BENF stock
Beneficient Class A Common Stock (BENF) short interest & short volume · 7.5% of float short
Beneficient Class A Common Stock official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BENF short interest fell 45.6% to 517K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.5% of float, 1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 33.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.9% the 20 sessions before, the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 517K
- prior 950K
- % of float
- 7.5%
- float 6.9M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.2M
- Change vs prior report
- -45.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 517K | $563K | -45.6% | 7.5% | 1.0 | $1.09 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 950K | $1.3M | +205.1% | 13.8% | 1.0 | $1.36 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 312K | $188K | +168.8% | 4.5% | 1.0 | $0.60 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 116K | $241K | +1.2% | 1.7% | 14.0 | $2.08 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 115K | $275K | -22.2% | 1.7% | 4.3 | $2.40 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 147K | $471K | -10.5% | 2.1% | 14.8 | $3.20 |
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)
- 23.8%
- 14K of 59K
- 20-day average
- 33.8%
- prior 54.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 0th
- 233 periods since 2025
Loading prices…
Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -40.1%
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.
BENF's squeeze score and its inputs with Lician Pro.Start 3-day trial — $149/yr
Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · BENF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 14,066 | 59,004 | 23.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 5,867 | 31,558 | 18.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 3,269 | 47,977 | 6.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 4,931 | 35,685 | 13.8% |
| 2026-11-05 | 11,581 | 31,902 | 36.3% |
| 2026-11-04 | 65,327 | 132,497 | 49.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 18,936 | 60,743 | 31.2% |
| 2026-11-02 | 4,810 | 40,333 | 11.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 54,736 | 144,758 | 37.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 36,365 | 144,366 | 25.2% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
BENF among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
- WTM short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
- TW short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- SLDE short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.97 · Strong Buy
- ECPG short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- TWFG short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
- CCNE short interest4.94 · Strong Buy
BENF short interest FAQ
What is BENF's short interest?
Beneficient Class A Common Stock (BENF) had 517K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 7.5% of its 6.9M-share float.
How many days to cover does BENF have?
1.0 days: 517K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BENF short interest rising or falling?
BENF short interest fell (-45.6%) from 950K to 517K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BENF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BENF 13 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 10/40, 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 BENF daily volume is sold short?
33.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BENF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Beneficient Class A Common Stock (BENF) was 14,066 shares, 23.8% of 59,004 total volume.
How many BENF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Beneficient Class A Common Stock (BENF), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BENF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Beneficient Class A Common Stock (BENF) moved from 18.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 23.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 5.2 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.