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How shorted is Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.? CHEF

#527most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 86%

11.41%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
−0.94
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.16
days to cover
6.41
Aggregate net short position time series for Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.

Markers along the chart's base: ▲ results announced (an 8-K reporting results was filed) ▲ quarterly or annual report filed. Dates are SEC filing dates; hover a point to see events since the previous settlement.

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the stock's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement. It expresses the short position in days of typical trading rather than as a percentage of the company; the two can move differently.

Aggregate net short position time series for Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. days to cover

Short interest around results

For each results announcement (an 8-K reporting results, by its SEC filing date), the FINRA settlement before it and the first one after. Settlements fall twice a month, so the two figures can sit up to a month apart and much else changes in between: this shows what was reported, not why.

Reported short interest before and after each results announcement
Results filedSettlement beforeSettlement afterChange
29 Jul 202612.11% 15 Jul 202613.34% 31 Jul 2026+1.23
29 Apr 202611.93% 15 Apr 202610.71% 30 Apr 2026−1.22
11 Feb 202611.15% 30 Jan 202611.87% 13 Feb 2026+0.72
29 Oct 20259.19% 15 Oct 202510.61% 31 Oct 2025+1.42
30 Jul 202510.35% 15 Jul 20259.64% 31 Jul 2025−0.71
30 Apr 20258.44% 15 Apr 20259.40% 15 May 2025+0.96
12 Feb 20256.45% 31 Jan 20257.51% 14 Feb 2025+1.06
31 Jul 20249.41% 15 Jul 20247.71% 15 Aug 2024−1.70

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for CHEF: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
1
31 Aug 2026
Highest in window
59,809
30 Oct 2025
Days with a balance
50
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 60K shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202611.41%−0.94
31 Aug 202612.35%−1.21
14 Aug 202613.56%+0.22
31 Jul 202613.34%+1.23
15 Jul 202612.11%+0.54
30 Jun 202611.57%+0.53
15 Jun 202611.04%+0.62
29 May 202610.42%+0.01
15 May 202610.41%−0.30
30 Apr 202610.71%−1.22
15 Apr 202611.93%+0.41
31 Mar 202611.52%+0.41
13 Mar 202611.11%−0.77
27 Feb 202611.88%+0.01
13 Feb 202611.87%+0.72
30 Jan 202611.15%+0.39
15 Jan 202610.76%−0.92
31 Dec 202511.68%−0.92
15 Dec 202512.60%+0.50
28 Nov 202512.10%+1.45
14 Nov 202510.65%+0.04
31 Oct 202510.61%+1.42
15 Oct 20259.19%−0.66
30 Sep 20259.85%−0.46
15 Sep 202510.31%+0.46
29 Aug 20259.85%+0.17
15 Aug 20259.68%+0.04
31 Jul 20259.64%−0.71
15 Jul 202510.35%+0.53
30 Jun 20259.82%−0.15
13 Jun 20259.97%+0.27
30 May 20259.70%+0.30
15 May 20259.40%+1.03
30 Apr 20258.37%−0.07
15 Apr 20258.44%+0.31
31 Mar 20258.13%+0.58
14 Mar 20257.55%−0.10
28 Feb 20257.65%+0.14
14 Feb 20257.51%+1.06
31 Jan 20256.45%−0.13
15 Jan 20256.58%+0.42
31 Dec 20246.16%+0.26
13 Dec 20245.90%−0.76
29 Nov 20246.66%−0.19
15 Nov 20246.85%−0.11
31 Oct 20246.96%+0.64
15 Oct 20246.32%−0.78
30 Sep 20247.10%−0.30
13 Sep 20247.40%−0.46
30 Aug 20247.86%+0.15
15 Aug 20247.71%−0.61
31 Jul 20248.32%−1.09
15 Jul 20249.41%+0.19
28 Jun 20249.22%+1.42
14 Jun 20247.80%−0.20
31 May 20248.00%−0.69
15 May 20248.69%+0.32
30 Apr 20248.37%−0.71
15 Apr 20249.08%−0.36
28 Mar 20249.44%+0.24
15 Mar 20249.20%+0.01
29 Feb 20249.19%+0.53
15 Feb 20248.66%+0.12
31 Jan 20248.54%+0.29
12 Jan 20248.25%+0.40
29 Dec 20237.85%−0.07
15 Dec 20237.92%−0.50
30 Nov 20238.42%+0.91
15 Nov 20237.51%+0.45
31 Oct 20237.06%+0.50
13 Oct 20236.56%−0.28
29 Sep 20236.84%−0.31
15 Sep 20237.15%+0.01
31 Aug 20237.14%−0.05
15 Aug 20237.19%−0.16
31 Jul 20237.35%−0.32
14 Jul 20237.67%+0.49
30 Jun 20237.18%+0.26
15 Jun 20236.92%−0.26
31 May 20237.18%−0.21
15 May 20237.39%−0.12
28 Apr 20237.51%−0.30
14 Apr 20237.81%+0.09
31 Mar 20237.72%+0.34
15 Mar 20237.38%+0.27
28 Feb 20237.11%−0.04
15 Feb 20237.15%+0.06
31 Jan 20237.09%−0.09
13 Jan 20237.18%−0.51
30 Dec 20227.69%+0.38
15 Dec 20227.31%+1.44
30 Nov 20225.87%−0.55
15 Nov 20226.42%−0.33
31 Oct 20226.75%+0.46
14 Oct 20226.29%−0.25
30 Sep 20226.54%−0.14
15 Sep 20226.68%+0.18
31 Aug 20226.50%+0.41
15 Aug 20226.09%+0.03
29 Jul 20226.06%−0.24
15 Jul 20226.30%−0.02
30 Jun 20226.32%−0.02
15 Jun 20226.34%−0.12
31 May 20226.46%+0.54
13 May 20225.92%+0.03
29 Apr 20225.89%+0.34
14 Apr 20225.55%−0.16
31 Mar 20225.71%+0.03
15 Mar 20225.68%−0.17
28 Feb 20225.85%−0.06
15 Feb 20225.91%+0.36
31 Jan 20225.55%−0.19
14 Jan 20225.74%−0.62
31 Dec 20216.36%+0.42
15 Dec 20215.94%−0.57
30 Nov 20216.51%−1.01
15 Nov 20217.52%−0.78
29 Oct 20218.30%−0.43
15 Oct 20218.73%+0.97
30 Sep 20217.76%−0.42
15 Sep 20218.18%−0.19
31 Aug 20218.37%+0.04
13 Aug 20218.33%−0.24
30 Jul 20218.57%−0.31
15 Jul 20218.88%−0.16
30 Jun 20219.04%−0.11
15 Jun 20219.15%−0.03
28 May 20219.18%+0.40
14 May 20218.78%−0.79
30 Apr 20219.57%−0.05
15 Apr 20219.62%+0.31
31 Mar 20219.31%−0.50
15 Mar 20219.81%+0.27
26 Feb 20219.54%+0.34
12 Feb 20219.20%−1.93
29 Jan 202111.13%−1.40
15 Jan 202112.53%−0.48
31 Dec 202013.01%+0.25
15 Dec 202012.76%−0.19
30 Nov 202012.95%−1.42
13 Nov 202014.37%−0.55
30 Oct 202014.92%+0.69
15 Oct 202014.23%−0.41
30 Sep 202014.64%+0.17
15 Sep 202014.47%+0.23
31 Aug 202014.24%−0.33
14 Aug 202014.57%−0.04
31 Jul 202014.61%−2.62
15 Jul 202017.23%+2.46
30 Jun 202014.77%−0.68
15 Jun 202015.45%+1.46
29 May 202013.99%−0.05
15 May 202014.04%+3.67
30 Apr 202010.37%+1.60
15 Apr 20208.77%+1.89
31 Mar 20206.88%−1.45
13 Mar 20208.33%−0.50
28 Feb 20208.83%+0.55
14 Feb 20208.28%−0.02
31 Jan 20208.30%−1.39
15 Jan 20209.69%+0.86
31 Dec 20198.83%+0.53
13 Dec 20198.30%−0.13
29 Nov 20198.43%+1.04
15 Nov 20197.39%−1.24
31 Oct 20198.63%−0.18
15 Oct 20198.81%−0.25
30 Sep 20199.06%+0.70
13 Sep 20198.36%−0.74
30 Aug 20199.10%+0.47
15 Aug 20198.63%−0.29
31 Jul 20198.92%+0.08
15 Jul 20198.84%+0.34
28 Jun 20198.50%+0.14
14 Jun 20198.36%+0.30
31 May 20198.06%+0.60
15 May 20197.46%+0.07
30 Apr 20197.39%−0.45
15 Apr 20197.84%−0.47
29 Mar 20198.31%−0.02
15 Mar 20198.33%−0.51
28 Feb 20198.84%−0.06
15 Feb 20198.90%−0.21
31 Jan 20199.11%−0.57
15 Jan 20199.68%+0.65
31 Dec 20189.03%−0.11
14 Dec 20189.14%−0.09
30 Nov 20189.23%+0.28
15 Nov 20188.95%−0.22
31 Oct 20189.17%−1.52
15 Oct 201810.69%+1.08
28 Sep 20189.61%+0.70
14 Sep 20188.91%+0.20
31 Aug 20188.71%−0.02
15 Aug 20188.73%−0.82
31 Jul 20189.55%−0.23
13 Jul 20189.78%−0.96
29 Jun 201810.74%−0.32
15 Jun 201811.06%+0.82
31 May 201810.24%−1.50
15 May 201811.74%+1.66
30 Apr 201810.08%−1.19
13 Apr 201811.27%+1.03
29 Mar 201810.24%−0.08
15 Mar 201810.32%−1.26
28 Feb 201811.58%+0.01
15 Feb 201811.57%+0.90
31 Jan 201810.67%−0.09
12 Jan 201810.76%−1.07
29 Dec 201711.83%–

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Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. right now?
11.41% of Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.'s (CHEF) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 527th most shorted US stock, out of 3,805 we rank.
What does this number include?
FINRA member firms must report their short positions in all US equities twice a month; FINRA consolidates them per security. We divide that official share count by the company's shares outstanding from its SEC filings. This is the regulatory figure, not a daily estimate.
Why does it only update twice a month?
US short interest is reported for settlement on the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. That cadence is set by regulation; no daily official figure exists.
Is this CHEF's short float?
No. This is short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding, the count in the company's SEC filings. "Short float" divides the same FINRA short count by the public float, which excludes closely held shares, so it comes out higher for the same company. We publish no float estimates: the float is not a regulatory figure.
What is CHEF's days to cover?
6.41 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume. It is published in the same FINRA file and shown verbatim; we hold no volume data ourselves.
Which funds are short?
US public short interest is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named. Only some EU markets publish named positions.