BNED short interest
Barnes & Noble Education · settlement of Oct 30, 2026
As of Oct 30, 2026, 1.4M BNED shares were sold short, down 21.4% from the Oct 15, 2026 count. At the stock's average daily volume, that is 6.2 days to cover.
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- Shares sold short
- 1.4M1,404,519
- Change
- −21.4%from 1.8M
- Of shares outstanding
- 4.05%#2,079 of 3,781 stocks measured
- Days to cover
- 6.2at the average daily volume
- Average daily volume
- 227,067shares, as FINRA reports it
- Most in 24 settlements
- 3.4MFeb 13, 2026
Every settlement
24 settlements, newest first| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Avg daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 1,404,519 | −21.4% | 227,067 | 6.2 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1,785,993 | −5.3% | 236,026 | 7.6 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,885,210 | +17.9% | 202,085 | 9.3 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,598,649 | +9.2% | 363,736 | 4.4 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1,464,351 | +16.8% | 245,797 | 6.0 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1,253,351 | −21.7% | 168,600 | 7.4 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1,601,173 | +1.3% | 290,501 | 5.5 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 1,580,841 | −1.8% | 488,700 | 3.2 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1,610,556 | −20.4% | 454,021 | 3.5 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2,023,909 | −12.9% | 343,275 | 5.9 |
| May 29, 2026 | 2,324,674 | +11.3% | 264,774 | 8.8 |
| May 15, 2026 | 2,087,932 | −8.4% | 268,479 | 7.8 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2,280,153 | −21.6% | 229,326 | 9.9 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 2,910,140 | −3.8% | 180,746 | 16 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3,026,489 | −3.4% | 227,862 | 13 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 3,133,064 | −2.1% | 284,125 | 11 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 3,199,652 | −5.7% | 273,378 | 12 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 3,392,677 | +11.6% | 300,888 | 11 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 3,038,977 | +16.1% | 330,461 | 9.2 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 2,618,101 | +0.4% | 404,108 | 6.5 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2,606,394 | −3.8% | 279,121 | 9.3 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 2,708,856 | +3.0% | 319,468 | 8.5 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 2,628,817 | +25.8% | 964,711 | 2.7 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 2,089,972 | — | 191,129 | 11 |
Source
Short interest is the number of shares sold short and not yet bought back. Brokers report it to FINRA for two settlement dates a month, the middle and the end, and FINRA publishes each count about a week later. It is not a daily figure: between settlements no one publishes a count. Days to cover is the short interest divided by the average daily volume FINRA reports beside it. A rising count is shown in red and a falling one in green.