XLB short interest
State Street Materials Select · Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) · settlement date 2026-09-30
| Shares short | 14,955,629 |
|---|---|
| Change vs prior report | 1,736,394 (+13.1%) |
| Change over six months | -21.8% |
| Days to cover | 1.40 (sector: 0.98) |
| Average daily volume | 10,708,379 |
| Rank in Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) | not ranked (OTC, fund or thinly traded) |
XLB short interest, last 12 months
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover | Avg daily volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 14,955,629 | +13.1% | 1.40 | 10,708,379 |
| 2026-09-15 | 13,219,235 | -0.4% | 1.12 | 11,844,300 |
| 2026-08-31 | 13,274,441 | -1.8% | 1.31 | 10,157,890 |
| 2026-08-14 | 13,523,349 | -10.1% | 1.19 | 11,409,386 |
| 2026-07-31 | 15,040,364 | +8.8% | 1.37 | 10,996,528 |
| 2026-07-15 | 13,828,088 | +0.4% | 1.15 | 12,032,987 |
| 2026-06-30 | 13,770,318 | -7.3% | 1.27 | 10,832,575 |
| 2026-06-15 | 14,858,859 | +3.7% | 1.05 | 14,163,738 |
| 2026-05-29 | 14,326,451 | +4.8% | 1.29 | 11,070,239 |
| 2026-05-15 | 13,673,424 | +8.4% | 1.34 | 10,166,848 |
| 2026-04-30 | 12,610,480 | -10.2% | 1.24 | 10,164,732 |
| 2026-04-15 | 14,045,172 | -26.5% | 1.18 | 11,922,208 |
| 2026-03-31 | 19,117,831 | +7.4% | 1.15 | 16,578,909 |
| 2026-03-13 | 17,799,623 | -7.7% | 1.00 | 19,802,847 |
| 2026-02-27 | 19,279,644 | +0.4% | 1.24 | 15,500,179 |
| 2026-02-13 | 19,206,577 | -3.6% | 1.00 | 24,077,095 |
| 2026-01-30 | 19,922,682 | -13.8% | 1.20 | 16,540,086 |
| 2026-01-15 | 23,098,271 | +32.9% | 1.45 | 15,945,364 |
| 2025-12-31 | 17,376,558 | +8.6% | 2.31 | 7,510,100 |
| 2025-12-15 | 15,998,475 | +108.6% | 1.46 | 10,962,650 |
| 2025-11-28 | 7,669,481 | +0.2% | 1.02 | 7,527,676 |
| 2025-11-14 | 7,653,264 | -12.3% | 1.00 | 8,853,670 |
| 2025-10-31 | 8,723,538 | +1.9% | 1.26 | 6,896,338 |
| 2025-10-15 | 8,556,652 | -3.9% | 1.39 | 6,159,647 |
| 2025-09-30 | 8,906,123 | +5.1% | 1.60 | 5,554,319 |
import finzdata as yf
yf.Ticker("XLB").short_interest # every report since 2017
yf.Client().short_interest(["XLB"], start="2018-01-01")Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) short interest · XLB price history · Who owns XLB · All short interest