BGL stock
BGL (BGL) short interest & short volume · 300K shares short
BGL official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BGL short interest rose 36.5% to 300K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 27.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 41.6% the 20 sessions before, the 9th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 300K
- prior 220K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 3.5M
- Change vs prior report
- +36.5%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 300K | $40K | +36.5% | — | 1.0 | $0.13 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 220K | $42K | +68.4% | — | 1.0 | $0.19 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 131K | $28K | -0.8% | — | 1.0 | $0.21 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 132K | $27K | -7.8% | — | 1.0 | $0.20 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 143K | $30K | -30.7% | — | 1.0 | $0.21 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 206K | $43K | -57.1% | — | 1.0 | $0.21 |
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)
- 51.4%
- 3.9M of 7.6M
- 20-day average
- 27.3%
- prior 41.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 9th
- 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: -26.3%
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 · BGL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 3,920,420 | 7,631,394 | 51.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 91,669 | 377,564 | 24.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 58,516 | 314,781 | 18.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 511,144 | 2,162,713 | 23.6% |
| 2026-11-05 | 27,512 | 182,483 | 15.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 22,615 | 90,356 | 25.0% |
| 2026-11-03 | 11,028 | 76,104 | 14.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 17,829 | 78,835 | 22.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 71,491 | 164,753 | 43.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 46,020 | 87,615 | 52.5% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
BGL among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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BGL short interest FAQ
What is BGL's short interest?
BGL had 300K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BGL have?
1.0 days: 300K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.5M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BGL short interest rising or falling?
BGL short interest rose (+36.5%) from 220K to 300K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BGL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BGL 13 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 10.9/15, 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 BGL daily volume is sold short?
27.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 9th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BGL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BGL was 3,920,420 shares, 51.4% of 7,631,394 total volume.
How many BGL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BGL, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BGL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BGL moved from 24.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 51.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 27.1 percentage points.
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