Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (BNTC) short interest & short volume · 2.0M shares short
Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BNTC short interest fell 2.3% to 2.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (10.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 61.3% the 20 sessions before, the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.0M
- prior 2.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 10.1
- avg vol 198K
- Change vs prior report
- -2.3%
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 2)
- 69.9%
- 52K of 74K
- 20-day average
- 54.6%
- prior 61.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 39th
- 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: -0.7%
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 · BNTC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 51,592 | 73,809 | 69.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 34,743 | 52,110 | 66.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 25,841 | 56,059 | 46.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 24,597 | 90,941 | 27.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 14,531 | 38,743 | 37.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 21,252 | 32,653 | 65.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 24,541 | 43,445 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 22,426 | 60,148 | 37.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 35,864 | 62,353 | 57.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 48,251 | 173,371 | 27.8% |
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BNTC short interest FAQ
What is BNTC's short interest?
Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (BNTC) had 2.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BNTC have?
10.1 days: 2.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 198K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BNTC short interest rising or falling?
BNTC short interest fell (-2.3%) from 2.0M to 2.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BNTC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BNTC 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, 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 BNTC daily volume is sold short?
54.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BNTC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (BNTC) was 51,592 shares, 69.9% of 73,809 total volume.
How many BNTC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (BNTC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BNTC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Benitec Biopharma Ltd ADR (BNTC) moved from 66.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 69.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 3.2 percentage points.
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