Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) short interest & short volume · 0.0% of float short
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BBVA short interest fell 46.7% to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.0% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 51.7% the 20 sessions before, the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 24, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.1M
- prior 2.0M
- % of float
- 0.0%
- float 5.82B
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.9M
- Change vs prior report
- -46.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1.1M | $28.2M | -46.7% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $25.95 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.0M | $56.9M | +20.6% | 0.0% | 1.3 | $27.87 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.7M | $48.8M | +7.2% | 0.0% | 1.7 | $28.83 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.6M | $45.7M | +12.4% | 0.0% | 1.1 | $28.96 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.4M | $40.3M | +4.3% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $28.70 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.3M | $37.6M | +50.1% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $27.95 |
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 3)
- 52.6%
- 224K of 425K
- 20-day average
- 46.9%
- prior 51.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 36th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 3, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -7.5%
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 · BBVA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 223,917 | 425,323 | 52.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 205,826 | 780,624 | 26.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 215,273 | 1,482,023 | 14.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 199,503 | 647,529 | 30.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 233,978 | 459,619 | 50.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 164,618 | 337,657 | 48.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 325,324 | 616,890 | 52.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 209,834 | 476,243 | 44.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 251,621 | 428,131 | 58.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 192,622 | 513,993 | 37.5% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
BBVA among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- SLDE short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- OPHC short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- HRTG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.96 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
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BBVA short interest FAQ
What is BBVA's short interest?
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) had 1.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.0% of its 5.82B-share float.
How many days to cover does BBVA have?
1.0 days: 1.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.9M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BBVA short interest rising or falling?
BBVA short interest fell (-46.7%) from 2.0M to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BBVA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BBVA 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 BBVA daily volume is sold short?
46.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 3, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BBVA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 3, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) was 223,917 shares, 52.6% of 425,323 total volume.
How many BBVA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA), from Oct 21, 2026 through Nov 3, 2026.
How did BBVA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) moved from 26.4% on Nov 2, 2026 to 52.6% on Nov 3, 2026, up 26.2 percentage points.
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