BBY · Best Buy Co Inc

$87.58 +4.95 (+5.99%)

S&P 500 member Russell 1000 member Rebalance outlook locked

Market Cap

$16.89B

210.77M

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

BBY Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 14,058,498 BBY shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 1,853,706 shares. Days to cover was 4.18 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent stock splits

BBY Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 14,656,578 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +4.3% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 12,749,477 to 16,758,970 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 Medium confidence 59% chance it rises

14,656,578 +4.3% vs reported

Likely range 12,749,477 to 16,758,970 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

63/100

Short interest 6.7% of shares — P81 Days to cover 4.2 — P62 Price vs VWAP +2.2% — P66 Short-volume trend +2.3% — P59 Short interest change -11.6% — P23 Worst FTD 0.01% of shares — P50

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks 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.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-09-15 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 24	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14	14,058,498	15,912,204	-1,853,706	3,366,520	4.18
2026-07-31	15,912,204	18,194,374	-2,282,170	2,994,262	5.31
2026-07-15	18,194,374	18,223,534	-29,160	3,922,498	4.64
2026-06-30	18,223,534	18,500,157	-276,623	4,191,321	4.35
2026-06-15	18,500,157	19,027,310	-527,153	4,247,483	4.36
2026-05-29	19,027,310	18,997,789	+29,521	6,614,112	2.88
2026-05-15	18,997,789	18,534,359	+463,430	3,124,917	6.08
2026-04-30	18,534,359	18,591,078	-56,719	3,342,114	5.55
2026-04-15	18,591,078	18,333,972	+257,106	3,112,456	5.97
2026-03-31	18,333,972	23,082,971	-4,748,999	5,202,722	3.52
2026-03-13	23,082,971	23,572,211	-489,240	6,487,225	3.56
2026-02-27	23,572,211	21,848,066	+1,724,145	4,732,374	4.98
2026-02-13	21,848,066	22,670,967	-822,901	4,122,252	5.30
2026-01-30	22,670,967	21,370,092	+1,300,875	4,445,748	5.10
2026-01-15	21,370,092	19,181,671	+2,188,421	4,746,596	4.50
2025-12-31	19,181,671	15,930,297	+3,251,374	4,388,281	4.37
2025-12-15	15,930,297	11,941,999	+3,988,298	4,901,954	3.25
2025-11-28	11,941,999	12,564,308	-622,309	4,415,659	2.70
2025-11-14	12,564,308	13,204,959	-640,651	3,025,264	4.15
2025-10-31	13,204,959	16,909,695	-3,704,736	3,462,427	3.81
2025-10-15	16,909,695	16,094,023	+815,672	3,234,837	5.23
2025-09-30	16,094,023	16,114,389	-20,366	3,494,201	4.61
2025-09-15	16,114,389	15,901,871	+212,518	3,262,507	4.94

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