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Market Cap
$224.97B
Shares
942.13M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

IBM Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 21,716,798 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, -1.5% versus the latest reported position. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 21, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 21
21,716,798 -1.5% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
52/100
Short interest 2.3% of shares — P53 Days to cover 3.8 — P59 Price vs VWAP -5.5% — P31 Short-volume trend +3.1% — P63 Short interest change -1.0% — P48 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P55

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 24
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 22,050,277 22,269,760 -219,483 3.82
2026-07-31 22,269,760 33,088,057 -10,818,297 1.82
2026-07-15 33,088,057 34,277,714 -1,189,657 2.17
2026-06-30 34,277,714 29,937,511 +4,340,203 3.70
2026-06-15 29,937,511 30,553,020 -615,509 2.57
2026-05-29 30,553,020 26,858,385 +3,694,635 2.27
2026-05-15 26,858,385 22,472,892 +4,385,493 4.66
2026-04-30 22,472,892 22,172,935 +299,957 2.70
2026-04-15 22,172,935 23,287,661 -1,114,726 5.27
2026-03-31 23,287,661 22,177,166 +1,110,495 4.46
2026-03-13 22,177,166 21,365,595 +811,571 3.67
2026-02-27 21,365,595 19,654,683 +1,710,912 2.60
2026-02-13 19,654,683 18,658,931 +995,752 2.83
2026-01-30 18,658,931 19,858,300 -1,199,369 3.44
2026-01-15 19,858,300 19,612,003 +246,297 5.09
2025-12-31 19,612,003 19,765,710 -153,707 5.08
2025-12-15 19,765,710 19,626,620 +139,090 6.05
2025-11-28 19,626,620 18,607,288 +1,019,332 4.85
2025-11-14 18,607,288 18,050,081 +557,207 3.76
2025-10-31 18,050,081 15,852,807 +2,197,274 2.34
2025-10-15 15,852,807 16,197,030 -344,223 3.63
2025-09-30 16,197,030 14,626,762 +1,570,268 2.63
2025-09-15 14,626,762 14,280,231 +346,531 3.43
2025-08-29 14,280,231 14,734,621 -454,390 4.12

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