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Tractor Supply Co. short interest

46.4M shares of Tractor Supply were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most since 30 May 2025. Short sellers would need 3.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short46.4Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+7.4%+27% over a year
Days to cover3.71at 12.5M shares a day
Of shares in issue8.94%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 30 May 2025, and the share price moved -35% 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 202646.4M+7.4%12.5M3.71
    30 September 202643.2M+9.8%9.8M4.43
    15 September 202639.4M-9.3%8.5M4.63
    31 August 202643.4M+22.9%8.0M5.45
    14 August 202635.3M+21.9%13.9M2.54
    31 July 202629.0M-3.5%11.5M2.51
    15 July 202630.0M+3.7%7.7M3.89
    30 June 202628.9M+10.8%15.7M1.84
    15 June 202626.1M+9.8%12.7M2.06
    29 May 202623.8M-5.3%12.9M1.84
    15 May 202625.1M-12.5%14.5M1.73
    30 April 202628.7M+4.2%12.4M2.32
    15 April 202627.6M-3.7%5.7M4.84
    31 March 202628.6M-1.8%5.7M5.04
    13 March 202629.1M-3.9%6.1M4.78
    27 February 202630.3M-13.5%5.3M5.69
    13 February 202635.0M-8.9%6.1M5.79
    30 January 202638.4M+8.6%10.5M3.67
    15 January 202635.4M+7.5%7.7M4.61
    31 December 202532.9M+1.6%4.6M7.17
    15 December 202532.4M+1.3%5.1M6.37
    28 November 202532.0M+1.0%6.2M5.13
    14 November 202531.7M-1.1%5.3M5.95
    31 October 202532.0M-12.6%5.3M6.05
    15 October 202536.6M-1.3%4.8M7.56
    30 September 202537.1M-8.1%4.3M8.63
    15 September 202540.4M-1.5%4.4M9.26
    29 August 202541.0M+1.7%3.9M10.49
    15 August 202540.3M-5.5%4.2M9.54
    31 July 202542.6M-5.2%6.6M6.46
    15 July 202545.0M+1.7%5.7M7.90
    30 June 202544.2M+7.1%6.1M7.20
    13 June 202541.3M-12.9%6.0M6.83
    30 May 202547.4M+4.2%5.3M8.93
    15 May 202545.5M+11.4%5.4M8.37
    30 April 202540.9M+16.7%6.5M6.25
    15 April 202535.0M+6.6%6.0M5.86
    31 March 202532.8M-6.6%4.3M7.57
    14 March 202535.2M-6.6%5.4M6.48
    28 February 202537.7M+5.6%4.4M8.55
    14 February 202535.7M+6.2%5.7M6.21
    31 January 202533.6M+1.9%5.9M5.71
    15 January 202533.0M-2.5%5.0M6.65
    31 December 202433.8M+6.0%5.4M6.27
    13 December 202431.9M+12.0%5.0M6.34
    29 November 202428.5M-4.6%4.6M6.20
    15 November 202429.8M-0.5%5.4M5.54
    31 October 202430.0M-7.8%5.3M5.66
    15 October 202432.5M-7.0%4.7M6.97
    30 September 202435.0M-4.2%3.5M10.00
    13 September 202436.5M+1.3%3.9M9.29
    30 August 202436.0M-1.7%3.4M10.46
    15 August 202436.7M+4.9%3.8M9.70
    31 July 202434.9M+4.7%5.5M6.41
    15 July 202433.4M-5.6%4.9M6.82
    28 June 202435.4M+9.2%8.0M4.40
    14 June 202432.4M-12.9%5.2M6.28
    31 May 202437.2M-2.9%5.4M6.84
    15 May 202438.3M-7.6%4.4M8.66
    30 April 202441.5M-4.1%6.1M6.77
    15 April 202443.3M+1.3%4.7M9.23
    28 March 202442.7M-19.3%4.2M10.15
    15 March 202452.9M-2.4%4.7M11.29
    29 February 202454.3M+2.1%5.1M10.54
    15 February 202453.1M+0.7%6.4M8.31
    31 January 202452.8M-14.2%8.0M6.63
    12 January 202461.5M-5.6%6.0M10.31
    29 December 202365.2M+4.5%5.4M12.10
    15 December 202362.4M+9.7%6.8M9.18
    30 November 202356.9M+0.4%5.0M11.45
    15 November 202356.6M-3.4%5.9M9.55
    31 October 202358.6M+3.3%7.7M7.60
    13 October 202356.8M+0.8%5.6M10.06
    29 September 202356.3M+4.6%4.8M11.73
    15 September 202353.9M+13.3%5.6M9.60
    31 August 202347.5M+15.9%6.4M7.48
    15 August 202341.0M+15.8%4.5M9.16
    31 July 202335.4M-5.7%8.4M4.20
    14 July 202337.6M+3.1%5.5M6.80
    30 June 202336.5M+14.3%6.8M5.35
    15 June 202331.9M+1.5%6.9M4.59
    31 May 202331.4M+7.3%7.4M4.26
    15 May 202329.3M+19.5%4.4M6.66
    28 April 202324.5M-1.2%6.2M3.92
    14 April 202324.8M+11.4%4.7M5.27
    31 March 202322.3M-3.5%5.0M4.43
    15 March 202323.1M+5.1%4.4M5.26
    28 February 202321.9M+15.7%4.7M4.66
    15 February 202319.0M+6.9%4.7M4.01
    31 January 202317.7M-13.0%6.7M2.65
    13 January 202320.4M-0.2%5.4M3.76
    30 December 202220.4M-6.3%4.6M4.40
    15 December 202221.8M+11.6%4.4M4.94
    30 November 202219.5M-4.0%5.4M3.59
    15 November 202220.4M-9.3%6.6M3.10
    31 October 202222.4M+20.3%7.5M2.99
    14 October 202218.7M-17.6%6.0M3.09
    30 September 202222.6M+6.0%6.2M3.68
    15 September 202221.4M-5.1%5.7M3.75
    31 August 202222.5M-2.0%4.6M4.90
    15 August 202223.0M+23.3%5.1M4.48
    29 July 202218.6M+21.6%7.3M2.56
    15 July 202215.3M+23.6%5.3M2.90
    30 June 202212.4M-7.9%5.3M2.35
    15 June 202213.4M+3.8%5.3M2.52
    31 May 202213.0M-3.4%8.3M1.55
    13 May 202213.4M+5.8%5.4M2.49
    29 April 202212.7M+17.8%7.5M1.68
    14 April 202210.8M+33.3%5.0M2.17
    31 March 20228.1M-14.8%4.2M1.91
    15 March 20229.5M-7.8%6.1M1.56
    28 February 202210.3M-10.2%6.2M1.66
    15 February 202211.4M-12.9%4.0M2.82
    31 January 202213.1M-13.2%5.8M2.25
    14 January 202215.1M+9.5%3.7M4.06
    31 December 202113.8M+8.8%2.9M4.79
    15 December 202112.7M+4.2%3.2M3.98
    30 November 202112.2M-7.1%3.9M3.15
    15 November 202113.1M-5.6%2.9M4.49
    29 October 202113.9M-6.5%4.4M3.17
    15 October 202114.9M-17.2%3.9M3.80
    30 September 202117.9M-12.0%3.8M4.73
    15 September 202120.4M-10.5%4.1M4.97
    31 August 202122.8M-7.4%3.2M7.14
    13 August 202124.6M-12.9%3.5M6.98
    30 July 202128.2M-0.8%5.9M4.75
    15 July 202128.4M-9.4%4.4M6.45
    30 June 202131.4M+1.8%4.9M6.35
    15 June 202130.8M-1.8%4.4M7.04
    28 May 202131.4M-3.3%4.5M6.90
    14 May 202132.5M+14.2%4.5M7.26
    30 April 202128.4M-10.7%6.3M4.52
    15 April 202131.8M+1.4%4.1M7.72
    31 March 202131.4M+11.3%5.0M6.30
    15 March 202128.2M+8.3%6.0M4.73
    26 February 202126.1M+6.3%6.5M4.03
    12 February 202124.5M+12.9%6.3M3.91
    29 January 202121.7M-7.9%5.9M3.69
    15 January 202123.6M-4.4%5.4M4.33
    31 December 202024.7M+17.2%5.1M4.88
    15 December 202021.1M-7.2%5.0M4.24
    30 November 202022.7M-21.7%6.7M3.41
    13 November 202029.0M-3.0%6.2M4.66
    30 October 202029.9M-24.2%8.0M3.72
    15 October 202039.4M-0.3%5.2M7.57
    30 September 202039.6M+7.6%5.0M7.97
    15 September 202036.8M+4.2%5.5M6.68
    31 August 202035.3M+11.8%5.4M6.52
    14 August 202031.6M+23.4%5.2M6.03
    31 July 202025.6M+65.1%7.5M3.43
    15 July 202015.5M-7.9%3.6M4.34
    30 June 202016.8M+0.6%6.5M2.59
    15 June 202016.7M-16.1%5.9M2.83
    29 May 202019.9M+6.4%8.4M2.37
    15 May 202018.7M-7.0%5.4M3.46
    30 April 202020.2M+6.4%8.6M2.34
    15 April 202018.9M+52.9%8.6M2.19
    31 March 202012.4M-24.5%9.5M1.31
    13 March 202016.4M+1.6%10.2M1.61
    28 February 202016.1M-4.3%7.5M2.17
    14 February 202016.9M-11.5%7.4M2.28
    31 January 202019.1M+27.2%8.9M2.15
    15 January 202015.0M+15.8%6.4M2.33
    31 December 201912.9M+14.5%6.0M2.15
    13 December 201911.3M+2.0%4.6M2.48
    29 November 201911.1M-28.5%5.8M1.92
    15 November 201915.5M+0.2%4.9M3.16
    31 October 201915.5M-33.7%8.7M1.78
    15 October 201923.3M+12.8%8.5M2.75
    30 September 201920.7M+12.7%8.0M2.60
    13 September 201918.4M+17.5%7.9M2.32
    30 August 201915.6M+1.4%5.8M2.68
    15 August 201915.4M+5.9%6.1M2.54
    31 July 201914.5M-14.4%6.6M2.19
    15 July 201917.0M-2.0%4.5M3.80
    28 June 201917.3M-5.4%5.2M3.35
    14 June 201918.3M+30.2%5.5M3.36
    31 May 201914.1M+3.6%5.7M2.46
    15 May 201913.6M+16.0%6.4M2.14
    30 April 201911.7M-17.0%8.1M1.45
    15 April 201914.1M+9.7%6.6M2.15
    29 March 201912.9M-4.4%6.2M2.06
    15 March 201913.4M+3.7%6.1M2.22
    28 February 201913.0M-8.2%5.7M2.27
    15 February 201914.1M+47.3%8.3M1.70
    31 January 20199.6M-30.6%8.8M1.08
    15 January 201913.8M+5.6%9.1M1.53
    31 December 201813.1M-0.2%6.7M1.94
    14 December 201813.1M+5.0%6.9M1.90
    30 November 201812.5M-4.8%7.1M1.77
    15 November 201813.1M-14.2%7.3M1.80
    31 October 201815.3M-11.5%9.4M1.63
    15 October 201817.3M-24.5%6.9M2.50
    28 September 201822.9M+0.6%6.9M3.34
    14 September 201822.8M-4.6%9.3M2.44
    31 August 201823.9M-14.6%7.5M3.20
    15 August 201827.9M+1.5%6.0M4.68
    31 July 201827.5M+2.3%9.2M2.99
    13 July 201826.9M+10.8%5.0M5.39
    29 June 201824.3M-3.8%6.9M3.50
    15 June 201825.2M-31.9%9.7M2.60
    31 May 201837.0M+6.2%7.7M4.81
    15 May 201834.9M+2.9%9.1M3.83
    30 April 201833.9M+9.3%13.3M2.55
    13 April 201831.0M+29.0%9.4M3.31
    29 March 201824.0M-3.7%8.6M2.79
    15 March 201825.0M+7.7%8.4M2.97
    28 February 201823.2M+5.6%8.2M2.84
    15 February 201821.9M-17.3%15.2M1.44
    31 January 201826.5M+6.6%9.1M2.93
    12 January 201824.9M+2.4%8.2M3.03
    29 December 201724.3M7.4M3.27
    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.