Bel Fuse A Inc (BELFA) short interest & short volume · 1.6% of float short
Bel Fuse A Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BELFA short interest rose 13.4% to 187K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.6% of float, 2.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 65.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 63.8% the 20 sessions before, the 57th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 187K
- prior 165K
- % of float
- 1.6%
- float 12.1M
- Days to cover
- 2.0
- avg vol 92K
- Change vs prior report
- +13.4%
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 2)
- 54.3%
- 12K of 22K
- 20-day average
- 65.7%
- prior 63.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 57th
- 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: +8.6%
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 · BELFA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 12,030 | 22,172 | 54.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 26,060 | 38,282 | 68.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 26,514 | 41,331 | 64.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 11,566 | 18,580 | 62.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 14,701 | 21,012 | 70.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 9,476 | 13,404 | 70.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 7,904 | 11,677 | 67.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 14,430 | 21,738 | 66.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 22,798 | 32,219 | 70.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 9,709 | 20,498 | 47.4% |
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BELFA short interest FAQ
What is BELFA's short interest?
Bel Fuse A Inc (BELFA) had 187K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.6% of its 12.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does BELFA have?
2.0 days: 187K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 92K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BELFA short interest rising or falling?
BELFA short interest rose (+13.4%) from 165K to 187K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BELFA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BELFA 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 2.1/40, days to cover 5.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4/15, price change since settlement date 6.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BELFA daily volume is sold short?
65.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 57th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BELFA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Bel Fuse A Inc (BELFA) was 12,030 shares, 54.3% of 22,172 total volume.
How many BELFA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Bel Fuse A Inc (BELFA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BELFA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Bel Fuse A Inc (BELFA) moved from 68.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 54.3% on Nov 2, 2026, down 13.8 percentage points.
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