Biggest increases in short interest
The 100 stocks whose short interest rose most, from Sep 15, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026.
FINRA short interest as of the Sep 30, 2026 settlement date; daily short volume through Oct 19, 2026 prices from our snapshot of Oct 21, 2026 Source: FINRA, SEC EDGAR
100 stocks
Exchange-listed stocks (not funds) with at least 1 million shares short on both dates. Companies worth at least $300 million that trade at least $1 million a day, so microcaps are left out. Click a column heading to sort.
100 stocks
Download CSV| # | Company | Market | Change | Short interest | Days to cover | Of shares | Value | Avg daily volume | Previous |
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| 1 | Silvia, Inc.SVIA | Nasdaq Global | +248.4% | 6,477,100 | 1.9 | 7.3% | $23.3M | 3,489,244 | 1,859,158 |
| 2 | Hafnia LtdHAFN | NYSE | +218.2% | 3,710,731 | 1.1 | 0.7% | $36.4M | 3,525,242 | 1,166,186 |
| 3 | Royal Bank of CanadaRY | NYSE | +140.8% | 6,095,117 | 5.6 | 0.4% | $1.2B | 1,080,834 | 2,530,636 |
| 4 | Csquare, Inc.CSQR | NYSE | +139.3% | 4,705,175 | 1.9 | 2.8% | $73.3M | 2,418,391 | 1,966,192 |
| 5 | Uranium Royalty Corp.UROY | Nasdaq Capital | +132.1% | 12,109,782 | 2.2 | 3.2% | $42.7M | 5,382,589 | 5,218,128 |
| 6 | Medtronic plcMDT | NYSE | +132.0% | 39,974,230 | 2.7 | 3.1% | $3.7B | 14,671,374 | 17,229,743 |
| 7 | InnovAge Holding Corp.INNV | Nasdaq Global | +127.3% | 2,665,762 | 2.4 | 2.0% | $23.7M | 1,124,688 | 1,172,680 |
| 8 | Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining CoSSMR | NYSE | +107.4% | 2,698,048 | 2.9 | 1.9% | $31.2M | 945,156 | 1,300,688 |
| 9 | GrifolsGRFS | Nasdaq Global | +105.0% | 7,001,241 | 8.7 | 1.0% | $53.6M | 808,104 | 3,414,455 |
| 10 | TRX GOLD CorpTRX | NYSE American | +104.0% | 4,291,996 | 1.0 | 1.3% | $4.5M | 4,440,197 | 2,103,394 |
| 11 | Life TechnologiesLIFE | Nasdaq Global | +103.9% | 3,710,794 | 2.0 | 5.0% | $144.6M | 1,826,762 | 1,819,799 |
| 12 | Freenome, Inc.FRNM | Nasdaq Capital | +100.4% | 3,400,130 | 3.3 | 2.7% | $41.9M | 1,040,359 | 1,696,752 |
| 13 | GeoPark LtdGPRK | NYSE | +95.0% | 2,334,819 | 2.6 | 3.7% | $27.2M | 890,214 | 1,197,354 |
| 14 | Octave Intelligence plcOCTV | Nasdaq Global | +93.5% | 5,301,084 | 1.5 | 1.9% | $109.5M | 3,636,593 | 2,739,613 |
| 15 | Securitize Corp.SECZ | NYSE | +88.7% | 5,962,586 | 1.0 | 3.7% | $56.0M | 7,364,395 | 3,159,422 |
| 16 | Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.PDM | NYSE | +88.4% | 9,375,754 | 5.4 | 7.5% | $83.8M | 1,739,469 | 4,977,440 |
| 17 | Entera Bio Ltd.ENTX | Nasdaq Capital | +87.5% | 2,403,597 | 5.2 | 1.4% | $6.9M | 464,319 | 1,281,818 |
| 18 | NatWest GroupNWG | NYSE | +84.5% | 2,228,659 | 1.0 | 0.1% | $38.1M | 3,277,619 | 1,207,880 |
| 19 | Arbutus BiopharmaABUS | Nasdaq Global | +84.2% | 34,053,358 | 3.5 | 17.2% | $142.0M | 9,652,199 | 18,484,910 |
| 20 | Lloyds Banking GroupLYG | NYSE | +81.6% | 16,730,546 | 1.1 | 0.1% | $90.3M | 15,511,175 | 9,213,756 |
| 21 | National Steel CoSID | NYSE | +76.4% | 7,347,692 | 1.0 | 0.6% | $8.4M | 8,711,858 | 4,164,960 |
| 22 | Kardigan, Inc.KARD | Nasdaq Global | +73.0% | 4,445,126 | 3.8 | 4.8% | $57.7M | 1,179,559 | 2,568,799 |
| 23 | Inventiva S.A.IVA | Nasdaq Global | +72.0% | 8,346,026 | 3.3 | 2.9% | $24.8M | 2,551,015 | 4,853,831 |
| 24 | James HardieJHX | NYSE | +70.5% | 25,901,156 | 1.4 | 4.5% | $665.1M | 18,436,803 | 15,189,864 |
| 25 | HondaHMC | NYSE | +70.5% | 3,380,686 | 3.7 | 0.3% | $115.2M | 922,210 | 1,983,252 |
| 26 | Bitgo Holdings, INC.BTGO | NYSE | +70.2% | 3,919,197 | 1.5 | 3.1% | $22.1M | 2,648,318 | 2,302,906 |
| 27 | NutrienNTR | NYSE | +69.4% | 12,813,233 | 4.8 | 2.8% | $893.0M | 2,675,716 | 7,565,200 |
| 28 | Tower Semiconductor Ltd.TSEM | Nasdaq Global | +68.8% | 4,567,523 | 1.9 | 4.3% | $922.3M | 2,351,813 | 2,705,350 |
| 29 | Braveheart Bio, Inc.BRVE | Nasdaq Global | +67.8% | 4,128,974 | 5.1 | 4.6% | $79.4M | 809,950 | 2,461,086 |
| 30 | Arxis, Inc.ARXS | Nasdaq Global | +67.1% | 5,948,422 | 4.5 | 1.4% | $323.1M | 1,334,663 | 3,559,814 |
| 31 | Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.AADX | NYSE | +64.8% | 5,386,975 | 2.3 | 3.1% | $59.3M | 2,362,895 | 3,268,914 |
| 32 | Enhanced Group Inc.ENHA | NYSE | +64.7% | 2,922,431 | 3.4 | 0.7% | $3.4M | 870,232 | 1,774,938 |
| 33 | TC EnergyTRP | NYSE | +64.0% | 56,768,076 | 14.2 | 5.3% | $3.4B | 4,000,741 | 34,606,418 |
| 34 | Alumis INC.ALMS | Nasdaq Global | +63.5% | 10,295,705 | 3.6 | 7.4% | $64.9M | 2,869,547 | 6,299,106 |
| 35 | York Space Systems Inc.YSS | NYSE | +62.0% | 11,965,808 | 2.6 | 8.7% | $67.7M | 4,582,019 | 7,384,125 |
| 36 | Honeywell AerospaceHONA | Nasdaq Global | +61.9% | 8,614,534 | 1.9 | 2.7% | $1.4B | 4,490,501 | 5,319,740 |
| 37 | UltraparUGP | NYSE | +61.1% | 7,208,171 | 1.8 | 0.7% | $56.0M | 4,120,831 | 4,472,882 |
| 38 | Shattuck Labs, Inc.STTK | Nasdaq Global | +60.8% | 10,947,042 | 6.0 | 10.9% | $59.8M | 1,821,507 | 6,808,662 |
| 39 | Nomura HoldingsNMR | NYSE | +59.6% | 1,742,567 | 2.6 | 0.1% | $15.9M | 664,564 | 1,092,009 |
| 40 | TurkcellTKC | NYSE | +59.3% | 3,917,836 | 1.3 | 0.5% | $19.2M | 2,925,251 | 2,459,718 |
| 41 | J. B. HuntJBHT | Nasdaq Global | +58.5% | 3,227,884 | 2.1 | 3.4% | $736.8M | 1,535,855 | 2,036,176 |
| 42 | Acadian Asset Management Inc.AAMI | NYSE | +58.0% | 1,693,662 | 3.8 | 4.8% | $159.4M | 447,445 | 1,071,734 |
| 43 | Neutron Holdings, Inc.LIME | Nasdaq Global | +57.9% | 1,832,360 | 3.6 | 2.8% | $45.4M | 507,724 | 1,160,637 |
| 44 | FirstSun CapitalFSUN | Nasdaq Global | +57.8% | 2,060,243 | 4.3 | 7.4% | $77.8M | 475,955 | 1,305,607 |
| 45 | Faeth Therapeutics, Inc.FTH | Nasdaq Capital | +56.8% | 2,067,445 | 3.6 | 8.0% | $40.3M | 569,389 | 1,318,893 |
| 46 | Manulife FinancialMFC | NYSE | +55.8% | 12,021,942 | 8.4 | 0.7% | $529.4M | 1,432,895 | 7,716,304 |
| 47 | NokiaNOK | NYSE | +55.8% | 86,495,412 | 1.0 | 1.5% | $790.6M | 90,617,454 | 55,521,856 |
| 48 | SonosSONO | Nasdaq Global | +55.4% | 14,464,055 | 6.0 | 12.2% | $245.0M | 2,410,961 | 9,308,963 |
| 49 | Andersen Group Inc.ANDG | NYSE | +55.0% | 3,015,211 | 5.2 | 15.8% | $178.6M | 583,982 | 1,945,580 |
| 50 | Postal Realty Trust, Inc.PSTL | NYSE | +53.4% | 3,861,748 | 9.2 | 12.8% | $82.1M | 418,709 | 2,516,713 |
| 51 | FedEx FreightFDXF | NYSE | +53.2% | 5,529,901 | 2.6 | 3.7% | $595.6M | 2,148,134 | 3,610,383 |
| 52 | Central BancompanyCBC | Nasdaq Global | +52.8% | 9,097,041 | 4.1 | 3.8% | $296.7M | 2,226,975 | 5,953,550 |
| 53 | Quantum CorporationQMCO | Nasdaq Global | +52.7% | 3,122,337 | 1.4 | 7.9% | $57.2M | 2,174,445 | 2,045,010 |
| 54 | CemexCX | NYSE | +52.1% | 15,650,424 | 2.0 | 1.1% | $162.5M | 7,747,195 | 10,287,321 |
| 55 | Grupo TelevisaTV | NYSE | +52.1% | 2,726,325 | 1.8 | 0.5% | $6.7M | 1,483,064 | 1,792,973 |
| 56 | Neurogene Inc.NGNE | Nasdaq Global | +51.7% | 4,974,749 | 11.7 | 24.9% | $118.8M | 423,989 | 3,280,172 |
| 57 | BlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustBCAT | NYSE | +51.6% | 3,825,244 | 2.9 | 3.6% | $50.3M | 1,343,304 | 2,523,119 |
| 58 | SK HynixSKHY | Nasdaq Global | +51.5% | 42,415,066 | 2.2 | 0.6% | $6.1B | 19,679,982 | 28,002,744 |
| 59 | Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc.ALH | NYSE | +50.2% | 5,826,262 | 5.2 | 2.9% | $124.3M | 1,115,479 | 3,879,411 |
| 60 | Rollins Inc.ROL | NYSE | +50.2% | 27,371,805 | 2.8 | 5.7% | $896.6M | 9,742,700 | 18,225,533 |
| 61 | Oportun Financial CorpOPRT | Nasdaq Global | +49.6% | 1,789,003 | 2.2 | 3.9% | $15.8M | 821,771 | 1,195,575 |
| 62 | MeiraGTx Holdings plcMGTX | Nasdaq Global | +49.5% | 5,996,760 | 5.0 | 6.2% | $56.1M | 1,190,432 | 4,011,818 |
| 63 | Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp.EMAT | Nasdaq Global | +49.1% | 2,141,802 | 1.2 | 0.3% | $3.5M | 1,772,614 | 1,436,796 |
| 64 | Hagerty Insurance AgencyHGTY | NYSE | +48.6% | 1,721,573 | 4.6 | 0.5% | $26.7M | 371,403 | 1,158,368 |
| 65 | AH Realty Trust, Inc.AHRT | NYSE | +48.5% | 3,990,588 | 2.2 | 5.3% | $23.6M | 1,778,164 | 2,687,956 |
| 66 | Sigma Lithium CorpSGML | Nasdaq Capital | +47.6% | 5,388,419 | 2.3 | 5.1% | $45.9M | 2,335,740 | 3,651,289 |
| 67 | Aura Investments Ltd.AURA | Nasdaq Global | +47.0% | 10,366,122 | 9.2 | 10.0% | $65.3M | 1,122,555 | 7,049,973 |
| 68 | Eastgroup Properties IncEGP | NYSE | +46.0% | 4,349,056 | 6.3 | 8.1% | $848.3M | 686,577 | 2,978,292 |
| 69 | Kailera Therapeutics, Inc.KLRA | Nasdaq Global | +45.6% | 8,683,381 | 5.6 | 6.7% | $100.3M | 1,545,459 | 5,962,752 |
| 70 | Fervo Energy CoFRVO | Nasdaq Global | +45.4% | 25,718,001 | 3.6 | 8.7% | $237.6M | 7,162,380 | 17,684,285 |
| 71 | MSCIMSCI | NYSE | +45.3% | 1,940,637 | 3.1 | 2.7% | $1.1B | 622,042 | 1,335,891 |
| 72 | Orchid Island Capital, Inc.ORC | NYSE | +45.2% | 23,524,061 | 3.9 | 11.8% | $113.3M | 5,975,655 | 16,200,116 |
| 73 | Aktis Oncology, Inc.AKTS | Nasdaq Global | +45.0% | 4,715,294 | 7.3 | 8.8% | $71.7M | 645,721 | 3,252,475 |
| 74 | Netskope IncNTSK | Nasdaq Global | +44.7% | 19,350,275 | 2.7 | 4.4% | $381.6M | 7,171,230 | 13,372,391 |
| 75 | AegonAEG | NYSE | +44.5% | 4,845,750 | 1.1 | 0.3% | $39.8M | 4,558,789 | 3,354,145 |
| 76 | HubSpotHUBS | NYSE | +44.2% | 4,583,508 | 2.0 | 9.2% | $1.1B | 2,257,838 | 3,178,892 |
| 77 | Afya LtdAFYA | Nasdaq Global | +44.1% | 2,033,841 | 4.7 | 2.3% | $30.2M | 437,050 | 1,411,623 |
| 78 | CTO Realty Growth, Inc.CTO | NYSE | +43.8% | 1,920,742 | 3.7 | 5.7% | $38.5M | 521,028 | 1,336,161 |
| 79 | Quantum SoftwareQNT | Nasdaq Global | +43.7% | 5,337,210 | 2.4 | 1.8% | $188.4M | 2,238,841 | 3,715,253 |
| 80 | Forgent Power Solutions, Inc.FPS | NYSE | +42.9% | 14,203,832 | 1.2 | 4.4% | $444.7M | 12,085,302 | 9,941,470 |
| 81 | Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileSQM | NYSE | +42.1% | 3,443,394 | 3.4 | 1.2% | $206.8M | 1,014,338 | 2,423,211 |
| 82 | Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.RAPP | Nasdaq Global | +42.1% | 3,194,008 | 4.8 | 6.7% | $91.5M | 660,098 | 2,248,069 |
| 83 | Maplebear Inc.CART | Nasdaq Global | +41.9% | 21,963,998 | 4.8 | 9.5% | $1.1B | 4,527,912 | 15,480,525 |
| 84 | Dick's Sporting GoodsDKS | NYSE | +41.6% | 11,344,142 | 3.8 | 11.5% | $1.6B | 3,019,211 | 8,010,644 |
| 85 | Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc.NAUT | Nasdaq Capital | +41.4% | 5,771,054 | 1.4 | 4.5% | $14.8M | 4,066,706 | 4,082,014 |
| 86 | LG DisplayLPL | NYSE | +41.1% | 6,542,302 | 2.5 | 0.7% | $17.5M | 2,597,253 | 4,635,257 |
| 87 | Toronto-Dominion BankTD | NYSE | +40.9% | 12,121,790 | 8.8 | 0.7% | $1.5B | 1,372,261 | 8,600,497 |
| 88 | Innio N.V.INIO | Nasdaq Global | +40.8% | 20,496,930 | 2.9 | 2.7% | $326.3M | 7,031,096 | 14,559,043 |
| 89 | Odyssey Therapeutics, Inc.ODTX | Nasdaq Capital | +40.6% | 3,105,465 | 5.6 | 6.5% | $56.8M | 551,207 | 2,208,686 |
| 90 | FB Financial CorpFBK | NYSE | +40.5% | 3,045,421 | 3.8 | 6.1% | $157.2M | 811,766 | 2,166,861 |
| 91 | Crescent Biopharma, INC.CBIO | Nasdaq Capital | +40.2% | 4,777,172 | 6.8 | 12.9% | $59.6M | 697,402 | 3,407,158 |
| 92 | Ani Pharmaceuticals IncANIP | Nasdaq Global | +40.2% | 3,491,281 | 7.2 | 15.2% | $252.7M | 487,356 | 2,490,166 |
| 93 | Permian Resources CorpPR | NYSE | +39.8% | 28,360,236 | 2.4 | 3.4% | $704.0M | 11,991,283 | 20,288,841 |
| 94 | Victory CapitalVCTR | Nasdaq Global | +39.6% | 3,124,102 | 4.2 | 5.1% | $337.2M | 736,724 | 2,238,056 |
| 95 | Simpson Manufacturing CompanySSD | NYSE | +39.3% | 1,510,602 | 4.4 | 3.7% | $268.1M | 343,022 | 1,084,546 |
| 96 | Lear CorporationLEA | NYSE | +39.2% | 2,934,769 | 3.8 | 5.9% | $346.1M | 773,397 | 2,108,033 |
| 97 | Carrier CorporationCARR | NYSE | +37.6% | 21,824,974 | 2.8 | 2.6% | $1.2B | 7,894,473 | 15,860,118 |
| 98 | WealthfrontWLTH | Nasdaq Global | +37.5% | 12,999,876 | 3.3 | 8.3% | $135.1M | 3,979,762 | 9,454,113 |
| 99 | Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc.BXDC | NYSE | +37.1% | 5,655,350 | 1.4 | 5.6% | $88.4M | 3,908,345 | 4,124,524 |
| 100 | MarketAxessMKTX | Nasdaq Global | +36.6% | 3,205,371 | 3.4 | 9.1% | $527.3M | 946,352 | 2,347,202 |
Short interest: FINRA equity short interest, reported by broker-dealers twice a month for every exchange-listed and over-the-counter stock. Shares outstanding come from each company’s latest SEC filing; prices from our market snapshot.