Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) short interest & short volume · 5.9M shares short
Anheuser-Busch InBev official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BUD short interest fell 8.2% to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 52.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 53.5% the 20 sessions before, the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.9M
- prior 6.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.0
- avg vol 2.0M
- Change vs prior report
- -8.2%
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)
- 64.9%
- 709K of 1.1M
- 20-day average
- 52.3%
- prior 53.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 58th
- 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: -0.2%
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 · BUD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 709,225 | 1,092,155 | 64.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 283,028 | 636,878 | 44.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 634,243 | 1,105,679 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 539,228 | 1,037,378 | 52.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 350,878 | 699,126 | 50.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 871,824 | 1,484,636 | 58.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 353,052 | 787,651 | 44.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 497,799 | 920,229 | 54.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 575,932 | 1,483,283 | 38.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 307,723 | 611,166 | 50.4% |
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BUD is rated 4.02 of 5 among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BUD short interest FAQ
What is BUD's short interest?
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) had 5.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BUD have?
3.0 days: 5.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BUD short interest rising or falling?
BUD short interest fell (-8.2%) from 6.5M to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BUD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BUD 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.5/25, 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 BUD daily volume is sold short?
52.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 58th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BUD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) was 709,225 shares, 64.9% of 1,092,155 total volume.
How many BUD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BUD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) moved from 44.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 64.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 20.5 percentage points.
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