SMH short interest
VanEck Semiconductor ETF · Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) · settlement date 2026-09-30
| Shares short | 11,595,994 |
|---|---|
| Change vs prior report | -746,355 (-6.0%) |
| Change over six months | -6.6% |
| Days to cover | 1.90 (sector: 0.98) |
| Average daily volume | 6,106,314 |
| Rank in Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) | not ranked (OTC, fund or thinly traded) |
SMH short interest, last 12 months
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover | Avg daily volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 11,595,994 | -6.0% | 1.90 | 6,106,314 |
| 2026-09-15 | 12,342,349 | -7.0% | 1.88 | 6,555,479 |
| 2026-08-31 | 13,278,959 | +2.5% | 1.90 | 6,994,867 |
| 2026-08-14 | 12,956,019 | +16.7% | 1.97 | 6,578,369 |
| 2026-07-31 | 11,105,545 | -31.4% | 1.00 | 15,284,591 |
| 2026-07-15 | 16,200,547 | -5.9% | 1.48 | 10,965,424 |
| 2026-06-30 | 17,216,964 | +23.6% | 1.47 | 11,691,676 |
| 2026-06-15 | 13,929,335 | +8.8% | 1.14 | 12,185,145 |
| 2026-05-29 | 12,802,952 | -1.4% | 1.38 | 9,277,908 |
| 2026-05-15 | 12,986,183 | +23.2% | 1.25 | 10,411,268 |
| 2026-04-30 | 10,543,906 | -2.9% | 1.29 | 8,156,679 |
| 2026-04-15 | 10,862,815 | -12.5% | 1.37 | 7,936,631 |
| 2026-03-31 | 12,419,495 | +62.6% | 1.16 | 10,692,092 |
| 2026-03-13 | 7,640,050 | -2.6% | 1.00 | 11,308,004 |
| 2026-02-27 | 7,844,377 | +17.7% | 1.14 | 6,888,604 |
| 2026-02-13 | 6,662,602 | -15.6% | 1.00 | 9,412,840 |
| 2026-01-30 | 7,895,731 | -9.6% | 1.15 | 6,853,540 |
| 2026-01-15 | 8,731,715 | -7.9% | 1.20 | 7,265,760 |
| 2025-12-31 | 9,477,854 | +14.0% | 1.82 | 5,198,673 |
| 2025-12-15 | 8,315,348 | +4.8% | 1.50 | 5,530,563 |
| 2025-11-28 | 7,937,188 | -2.2% | 1.00 | 10,884,101 |
| 2025-11-14 | 8,115,279 | +1.3% | 1.00 | 9,018,639 |
| 2025-10-31 | 8,013,167 | -17.4% | 1.20 | 6,695,940 |
| 2025-10-15 | 9,700,065 | +42.2% | 1.02 | 9,547,806 |
| 2025-09-30 | 6,820,495 | -23.9% | 1.00 | 8,955,755 |
import finzdata as yf
yf.Ticker("SMH").short_interest # every report since 2017
yf.Client().short_interest(["SMH"], start="2018-01-01")Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) short interest · SMH price history · Who owns SMH · All short interest