BUI stock
BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI) short interest & short volume · 43K shares short
BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BUI short interest fell 35.0% to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 45.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 40.9% the 20 sessions before, the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 43K
- prior 66K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 92K
- Change vs prior report
- -35.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 43K | $1.1M | -35.0% | — | 1.0 | $25.29 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 66K | $1.6M | +12.9% | — | 1.0 | $24.93 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 58K | $1.5M | +14.5% | — | 1.0 | $25.72 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 51K | $1.4M | -7.1% | — | 1.0 | $26.65 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 55K | $1.5M | -17.9% | — | 1.0 | $27.34 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 67K | $1.8M | -17.3% | — | 1.2 | $27.31 |
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)
- 70.2%
- 23K of 33K
- 20-day average
- 45.0%
- prior 40.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 25th
- 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: +4.7%
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 · BUI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 23,329 | 33,249 | 70.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 22,913 | 49,746 | 46.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 32,726 | 75,938 | 43.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 16,020 | 72,945 | 22.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 27,983 | 79,016 | 35.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 13,931 | 32,137 | 43.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 9,451 | 39,981 | 23.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 14,665 | 80,653 | 18.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 61,721 | 156,874 | 39.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 41,217 | 66,561 | 61.9% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
BUI 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
BUI short interest FAQ
What is BUI's short interest?
BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI) had 43K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BUI have?
1.0 days: 43K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 92K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BUI short interest rising or falling?
BUI short interest fell (-35.0%) from 66K to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BUI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BUI 6 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 3.8/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BUI daily volume is sold short?
45.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BUI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI) was 23,329 shares, 70.2% of 33,249 total volume.
How many BUI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BUI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BlackRock Utility & Infrastructure Trust (BUI) moved from 46.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 70.2% on Nov 11, 2026, up 24.1 percentage points.
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