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How shorted is Boston Beer Company? SAM

#277most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 92%

15.37%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+1.54
5 reports (~10 weeks)
−0.20
days to cover
7.15
Aggregate net short position time series for Boston Beer Company

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 Boston Beer Company 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
23 Jul 202615.07% 15 Jul 202613.55% 31 Jul 2026−1.52
30 Apr 20269.90% 15 Apr 202612.37% 15 May 2026+2.47
24 Feb 20268.39% 13 Feb 20267.88% 27 Feb 2026−0.51
23 Oct 20259.18% 15 Oct 20259.29% 31 Oct 2025+0.11
24 Jul 20258.52% 15 Jul 20258.66% 31 Jul 2025+0.14
24 Apr 20255.85% 15 Apr 20255.99% 30 Apr 2025+0.14
24 Oct 20243.23% 15 Oct 20243.16% 31 Oct 2024−0.07
25 Jul 20242.39% 15 Jul 20242.54% 31 Jul 2024+0.15

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for SAM: 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
617
5 Aug 2026
Highest in window
9,612
12 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
29
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Boston Beer Company 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 9.6K shares.

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Sector: Consumer goods

History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202615.37%+1.54
31 Aug 202613.83%+0.10
14 Aug 202613.73%+0.18
31 Jul 202613.55%−1.52
15 Jul 202615.07%−0.50
30 Jun 202615.57%+0.18
15 Jun 202615.39%+0.75
29 May 202614.64%+2.27
15 May 202612.37%+1.01
30 Apr 202611.36%+1.46
15 Apr 20269.90%+1.01
31 Mar 20268.89%−0.39
13 Mar 20269.28%+1.40
27 Feb 20267.88%−0.51
13 Feb 20268.39%−0.47
30 Jan 20268.86%−0.01
15 Jan 20268.87%+0.44
31 Dec 20258.43%−0.41
15 Dec 20258.84%−0.49
28 Nov 20259.33%+0.40
14 Nov 20258.93%−0.36
31 Oct 20259.29%+0.11
15 Oct 20259.18%−0.42
30 Sep 20259.60%+0.53
15 Sep 20259.07%+1.45
29 Aug 20257.62%−1.00
15 Aug 20258.62%−0.04
31 Jul 20258.66%+0.14
15 Jul 20258.52%+0.30
30 Jun 20258.22%+0.73
13 Jun 20257.49%+1.14
30 May 20256.35%+0.31
15 May 20256.04%+0.05
30 Apr 20255.99%+0.14
15 Apr 20255.85%−0.48
31 Mar 20256.33%+0.27
14 Mar 20256.06%−0.04
28 Feb 20256.10%+3.09
15 Nov 20243.01%−0.15
31 Oct 20243.16%−0.07
15 Oct 20243.23%+0.12
30 Sep 20243.11%−0.47
13 Sep 20243.58%+1.01
30 Aug 20242.57%−0.29
15 Aug 20242.86%+0.32
31 Jul 20242.54%+0.15
15 Jul 20242.39%+0.07
28 Jun 20242.32%−0.43
14 Jun 20242.75%−0.60
31 May 20243.35%+0.10
15 May 20243.25%+0.57
30 Apr 20242.68%+0.42
15 Apr 20242.26%+0.17
28 Mar 20242.09%−0.35
15 Mar 20242.44%+0.19
29 Feb 20242.25%+0.49
15 Feb 20241.76%+0.10
31 Jan 20241.66%−0.40
12 Jan 20242.06%+0.18
29 Dec 20231.88%−0.20
15 Dec 20232.08%−0.10
30 Nov 20232.18%−0.16
15 Nov 20232.34%−0.58
31 Oct 20232.92%+0.40
13 Oct 20232.52%−0.35
29 Sep 20232.87%−0.19
15 Sep 20233.06%+0.17
31 Aug 20232.89%−0.49
15 Aug 20233.38%−0.06
31 Jul 20233.44%+0.11
14 Jul 20233.33%+0.46
30 Jun 20232.87%+0.40
15 Jun 20232.47%−0.39
31 May 20232.86%−0.05
15 May 20232.91%+0.07
28 Apr 20232.84%−0.27
14 Apr 20233.11%−0.04
31 Mar 20233.15%−0.19
15 Mar 20233.34%−1.18
28 Feb 20234.52%−0.16
15 Feb 20234.68%−0.08
31 Jan 20234.76%−0.58
13 Jan 20235.34%−0.31
30 Dec 20225.65%−0.18
15 Dec 20225.83%−0.32
30 Nov 20226.15%−0.16
15 Nov 20226.31%−0.32
31 Oct 20226.63%−0.19
14 Oct 20226.82%+0.30
30 Sep 20226.52%−0.29
15 Sep 20226.81%+0.67
31 Aug 20226.14%−0.41
15 Aug 20226.55%−0.57
29 Jul 20227.12%+0.91
15 Jul 20226.21%+0.20
30 Jun 20226.01%+0.77
15 Jun 20225.24%+0.61
31 May 20224.63%+0.01
13 May 20224.62%−0.13
29 Apr 20224.75%+1.76
14 Apr 20222.99%+0.32
31 Mar 20222.67%−0.46
15 Mar 20223.13%−0.05
28 Feb 20223.18%+1.09
15 Feb 20222.09%−1.08
31 Jan 20223.17%−2.10
14 Jan 20225.27%−0.40
31 Dec 20215.67%−1.09
15 Dec 20216.76%−1.06
30 Nov 20217.82%−0.22
15 Nov 20218.04%−0.33
29 Oct 20218.37%+0.30
15 Oct 20218.07%−0.62
30 Sep 20218.69%−1.01
15 Sep 20219.70%+1.44
31 Aug 20218.26%+1.37
13 Aug 20216.89%−0.68
30 Jul 20217.57%−0.33
15 Jul 20217.90%−0.13
30 Jun 20218.03%+0.03
15 Jun 20218.00%+0.09
28 May 20217.91%+0.59
14 May 20217.32%+0.53
30 Apr 20216.79%+0.77
15 Apr 20216.02%+0.28
31 Mar 20215.74%+0.32
15 Mar 20215.42%+0.41
26 Feb 20215.01%+0.01
12 Feb 20215.00%−0.11
29 Jan 20215.11%−0.53
15 Jan 20215.64%−0.34
31 Dec 20205.98%+0.01
15 Dec 20205.97%−0.03
30 Nov 20206.00%−0.07
13 Nov 20206.07%−0.31
30 Oct 20206.38%+0.07
15 Oct 20206.31%+0.21
30 Sep 20206.10%−0.53
15 Sep 20206.63%−0.70
31 Aug 20207.33%−0.54
14 Aug 20207.87%−0.39
31 Jul 20208.26%−1.23
15 Jul 20209.49%+0.16
30 Jun 20209.33%−0.80
15 Jun 202010.13%−0.87
29 May 202011.00%−0.05
15 May 202011.05%+0.69
30 Apr 202010.36%+0.18
15 Apr 202010.18%−0.32
31 Mar 202010.50%−1.98
13 Mar 202012.48%−0.12
28 Feb 202012.60%−0.10
14 Feb 202012.70%+0.20
31 Jan 202012.50%+0.44
15 Jan 202012.06%+0.44
31 Dec 201911.62%+0.06
13 Dec 201911.56%−0.26
29 Nov 201911.82%+0.26
15 Nov 201911.56%−0.28
31 Oct 201911.84%−1.44
15 Oct 201913.28%−0.41
30 Sep 201913.69%+0.24
13 Sep 201913.45%+0.23
30 Aug 201913.22%+0.11
15 Aug 201913.11%+0.39
31 Jul 201912.72%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 31 Jul 2019.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Boston Beer Company right now?
15.37% of Boston Beer Company's (SAM) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 277th 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 SAM'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 SAM's days to cover?
7.15 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.