Restaurant Brands International (QSR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $73.99 -0.49 (-0.65%) Closing price 10/27/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$74.13 +0.14 (+0.19%) As of 10/27/2026 07:57 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Restaurant Brands International Short Interest OverviewAs of October 15, 2026, Restaurant Brands International (QSR) had a short interest of 17.05 million shares sold short, representing 4.95% of the public float. This marks a -7.05% decrease in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.7, meaning it would take 5.7 days of the average trading volume of 0 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest17,052,158 sharesPrevious Short Interest18,346,137 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-7.05%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.26 billionShort Interest Ratio5.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 15, 2026Outstanding Shares348,760,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.95%Today's Trading Volume2,175,066 sharesAverage Trading Volume0 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average∞ Short Selling Restaurant Brands International? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Restaurant Brands International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartQSR Short Interest Over TimeQSR Days to Cover Over TimeQSR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Restaurant Brands International Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/15/202617,052,158 shares $1.26 billion -7.1%4.9%5.74 $74.07 9/30/202618,346,137 shares $1.31 billion -3.6%5.3%4.98 $71.19 9/15/202619,033,348 shares $1.44 billion +0.7%5.5%6.11 $75.50 8/31/202618,909,537 shares $1.47 billion +4.6%5.5%8.15 $77.91 8/14/202618,076,203 shares $1.40 billion +1.4%5.2%7.14 $77.54 7/31/202617,825,721 shares $1.32 billion -5.1%5.2%8.41 $74.05 7/15/202618,779,453 shares $1.40 billion +7.5%5.4%5.68 $74.31 6/30/202617,463,289 shares $1.27 billion -3.4%5.1%5.19 $72.45 6/15/202618,076,491 shares $1.37 billion +3.6%5.3%4.54 $75.66 5/29/202617,441,574 shares $1.30 billion +2.4%5.1%6.68 $74.70 Get the Latest News and Ratings for QSR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Restaurant Brands International and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 5/15/202617,032,958 shares $1.29 billion +10.4%5.0%4 $75.70 4/30/202615,433,903 shares $1.25 billion +1.6%4.5%5.06 $80.70 4/15/202615,191,492 shares $1.20 billion +13.8%4.4%5.05 $78.80 3/31/202613,350,749 shares $987.17 million +23.7%3.9%2.98 $73.94 3/13/202610,796,181 shares $784.31 million +0.7%3.1%2.61 $72.65 2/27/202610,724,758 shares $769.27 million -3.3%3.1%4.11 $71.73 2/13/202611,089,898 shares $733.47 million +3.7%3.2%3.08 $66.14 1/30/202610,693,949 shares $715.82 million +30.0%3.1%4.33 $66.94 1/15/20268,226,846 shares $571.19 million -7.7%2.4%2.72 $69.43 12/31/20258,911,868 shares $607.61 million -18.2%2.6%3.08 $68.18 12/15/202510,894,364 shares $773.54 million -47.5%3.2%4.03 $71.00 11/28/202520,761,717 shares $1.51 billion +72.2%6.0%7.8 $72.89 11/14/202513,094,434 shares $899.73 million +10.2%4.0%4.16 $68.71 10/31/202511,878,379 shares $780.14 million -5.5%3.7%5.35 $65.68 10/15/202512,570,000 shares $870.96 million -0.5%3.9%4.9 $69.29 9/30/202512,630,000 shares $809.96 million +5.2%3.9%4.9 $64.13 9/15/202512,010,000 shares $766.48 million No Change3.7%4 $63.82 8/31/202512,010,000 shares $761.12 million -11.1%3.7%4.2 $63.37 8/15/202513,510,000 shares $882.88 million +9.0%4.2%4.8 $65.35 7/31/202512,390,000 shares $840.51 million +1.0%3.8%4.3 $67.84 7/15/202512,270,000 shares $821.48 million -21.6%3.8%4.4 $66.95 6/30/202515,640,000 shares $1.04 billion +82.9%4.9%5.4 $66.29 6/15/20258,550,000 shares $575.33 million -10.5%2.7%3.5 $67.29 5/31/20259,550,000 shares $681.30 million No Change3.0%4.1 $71.34 5/15/20259,550,000 shares $665.25 million +14.2%3.0%4.2 $69.66 4/30/20258,360,000 shares $539.22 million +2.1%2.6%3.5 $64.50 4/15/20258,190,000 shares $510.26 million -34.6%2.6%3.5 $62.30 3/31/202512,530,000 shares $836.06 million +18.9%3.9%5.4 $66.73 3/15/202510,540,000 shares $696.37 million +23.3%3.3%5.1 $66.07 2/28/20258,550,000 shares $557.80 million +9.3%2.7%4 $65.24Why tech stocks are dead (Ad)AI skeptics see dot-com era warning signs, and they have a point. 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Porter Stansberry says one overlooked, government-protected sector is positioned to absorb this near-free compute boom and could become the next Magnificent 7.Watch Porter Stansberry's broadcast to see which sector could lead next 2/15/20257,820,000 shares $504.66 million +1.8%2.4%3.8 $64.53 1/31/20257,680,000 shares $472.17 million +12.3%2.4%4 $61.48 1/15/20256,840,000 shares $413.61 million -0.6%2.2%3.8 $60.47 12/31/20246,880,000 shares $448.44 million +0.4%2.2%4.4 $65.18 12/15/20246,850,000 shares $467.72 million -17.1%2.2%4.4 $68.28 11/30/20248,260,000 shares $574.98 million +11.5%2.6%5.5 $69.61 11/15/20247,410,000 shares $500.10 million +37.7%2.3%5 $67.49 10/31/20245,380,000 shares $374.39 million -19.5%1.7%3.7 $69.59 10/15/20246,680,000 shares $475.62 million -3.3%2.1%4.2 $71.20 9/30/20246,910,000 shares $498.42 million -57.7%2.2%4.2 $72.13 9/15/202416,330,000 shares $1.13 billion +84.3%5.2%9.5 $69.18 8/31/20248,860,000 shares $615.59 million -37.0%2.8%5.3 $69.48 8/15/202414,070,000 shares $1.00 billion +10.4%4.6%8.2 $71.27 7/31/202412,740,000 shares $891.67 million -12.7%4.1%7.1 $69.99 7/15/202414,600,000 shares $1.06 billion +4.5%4.7%8.3 $72.40 6/30/202413,970,000 shares $983.07 million +8.3%4.5%8.1 $70.37 6/15/202412,900,000 shares $888.81 million +10.4%4.2%7.7 $68.90 5/31/202411,690,000 shares $801.70 million +2.1%3.8%6.9 $68.58 5/15/202411,450,000 shares $817.87 million +58.2%3.7%7.1 $71.43 4/30/20247,240,000 shares $549.08 million +7.4%2.3%4.5 $75.84 4/15/20246,740,000 shares $475.30 million -25.9%2.2%4.5 $70.52 3/31/20249,100,000 shares $723.00 million +17.7%3.0%6.2 $79.45 3/15/20247,730,000 shares $610.67 million -6.3%2.5%5.5 $79.00 2/29/20248,250,000 shares $640.61 million +0.7%2.7%6 $77.65 2/15/20248,190,000 shares $622.69 million +17.2%2.7%6 $76.03 1/31/20246,990,000 shares $545.78 million -12.1%2.3%5.7 $78.08 1/15/20247,950,000 shares $623.68 million -6.0%2.6%5.6 $78.45 12/31/20238,460,000 shares $660.98 million -20.8%2.8%5.7 $78.13 12/15/202310,680,000 shares $787.01 million -10.6%3.5%6.7 $73.69 11/30/202311,940,000 shares $849.05 million +2.4%3.9%7.4 $71.11 11/15/202311,660,000 shares $820.63 million -9.0%3.8%7.2 $70.38 10/31/202312,810,000 shares $860.96 million +11.7%4.1%7.7 $67.21 10/15/202311,470,000 shares $718.82 million +14.9%3.7%7.8 $62.67 9/30/20239,980,000 shares $664.87 million +26.0%3.2%7.7 $66.62 9/15/20237,920,000 shares $543.47 million -36.6%2.5%6.9 $68.62 8/31/202312,500,000 shares $868.38 million +45.4%4.0%11.2 $69.47 8/15/20238,600,000 shares $610.34 million -5.1%2.8%7.6 $70.97 7/31/20239,060,000 shares $693.68 million +13.4%3.0%8.7 $76.57 7/15/20237,990,000 shares $617.55 million +1.9%2.6%7.5 $77.29 6/30/20237,840,000 shares $607.68 million -20.7%2.6%7.5 $77.51 6/15/20239,890,000 shares $756.49 million +7.2%3.2%8.8 $76.49 5/31/20239,230,000 shares $672.68 million +6.5%3.0%7.7 $72.88 5/15/20238,670,000 shares $633.43 million +0.8%2.8%6.7 $73.06 4/30/20238,600,000 shares $603.12 million -21.3%2.8%6.1 $70.13 4/15/202310,920,000 shares $737.10 million -3.4%3.6%8 $67.50 3/31/202311,300,000 shares $758.68 million -8.2%3.7%8 $67.14 3/15/202312,310,000 shares $759.90 million +66.8%4.1%8.8 $61.73 2/28/20237,380,000 shares $475.94 million +38.7%2.5%5.6 $64.49 2/15/20235,320,000 shares $351.60 million +15.9%1.8%4 $66.09 1/31/20234,590,000 shares $307.21 million -31.7%1.5%3.2 $66.93Management just bought 2.8 million shares (Ad)Management just backed a $100 million buyback, repurchasing 2.8 million shares at an average price of $35.26 in one quarter. Institutions own about 83% of shares, including BlackRock's 32 million shares worth $716 million and Vanguard's 48 million shares worth nearly $1.1 billion. A new multi-year deal with Palantir adds an AI-driven edge to this energy producer's operations.Watch the briefing on this buyback and AI opportunity now 1/15/20236,720,000 shares $445.87 million -6.3%2.2%4.2 $66.35 12/30/20227,170,000 shares $463.68 million +11.3%2.4%4.5 $64.67 12/15/20226,440,000 shares $434.70 million -6.5%2.2%3.9 $67.50 11/30/20226,890,000 shares $457.15 million -11.0%2.3%4.1 $66.35 11/15/20227,740,000 shares $462.39 million -10.1%2.6%4.7 $59.74 10/31/20228,610,000 shares $511.26 million -2.7%2.9%6.2 $59.38 10/15/20228,850,000 shares $474.80 million -1.1%3.0%6.3 $53.65 9/30/20228,950,000 shares $475.96 million -2.9%3.0%6.6 $53.18 9/15/20229,220,000 shares $544.53 million +19.1%3.1%6.9 $59.06 8/31/20227,740,000 shares $456.66 million +4.6%2.6%5.5 $59.00 8/15/20227,400,000 shares $447.92 million -29.9%2.5%5.1 $60.53 7/31/202210,550,000 shares $565.59 million -9.0%3.5%6.9 $53.61 7/15/202211,590,000 shares $604.65 million -19.1%3.8%7.6 $52.17 6/30/202214,320,000 shares $718.15 million +14.7%4.7%9.5 $50.15 6/15/202212,490,000 shares $607.76 million +46.6%4.1%8.5 $48.66 5/31/20228,520,000 shares $447.39 million +52.4%2.8%5.9 $52.51 5/15/20225,590,000 shares $289.34 million +8.1%1.8%3.8 $51.76 4/30/20225,170,000 shares $295.16 million -8.2%1.7%3.7 $57.09 4/15/20225,630,000 shares $340.22 million +0.2%1.9%4.3 $60.43 3/31/20225,620,000 shares $328.15 million -34.6%1.9%4.1 $58.39 3/15/20228,590,000 shares $484.05 million +3.5%2.8%6.1 $56.35 2/28/20228,300,000 shares $464.63 million +9.2%2.7%6.1 $55.98 2/15/20227,600,000 shares $450.00 million -5.9%2.5%5.6 $59.21 1/31/20228,080,000 shares $452.24 million +1.0%2.6%6.2 $55.97 1/15/20228,000,000 shares $457.52 million -4.1%2.6%5.6 $57.19 12/31/20218,340,000 shares $506.07 million +9.9%2.7%6 $60.68 12/15/20217,590,000 shares $438.32 million -8.9%2.5%5.4 $57.75 11/30/20218,330,000 shares $466.73 million +4.3%2.7%5.9 $56.03 11/15/20217,990,000 shares $466.62 million +3.1%2.6%6 $58.40 10/29/20217,750,000 shares $438.96 million +2.4%2.5%5.7 $56.64 QSR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Restaurant Brands International's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Restaurant Brands International shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 17,052,158 shares of QSR short. 4.95% of Restaurant Brands International's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Restaurant Brands International's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Restaurant Brands International? 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. QSR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.7. Learn More on Restaurant Brands International's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Restaurant Brands International? 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. 4.95% of Restaurant Brands International's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Restaurant Brands International's short interest increasing or decreasing? Restaurant Brands International saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,052,158 shares, a decline of 7.1% from the previous total of 18,346,137 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. How does Restaurant Brands International's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.95% of Restaurant Brands International's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "restaurants" compare to Restaurant Brands International: DoorDash, Inc. (6.96%), Yum! Brands, Inc. (4.32%), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (3.04%), Darden Restaurants, Inc. (6.15%), Yum China (1.74%), Aramark (3.08%), Texas Roadhouse, Inc. (4.42%), Domino's Pizza Inc (7.26%), Brinker International, Inc. (11.74%), Dutch Bros Inc. (18.97%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($71.77 billion), Invesco QQQ ($59.70 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($23.54 billion), Medtronic PLC ($13.33 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($10.47 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($10.36 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($8.98 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.92 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($8.10 billion), and iShares Semiconductor ETF ($7.74 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Restaurant Brands International stock? Short selling QSR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Restaurant Brands International as its price is falling. QSR shares are trading down $0.47 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. How does a short squeeze work against Restaurant Brands International? A short squeeze for Restaurant Brands International occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of QSR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Restaurant Brands International's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including QSR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2026. What do QSR's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like QSR: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 company’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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