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Zebra Technologies Corp. short interest

1.5M shares of Zebra Technologies were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the fewest since 15 Jan 2026. Short sellers would need 3.3 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short1.5Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-12.1%+30% over a year
Days to cover3.27at 444K shares a day
Of shares in issue3.09%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 the fewest since 15 Jan 2026, and the share price moved +10% 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 20261.5M-12.1%444K3.27
    30 September 20261.7M-10.7%610K2.71
    15 September 20261.9M-0.7%505K3.67
    31 August 20261.9M-1.4%591K3.16
    14 August 20261.9M-29.2%982K1.93
    31 July 20262.7M-14.8%743K3.60
    15 July 20263.1M-11.9%628K5.00
    30 June 20263.6M-23.2%945K3.77
    15 June 20264.6M+13.1%924K5.02
    29 May 20264.1M-0.4%1.5M2.78
    15 May 20264.1M+31.6%1.1M3.86
    30 April 20263.1M+41.5%818K3.83
    15 April 20262.2M+2.5%719K3.08
    31 March 20262.2M-6.1%659K3.28
    13 March 20262.3M+13.6%807K2.85
    27 February 20262.0M-2.7%789K2.56
    13 February 20262.1M+39.9%1.0M2.04
    30 January 20261.5M+5.4%582K2.55
    15 January 20261.4M+8.7%666K2.12
    31 December 20251.3M+22.1%603K2.15
    15 December 20251.1M-4.4%498K2.13
    28 November 20251.1M+17.3%730K1.52
    14 November 2025947K-12.5%753K1.26
    31 October 20251.1M-2.9%838K1.29
    15 October 20251.1M+0.7%573K1.95
    30 September 20251.1M-8.0%464K2.39
    15 September 20251.2M+16.7%500K2.41
    29 August 20251.0M-14.1%443K2.33
    15 August 20251.2M+21.0%842K1.43
    31 July 2025993K+1.2%426K2.33
    15 July 2025981K+2.0%383K2.56
    30 June 2025962K+7.0%561K1.71
    13 June 2025899K+9.0%398K2.26
    30 May 2025825K-0.2%428K1.93
    15 May 2025826K+12.6%702K1.18
    30 April 2025734K+3.7%701K1.05
    15 April 2025708K+4.8%973K1.00
    31 March 2025676K+10.1%487K1.39
    14 March 2025614K-10.6%660K1.00
    28 February 2025687K-21.9%607K1.13
    14 February 2025879K+35.3%903K1.00
    31 January 2025650K-4.0%386K1.68
    15 January 2025677K+9.2%380K1.78
    31 December 2024620K+14.1%324K1.92
    13 December 2024543K-3.2%278K1.96
    29 November 2024561K+12.4%336K1.67
    15 November 2024499K-2.4%386K1.29
    31 October 2024512K-17.2%478K1.07
    15 October 2024618K-9.5%276K2.24
    30 September 2024683K+4.5%329K2.07
    13 September 2024654K+4.0%358K1.83
    30 August 2024628K-10.7%287K2.19
    15 August 2024704K+7.2%412K1.71
    31 July 2024656K-26.7%438K1.50
    15 July 2024896K-10.9%262K3.42
    28 June 20241.0M+12.4%371K2.71
    14 June 2024895K-11.8%219K4.09
    31 May 20241.0M-4.0%277K3.67
    15 May 20241.1M-13.3%332K3.18
    30 April 20241.2M-11.7%412K2.95
    15 April 20241.4M+3.3%309K4.46
    28 March 20241.3M+11.5%321K4.15
    15 March 20241.2M-4.8%332K3.60
    29 February 20241.3M+4.5%359K3.50
    15 February 20241.2M+0.1%512K2.35
    31 January 20241.2M+8.4%394K3.05
    12 January 20241.1M-11.6%386K2.87
    29 December 20231.3M+14.3%300K4.17
    15 December 20231.1M+2.0%432K2.54
    30 November 20231.1M+8.7%381K2.82
    15 November 2023989K-11.1%553K1.79
    31 October 20231.1M+7.2%585K1.90
    13 October 20231.0M-8.9%436K2.38
    29 September 20231.1M-9.4%442K2.57
    15 September 20231.3M+2.9%407K3.09
    31 August 20231.2M+15.7%353K3.47
    15 August 20231.1M+9.2%794K1.33
    31 July 2023967K+5.6%357K2.71
    14 July 2023916K-6.0%294K3.12
    30 June 2023974K-4.9%391K2.49
    15 June 20231.0M+4.2%352K2.91
    31 May 2023983K-4.2%342K2.88
    15 May 20231.0M+38.6%482K2.13
    28 April 2023741K-6.7%248K2.99
    14 April 2023794K-1.1%181K4.38
    31 March 2023803K+17.2%282K2.84
    15 March 2023685K+6.6%248K2.76
    28 February 2023643K+0.4%449K1.43
    15 February 2023640K-39.5%395K1.62
    31 January 20231.1M-13.6%342K3.09
    13 January 20231.2M+16.1%485K2.52
    30 December 20221.1M-5.6%339K3.11
    15 December 20221.1M+8.6%451K2.47
    30 November 20221.0M+13.2%553K1.86
    15 November 2022908K-10.8%671K1.35
    31 October 20221.0M+12.9%369K2.76
    14 October 2022903K+10.6%389K2.32
    30 September 2022816K+15.2%373K2.19
    15 September 2022708K+8.1%404K1.76
    31 August 2022655K+0.6%261K2.51
    15 August 2022651K-28.4%411K1.58
    29 July 2022909K-9.3%333K2.73
    15 July 20221.0M-12.2%362K2.77
    30 June 20221.1M+0.5%493K2.32
    15 June 20221.1M+8.1%475K2.39
    31 May 20221.1M+3.6%509K2.07
    13 May 20221.0M+34.2%675K1.50
    29 April 2022757K+17.5%346K2.19
    14 April 2022644K+2.6%397K1.62
    31 March 2022628K-21.0%427K1.47
    15 March 2022795K+34.5%381K2.09
    28 February 2022591K-7.4%521K1.14
    15 February 2022638K+14.2%595K1.07
    31 January 2022559K+52.1%495K1.13
    14 January 2022368K+13.4%355K1.04
    31 December 2021324K-20.0%321K1.01
    15 December 2021406K-20.0%239K1.70
    30 November 2021507K+5.8%247K2.05
    15 November 2021479K-20.9%270K1.78
    29 October 2021606K-0.7%182K3.33
    15 October 2021610K+16.7%258K2.37
    30 September 2021523K+39.1%310K1.69
    15 September 2021376K-11.1%166K2.26
    31 August 2021423K-18.2%171K2.47
    13 August 2021516K-3.0%212K2.43
    30 July 2021533K-10.0%196K2.71
    15 July 2021592K+7.1%222K2.66
    30 June 2021553K+25.9%278K1.99
    15 June 2021439K-0.1%211K2.08
    28 May 2021440K+9.6%263K1.67
    14 May 2021401K+2.0%358K1.12
    30 April 2021393K-27.9%209K1.88
    15 April 2021545K+10.4%209K2.61
    31 March 2021494K-17.1%371K1.33
    15 March 2021596K+10.5%398K1.50
    26 February 2021539K+25.6%524K1.03
    12 February 2021429K+7.1%265K1.62
    29 January 2021401K-17.9%209K1.92
    15 January 2021488K+6.2%302K1.61
    31 December 2020459K-9.7%372K1.23
    15 December 2020509K-19.2%254K2.00
    30 November 2020629K+6.6%440K1.43
    13 November 2020590K+14.1%390K1.51
    30 October 2020517K-17.5%252K2.05
    15 October 2020627K-10.8%283K2.22
    30 September 2020702K+2.8%281K2.50
    15 September 2020683K-13.2%351K1.95
    31 August 2020787K+11.2%238K3.31
    14 August 2020708K+4.8%200K3.55
    31 July 2020675K-10.6%281K2.40
    15 July 2020755K-1.1%240K3.15
    30 June 2020763K+16.1%352K2.17
    15 June 2020658K-25.9%286K2.30
    29 May 2020888K-8.8%378K2.35
    15 May 2020973K+4.0%304K3.20
    30 April 2020935K-19.3%450K2.08
    15 April 20201.2M-23.4%397K2.92
    31 March 20201.5M-9.2%727K2.08
    13 March 20201.7M+56.9%652K2.56
    28 February 20201.1M+17.4%611K1.74
    14 February 2020904K-14.0%413K2.19
    31 January 20201.1M-11.7%337K3.12
    15 January 20201.2M-0.3%421K2.83
    31 December 20191.2M-5.3%1.5M1.00
    13 December 20191.3M-3.0%318K3.96
    29 November 20191.3M+9.4%459K2.83
    15 November 20191.2M-16.8%453K2.62
    31 October 20191.4M-0.2%519K2.75
    15 October 20191.4M-14.4%344K4.16
    30 September 20191.7M-5.4%339K4.92
    13 September 20191.8M-1.3%392K4.51
    30 August 20191.8M-3.5%360K4.98
    15 August 20191.9M-1.8%454K4.08
    31 July 20191.9M-17.4%767K2.46
    15 July 20192.3M-4.8%644K3.55
    28 June 20192.4M-3.8%514K4.67
    14 June 20192.5M+13.6%645K3.87
    31 May 20192.2M+39.1%1.1M2.04
    15 May 20191.6M+32.0%738K2.14
    30 April 20191.2M-14.1%530K2.26
    15 April 20191.4M-0.3%407K3.42
    29 March 20191.4M+18.2%416K3.36
    15 March 20191.2M+11.1%397K2.98
    28 February 20191.1M+22.4%437K2.44
    15 February 2019870K+3.1%645K1.35
    31 January 2019844K-4.3%412K2.05
    15 January 2019881K-9.9%571K1.54
    31 December 2018978K+2.1%584K1.68
    14 December 2018958K-0.8%403K2.38
    30 November 2018966K+3.4%373K2.59
    15 November 2018934K-11.1%582K1.61
    31 October 20181.1M+77.8%446K2.36
    15 October 2018591K-10.0%516K1.14
    28 September 2018656K-10.9%356K1.84
    14 September 2018737K+26.4%281K2.63
    31 August 2018583K+5.6%302K1.93
    15 August 2018552K+14.4%592K1.00
    31 July 2018483K+6.1%311K1.55
    13 July 2018455K-4.4%375K1.21
    29 June 2018476K-24.0%406K1.17
    15 June 2018626K+15.1%477K1.31
    31 May 2018544K-16.3%292K1.86
    15 May 2018650K+24.6%503K1.29
    30 April 2018522K-30.4%271K1.92
    13 April 2018749K+12.7%373K2.01
    29 March 2018665K-39.4%364K1.83
    15 March 20181.1M+41.1%447K2.46
    28 February 2018778K-0.6%654K1.19
    15 February 2018783K-8.3%287K2.73
    31 January 2018854K+0.9%327K2.62
    12 January 2018846K+14.6%355K2.39
    29 December 2017739K234K3.16
    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.