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Visa Inc. short interest

20.5M shares of Visa were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (18.5M to 27.2M). Short sellers would need 3.6 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short20.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-0.5%-22% over a year
Days to cover3.59at 5.7M 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 bottom of its range over the last year (18.5M to 27.2M), and the share price moved +22% 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 202620.5M-0.5%5.7M3.59
    30 September 202620.6M+11.2%7.3M2.81
    15 September 202618.5M-8.8%4.8M3.87
    31 August 202620.3M-8.7%7.3M2.78
    14 August 202622.3M+7.0%6.1M3.63
    31 July 202620.8M-11.8%7.4M2.82
    15 July 202623.6M+14.1%8.9M2.66
    30 June 202620.7M-2.8%10.9M1.90
    15 June 202621.3M-0.4%7.2M2.95
    29 May 202621.4M-17.2%8.8M2.44
    15 May 202625.8M+11.6%6.9M3.77
    30 April 202623.1M-1.3%8.0M2.90
    15 April 202623.4M-0.2%5.6M4.18
    31 March 202623.5M-11.9%8.2M2.86
    13 March 202626.6M-2.2%6.4M4.13
    27 February 202627.2M+2.7%8.8M3.09
    13 February 202626.5M+2.4%8.6M3.09
    30 January 202625.9M+17.0%8.2M3.17
    15 January 202622.1M-4.9%8.9M2.49
    31 December 202523.3M-6.2%5.8M4.03
    15 December 202524.8M+12.5%6.9M3.60
    28 November 202522.1M-0.4%6.9M3.19
    14 November 202522.2M-7.2%5.8M3.84
    31 October 202523.9M-9.6%6.0M3.98
    15 October 202526.4M-5.2%5.2M5.12
    30 September 202527.9M+4.3%7.6M3.66
    15 September 202526.7M+2.7%4.8M5.59
    29 August 202526.0M-7.2%5.3M4.87
    15 August 202528.0M-0.2%6.6M4.26
    31 July 202528.1M+2.9%5.9M4.72
    15 July 202527.3M+2.9%5.9M4.62
    30 June 202526.5M-11.4%9.4M2.81
    13 June 202529.9M+2.6%5.9M5.08
    30 May 202529.2M+2.7%5.6M5.25
    15 May 202528.4M+9.9%5.2M5.45
    30 April 202525.9M-1.6%6.5M3.97
    15 April 202526.3M-16.5%8.5M3.10
    31 March 202531.5M+16.0%7.4M4.28
    14 March 202527.1M+12.0%8.1M3.34
    28 February 202524.2M+3.6%7.0M3.46
    14 February 202523.4M-13.3%5.5M4.25
    31 January 202527.0M+2.3%5.9M4.56
    15 January 202526.4M-12.9%5.9M4.49
    31 December 202430.3M+20.6%7.5M4.01
    13 December 202425.1M+7.0%4.9M5.16
    29 November 202423.5M+15.3%6.4M3.65
    15 November 202420.3M+3.7%5.4M3.78
    31 October 202419.6M-11.2%6.6M2.96
    15 October 202422.1M-5.4%4.5M4.93
    30 September 202423.4M+9.2%9.8M2.39
    13 September 202421.4M-3.5%6.5M3.28
    30 August 202422.2M+21.3%5.6M3.95
    15 August 202418.3M-17.4%11.7M1.56
    31 July 202422.1M+4.1%7.3M3.04
    15 July 202421.2M-7.2%7.7M2.77
    28 June 202422.9M-19.9%13.5M1.69
    14 June 202428.6M+1.3%5.9M4.87
    31 May 202428.2M-23.7%6.2M4.51
    15 May 202437.0M+27.8%9.3M3.96
    30 April 202428.9M-11.4%7.0M4.10
    15 April 202432.6M+5.7%6.4M5.09
    28 March 202430.9M-9.0%6.5M4.72
    15 March 202433.9M+4.8%5.8M5.84
    29 February 202432.4M-5.3%5.2M6.23
    15 February 202434.2M+1.2%5.0M6.88
    31 January 202433.8M+10.8%6.4M5.27
    12 January 202430.5M+0.5%4.8M6.30
    29 December 202330.3M-4.9%5.2M5.86
    15 December 202331.9M+1.7%5.8M5.53
    30 November 202331.3M+1.3%6.0M5.22
    15 November 202330.9M+0.2%6.5M4.77
    31 October 202330.9M+0.7%6.3M4.87
    13 October 202330.7M-1.1%5.3M5.80
    29 September 202331.1M-1.6%5.6M5.50
    15 September 202331.5M+1.5%5.8M5.47
    31 August 202331.1M+2.2%4.2M7.45
    15 August 202330.4M+1.5%4.6M6.56
    31 July 202330.0M-0.1%5.9M5.05
    14 July 202330.0M+1.7%5.4M5.57
    30 June 202329.5M-3.8%7.4M3.99
    15 June 202330.6M-2.4%7.5M4.11
    31 May 202331.4M-5.9%7.3M4.33
    15 May 202333.4M+7.7%4.4M7.58
    28 April 202331.0M-1.1%6.8M4.59
    14 April 202331.3M+2.8%5.8M5.42
    31 March 202330.5M-7.0%8.5M3.58
    15 March 202332.8M+1.0%6.0M5.49
    28 February 202332.4M-2.1%5.0M6.51
    15 February 202333.1M+3.4%5.0M6.68
    31 January 202332.1M-1.4%6.7M4.79
    13 January 202332.5M+6.3%6.0M5.42
    30 December 202230.6M-6.0%4.9M6.21
    15 December 202232.6M-13.0%8.0M4.09
    30 November 202237.4M-6.0%7.4M5.04
    15 November 202239.8M+5.7%7.6M5.24
    31 October 202237.7M-9.1%8.8M4.27
    14 October 202241.4M-7.0%6.4M6.51
    30 September 202244.6M-1.7%8.6M5.16
    15 September 202245.3M+37.3%4.8M9.49
    31 August 202233.0M-1.8%4.8M6.89
    15 August 202233.6M+0.3%6.6M5.10
    29 July 202233.5M-2.1%6.5M5.13
    15 July 202234.3M+2.5%5.3M6.44
    30 June 202233.4M+2.4%7.1M4.73
    15 June 202232.6M-0.5%5.2M6.25
    31 May 202232.8M+15.0%7.8M4.20
    13 May 202228.5M+7.3%8.6M3.32
    29 April 202226.6M+1.8%8.2M3.25
    14 April 202226.1M-1.5%7.0M3.72
    31 March 202226.5M-3.6%7.5M3.55
    15 March 202227.5M-1.2%9.0M3.04
    28 February 202227.8M+4.8%9.3M2.98
    15 February 202226.6M+7.4%8.8M3.01
    31 January 202224.7M+1.0%13.3M1.86
    14 January 202224.5M+1.8%9.2M2.66
    31 December 202124.0M+6.1%6.2M3.87
    15 December 202122.7M-0.8%11.0M2.06
    30 November 202122.8M-9.7%17.3M1.32
    15 November 202125.3M-8.8%11.9M2.13
    29 October 202127.7M+3.6%9.8M2.82
    15 October 202126.8M+9.5%6.5M4.10
    30 September 202124.4M-7.7%7.6M3.22
    15 September 202126.5M+5.5%9.2M2.87
    31 August 202125.1M-7.9%6.3M3.99
    13 August 202127.2M+0.6%7.3M3.73
    30 July 202127.1M-4.7%8.2M3.32
    15 July 202128.4M+5.5%6.8M4.17
    30 June 202126.9M+0.8%8.1M3.33
    15 June 202126.7M+3.7%5.7M4.69
    28 May 202125.8M-2.4%5.4M4.79
    14 May 202126.4M-7.3%6.0M4.38
    30 April 202128.5M+2.3%6.5M4.40
    15 April 202127.8M+5.5%6.3M4.43
    31 March 202126.4M-3.1%9.9M2.67
    15 March 202127.2M+12.1%8.0M3.41
    26 February 202124.3M-2.5%9.2M2.64
    12 February 202124.9M-8.2%9.6M2.60
    29 January 202127.1M-14.1%10.0M2.71
    15 January 202131.6M+3.5%7.8M4.04
    31 December 202030.5M+7.8%6.6M4.60
    15 December 202028.3M+7.6%8.2M3.46
    30 November 202026.3M+4.3%6.8M3.86
    13 November 202025.2M+7.1%7.4M3.39
    30 October 202023.5M+5.5%8.6M2.75
    15 October 202022.3M-13.3%5.4M4.16
    30 September 202025.7M-7.2%6.6M3.89
    15 September 202027.7M-2.2%8.8M3.14
    31 August 202028.4M+8.0%6.9M4.10
    14 August 202026.3M-26.8%7.1M3.69
    31 July 202035.8M-2.3%6.5M5.50
    15 July 202036.7M+3.2%6.9M5.33
    30 June 202035.5M+8.1%8.2M4.34
    15 June 202032.9M+0.9%7.9M4.19
    29 May 202032.6M+1.2%8.0M4.10
    15 May 202032.2M+3.3%8.8M3.64
    30 April 202031.2M+4.6%11.1M2.80
    15 April 202029.8M-2.7%11.8M2.53
    31 March 202030.6M+2.0%19.2M1.60
    13 March 202030.0M+15.0%14.7M2.04
    28 February 202026.1M+2.8%13.1M2.00
    14 February 202025.4M+0.5%7.6M3.35
    31 January 202025.3M-17.7%8.3M3.03
    15 January 202030.7M-2.0%6.5M4.74
    31 December 201931.3M-2.2%6.2M5.04
    13 December 201932.0M+11.3%7.9M4.08
    29 November 201928.8M-7.1%6.8M4.26
    15 November 201931.0M+4.3%6.7M4.66
    31 October 201929.7M-5.7%7.3M4.05
    15 October 201931.5M+8.9%6.8M4.62
    30 September 201928.9M+1.5%9.4M3.08
    13 September 201928.5M+2.9%7.6M3.73
    30 August 201927.7M+1.5%5.4M5.10
    15 August 201927.3M-3.7%8.5M3.22
    31 July 201928.3M-4.5%5.8M4.85
    15 July 201929.7M+6.0%5.7M5.23
    28 June 201928.0M-8.8%8.0M3.51
    14 June 201930.7M+13.7%7.9M3.88
    31 May 201927.0M+6.2%6.4M4.22
    15 May 201925.4M-5.1%7.0M3.63
    30 April 201926.8M-5.8%7.0M3.83
    15 April 201928.4M-5.4%6.1M4.69
    29 March 201930.1M-2.9%10.5M2.86
    15 March 201930.9M+9.5%9.3M3.32
    28 February 201928.3M+1.0%8.1M3.48
    15 February 201928.0M+2.5%8.2M3.43
    31 January 201927.3M-8.8%8.8M3.09
    15 January 201929.9M+2.7%9.6M3.12
    31 December 201829.2M-5.4%13.0M2.24
    14 December 201830.8M+4.0%12.5M2.47
    30 November 201829.6M+2.2%9.7M3.05
    15 November 201829.0M+7.4%10.2M2.86
    31 October 201827.0M+4.0%11.5M2.35
    15 October 201826.0M-8.5%10.6M2.46
    28 September 201828.4M-7.3%7.2M3.93
    14 September 201830.6M+10.6%8.4M3.67
    31 August 201827.7M-6.9%5.9M4.72
    15 August 201829.7M-4.3%6.6M4.49
    31 July 201831.1M+10.1%7.9M3.93
    13 July 201828.2M+14.4%7.4M3.81
    29 June 201824.7M-5.5%7.6M3.23
    15 June 201826.1M-7.7%7.1M3.66
    31 May 201828.2M-5.5%7.3M3.86
    15 May 201829.9M+1.8%6.1M4.91
    30 April 201829.4M+9.7%8.0M3.68
    13 April 201826.8M+11.0%7.7M3.46
    29 March 201824.1M-7.3%10.3M2.35
    15 March 201826.0M+3.0%7.5M3.49
    28 February 201825.3M-3.4%6.3M4.00
    15 February 201826.2M+5.8%12.4M2.12
    31 January 201824.7M-8.0%7.5M3.31
    12 January 201826.9M+0.5%6.9M3.92
    29 December 201726.8M6.8M3.93
    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.