BAOS stock
Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (BAOS) short interest & short volume · 72.0% of float short
Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BAOS short interest rose 15.6% to 675K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (72.0% of float, 1.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 52.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 44.1% the 20 sessions before, the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 25, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 675K
- prior 584K
- % of float
- 72.0%
- float 938K
- Days to cover
- 1.8
- avg vol 366K
- Change vs prior report
- +15.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 675K | $130K | +15.6% | 72.0% | 1.8 | $0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 584K | $140K | -13.7% | 62.3% | 1.0 | $0.24 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 677K | $205K | +776.5% | 72.2% | 1.0 | $0.30 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 77K | $27K | -92.7% | 8.2% | 1.0 | $0.35 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.1M | $529K | +1833.3% | 112.8% | 1.0 | $0.50 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 55K | $33K | +110.3% | 5.8% | 1.0 | $0.60 |
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
- Latest (Nov 11)
- 52.1%
- 179K of 343K
- 20-day average
- 52.7%
- prior 44.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 100th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -16.0%
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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · BAOS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 178,828 | 343,387 | 52.1% |
| 2026-11-10 | 46,771 | 54,427 | 85.9% |
| 2026-11-09 | 23,224 | 87,750 | 26.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 31,807 | 36,028 | 88.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 20,275 | 47,230 | 42.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 30,138 | 59,448 | 50.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 46,965 | 65,582 | 71.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 71,938 | 109,059 | 66.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 26,426 | 130,195 | 20.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 24,805 | 94,755 | 26.2% |
Communication Services peers with similar quant ratings
BAOS among 106 rated Communication Services stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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BAOS short interest FAQ
What is BAOS's short interest?
Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (BAOS) had 675K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 72.0% of its 938K-share float.
How many days to cover does BAOS have?
1.8 days: 675K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 366K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BAOS short interest rising or falling?
BAOS short interest rose (+15.6%) from 584K to 675K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BAOS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BAOS 49 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 40/40, days to cover 4.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4.7/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BAOS daily volume is sold short?
52.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BAOS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (BAOS) was 178,828 shares, 52.1% of 343,387 total volume.
How many BAOS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (BAOS), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BAOS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (BAOS) moved from 85.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 52.1% on Nov 11, 2026, down 33.8 percentage points.
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