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Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. short interest

1.4M shares of Washington Trust Bancorp were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the top of its range over the last year (728K to 1.4M). Short sellers would need 10.9 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.4Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-1.3%+54% over a year
Days to cover10.95at 124K shares a day
Of shares in issue7.15%shares short over shares outstanding
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  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 (728K to 1.4M), and the share price moved +46% 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 20261.4M-1.3%124K10.95
    30 September 20261.4M-0.7%120K11.52
    15 September 20261.4M-1.1%130K10.71
    31 August 20261.4M+6.1%151K9.33
    14 August 20261.3M+6.0%116K11.40
    31 July 20261.3M+6.1%183K6.82
    15 July 20261.2M-1.7%150K7.87
    30 June 20261.2M+14.2%240K5.00
    15 June 20261.1M+10.8%165K6.36
    29 May 2026948K+3.2%153K6.21
    15 May 2026919K-7.4%174K5.29
    30 April 2026992K-3.0%281K3.53
    15 April 20261.0M+22.4%171K5.98
    31 March 2026835K+6.4%219K3.82
    13 March 2026785K-0.8%161K4.87
    27 February 2026791K+3.8%107K7.41
    13 February 2026762K+3.1%154K4.94
    30 January 2026739K+0.4%140K5.28
    15 January 2026737K-0.2%105K7.00
    31 December 2025738K-2.5%123K6.00
    15 December 2025756K+3.9%106K7.14
    28 November 2025728K-0.6%90K8.09
    14 November 2025732K-5.5%112K6.51
    31 October 2025775K-12.5%157K4.93
    15 October 2025886K+3.5%195K4.54
    30 September 2025856K+5.3%133K6.43
    15 September 2025813K-3.1%105K7.72
    29 August 2025839K+7.2%116K7.23
    15 August 2025783K-0.1%139K5.64
    31 July 2025784K-3.6%185K4.25
    15 July 2025813K-1.0%126K6.47
    30 June 2025821K-8.2%176K4.65
    13 June 2025894K+0.3%119K7.53
    30 May 2025892K-2.4%127K7.03
    15 May 2025914K-0.4%106K8.64
    30 April 2025917K+10.8%187K4.91
    15 April 2025828K+27.3%263K3.15
    31 March 2025650K+67.3%219K2.97
    14 March 2025389K-13.4%141K2.76
    28 February 2025449K+13.2%136K3.30
    14 February 2025396K-2.9%185K2.14
    31 January 2025408K+11.0%190K2.15
    15 January 2025368K+14.0%221K1.67
    31 December 2024323K-67.1%298K1.08
    13 December 2024981K+6.1%223K4.40
    29 November 2024924K+61.9%131K7.06
    15 November 2024571K+0.9%132K4.32
    31 October 2024566K-6.9%130K4.34
    15 October 2024608K-4.5%66K9.20
    30 September 2024636K-3.3%127K4.99
    13 September 2024658K-5.2%69K9.48
    30 August 2024694K-0.7%69K10.11
    15 August 2024699K-2.3%83K8.40
    31 July 2024715K-4.9%121K5.92
    15 July 2024752K+9.8%135K5.56
    28 June 2024685K+1.5%112K6.14
    14 June 2024674K+3.1%85K7.91
    31 May 2024654K+1.5%58K11.23
    15 May 2024644K+0.3%67K9.63
    30 April 2024643K+11.6%97K6.65
    15 April 2024576K+0.2%92K6.26
    28 March 2024575K+3.4%89K6.43
    15 March 2024556K+16.5%103K5.42
    29 February 2024477K+7.4%74K6.43
    15 February 2024444K+2.2%105K4.23
    31 January 2024435K-4.5%77K5.64
    12 January 2024455K+0.2%75K6.09
    29 December 2023454K-2.0%93K4.87
    15 December 2023464K+1.7%128K3.61
    30 November 2023456K-2.9%66K6.88
    15 November 2023470K-15.9%90K5.23
    31 October 2023558K+9.0%140K3.99
    13 October 2023512K+5.4%73K7.01
    29 September 2023486K+2.2%85K5.72
    15 September 2023476K+2.9%114K4.16
    31 August 2023462K-1.5%75K6.16
    15 August 2023469K-11.3%81K5.81
    31 July 2023529K-5.1%147K3.59
    14 July 2023558K-6.7%111K5.04
    30 June 2023598K+13.0%166K3.60
    15 June 2023529K-1.9%133K3.96
    31 May 2023539K-8.6%179K3.02
    15 May 2023590K-0.4%206K2.86
    28 April 2023592K+11.2%125K4.73
    14 April 2023532K-5.5%92K5.81
    31 March 2023564K-24.2%189K2.98
    15 March 2023744K+14.9%172K4.32
    28 February 2023648K-0.0%82K7.94
    15 February 2023648K+0.4%82K7.95
    31 January 2023645K-7.5%105K6.15
    13 January 2023697K+0.1%52K13.53
    30 December 2022696K+3.7%58K12.09
    15 December 2022671K+18.1%65K10.37
    30 November 2022568K+5.6%52K10.99
    15 November 2022538K-4.8%48K11.30
    31 October 2022565K+0.1%52K10.88
    14 October 2022565K-3.3%47K12.03
    30 September 2022584K+7.7%64K9.08
    15 September 2022542K+1.9%54K10.01
    31 August 2022532K-4.0%43K12.34
    15 August 2022554K+1.3%41K13.41
    29 July 2022547K+2.4%70K7.86
    15 July 2022534K-1.1%47K11.40
    30 June 2022540K-4.1%70K7.72
    15 June 2022563K+21.2%64K8.74
    31 May 2022465K+15.5%60K7.75
    13 May 2022402K-0.0%47K8.56
    29 April 2022402K-1.4%46K8.74
    14 April 2022408K-6.7%56K7.23
    31 March 2022437K+2.0%65K6.75
    15 March 2022429K+8.1%61K6.99
    28 February 2022397K+3.2%50K7.86
    15 February 2022384K+8.5%55K7.00
    31 January 2022354K-0.8%66K5.41
    14 January 2022357K+2.9%48K7.40
    31 December 2021347K-15.2%53K6.61
    15 December 2021410K+2.8%42K9.64
    30 November 2021398K-0.1%39K10.28
    15 November 2021399K-3.7%32K12.27
    29 October 2021414K-5.7%28K14.58
    15 October 2021439K+0.9%36K12.24
    30 September 2021435K-2.1%49K8.95
    15 September 2021445K-1.2%41K10.89
    31 August 2021450K+5.3%43K10.44
    13 August 2021427K+3.2%45K9.50
    30 July 2021414K-0.4%83K5.00
    15 July 2021415K+2.6%78K5.35
    30 June 2021405K-7.7%121K3.36
    15 June 2021438K+4.0%60K7.30
    28 May 2021421K+8.3%50K8.40
    14 May 2021389K+2.7%46K8.43
    30 April 2021379K-5.0%42K9.00
    15 April 2021399K-2.6%39K10.20
    31 March 2021409K+5.1%89K4.58
    15 March 2021390K+4.9%66K5.92
    26 February 2021371K-1.2%63K5.87
    12 February 2021376K+12.6%44K8.53
    29 January 2021334K+11.0%50K6.72
    15 January 2021301K-12.3%54K5.58
    31 December 2020343K-2.3%81K4.22
    15 December 2020351K+11.3%64K5.47
    30 November 2020315K+28.4%55K5.74
    13 November 2020246K+11.5%70K3.50
    30 October 2020220K-5.0%54K4.08
    15 October 2020232K+22.2%49K4.69
    30 September 2020190K-4.3%69K2.75
    15 September 2020198K-0.4%52K3.78
    31 August 2020199K-16.5%37K5.40
    14 August 2020238K-9.3%59K4.04
    31 July 2020263K-12.1%86K3.07
    15 July 2020299K-2.5%84K3.56
    30 June 2020306K+61.8%175K1.75
    15 June 2020189K+3.2%90K2.11
    29 May 2020183K+14.8%113K1.63
    15 May 2020160K-0.3%82K1.94
    30 April 2020160K-36.3%119K1.34
    15 April 2020251K-3.0%69K3.63
    31 March 2020259K+29.9%86K3.02
    13 March 2020199K+0.2%54K3.68
    28 February 2020199K+6.8%36K5.48
    14 February 2020186K-6.4%32K5.74
    31 January 2020199K+2.3%39K5.07
    15 January 2020194K-8.1%35K5.48
    31 December 2019212K+16.6%52K4.03
    13 December 2019182K+1.7%38K4.81
    29 November 2019178K-20.4%34K5.21
    15 November 2019224K-4.6%37K6.08
    31 October 2019235K+0.0%39K6.08
    15 October 2019235K-2.4%32K7.37
    30 September 2019241K-3.6%37K6.48
    13 September 2019250K+8.6%36K7.01
    30 August 2019230K+1.4%24K9.52
    15 August 2019227K+5.7%31K7.43
    31 July 2019214K-2.4%34K6.24
    15 July 2019220K-1.3%26K8.45
    28 June 2019223K+21.4%47K4.69
    14 June 2019183K-2.7%24K7.56
    31 May 2019189K-1.7%22K8.68
    15 May 2019192K+31.0%35K5.48
    30 April 2019146K-4.3%26K5.58
    15 April 2019153K-6.8%24K6.38
    29 March 2019164K-5.7%31K5.30
    15 March 2019174K+2.3%27K6.38
    28 February 2019170K-12.1%37K4.65
    15 February 2019193K-2.2%29K6.60
    31 January 2019198K+4.8%44K4.49
    15 January 2019189K+7.6%43K4.36
    31 December 2018175K+49.8%57K3.07
    14 December 2018117K-5.1%35K3.37
    30 November 2018123K+1.7%19K6.40
    15 November 2018121K-10.5%21K5.74
    31 October 2018136K-24.5%31K4.30
    15 October 2018179K-29.4%44K4.04
    28 September 2018254K+12.4%38K6.73
    14 September 2018226K-9.6%20K11.43
    31 August 2018250K+9.0%25K10.06
    15 August 2018230K+10.4%19K11.79
    31 July 2018208K+0.3%22K9.33
    13 July 2018207K+0.0%24K8.80
    29 June 2018207K+72.3%62K3.37
    15 June 2018120K-9.9%35K3.41
    31 May 2018134K+3.9%37K3.60
    15 May 2018129K-14.6%22K5.77
    30 April 2018151K-11.9%30K5.03
    13 April 2018171K+5.6%32K5.30
    29 March 2018162K-3.6%41K3.98
    15 March 2018168K-0.1%31K5.37
    28 February 2018168K-23.7%30K5.56
    15 February 2018220K-2.3%33K6.62
    31 January 2018226K-6.1%52K4.38
    12 January 2018240K-19.4%38K6.32
    29 December 2017298K34K8.84
    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.