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BLBD · Blue Bird Corp

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$63.25 -0.41 (-0.64%) At close · Sep 4
Market Cap
$1.95B
Shares
31.68M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

BLBD Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 3,843,643 BLBD shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 20,848 shares. Days to cover was 5.47 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

BLBD Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 3,956,694 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +2.9% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 3,566,350 to 4,369,802 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through August 31, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected September 10, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 31 short interest

as of Aug 31 Low confidence 52% chance it rises
3,956,694 +2.9% vs reported
Likely range 3,566,350 to 4,369,802 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
65/100
Short interest 12.1% of shares — P93 Days to cover 5.5 — P73 Price vs VWAP -9.8% — P24 Short-volume trend -3.4% — P37 Short interest change +0.5% — P57 Worst FTD 0.06% of shares — P77

Peer-relative percentile rank across all listed securities reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-08-14). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 24
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 3,843,643 3,822,795 +20,848 5.47
2026-07-31 3,822,795 3,956,173 -133,378 8.11
2026-07-15 3,956,173 3,608,558 +347,615 9.96
2026-06-30 3,608,558 3,569,977 +38,581 7.53
2026-06-15 3,569,977 3,356,831 +213,146 9.62
2026-05-29 3,356,831 3,300,586 +56,245 6.22
2026-05-15 3,300,586 3,378,356 -77,770 5.49
2026-04-30 3,378,356 3,490,890 -112,534 10.55
2026-04-15 3,490,890 3,852,758 -361,868 10.58
2026-03-31 3,852,758 4,260,392 -407,634 11.40
2026-03-13 4,260,392 4,363,844 -103,452 11.82
2026-02-27 4,363,844 4,953,025 -589,181 9.71
2026-02-13 4,953,025 5,312,518 -359,493 8.63
2026-01-30 5,312,518 5,328,738 -16,220 10.70
2026-01-15 5,328,738 5,313,200 +15,538 13.67
2025-12-31 5,313,200 5,137,110 +176,090 13.15
2025-12-15 5,137,110 4,903,760 +233,350 12.63
2025-11-28 4,903,760 4,762,559 +141,201 10.20
2025-11-14 4,762,559 4,362,581 +399,978 12.92
2025-10-31 4,362,581 4,626,873 -264,292 9.06
2025-10-15 4,626,873 4,541,160 +85,713 12.37
2025-09-30 4,541,160 4,458,357 +82,803 11.50
2025-09-15 4,458,357 4,596,926 -138,569 8.72

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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