Short interest in Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 14.65M to 16.76M. This put 1.31% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 11.26M shares traded per day, it would take 1.49 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.