Dycom Industries (DY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

$412.73 +1.53 (+0.37%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$410.52 -2.21 (-0.54%)

As of 05/22/2026 07:50 PM Eastern

Dycom Industries Short Interest Overview

As of April 30, 2026, Dycom Industries (DY) had a short interest of 1.73 million shares sold short, representing 5.97% of the public float. This marks a 4.52% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.7, meaning it would take 4.7 days of the average trading volume of 403,700 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 1,725,683 shares
Previous Short Interest: 1,651,001 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: 4.52%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $714.17 million
Short Interest Ratio: 4.7 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: April 30, 2026

Outstanding Shares: 30,019,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 5.97%
Today's Trading Volume: 442,680 shares
Average Trading Volume: 403,700 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 110%

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
4/30/2026	1,725,683 shares	$714.17 million	+4.5%	6.0%	4.67	$413.85
4/15/2026	1,651,001 shares	$652.38 million	+11.3%	5.7%	4	$395.14
3/31/2026	1,483,989 shares	$502.36 million	+21.7%	5.1%	3.5	$338.52
3/13/2026	1,219,043 shares	$423.65 million	-1.2%	4.2%	2.15	$347.53
2/27/2026	1,234,022 shares	$517.64 million	-8.2%	4.4%	3.8	$419.48
2/13/2026	1,344,885 shares	$574.73 million	+14.8%	4.8%	2.72	$427.35
1/30/2026	1,171,729 shares	$427.35 million	+18.9%	4.2%	3.42	$364.72
1/15/2026	985,340 shares	$360.76 million	+4.5%	3.5%	3.44	$366.13
12/31/2025	942,511 shares	$318.70 million	-19.6%	3.4%	1.24	$338.14
12/15/2025	1,172,890 shares	$412.52 million	+2.9%	4.2%	3.31	$351.71
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11/28/2025	1,139,482 shares	$416.39 million	+8.2%	4.1%	2.09	$365.42
11/14/2025	1,053,541 shares	$306.52 million	-5.9%	3.8%	3.41	$290.94
10/31/2025	1,119,043 shares	$321.82 million	-10.0%	4.0%	3.74	$287.59
10/15/2025	1,240,000 shares	$370.42 million	+4.2%	4.3%	3.3	$298.73
9/30/2025	1,190,000 shares	$347.35 million	-8.5%	4.2%	3.2	$291.89
9/15/2025	1,300,000 shares	$332.15 million	+6.6%	4.6%	3.6	$255.50
8/31/2025	1,220,000 shares	$307.97 million	+32.5%	4.3%	3.4	$252.44
8/15/2025	921,000 shares	$246.32 million	+21.7%	3.2%	2.5	$267.45
7/31/2025	757,000 shares	$203.48 million	-6.2%	2.7%	2.2	$268.80
7/15/2025	807,000 shares	$202.49 million	+5.4%	2.9%	2.2	$250.92
6/30/2025	765,900 shares	$187.43 million	+13.2%	2.8%	1.9	$244.72
6/15/2025	676,900 shares	$157.51 million	+13.7%	2.4%	1.6	$232.69
5/31/2025	595,500 shares	$136.76 million	-26.4%	2.1%	1.3	$229.66
5/15/2025	808,500 shares	$155.32 million	+8.3%	2.9%	1.5	$192.11
4/30/2025	746,500 shares	$125.00 million	-10.9%	2.7%	1.4	$167.45
4/15/2025	837,700 shares	$127.54 million	-5.3%	3.0%	1.6	$152.25
3/31/2025	884,800 shares	$135.23 million	-29.2%	3.2%	1.7	$152.84
3/15/2025	1,250,000 shares	$194.40 million	-25.6%	4.5%	2.4	$155.52
2/28/2025	1,680,000 shares	$275.33 million	+4.4%	6.0%	3.2	$163.89
2/15/2025	1,610,000 shares	$286.41 million	-18.7%	5.7%	3.4	$177.89
1/31/2025	1,980,000 shares	$374.98 million	+15.8%	7.1%	4.2	$189.38
1/15/2025	1,710,000 shares	$327.05 million	-1.7%	6.1%	3.6	$191.26
12/31/2024	1,740,000 shares	$302.86 million	+29.9%	6.2%	4	$174.06
12/15/2024	1,340,000 shares	$240.50 million	+24.1%	4.8%	3.1	$179.48
11/30/2024	1,080,000 shares	$195.65 million	+6.9%	3.8%	2.8	$181.16
11/15/2024	1,010,000 shares	$189.47 million	+13.0%	3.6%	2.7	$187.59
10/31/2024	894,000 shares	$155.87 million	+0.5%	3.2%	2.5	$174.36
10/15/2024	889,500 shares	$167.22 million	-2.9%	3.2%	2.9	$187.99
9/30/2024	915,600 shares	$180.46 million	-23.7%	3.3%	2.9	$197.10
9/15/2024	1,200,000 shares	$221.69 million	-0.8%	4.3%	3.8	$184.74
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8/31/2024	1,210,000 shares	$212.91 million	+6.1%	4.3%	4	$175.96
8/15/2024	1,140,000 shares	$218.44 million	-8.8%	4.1%	3.6	$191.61
7/31/2024	1,250,000 shares	$229.55 million	-3.1%	4.5%	4.5	$183.64
7/15/2024	1,290,000 shares	$229.94 million	+2.4%	4.6%	5	$178.25
6/30/2024	1,260,000 shares	$212.64 million	-1.6%	4.5%	5	$168.76
6/15/2024	1,280,000 shares	$225.93 million	-20.0%	4.6%	5.1	$176.51
5/31/2024	1,600,000 shares	$288.01 million	-5.3%	5.7%	6.2	$180.01
5/15/2024	1,690,000 shares	$253.15 million	+10.5%	6.0%	6	$149.79
4/30/2024	1,530,000 shares	$214.23 million	No Change	5.5%	5.9	$140.02
4/15/2024	1,530,000 shares	$207.77 million	-3.2%	5.5%	6	$135.80
3/31/2024	1,580,000 shares	$226.78 million	-4.2%	5.6%	5.9	$143.53
3/15/2024	1,650,000 shares	$235.65 million	-0.6%	5.9%	6.4	$142.82
2/29/2024	1,660,000 shares	$210.19 million	+7.8%	5.9%	6.3	$126.62
2/15/2024	1,540,000 shares	$179.98 million	-4.9%	5.4%	6.4	$116.87
1/31/2024	1,620,000 shares	$181.04 million	-7.4%	5.7%	6.2	$111.75
1/15/2024	1,750,000 shares	$198.47 million	-6.9%	6.2%	6.1	$113.41
12/31/2023	1,880,000 shares	$216.37 million	-7.4%	6.6%	6.4	$115.09
12/15/2023	2,030,000 shares	$229.52 million	+21.6%	7.2%	6.7	$113.07
11/30/2023	1,670,000 shares	$173.48 million	-1.2%	5.9%	5.6	$103.88
11/15/2023	1,690,000 shares	$148.15 million	No Change	6.0%	5.6	$87.66
10/31/2023	1,690,000 shares	$144.09 million	-11.5%	6.0%	5.7	$85.26
10/15/2023	1,910,000 shares	$159.33 million	+6.1%	6.8%	6.3	$83.42
9/30/2023	1,800,000 shares	$160.20 million	-2.2%	6.4%	5.9	$89.00
9/15/2023	1,840,000 shares	$178.35 million	-9.4%	6.5%	6.1	$96.93
8/31/2023	2,030,000 shares	$203.08 million	+10.3%	7.2%	6.6	$100.04
8/15/2023	1,840,000 shares	$174.52 million	+19.5%	6.5%	5.2	$94.85
7/31/2023	1,540,000 shares	$153.35 million	+6.2%	5.5%	4.3	$99.58
7/15/2023	1,450,000 shares	$155.79 million	+7.4%	5.1%	4	$107.44
6/30/2023	1,350,000 shares	$153.51 million	-12.9%	4.8%	3.8	$113.71
6/15/2023	1,550,000 shares	$161.73 million	-13.9%	5.5%	3.9	$104.34
5/31/2023	1,800,000 shares	$182.57 million	-1.6%	6.4%	3.5	$101.43
5/15/2023	1,830,000 shares	$181.01 million	+11.6%	6.5%	3.4	$98.91
4/30/2023	1,640,000 shares	$151.90 million	-13.7%	7.0%	2.9	$92.62
4/15/2023	1,900,000 shares	$175.43 million	+25.8%	6.7%	3.3	$92.33
3/31/2023	1,510,000 shares	$141.41 million	+26.9%	5.3%	2.6	$93.65
3/15/2023	1,190,000 shares	$113.51 million	-23.2%	4.2%	2.2	$95.39
2/28/2023	1,550,000 shares	$130.53 million	+18.3%	5.5%	3.5	$84.21
2/15/2023	1,310,000 shares	$105.31 million	+27.2%	4.6%	2.8	$80.39
1/31/2023	1,030,000 shares	$98.23 million	-11.2%	3.6%	2.3	$95.37
1/15/2023	1,160,000 shares	$115.94 million	-12.1%	4.1%	2.8	$99.95
12/30/2022	1,320,000 shares	$123.55 million	+17.9%	4.6%	3.2	$93.60
12/15/2022	1,120,000 shares	$99.41 million	-8.2%	3.9%	2.8	$88.76
11/30/2022	1,220,000 shares	$111.19 million	-0.8%	4.3%	3.3	$91.14
11/15/2022	1,230,000 shares	$125.83 million	-2.4%	4.3%	3.5	$102.30
10/31/2022	1,260,000 shares	$148.91 million	+2.4%	4.4%	4.5	$118.18
10/15/2022	1,230,000 shares	$124.65 million	-1.6%	4.4%	4.5	$101.34
9/30/2022	1,250,000 shares	$119.41 million	-3.9%	4.4%	4.6	$95.53
9/15/2022	1,300,000 shares	$140.71 million	+0.8%	4.6%	4.7	$108.24
8/31/2022	1,290,000 shares	$144.63 million	-3.0%	4.6%	4.7	$112.12
8/15/2022	1,330,000 shares	$148.12 million	-5.0%	4.7%	5.1	$111.37
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7/31/2022	1,400,000 shares	$144.42 million	No Change	4.9%	5.5	$103.16
7/15/2022	1,400,000 shares	$135.38 million	-2.1%	4.9%	5.5	$96.70
6/30/2022	1,430,000 shares	$133.05 million	-11.2%	5.0%	6	$93.04
6/15/2022	1,610,000 shares	$147.03 million	+7.3%	5.7%	6.5	$91.32
5/31/2022	1,500,000 shares	$139.67 million	+12.8%	5.3%	6.1	$93.11
5/15/2022	1,330,000 shares	$104.43 million	+17.7%	4.7%	5.1	$78.52
4/30/2022	1,130,000 shares	$95.95 million	+15.6%	4.0%	4.4	$84.91
4/15/2022	977,300 shares	$92.55 million	+0.1%	3.4%	3.9	$94.70
3/31/2022	976,000 shares	$92.97 million	-7.9%	3.4%	3.7	$95.26
3/15/2022	1,060,000 shares	$101.91 million	-6.2%	3.7%	4.1	$96.14
2/28/2022	1,130,000 shares	$98.38 million	+15.3%	4.0%	4.3	$87.06
2/15/2022	980,500 shares	$91.76 million	+19.4%	3.4%	3.3	$93.59
1/31/2022	821,000 shares	$69.20 million	+11.2%	2.8%	2.7	$84.29
1/15/2022	738,100 shares	$71.17 million	+1.3%	2.5%	2.3	$96.43
12/31/2021	728,900 shares	$68.34 million	-26.2%	2.5%	2.2	$93.76
12/15/2021	987,100 shares	$89.69 million	-17.1%	3.4%	2.9	$90.86
11/30/2021	1,190,000 shares	$111.24 million	+12.3%	4.1%	3.6	$93.48
11/15/2021	1,060,000 shares	$88.46 million	-22.6%	3.7%	3	$83.45
10/29/2021	1,370,000 shares	$108.81 million	+21.2%	4.7%	4.5	$79.42
10/15/2021	1,130,000 shares	$79.39 million	-1.7%	3.9%	3.9	$70.26
9/30/2021	1,150,000 shares	$81.93 million	+2.7%	4.0%	4.1	$71.24
9/15/2021	1,120,000 shares	$79.54 million	+10.9%	3.9%	3.8	$71.02
8/31/2021	1,010,000 shares	$76.08 million	+3.1%	3.5%	3.2	$75.33
8/13/2021	980,100 shares	$72.63 million	+23.2%	3.3%	2.8	$74.10
7/30/2021	795,400 shares	$55.20 million	-17.0%	2.7%	2.2	$69.40
7/15/2021	958,000 shares	$65.83 million	-12.9%	3.2%	2.6	$68.72
6/30/2021	1,100,000 shares	$81.98 million	-32.5%	3.7%	2.9	$74.53
6/15/2021	1,630,000 shares	$128.51 million	+27.3%	5.5%	4.3	$78.84
5/28/2021	1,280,000 shares	$95.90 million	+5.8%	4.3%	3.3	$74.92

DY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Dycom Industries shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 1,725,683 shares of DY short. 5.97% of Dycom Industries' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Dycom Industries' current short interest.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. DY shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.7. Learn More on Dycom Industries's short interest ratio.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.97% of Dycom Industries' floating shares are currently sold short.

Dycom Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,725,683 shares, an increase of 4.5% from the previous total of 1,651,001 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

5.97% of Dycom Industries' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Dycom Industries: Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (7.92%), Granite Construction Incorporated (9.84%), MasTec, Inc. (5.00%), Primoris Services Corporation (4.88%), EMCOR Group, Inc. (2.18%), Argan, Inc. (6.06%), AECOM (4.79%), MYR Group, Inc. (5.32%), Fluor Corporation (5.61%), Tutor Perini Corporation (4.13%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Dycom Industries as its price is falling. DY shares are trading up $1.53 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Dycom Industries occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of DY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including DY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like DY:

Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
Short Float: The percentage of a companyâ€™s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.

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This page (NYSE:DY) was last updated on 5/25/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.

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Dycom Industries (DY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume