NVS short interest
Novartis Ag · settlement of Oct 30, 2026
As of Oct 30, 2026, 4.5M NVS shares were sold short, down 19.2% from the Oct 15, 2026 count. At the stock's average daily volume, that is 1.9 days to cover.
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- Shares sold short
- 4.5M4,515,670
- Change
- −19.2%from 5.6M
- Days to cover
- 1.9at the average daily volume
- Average daily volume
- 2.4Mshares, as FINRA reports it
- Most in 16 settlements
- 7.5MMar 13, 2026
Every settlement
16 settlements, newest first| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Avg daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 4,515,670 | −19.2% | 2,390,773 | 1.9 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5,585,310 | −0.7% | 1,747,414 | 3.2 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5,624,031 | +8.2% | 1,921,289 | 2.9 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5,195,725 | −7.6% | 3,525,832 | 1.5 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 5,625,158 | +12.6% | 1,333,406 | 4.2 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4,993,689 | −4.7% | 1,455,729 | 3.4 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5,240,722 | −8.3% | 1,951,524 | 2.7 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 5,713,789 | +6.7% | 1,590,064 | 3.6 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5,355,498 | +2.1% | 2,749,767 | 1.9 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5,246,790 | +15.5% | 2,051,091 | 2.6 |
| May 29, 2026 | 4,543,531 | +1.5% | 1,237,391 | 3.7 |
| May 15, 2026 | 4,475,369 | −0.3% | 1,270,483 | 3.5 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4,488,888 | −22.4% | 1,524,217 | 3.0 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | 5,785,672 | −7.5% | 1,468,443 | 3.9 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6,255,669 | −17.0% | 1,834,458 | 3.4 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 7,533,454 | — | 3,080,912 | 2.5 |
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.