022949K+9.0%220K4.32
    15 June 2022871K+4.4%83K10.44
    31 May 2022834K+13.3%86K9.70
    13 May 2022736K+6.2%67K11.03
    29 April 2022693K+6.7%74K9.36
    14 April 2022650K+3.4%59K10.99
    31 March 2022628K-8.5%55K11.49
    15 March 2022686K+2.5%55K12.47
    28 February 2022670K+0.2%43K15.75
    15 February 2022669K+5.0%55K12.13
    31 January 2022637K-8.1%58K10.90
    14 January 2022693K-2.0%54K12.81
    31 December 2021707K-5.9%62K11.36
    15 December 2021752K-2.2%46K16.37
    30 November 2021769K-1.1%59K12.99
    15 November 2021778K-1.9%53K14.68
    29 October 2021792K-2.7%53K14.98
    15 October 2021814K+9.5%63K12.92
    30 September 2021744K+15.7%144K5.17
    15 September 2021643K+5.7%75K8.61
    31 August 2021608K+10.0%53K11.50
    13 August 2021553K+2.8%38K14.54
    30 July 2021538K-5.7%37K14.35
    15 July 2021570K-1.3%37K15.40
    30 June 2021578K-6.0%130K4.45
    15 June 2021615K-7.0%47K13.08
    28 May 2021661K+1.6%43K15.20
    14 May 2021651K+3.2%37K17.49
    30 April 2021631K+0.8%38K16.41
    15 April 2021626K-1.4%39K16.12
    31 March 2021634K-6.6%76K8.35
    15 March 2021679K+2.6%75K9.00
    26 February 2021662K-3.9%45K14.87
    12 February 2021689K-5.8%56K12.22
    29 January 2021731K+6.4%48K15.31
    15 January 2021687K-6.7%39K17.45
    31 December 2020736K+1.1%50K14.72
    15 December 2020728K-6.9%38K18.98
    30 November 2020781K-7.6%43K18.29
    13 November 2020846K-1.7%49K17.35
    30 October 2020861K-4.4%64K13.37
    15 October 2020901K-3.7%47K19.19
    30 September 2020935K+0.2%82K11.46
    15 September 2020933K+2.3%52K18.00
    31 August 2020912K-1.7%52K17.67
    14 August 2020928K-7.0%52K17.90
    31 July 2020998K-11.1%71K14.14
    15 July 20201.1M+2.3%80K13.98
    30 June 20201.1M+64.9%169K6.51
    15 June 2020665K-3.7%56K11.80
    29 May 2020691K+9.5%54K12.88
    15 May 2020631K+8.6%64K9.94
    30 April 2020581K+0.1%62K9.35
    15 April 2020581K-0.8%78K7.41
    31 March 2020586K-0.2%88K6.66
    13 March 2020587K-0.1%54K10.90
    28 February 2020587K+3.3%41K14.35
    14 February 2020568K-4.3%30K18.95
    31 January 2020594K-1.5%34K17.33
    15 January 2020603K-3.4%38K16.07
    31 December 2019624K-8.1%48K12.99
    13 December 2019680K+5.3%29K23.27
    29 November 2019645K+1.8%36K17.84
    15 November 2019634K+2.3%36K17.84
    31 October 2019620K+0.6%43K14.37
    15 October 2019616K+3.4%47K13.23
    30 September 2019596K-3.5%44K13.58
    13 September 2019617K+3.2%49K12.72
    30 August 2019598K+7.4%32K18.81
    15 August 2019557K+9.7%47K11.91
    31 July 2019508K+3.4%41K12.38
    15 July 2019491K-0.8%33K14.74
    28 June 2019495K+14.1%67K7.34
    14 June 2019434K+10.1%40K10.83
    31 May 2019394K-2.3%32K12.16
    15 May 2019403K-11.2%37K10.84
    30 April 2019454K-10.8%44K10.37
    15 April 2019509K+0.7%27K18.82
    29 March 2019505K+0.5%37K13.61
    15 March 2019503K-3.0%47K10.76
    28 February 2019519K+0.6%32K16.06
    15 February 2019515K-9.6%55K9.29
    31 January 2019570K+7.1%65K8.76
    15 January 2019533K+9.8%54K9.82
    31 December 2018485K+28.1%81K6.01
    14 December 2018379K-0.3%45K8.41
    30 November 2018380K+6.7%33K11.67
    15 November 2018356K-10.3%31K11.57
    31 October 2018397K-9.5%36K11.08
    15 October 2018438K-2.1%36K12.17
    28 September 2018448K+9.7%43K10.38
    14 September 2018408K+3.7%33K12.18
    31 August 2018393K-6.4%37K10.77
    15 August 2018420K+6.3%33K12.69
    31 July 2018395K-0.6%37K10.75
    13 July 2018398K-2.5%42K9.40
    29 June 2018408K-3.0%75K5.47
    15 June 2018421K+1.0%58K7.24
    31 May 2018417K+0.8%52K7.99
    15 May 2018413K-2.3%70K5.88
    30 April 2018423K-7.8%165K2.57
    13 April 2018459K-1.9%48K9.60
    29 March 2018468K+0.7%71K6.63
    15 March 2018465K-3.2%51K9.20
    28 February 2018480K-1.4%38K12.59
    15 February 2018487K+9.4%61K8.04
    31 January 2018445K-13.2%44K10.07
    12 January 2018513K-14.7%44K11.68
    29 December 2017601K33K17.96
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. Counts before a split are restated to today's shares. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.