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Universal Health Realty Income Trust short interest

320K shares of Universal Health Realty Income Trust were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (236K to 502K). Short sellers would need 1.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short320Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-16.0%+8% over a year
Days to cover1.86at 173K shares a day
Of shares in issue2.30%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 middle of its range over the last year (236K to 502K), and the share price moved +5% 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 2026320K-16.0%173K1.86
    30 September 2026381K-12.1%152K2.51
    15 September 2026434K+7.1%96K4.54
    31 August 2026405K+9.6%100K4.06
    14 August 2026369K-4.2%108K3.43
    31 July 2026386K+2.3%82K4.68
    15 July 2026377K+59.8%149K2.53
    30 June 2026236K-53.0%473K1.00
    15 June 2026502K+17.8%118K4.26
    29 May 2026426K+3.8%65K6.58
    15 May 2026410K+8.3%63K6.48
    30 April 2026379K+25.7%60K6.35
    15 April 2026302K+3.0%54K5.63
    31 March 2026293K-2.9%88K3.35
    13 March 2026302K+8.0%51K5.92
    27 February 2026279K+3.8%59K4.72
    13 February 2026269K-9.7%77K3.49
    30 January 2026298K+2.1%60K4.95
    15 January 2026292K+13.1%58K5.03
    31 December 2025258K-10.9%103K2.50
    15 December 2025290K+7.8%83K3.49
    28 November 2025269K-23.5%135K1.99
    14 November 2025352K+17.4%83K4.24
    31 October 2025299K+1.2%78K3.85
    15 October 2025296K-1.9%81K3.65
    30 September 2025301K+4.3%90K3.35
    15 September 2025289K+6.2%61K4.73
    29 August 2025272K-5.0%60K4.52
    15 August 2025286K+6.6%73K3.93
    31 July 2025269K+9.8%67K4.01
    15 July 2025245K-2.3%56K4.39
    30 June 2025251K+1.4%84K2.99
    13 June 2025247K+5.9%52K4.71
    30 May 2025233K+22.4%46K5.10
    15 May 2025191K-0.4%45K4.21
    30 April 2025191K-11.2%50K3.85
    15 April 2025215K-9.4%66K3.28
    31 March 2025238K-18.9%76K3.15
    14 March 2025293K-4.7%66K4.45
    28 February 2025308K+4.6%64K4.78
    14 February 2025294K+18.8%54K5.48
    31 January 2025248K+5.0%70K3.53
    15 January 2025236K+20.7%69K3.41
    31 December 2024195K+14.5%83K2.35
    13 December 2024171K+19.6%80K2.14
    29 November 2024143K+13.4%53K2.69
    15 November 2024126K-3.9%64K1.95
    31 October 2024131K+41.6%57K2.31
    15 October 202492K+59.6%55K1.68
    30 September 202458K-58.1%102K1.00
    13 September 2024138K+17.5%57K2.43
    30 August 2024118K+14.7%34K3.44
    15 August 2024103K-10.3%38K2.71
    31 July 2024114K-2.9%59K1.93
    15 July 2024118K+19.0%49K2.42
    28 June 202499K-43.8%133K1.00
    14 June 2024176K+5.6%69K2.53
    31 May 2024167K-25.6%47K3.56
    15 May 2024224K+5.6%50K4.44
    30 April 2024212K+16.4%74K2.85
    15 April 2024182K+31.0%94K1.95
    28 March 2024139K-65.4%123K1.13
    15 March 2024401K+163.3%204K1.97
    29 February 2024152K+40.2%123K1.24
    15 February 2024109K+23.5%59K1.84
    31 January 202488K+4.2%42K2.11
    12 January 202485K-32.2%38K2.20
    29 December 2023125K-19.2%50K2.49
    15 December 2023154K+25.1%83K1.86
    30 November 2023123K+9.3%42K2.91
    15 November 2023113K-18.4%43K2.62
    31 October 2023138K+28.6%66K2.10
    13 October 2023108K-7.0%47K2.27
    29 September 2023116K-17.3%60K1.92
    15 September 2023140K-1.0%64K2.17
    31 August 2023141K+4.6%39K3.66
    15 August 2023135K+2.5%27K4.97
    31 July 2023132K+1.2%33K3.96
    14 July 2023130K-1.8%35K3.73
    30 June 2023133K-18.3%71K1.86
    15 June 2023163K+9.9%52K3.12
    31 May 2023148K-7.8%48K3.07
    15 May 2023160K-6.8%40K3.97
    28 April 2023172K-4.4%38K4.51
    14 April 2023180K+1.7%45K4.05
    31 March 2023177K-9.4%67K2.64
    15 March 2023195K+2.7%52K3.78
    28 February 2023190K+2.4%54K3.53
    15 February 2023186K-17.3%54K3.43
    31 January 2023224K+19.5%30K7.44
    13 January 2023188K-4.7%48K3.90
    30 December 2022197K-43.5%62K3.17
    15 December 2022349K+126.8%52K6.71
    30 November 2022154K-24.1%38K4.04
    15 November 2022203K-14.8%39K5.15
    31 October 2022238K-9.2%54K4.43
    14 October 2022262K+18.6%50K5.21
    30 September 2022221K-15.8%70K3.15
    15 September 2022263K+13.2%58K4.53
    31 August 2022232K-8.4%39K6.00
    15 August 2022253K+1.4%40K6.27
    29 July 2022250K-5.1%41K6.09
    15 July 2022263K-7.4%41K6.39
    30 June 2022284K+9.4%87K3.26
    15 June 2022260K+4.1%56K4.60
    31 May 2022249K+14.8%66K3.80
    13 May 2022217K+6.8%64K3.39
    29 April 2022203K+7.5%70K2.89
    14 April 2022189K+2.4%61K3.09
    31 March 2022185K-0.7%49K3.75
    15 March 2022186K-5.6%49K3.79
    28 February 2022197K+13.2%81K2.42
    15 February 2022174K+12.9%55K3.19
    31 January 2022154K+17.6%56K2.74
    14 January 2022131K+30.7%40K3.26
    31 December 2021100K-38.6%62K1.61
    15 December 2021163K+60.7%61K2.68
    30 November 2021102K+7.8%45K2.25
    15 November 202194K-9.1%43K2.21
    29 October 2021104K-15.2%41K2.51
    15 October 2021122K+8.9%48K2.56
    30 September 2021112K-8.7%86K1.31
    15 September 2021123K-4.0%111K1.11
    31 August 2021128K+6.4%55K2.35
    13 August 2021120K+5.5%40K2.99
    30 July 2021114K+12.9%42K2.75
    15 July 2021101K+4.8%52K1.93
    30 June 202197K-45.3%119K1.00
    15 June 2021176K+25.6%44K4.05
    28 May 2021140K+7.9%30K4.69
    14 May 2021130K+2.9%34K3.79
    30 April 2021127K-7.4%25K5.15
    15 April 2021137K+1.8%24K5.81
    31 March 2021134K-1.1%45K2.95
    15 March 2021136K-3.0%47K2.87
    26 February 2021140K-13.5%44K3.19
    12 February 2021162K-10.7%41K3.93
    29 January 2021181K+20.1%52K3.50
    15 January 2021151K-11.4%56K2.71
    31 December 2020170K+38.1%68K2.52
    15 December 2020123K+23.4%44K2.83
    30 November 2020100K+5.0%41K2.44
    13 November 202095K-4.1%47K2.04
    30 October 202099K-7.6%36K2.76
    15 October 2020107K+2.8%40K2.67
    30 September 2020104K-10.4%59K1.77
    15 September 2020117K-9.9%38K3.05
    31 August 2020129K-7.7%36K3.58
    14 August 2020140K-9.1%29K4.75
    31 July 2020154K-4.3%34K4.58
    15 July 2020161K-12.0%38K4.20
    30 June 2020183K-23.7%72K2.53
    15 June 2020240K+10.3%39K6.13
    29 May 2020217K-11.8%47K4.63
    15 May 2020246K-2.1%49K5.04
    30 April 2020252K+7.2%42K5.96
    15 April 2020235K-11.2%66K3.54
    31 March 2020264K-4.5%86K3.07
    13 March 2020277K-15.7%61K4.51
    28 February 2020329K+5.1%49K6.76
    14 February 2020313K-5.5%37K8.44
    31 January 2020331K+2.3%39K8.48
    15 January 2020323K+17.1%50K6.51
    31 December 2019276K-26.6%65K4.22
    13 December 2019376K-5.9%42K8.96
    29 November 2019400K+1.5%47K8.41
    15 November 2019394K+12.4%75K5.27
    31 October 2019351K+15.6%54K6.47
    15 October 2019303K+1.6%37K8.10
    30 September 2019298K+4.7%74K4.01
    13 September 2019285K-1.6%57K4.97
    30 August 2019290K+4.4%59K4.92
    15 August 2019277K+11.7%78K3.55
    31 July 2019248K+1.3%68K3.68
    15 July 2019245K+6.4%71K3.45
    28 June 2019231K+64.5%116K1.99
    14 June 2019140K+7.2%47K2.99
    31 May 2019131K-5.6%38K3.42
    15 May 2019139K+21.9%43K3.23
    30 April 2019114K-17.8%38K3.01
    15 April 2019138K+27.7%42K3.29
    29 March 2019108K-13.2%32K3.43
    15 March 2019125K-0.4%33K3.73
    28 February 2019125K-10.8%27K4.63
    15 February 2019140K+64.6%27K5.25
    31 January 201985K-8.7%25K3.45
    15 January 201993K-3.7%28K3.35
    31 December 201897K-20.5%49K1.96
    14 December 2018122K-8.1%33K3.69
    30 November 2018133K-34.2%50K2.63
    15 November 2018202K-6.2%39K5.15
    31 October 2018215K-26.2%28K7.71
    15 October 2018291K+4.5%26K11.26
    28 September 2018279K-8.2%38K7.34
    14 September 2018304K+37.6%23K13.19
    31 August 2018221K-1.7%28K7.82
    15 August 2018225K+0.6%28K8.07
    31 July 2018223K+10.0%30K7.45
    13 July 2018203K-33.7%28K7.36
    29 June 2018306K-1.6%43K7.20
    15 June 2018311K+54.8%38K8.21
    31 May 2018201K-34.4%39K5.10
    15 May 2018307K-6.0%35K8.71
    30 April 2018326K+1.0%27K11.97
    13 April 2018323K-9.6%37K8.85
    29 March 2018357K+62.0%56K6.36
    15 March 2018221K-22.2%47K4.72
    28 February 2018284K+35.1%58K4.87
    15 February 2018210K-32.1%60K3.49
    31 January 2018309K-3.5%43K7.18
    12 January 2018320K+52.1%38K8.50
    29 December 2017211K36K5.77
    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.