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Virco MFG Corporation short interest

229K shares of Virco MFG were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the bottom of its range over the last year (228K to 743K). Short sellers would need 9.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short229Kat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-2.5%-69% over a year
Days to cover9.41at 24K shares a day
Of shares in issue1.46%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 (228K to 743K), and the share price moved -11% 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 2026229K-2.5%24K9.41
    30 September 2026235K+3.4%23K10.16
    15 September 2026228K-10.3%32K7.22
    31 August 2026254K-9.2%13K20.22
    14 August 2026279K-1.7%21K13.36
    31 July 2026284K-0.2%40K7.18
    15 July 2026285K-6.4%40K7.06
    30 June 2026305K-39.0%206K1.48
    15 June 2026500K-8.8%62K8.04
    29 May 2026548K-1.9%33K16.53
    15 May 2026559K-0.9%33K16.70
    30 April 2026564K+1.9%43K13.15
    15 April 2026554K+0.4%45K12.43
    31 March 2026551K+2.6%33K16.63
    13 March 2026537K+5.2%40K13.45
    27 February 2026511K+1.3%32K15.93
    13 February 2026504K-7.9%48K10.45
    30 January 2026547K+5.6%57K9.54
    15 January 2026518K+5.0%46K11.33
    31 December 2025493K+3.1%56K8.82
    15 December 2025479K-4.8%66K7.22
    28 November 2025502K+6.6%46K11.04
    14 November 2025471K-16.1%54K8.77
    31 October 2025562K-24.4%68K8.21
    15 October 2025743K-6.2%82K9.02
    30 September 2025792K+3.0%76K10.39
    15 September 2025769K+2.4%63K12.13
    29 August 2025751K+3.3%51K14.67
    15 August 2025727K-0.2%54K13.59
    31 July 2025729K-2.7%76K9.53
    15 July 2025749K-6.1%80K9.40
    30 June 2025798K-2.4%95K8.40
    13 June 2025817K+5.5%72K11.34
    30 May 2025775K-3.1%43K18.23
    15 May 2025800K-6.8%100K8.00
    30 April 2025858K-3.9%103K8.34
    15 April 2025892K-9.0%94K9.46
    31 March 2025981K-3.9%59K16.50
    14 March 20251.0M+0.6%82K12.41
    28 February 20251.0M+0.2%89K11.43
    14 February 20251.0M-6.1%127K7.99
    31 January 20251.1M-18.1%121K8.91
    15 January 20251.3M+0.8%137K9.63
    31 December 20241.3M-5.3%191K6.83
    13 December 20241.4M-3.0%279K4.95
    29 November 20241.4M-4.4%100K14.23
    15 November 20241.5M-7.0%138K10.79
    31 October 20241.6M-1.0%102K15.70
    15 October 20241.6M-2.8%167K9.66
    30 September 20241.7M+7.9%353K4.70
    13 September 20241.5M+13.2%269K5.71
    30 August 20241.4M+15.9%238K5.71
    15 August 20241.2M+5.5%212K5.54
    31 July 20241.1M+7.5%223K5.00
    15 July 20241.0M+82.8%287K3.60
    28 June 2024566K+23.2%526K1.08
    14 June 2024459K+22.7%342K1.34
    31 May 2024374K-2.6%124K3.03
    15 May 2024384K+6.6%130K2.96
    30 April 2024361K-0.4%117K3.07
    15 April 2024362K-1.5%149K2.43
    28 March 2024367K+5.9%112K3.27
    15 March 2024347K-7.7%121K2.85
    29 February 2024376K+4.9%171K2.19
    15 February 2024358K-0.9%282K1.27
    31 January 2024361K+27.0%245K1.47
    12 January 2024284K+93.7%332K1.00
    29 December 2023147K+133.2%362K1.00
    15 December 202363K+69.8%270K1.00
    30 November 202337K+10.7%44K1.00
    15 November 202334K+30.0%84K1.00
    31 October 202326K+8.5%138K1.00
    13 October 202324K+69.5%196K1.00
    29 September 202314K+58.6%211K1.00
    15 September 20239K+170.5%105K1.00
    31 August 20233K-71.0%12K1.00
    15 August 202311K-29.3%24K1.00
    31 July 202316K-25.7%33K1.00
    14 July 202321K-0.3%10K2.21
    30 June 202321K+211.8%23K1.00
    15 June 20237K+374.4%28K1.00
    31 May 20231K-74.0%8K1.00
    15 May 20236K-45.7%49K1.00
    28 April 202310K+34.3%16K1.00
    14 April 20238K-3.4%11K1.00
    31 March 20238K+63.5%11K1.00
    15 March 20235K+0.2%14K1.00
    28 February 20235K+136.7%17K1.00
    15 February 20232K-51.9%19K1.00
    31 January 20234K-29.4%26K1.00
    13 January 20236K-64.2%38K1.00
    30 December 202217K+39.2%41K1.00
    15 December 202212K-21.8%17K1.00
    30 November 202216K+0.2%9K1.68
    15 November 202215K-23.1%7K2.25
    31 October 202220K+43.8%23K1.00
    14 October 202214K+47.8%17K1.00
    30 September 20229K-48.5%23K1.00
    15 September 202218K+321.0%27K1.00
    31 August 20224K-54.8%12K1.00
    15 August 202210K-51.8%26K1.00
    29 July 202220K+108.8%24K1.00
    15 July 202210K-34.4%7K1.35
    30 June 202215K-72.2%27K1.00
    15 June 202253K+249.9%15K3.46
    31 May 202215K+103.9%7K2.30
    13 May 20227K+124.6%5K1.50
    29 April 20223K-76.4%22K1.00
    14 April 202214K-11.6%7K1.92
    31 March 202216K+74.7%8K1.90
    15 March 20229K-38.5%3K2.77
    28 February 202215K+6.6%6K2.50
    15 February 202214K+12.2%5K2.91
    31 January 202212K+42.3%7K1.70
    14 January 20229K-25.3%7K1.21
    31 December 202112K+29.5%12K1.00
    15 December 20219K-4.7%11K1.00
    30 November 20219K-26.1%11K1.00
    15 November 202113K+17.2%5K2.34
    29 October 202111K-21.1%9K1.23
    15 October 202114K-23.4%9K1.45
    30 September 202118K-28.4%16K1.14
    15 September 202125K+17.4%12K2.15
    31 August 202121K+23.5%7K2.89
    13 August 202117K-9.7%14K1.27
    30 July 202119K-10.4%6K2.94
    15 July 202121K-49.0%35K1.00
    30 June 202142K-28.5%11K3.88
    15 June 202158K+385.3%18K3.28
    28 May 202112K-9.3%24K1.00
    14 May 202113K+1.3%29K1.00
    30 April 202113K-2.8%26K1.00
    15 April 202113K-27.9%22K1.00
    31 March 202119K+68.4%34K1.00
    15 March 202111K-28.7%31K1.00
    26 February 202116K+149.0%91K1.00
    12 February 20216K-2.9%74K1.00
    29 January 20216K-57.6%13K1.00
    15 January 202115K+367.7%76K1.00
    31 December 20203K+4.4%12K1.00
    15 December 20203K-53.2%9K1.00
    30 November 20207K+79.5%8K1.00
    13 November 20204K-16.0%5K1.00
    30 October 20204K-8.9%8K1.00
    15 October 20205K-27.4%26K1.00
    30 September 20207K-46.9%9K1.00
    15 September 202012K+23.4%10K1.28
    31 August 202010K-6.6%8K1.19
    14 August 202011K+5.6%11K1.01
    31 July 202010K-14.8%13K1.00
    15 July 202012K+67.8%7K1.79
    30 June 20207K+35.7%8K1.00
    15 June 20205K+62.6%10K1.00
    29 May 20203K+1.1%9K1.00
    15 May 20203K+21.7%6K1.00
    30 April 20203K-44.4%2K1.27
    15 April 20205K-48.1%14K1.00
    31 March 20209K+246.9%33K1.00
    13 March 20203K-32.9%10K1.00
    28 February 20204K-54.7%8K1.00
    14 February 20209K-44.2%6K1.45
    31 January 202016K-5.2%13K1.21
    15 January 202016K-10.5%19K1.00
    31 December 201918K-15.1%14K1.31
    13 December 201922K-3.4%3K6.78
    29 November 201922K-8.5%3K6.98
    15 November 201924K-1.6%1K18.82
    31 October 201925K-4.8%16K1.59
    15 October 201926K-1.5%9K2.92
    30 September 201926K+279.5%18K1.44
    13 September 20197K+130.2%6K1.11
    30 August 20193K-30.6%2K2.01
    15 August 20194K-29.7%5K1.00
    31 July 20196K-46.6%6K1.11
    15 July 201912K+185.9%5K2.16
    28 June 20194K-25.7%6K1.00
    14 June 20195K-12.9%3K2.06
    31 May 20196K-45.8%2K3.05
    15 May 201912K+195.0%10K1.16
    30 April 20194K-35.7%4K1.00
    15 April 20196K-25.7%7K1.00
    29 March 20198K-16.8%6K1.45
    15 March 201910K+7.6%7K1.42
    28 February 20199K-19.9%10K1.00
    15 February 201911K+7.6%7K1.56
    31 January 201911K-36.9%4K2.63
    15 January 201917K-3.8%3K5.46
    31 December 201818K-24.3%11K1.60
    14 December 201823K-12.1%3K8.64
    30 November 201826K+6.1%6K4.11
    15 November 201825K-22.8%3K7.82
    31 October 201832K-3.4%6K5.66
    15 October 201833K-41.0%6K5.66
    28 September 201856K+61.8%28K2.03
    14 September 201835K+46.2%17K2.10
    31 August 201824K+65.8%4K5.36
    15 August 201814K-28.9%3K4.67
    31 July 201820K-4.6%3K5.90
    13 July 201821K+57.5%4K5.04
    29 June 201813K+19.9%14K1.00
    15 June 201811K-43.4%7K1.59
    31 May 201820K+54.4%11K1.76
    15 May 201813K+34.5%11K1.18
    30 April 201810K+80.3%4K2.31
    13 April 20185K-23.6%8K1.00
    29 March 20187K-29.5%11K1.00
    15 March 201810K-31.2%5K2.14
    28 February 201814K+443.6%10K1.41
    15 February 20183K-70.0%7K1.00
    31 January 20189K+222.8%13K1.00
    12 January 20183K-49.5%11K1.00
    29 December 20175K8K1.00
    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.