BD stock
BD (BD) short interest & short volume · 100K shares short
BD official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BD short interest rose 588182.3% to 100K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 60.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 17th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Jul 9, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 100K
- prior 17
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 783K
- Change vs prior report
- +588182.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 100K | $2.4M | +588182.3% | — | 1.0 | $24.15 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 17 | $405 | +54.5% | — | 1.0 | $23.85 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 11 | $266 | -15.4% | — | 1.0 | $24.22 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 13 | $322 | -88.3% | — | 1.0 | $24.76 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 111 | $3K | +100.0% | — | 1.0 | $24.78 |
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 11)
- 27.2%
- 17K of 63K
- 20-day average
- 60.1%
- prior 59.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 17th
- 69 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · BD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 17,002 | 62,530 | 27.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 38,332 | 81,832 | 46.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 11,045 | 28,440 | 38.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 18,516 | 34,366 | 53.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 32,856 | 38,922 | 84.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 10,893 | 20,026 | 54.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 39,418 | 47,501 | 83.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 10,158 | 24,823 | 40.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 22,078 | 26,282 | 84.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 23,803 | 30,900 | 77.0% |
BD short interest FAQ
What is BD's short interest?
BD had 100K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BD have?
1.0 days: 100K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 783K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BD short interest rising or falling?
BD short interest rose (+588182.3%) from 17 to 100K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BD 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BD daily volume is sold short?
60.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 17th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BD was 17,002 shares, 27.2% of 62,530 total volume.
How many BD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BD, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BD moved from 46.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 27.2% on Nov 11, 2026, down 19.6 percentage points.
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