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How shorted is Vital Farms, Inc.? VITL

#50most shorted US stockof 3,805 ranked stocks, more shorted than 98%

24.35%
of shares outstanding reported short · settlement date 15 Sep 2026
vs previous report
+2.07
5 reports (~10 weeks)
+7.05
days to cover
9.11
Aggregate net short position time series for Vital Farms, 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 Vital Farms, 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
6 Aug 202620.41% 31 Jul 202619.51% 14 Aug 2026−0.90
7 May 202631.53% 30 Apr 202631.88% 15 May 2026+0.35
26 Feb 202621.16% 13 Feb 202617.61% 27 Feb 2026−3.55
4 Nov 202519.66% 31 Oct 202521.68% 14 Nov 2025+2.02
7 Aug 202517.41% 31 Jul 202516.48% 15 Aug 2025−0.93
8 May 202514.47% 30 Apr 202514.80% 15 May 2025+0.33
27 Feb 202515.50% 14 Feb 202513.98% 28 Feb 2025−1.52
8 Aug 202410.56% 31 Jul 202415.88% 15 Aug 2024+5.32

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for VITL: 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
20
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
1,375,506
4 Dec 2025
Days with a balance
87
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for Vital Farms, 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 1.4M shares.

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History

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShort %Change
15 Sep 202624.35%+2.07
31 Aug 202622.28%+2.77
14 Aug 202619.51%−0.90
31 Jul 202620.41%+1.79
15 Jul 202618.62%+1.32
30 Jun 202617.30%−9.31
15 Jun 202626.61%−0.03
29 May 202626.64%−5.24
15 May 202631.88%+0.35
30 Apr 202631.53%+3.50
15 Apr 202628.03%+5.14
31 Mar 202622.89%+3.68
13 Mar 202619.21%+1.60
27 Feb 202617.61%−3.55
13 Feb 202621.16%−1.13
30 Jan 202622.29%+0.03
15 Jan 202622.26%−0.12
31 Dec 202522.38%+0.41
15 Dec 202521.97%+2.36
28 Nov 202519.61%−2.07
14 Nov 202521.68%+2.02
31 Oct 202519.66%−1.74
15 Oct 202521.40%−0.29
30 Sep 202521.69%+0.71
15 Sep 202520.98%+3.22
29 Aug 202517.76%+1.28
15 Aug 202516.48%−0.93
31 Jul 202517.41%+0.21
15 Jul 202517.20%−0.72
30 Jun 202517.92%+0.49
13 Jun 202517.43%+1.29
30 May 202516.14%+1.34
15 May 202514.80%+0.33
30 Apr 202514.47%−2.13
15 Apr 202516.60%+2.08
31 Mar 202514.52%−0.36
14 Mar 202514.88%+0.90
28 Feb 202513.98%−1.52
14 Feb 202515.50%+2.12
31 Jan 202513.38%−0.56
15 Jan 202513.94%−1.06
31 Dec 202415.00%−2.00
13 Dec 202417.00%−5.36
29 Nov 202422.36%+2.91
15 Nov 202419.45%−1.73
31 Oct 202421.18%−1.16
15 Oct 202422.34%+2.63
30 Sep 202419.71%+0.94
13 Sep 202418.77%+0.89
30 Aug 202417.88%+2.00
15 Aug 202415.88%+5.32
31 Jul 202410.56%+2.20
15 Jul 20248.36%+0.94
28 Jun 20247.42%+1.27
14 Jun 20246.15%+0.70
31 May 20245.45%+0.57
15 May 20244.88%+0.40
30 Apr 20244.48%+0.22
15 Apr 20244.26%+0.51
28 Mar 20243.75%−0.51
15 Mar 20244.26%−0.01
29 Feb 20244.27%+0.36
15 Feb 20243.91%−0.33
31 Jan 20244.24%+0.45
12 Jan 20243.79%+0.11
29 Dec 20233.68%−0.03
15 Dec 20233.71%+0.06
30 Nov 20233.65%+0.09
15 Nov 20233.56%+0.07
31 Oct 20233.49%−0.31
13 Oct 20233.80%−0.07
29 Sep 20233.87%−0.12
15 Sep 20233.99%−0.18
31 Aug 20234.17%−0.31
15 Aug 20234.48%−0.17
31 Jul 20234.65%−0.22
14 Jul 20234.87%−0.57
30 Jun 20235.44%+0.38
15 Jun 20235.06%−0.49
31 May 20235.55%−0.12
15 May 20235.67%+1.24
28 Apr 20234.43%+0.33
14 Apr 20234.10%+0.06
31 Mar 20234.04%+0.13
15 Mar 20233.91%+0.30
28 Feb 20233.61%+0.32
15 Feb 20233.29%+0.18
31 Jan 20233.11%−0.02
13 Jan 20233.13%−0.17
30 Dec 20223.30%+0.05
15 Dec 20223.25%−0.25
30 Nov 20223.50%−0.12
15 Nov 20223.62%−0.35
31 Oct 20223.97%−0.81
14 Oct 20224.78%−0.04
30 Sep 20224.82%+0.24
15 Sep 20224.58%+0.34
31 Aug 20224.24%+0.22
15 Aug 20224.02%−0.04
29 Jul 20224.06%−0.21
15 Jul 20224.27%−1.71
30 Jun 20225.98%−0.33
15 Jun 20226.31%+0.13
31 May 20226.18%+0.10
13 May 20226.08%−1.00
29 Apr 20227.08%−0.19
14 Apr 20227.27%−0.07
31 Mar 20227.34%−0.08
15 Mar 20227.42%+0.33
28 Feb 20227.09%−0.01
15 Feb 20227.10%−0.02
31 Jan 20227.12%−0.12
14 Jan 20227.24%+0.10
31 Dec 20217.14%−0.06
15 Dec 20217.20%−0.65
30 Nov 20217.85%+0.15
15 Nov 20217.70%+0.21
29 Oct 20217.49%−0.36
15 Oct 20217.85%−1.38
30 Sep 20219.23%−0.02
15 Sep 20219.25%−0.27
31 Aug 20219.52%−0.75
13 Aug 202110.27%+0.07
30 Jul 202110.20%−1.03
15 Jul 202111.23%+0.56
30 Jun 202110.67%−0.10
15 Jun 202110.77%+0.20
28 May 202110.57%+0.29
14 May 202110.28%+0.43
30 Apr 20219.85%−0.61
15 Apr 202110.46%+0.11
31 Mar 202110.35%+1.62
15 Mar 20218.73%−0.36
26 Feb 20219.09%+1.07
12 Feb 20218.02%+0.14
29 Jan 20217.88%−1.42
15 Jan 20219.30%+1.16
31 Dec 20208.14%+0.76
15 Dec 20207.38%+1.35
30 Nov 20206.03%+1.08
13 Nov 20204.95%+2.02
30 Oct 20202.93%+0.67
15 Oct 20202.26%–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 15 Oct 2020.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is Vital Farms, Inc. right now?
24.35% of Vital Farms, Inc.'s (VITL) shares outstanding were reported short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report. That makes it the 50th 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 VITL'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 VITL's days to cover?
9.11 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.