Barings BDC Inc (BBDC) short interest & short volume · 2.6M shares short
Barings BDC Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BBDC short interest rose 1.8% to 2.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 60.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 84th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.6M
- prior 2.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.4
- avg vol 576K
- Change vs prior report
- +1.8%
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.
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 2)
- 51.4%
- 92K of 179K
- 20-day average
- 60.2%
- prior 60.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 84th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +1.0%
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 · BBDC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 92,048 | 179,131 | 51.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 100,515 | 201,401 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 58,253 | 139,784 | 41.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 98,841 | 198,915 | 49.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 171,001 | 224,922 | 76.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 62,886 | 110,401 | 57.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 79,701 | 127,820 | 62.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 79,518 | 159,874 | 49.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 111,416 | 161,544 | 69.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 148,516 | 236,435 | 62.8% |
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BBDC is rated 4.40 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BBDC on Lician stock screens
BBDC is rated Buy (4.40 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
BBDC short interest FAQ
What is BBDC's short interest?
Barings BDC Inc (BBDC) had 2.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BBDC have?
4.4 days: 2.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 576K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BBDC short interest rising or falling?
BBDC short interest rose (+1.8%) from 2.5M to 2.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BBDC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BBDC 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 11.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.5/15, price change since settlement date 0.8/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BBDC daily volume is sold short?
60.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 84th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BBDC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Barings BDC Inc (BBDC) was 92,048 shares, 51.4% of 179,131 total volume.
How many BBDC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Barings BDC Inc (BBDC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BBDC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Barings BDC Inc (BBDC) moved from 49.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 51.4% on Nov 2, 2026, up 1.5 percentage points.
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