BAESF stock
BAE Systems PLC (BAESF) short interest & short volume · 0.1% of float short
BAE Systems PLC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BAESF short interest rose 8.9% to 3.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.1% of float, 27.9 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.4M
- prior 3.1M
- % of float
- 0.1%
- float 2.87B
- Days to cover
- 27.9
- avg vol 122K
- Change vs prior report
- +8.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 3.4M | $87.5M | +8.9% | 0.1% | 27.9 | $25.77 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.1M | $80.3M | -7.8% | 0.1% | 75.3 | $25.73 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3.4M | $93.6M | +6.3% | 0.1% | 141.5 | $27.68 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.2M | $88.2M | -8.6% | 0.1% | 163.2 | $27.71 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3.5M | $107.6M | -2.2% | 0.1% | 90.5 | $30.92 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.6M | $101.2M | +0.5% | 0.1% | 119.5 | $28.46 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
No FINRA daily short volume on file for BAESF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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BAESF short interest FAQ
What is BAESF's short interest?
BAE Systems PLC (BAESF) had 3.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.1% of its 2.87B-share float.
How many days to cover does BAESF have?
27.9 days: 3.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 122K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BAESF short interest rising or falling?
BAESF short interest rose (+8.9%) from 3.1M to 3.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BAESF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BAESF 28 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.2/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.7/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What is BAESF's market cap?
BAE Systems PLC (BAESF) market cap is $74.98B on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is BAESF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for BAE Systems PLC (BAESF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/baesf.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.