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Viking Therapeutics, Inc. short interest

25.5M shares of Viking Therapeutics were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (22.2M to 26.2M). Short sellers would need 4.4 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short25.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.5%+0% over a year
Days to cover4.38at 5.8M shares a day
Of shares in issue21.89%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 top of its range over the last year (22.2M to 26.2M), and the share price moved -29% 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 202625.5M-1.5%5.8M4.38
    30 September 202625.9M+14.8%12.0M2.16
    15 September 202622.6M+1.8%1.8M12.32
    31 August 202622.2M-0.4%1.8M12.39
    14 August 202622.3M-1.1%1.7M13.30
    31 July 202622.5M-2.7%2.1M10.49
    15 July 202623.2M-1.5%2.4M9.84
    30 June 202623.5M+0.8%3.5M6.65
    15 June 202623.3M+4.2%2.0M11.64
    29 May 202622.4M+0.4%1.9M11.69
    15 May 202622.3M-1.7%2.0M11.20
    30 April 202622.7M-2.0%2.5M8.92
    15 April 202623.1M-3.7%2.1M11.05
    31 March 202624.0M-1.2%2.4M9.82
    13 March 202624.3M-0.1%2.5M9.88
    27 February 202624.3M-7.0%2.2M10.84
    13 February 202626.2M+0.4%3.8M6.93
    30 January 202626.1M+3.7%2.6M9.88
    15 January 202625.1M+3.2%4.2M5.97
    31 December 202524.3M+1.3%2.1M11.72
    15 December 202524.0M+4.5%2.7M8.78
    28 November 202523.0M-7.2%3.0M7.77
    14 November 202524.8M+2.5%4.6M5.40
    31 October 202524.2M-5.0%4.5M5.41
    15 October 202525.5M-7.6%5.2M4.90
    30 September 202527.5M+2.0%5.4M5.10
    15 September 202527.0M+1.3%5.0M5.40
    29 August 202526.7M-3.0%14.5M1.85
    15 August 202527.5M-4.1%4.8M5.79
    31 July 202528.7M+0.3%4.1M7.06
    15 July 202528.6M-0.2%3.6M7.86
    30 June 202528.7M+0.6%4.2M6.87
    13 June 202528.5M+6.6%3.4M8.49
    30 May 202526.7M+4.6%2.5M10.73
    15 May 202525.5M-3.8%3.3M7.69
    30 April 202526.5M+4.2%4.5M5.84
    15 April 202525.5M-0.6%5.3M4.77
    31 March 202525.6M+5.8%3.0M8.53
    14 March 202524.2M+1.3%5.1M4.79
    28 February 202523.9M-4.8%6.3M3.82
    14 February 202525.1M+4.9%4.9M5.14
    31 January 202523.9M+18.5%3.8M6.26
    15 January 202520.2M+3.8%3.1M6.46
    31 December 202419.5M+6.4%4.3M4.57
    13 December 202418.3M+1.2%2.8M6.63
    29 November 202418.1M+6.3%3.6M5.08
    15 November 202417.0M+28.0%7.8M2.18
    31 October 202413.3M-7.7%4.5M2.94
    15 October 202414.4M-0.6%2.2M6.40
    30 September 202414.5M-9.0%3.2M4.56
    13 September 202415.9M-7.2%3.1M5.13
    30 August 202417.1M-3.2%3.8M4.53
    15 August 202417.7M+4.9%2.7M6.67
    31 July 202416.9M+11.7%5.3M3.17
    15 July 202415.1M-10.3%2.6M5.75
    28 June 202416.8M+32.8%5.3M3.20
    14 June 202412.7M+2.9%3.9M3.23
    31 May 202412.3M+1.1%3.1M3.99
    15 May 202412.2M+0.5%3.0M4.07
    30 April 202412.1M+8.6%2.6M4.61
    15 April 202411.1M+17.1%2.7M4.09
    28 March 20249.5M-14.5%5.8M1.65
    15 March 202411.1M-9.2%9.4M1.18
    29 February 202412.3M+2.1%15.7M1.00
    15 February 202412.0M-7.0%3.7M3.21
    31 January 202412.9M-5.7%2.6M4.90
    12 January 202413.7M+1.9%2.7M5.06
    29 December 202313.5M-7.9%2.3M5.85
    15 December 202314.6M-5.3%4.6M3.19
    30 November 202315.4M-9.1%1.4M11.34
    15 November 202317.0M+3.3%1.8M9.22
    31 October 202316.4M+10.9%2.4M6.95
    13 October 202314.8M+6.6%2.0M7.31
    29 September 202313.9M+1.9%2.3M6.06
    15 September 202313.6M+5.6%2.2M6.26
    31 August 202312.9M-5.0%1.1M11.63
    15 August 202313.6M+14.7%1.8M7.43
    31 July 202311.8M-2.7%1.8M6.66
    14 July 202312.2M+0.6%1.7M7.20
    30 June 202312.1M+9.3%5.8M2.10
    15 June 202311.1M-6.9%1.9M5.95
    31 May 202311.9M-1.1%4.0M2.96
    15 May 202312.0M+3.7%2.4M4.96
    28 April 202311.6M+1.3%4.2M2.77
    14 April 202311.4M+1.7%3.8M3.00
    31 March 202311.3M+112.0%12.1M1.00
    15 March 20235.3M+9.5%1.6M3.27
    28 February 20234.8M+3.9%1.8M2.64
    15 February 20234.7M+17.7%2.1M2.26
    31 January 20234.0M-33.1%1.3M3.07
    13 January 20235.9M+4.2%2.1M2.77
    30 December 20225.7M+200.4%16.1M1.00
    15 December 20221.9M+6.9%566K3.35
    30 November 20221.8M-1.9%643K2.75
    15 November 20221.8M-4.8%1.1M1.72
    31 October 20221.9M+5.9%1.3M1.46
    14 October 20221.8M-5.0%561K3.19
    30 September 20221.9M-2.2%515K3.66
    15 September 20221.9M-4.9%406K4.74
    31 August 20222.0M-3.3%375K5.40
    15 August 20222.1M-3.5%751K2.79
    29 July 20222.2M-11.3%1.1M1.99
    15 July 20222.4M-9.6%1.2M2.06
    30 June 20222.7M-41.2%1.8M1.46
    15 June 20224.6M-1.8%993K4.63
    31 May 20224.7M+4.4%916K5.12
    13 May 20224.5M+16.4%875K5.13
    29 April 20223.9M+4.2%963K4.00
    14 April 20223.7M+3.8%785K4.71
    31 March 20223.6M-20.2%1.3M2.79
    15 March 20224.5M+2.5%780K5.72
    28 February 20224.4M+5.1%1.1M3.82
    15 February 20224.1M-4.3%1.1M3.67
    31 January 20224.3M+19.0%1.5M2.85
    14 January 20223.6M-0.6%1.1M3.24
    31 December 20213.7M-11.9%753K4.86
    15 December 20214.2M-15.8%1.0M4.10
    30 November 20214.9M+3.3%627K7.88
    15 November 20214.8M-4.0%682K7.01
    29 October 20215.0M+4.7%564K8.83
    15 October 20214.8M-6.3%464K10.25
    30 September 20215.1M-13.4%623K8.15
    15 September 20215.9M-8.0%702K8.35
    31 August 20216.4M-13.7%701K9.09
    13 August 20217.4M-9.1%577K12.78
    30 July 20218.1M+2.8%583K13.91
    15 July 20217.9M-3.0%679K11.63
    30 June 20218.1M-17.8%1.3M6.05
    15 June 20219.9M-2.5%995K9.95
    28 May 202110.2M-5.7%982K10.34
    14 May 202110.8M+1.7%831K12.96
    30 April 202110.6M-4.6%774K13.68
    15 April 202111.1M+10.4%743K14.93
    31 March 202110.1M+18.0%1.0M9.68
    15 March 20218.5M+1.2%1.0M8.19
    26 February 20218.4M+1.7%1.3M6.43
    12 February 20218.3M-2.2%2.1M4.03
    29 January 20218.5M-3.6%1.6M5.22
    15 January 20218.8M-3.2%1.1M7.64
    31 December 20209.1M+3.0%1.3M7.09
    15 December 20208.8M-11.5%1.2M7.58
    30 November 202010.0M-7.0%1.0M9.58
    13 November 202010.7M+5.7%915K11.71
    30 October 202010.1M-2.6%1.1M9.51
    15 October 202010.4M-7.1%988K10.53
    30 September 202011.2M+20.0%1.2M9.28
    15 September 20209.3M+7.1%1.2M7.66
    31 August 20208.7M-0.1%1.2M7.35
    14 August 20208.7M-17.6%895K9.74
    31 July 202010.6M+6.2%1.1M9.88
    15 July 202010.0M-16.4%1.2M8.00
    30 June 202011.9M+8.5%1.5M8.00
    15 June 202011.0M-2.1%1.4M7.78
    29 May 202011.2M-8.5%1.5M7.37
    15 May 202012.3M-1.5%1.8M6.69
    30 April 202012.4M-8.7%1.2M10.00
    15 April 202013.6M-7.7%1.6M8.68
    31 March 202014.8M+0.0%1.8M8.40
    13 March 202014.7M-11.5%1.4M10.41
    28 February 202016.7M+11.2%1.4M11.60
    14 February 202015.0M-2.8%711K21.07
    31 January 202015.4M-6.1%989K15.60
    15 January 202016.4M+10.2%978K16.78
    31 December 201914.9M-5.7%1.1M13.37
    13 December 201915.8M-3.8%1.3M12.60
    29 November 201916.4M-13.8%1.8M9.28
    15 November 201919.0M-1.0%1.7M11.32
    31 October 201919.2M-6.8%881K21.82
    15 October 201920.6M-6.2%1.1M19.36
    30 September 201922.0M-6.5%2.0M11.20
    13 September 201923.5M+11.6%1.3M18.19
    30 August 201921.1M-4.0%949K22.23
    15 August 201922.0M+10.8%1.5M14.92
    31 July 201919.8M-12.8%1.3M14.78
    15 July 201922.8M-1.5%990K22.97
    28 June 201923.1M-8.7%1.6M14.57
    14 June 201925.3M-1.2%1.3M19.62
    31 May 201925.6M-4.1%1.5M17.10
    15 May 201926.7M-3.5%2.1M12.50
    30 April 201927.6M-3.8%2.6M10.81
    15 April 201928.7M-10.4%4.5M6.37
    29 March 201932.1M+12.1%4.9M6.58
    15 March 201928.6M-1.0%2.9M9.78
    28 February 201928.9M+10.1%3.1M9.44
    15 February 201926.2M+4.4%3.3M7.97
    31 January 201925.1M+7.7%2.5M9.88
    15 January 201923.3M-2.0%2.6M9.03
    31 December 201823.8M+4.5%3.3M7.21
    14 December 201822.8M-3.1%2.4M9.44
    30 November 201823.5M+4.1%3.1M7.57
    15 November 201822.6M+1.7%4.5M5.04
    31 October 201822.2M+12.2%2.9M7.60
    15 October 201819.8M+29.0%4.1M4.81
    28 September 201815.4M+46.9%12.1M1.27
    14 September 201810.5M+5.3%2.0M5.19
    31 August 20189.9M-5.4%2.3M4.28
    15 August 201810.5M-1.8%1.4M7.55
    31 July 201810.7M-0.7%2.0M5.40
    13 July 201810.8M+10.9%1.8M5.91
    29 June 20189.7M+57.6%3.6M2.71
    15 June 20186.2M+83.7%7.7M1.00
    31 May 20183.4M+26.8%6.3M1.00
    15 May 20182.6M-9.3%697K3.79
    30 April 20182.9M-0.3%892K3.27
    13 April 20182.9M+20.7%700K4.17
    29 March 20182.4M-14.3%845K2.86
    15 March 20182.8M+27.7%1.2M2.30
    28 February 20182.2M-8.9%1.7M1.28
    15 February 20182.4M+37.1%2.4M1.00
    31 January 20181.8M-9.8%977K1.81
    12 January 20182.0M+48.1%833K2.36
    29 December 20171.3M493K2.69
    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.