BBUC stock
Brookfield Business Corp (BBUC) short interest & short volume · 24.4% of float short
Brookfield Business Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BBUC short interest rose 6.7% to 2.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (24.4% of float, 10.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 74.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 80.4% the 20 sessions before, the 84th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.9M
- prior 2.7M
- % of float
- 24.4%
- float 11.8M
- Days to cover
- 10.3
- avg vol 279K
- Change vs prior report
- +6.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.9M | $77.2M | +6.7% | 24.4% | 10.3 | $26.77 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.7M | $68.9M | -5.0% | 22.9% | 7.4 | $25.51 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2.8M | $72.8M | -9.9% | 24.1% | 7.6 | $25.61 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.2M | $86.4M | +47.3% | 26.7% | 9.4 | $27.39 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.1M | $62.9M | -9.0% | 18.1% | 7.6 | $29.37 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.4M | $69.7M | -3.4% | 19.9% | 7.2 | $29.63 |
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)
- 58.8%
- 68K of 116K
- 20-day average
- 74.0%
- prior 80.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 84th
- 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: +8.3%
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 · BBUC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 68,078 | 115,857 | 58.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 126,822 | 169,616 | 74.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 115,652 | 181,841 | 63.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 118,731 | 194,339 | 61.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 175,780 | 264,247 | 66.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 86,585 | 177,705 | 48.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 125,940 | 183,664 | 68.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 128,200 | 187,830 | 68.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 99,393 | 107,487 | 92.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 100,941 | 152,887 | 66.0% |
Industrials peers with similar quant ratings
BBUC among 425 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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BBUC short interest FAQ
What is BBUC's short interest?
Brookfield Business Corp (BBUC) had 2.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 24.4% of its 11.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does BBUC have?
10.3 days: 2.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 279K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BBUC short interest rising or falling?
BBUC short interest rose (+6.7%) from 2.7M to 2.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BBUC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BBUC 66 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 32.6/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2/15, price change since settlement date 6.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BBUC daily volume is sold short?
74.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 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 BBUC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Brookfield Business Corp (BBUC) was 68,078 shares, 58.8% of 115,857 total volume.
How many BBUC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Brookfield Business Corp (BBUC), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BBUC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Brookfield Business Corp (BBUC) moved from 74.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 58.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 16.0 percentage points.
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