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SMH short interest Nasdaq Global Market

VanEck Semiconductor ETF. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: no SEC filer maps to the symbol (funds, notes, preferreds, warrants and foreign listings).

Shares short
12,342,349
vs previous settlement
โˆ’936,610 (-7.1%)
days to cover
1.88
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for SMH shares short

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the security's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement.

Aggregate net short position time series for SMH days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for SMH: 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.

Latest balance
153,219
14 Sep 2026
Highest in window
4,292,235
29 Jun 2026
Days with a balance
150
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for VanEck Semiconductor ETF 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 4.3M shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for SMH, newest first. สณ marks a figure FINRA itself flagged as revised.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 202612,342,349โˆ’936,6101.88
31 Aug 202613,278,959+322,9401.90
14 Aug 202612,956,019+1,850,4741.97
31 Jul 202611,105,545โˆ’5,095,0021.00
15 Jul 202616,200,547โˆ’1,016,4171.48
30 Jun 202617,216,964+3,287,6291.47
15 Jun 202613,929,335+1,126,3831.14
29 May 202612,802,952โˆ’183,2311.38
15 May 202612,986,183+2,442,2771.25
30 Apr 202610,543,906โˆ’318,9091.29
15 Apr 202610,862,815โˆ’1,556,6801.37
31 Mar 202612,419,495+4,779,4451.16
13 Mar 20267,640,050โˆ’204,3271.00
27 Feb 20267,844,377+1,181,7751.14
13 Feb 20266,662,602โˆ’1,233,1291.00
30 Jan 20267,895,731โˆ’835,9841.15
15 Jan 20268,731,715โˆ’746,1391.20
31 Dec 20259,477,854+1,162,5061.82
15 Dec 20258,315,348+378,1601.50
28 Nov 20257,937,188โˆ’178,0911.00
14 Nov 20258,115,279+102,1121.00
31 Oct 20258,013,167โˆ’1,686,8981.20
15 Oct 20259,700,065+2,879,5701.02
30 Sep 20256,820,495โˆ’2,140,8831.00
15 Sep 20258,961,378+809,8651.14
29 Aug 20258,151,513สณโˆ’467,6061.13
15 Aug 20258,619,119+403,1451.15
31 Jul 20258,215,974+866,7361.12
15 Jul 20257,349,238โˆ’1,924,8381.00
30 Jun 20259,274,076+217,1291.11
13 Jun 20259,056,947โˆ’1,274,8311.07
30 May 202510,331,778โˆ’2,913,2551.51
15 May 202513,245,033+1,348,6752.01
30 Apr 202511,896,358โˆ’232,0811.46
15 Apr 202512,128,439โˆ’928,8641.00
31 Mar 202513,057,303+2,272,0712.01
14 Mar 202510,785,232+343,2221.30
28 Feb 202510,442,010+1,095,1861.53
14 Feb 20259,346,824+871,2091.92
31 Jan 20258,475,615โˆ’2,547,8791.05
15 Jan 202511,023,494+727,3971.83
31 Dec 202410,296,097โˆ’90,6512.20
13 Dec 202410,386,748โˆ’1,257,0541.96
29 Nov 202411,643,802+1,097,8351.90
15 Nov 202410,545,967+2,334,2251.75
31 Oct 20248,211,742โˆ’6,2661.61
15 Oct 20248,218,008+2,2711.39
30 Sep 20248,215,737โˆ’1,823,1521.21
13 Sep 202410,038,889+415,8711.10
30 Aug 20249,623,018โˆ’1,255,4701.42
15 Aug 202410,878,488โˆ’2,399,8621.00
31 Jul 202413,278,350โˆ’96,7171.20
15 Jul 202413,375,067+343,0511.99
28 Jun 202413,032,016+962,6871.52
14 Jun 202412,069,329+1,207,9261.67
31 May 202410,861,403+1,581,8151.49
15 May 20249,279,588+844,0411.50
30 Apr 20248,435,547โˆ’984,5731.03
15 Apr 20249,420,120โˆ’1,710,0341.34
28 Mar 202411,130,154โˆ’1,608,2231.48
15 Mar 202412,738,377+1,866,2161.05
29 Feb 202410,872,161+515,2581.39
15 Feb 202410,356,903โˆ’118,1621.26
31 Jan 202410,475,065โˆ’1,096,8411.10
12 Jan 202411,571,906+1,452,5071.52
29 Dec 202310,119,399โˆ’2,211,7731.82
15 Dec 202312,331,172โˆ’336,2911.68
30 Nov 202312,667,463+169,6721.76
15 Nov 202312,497,791สณ+1,581,4231.44
31 Oct 202310,916,368โˆ’5,179,3731.00
13 Oct 202316,095,741+941,6581.89
29 Sep 202315,154,083+4,180,6051.93
15 Sep 202310,973,478โˆ’1,038,5721.70
31 Aug 202312,012,050โˆ’488,0971.38
15 Aug 202312,500,147+1,075,2721.59
31 Jul 202311,424,875+389,0721.50
14 Jul 202311,035,803+732,8662.02
30 Jun 202310,302,937โˆ’5,746,8811.72
15 Jun 202316,049,818+368,9512.29
31 May 202315,680,867สณโˆ’2,060,8091.79
15 May 202317,741,676+8,648,5673.21
28 Apr 20239,093,109โˆ’63,9282.85
14 Apr 20239,157,037โˆ’243,8482.56
31 Mar 20239,400,885+73,5121.99
15 Mar 20239,327,373+733,9112.22
28 Feb 20238,593,462+259,4322.45
15 Feb 20238,334,030+516,3091.86
31 Jan 20237,817,721โˆ’94,0472.04
13 Jan 20237,911,768โˆ’826,2002.30
30 Dec 20228,737,968+298,1032.68
15 Dec 20228,439,865โˆ’355,6482.31
30 Nov 20228,795,513โˆ’568,3172.37
15 Nov 20229,363,830โˆ’724,3611.71
31 Oct 202210,088,191+976,8942.03
14 Oct 20229,111,297+47,1221.59
30 Sep 20229,064,175โˆ’373,5162.13
15 Sep 20229,437,691โˆ’1,023,8172.12
31 Aug 202210,461,508โˆ’1,9823.18
15 Aug 202210,463,490+691,0022.83
29 Jul 20229,772,488+520,3842.44
15 Jul 20229,252,104+470,2642.29
30 Jun 20228,781,840โˆ’400,6431.64
15 Jun 20229,182,483+2,035,8921.96
31 May 20227,146,591โˆ’340,2881.27
13 May 20227,486,879โˆ’859,7631.00
29 Apr 20228,346,642โˆ’513,4341.05
14 Apr 20228,860,076+464,8471.05
31 Mar 20228,395,229โˆ’973,9111.12
15 Mar 20229,369,140+934,8961.05
28 Feb 20228,434,244โˆ’1,746,7631.01
15 Feb 202210,181,007+2,585,2021.41
31 Jan 20227,595,805+741,1441.00
14 Jan 20226,854,661+356,3521.08
31 Dec 20216,498,309โˆ’331,3281.74
15 Dec 20216,829,637โˆ’811,5841.38
30 Nov 20217,641,221โˆ’577,7311.79
15 Nov 20218,218,952โˆ’915,2222.08
29 Oct 20219,134,174โˆ’865,8613.66
15 Oct 202110,000,035โˆ’142,3743.07
30 Sep 202110,142,409โˆ’165,6753.25
15 Sep 202110,308,084โˆ’703,5644.28
31 Aug 202111,011,648โˆ’323,6063.18
13 Aug 202111,335,254โˆ’409,2183.68
30 Jul 202111,744,472+2,890,6733.43
15 Jul 20218,853,799+330,4462.96
30 Jun 20218,523,353+102,6902.58
15 Jun 20218,420,663+12,1972.59
28 May 20218,408,466โˆ’527,5982.01
14 May 20218,936,064+452,7271.56
30 Apr 20218,483,337+603,5112.37
15 Apr 20217,879,826โˆ’915,7222.12
31 Mar 20218,795,548+722,3551.78
15 Mar 20218,073,193+439,6841.54
26 Feb 20217,633,509โˆ’230,1182.05
12 Feb 20217,863,627+1,404,7952.57
29 Jan 20216,458,832โˆ’1,345,8882.04
15 Jan 20217,804,720+119,7192.73
31 Dec 20207,685,001โˆ’388,4895.24
15 Dec 20208,073,490+477,8163.57
30 Nov 20207,595,674โˆ’531,7863.80
13 Nov 20208,127,460โˆ’590,4662.75
30 Oct 20208,717,926โˆ’2,260,6983.97
15 Oct 202010,978,624+329,4284.85
30 Sep 202010,649,196โˆ’649,1874.54
15 Sep 202011,298,383+1,048,0203.59
31 Aug 202010,250,363โˆ’380,3406.04
14 Aug 202010,630,703โˆ’186,6984.67
31 Jul 202010,817,401โˆ’136,2834.02
15 Jul 202010,953,684โˆ’1,476,2633.39
30 Jun 202012,429,947+526,3344.02
15 Jun 202011,903,613โˆ’1,277,1103.47
29 May 202013,180,723โˆ’1,513,3183.31
15 May 202014,694,041สณ+3,725,5593.77
30 Apr 202010,968,482โˆ’1,101,9002.55
15 Apr 202012,070,382+753,3742.09
31 Mar 202011,317,008โˆ’2,441,0871.94
13 Mar 202013,758,095+1,023,3732.28
28 Feb 202012,734,722+273,5371.51
14 Feb 202012,461,185+211,9103.13
31 Jan 202012,249,275+396,1863.33
15 Jan 202011,853,089+633,5694.06
31 Dec 201911,219,520โˆ’2,673,0645.01
13 Dec 201913,892,584+2,020,4483.88
29 Nov 201911,872,136+39,6013.78
15 Nov 201911,832,535+1,084,1373.52
31 Oct 201910,748,398โˆ’245,7962.58
15 Oct 201910,994,194+706,1162.27
30 Sep 201910,288,078โˆ’1,188,5632.46
13 Sep 201911,476,641โˆ’1,297,1042.71
30 Aug 201912,773,745+395,1322.50
15 Aug 201912,378,613+294,5651.58
31 Jul 201912,084,048โˆ’2,038,2972.67
15 Jul 201914,122,345+284,0803.37
28 Jun 201913,838,265โˆ’4,408,1612.09
14 Jun 201918,246,426โˆ’5,765,2632.80
31 May 201924,011,689โˆ’3,930,3291.98
15 May 201927,942,018+12,507,7022.55
30 Apr 201915,434,316+1,799,6522.26
15 Apr 201913,634,664โˆ’1,254,3592.59
29 Mar 201914,889,023+3,384,5982.22
15 Mar 201911,504,425+819,4682.23
28 Feb 201910,684,957โˆ’152,4652.38
15 Feb 201910,837,422โˆ’511,2991.87
31 Jan 201911,348,721โˆ’3,414,3081.52
15 Jan 201914,763,029โˆ’1,465,0012.12
31 Dec 201816,228,030+363,6071.90
14 Dec 201815,864,423โˆ’310,7712.10
30 Nov 201816,175,194โˆ’1,106,9672.30
15 Nov 201817,282,161โˆ’1,172,2082.19
31 Oct 201818,454,369โˆ’531,1681.99
15 Oct 201818,985,537+13,3331.93
28 Sep 201818,972,204โˆ’5,034,2724.52
14 Sep 201824,006,476+119,4383.87
31 Aug 201823,887,038โˆ’178,8814.73
15 Aug 201824,065,919โˆ’165,3415.26
31 Jul 201824,231,260+6,659,9413.26
13 Jul 201817,571,319โˆ’2,693,4143.25
29 Jun 201820,264,733+5,476,1582.75
15 Jun 201814,788,575โˆ’4,683,0333.14
31 May 201819,471,608โˆ’1,638,7653.90
15 May 201821,110,373โˆ’1,141,0473.47
30 Apr 201822,251,420+3,878,1102.59
13 Apr 201818,373,310+2,149,6383.00
29 Mar 201816,223,672โˆ’2,263,9232.65
15 Mar 201818,487,595+1,330,9403.84
28 Feb 201817,156,655โˆ’3,884,2593.06
15 Feb 201821,040,914+3,310,0102.15
31 Jan 201817,730,904+2,315,2973.93
12 Jan 201815,415,607โˆ’2,748,3165.11
29 Dec 201718,163,923โ€“5.68

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is SMH's short interest?
12,342,349 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, down 936,610 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for SMH?
Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: no SEC filer maps to the symbol (funds, notes, preferreds, warrants and foreign listings). No SEC filer maps to this symbol in EDGAR's ticker file. That is the normal case for funds, exchange-traded notes, preferred shares, warrants, units and foreign listings, none of which file a share count we could divide by.
What is SMH's days to cover?
1.88 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.
Is this the short float?
No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.
How often does this update?
FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

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