BDC
Belden Inc.Company with tickers: BDC
CIK
913142
CUSIP
077454106
Shares Outstanding
38,944,040
13F Activity (30d)
15 filings
11 filers
Total shares sold short and not yet covered, reported to FINRA by broker-dealers and published twice a month (bi-monthly). Days to cover divides the short position by average daily volume; a high value (above 5) can signal short-squeeze potential.
Short Squeeze Score
58/100
Short interest 5.6% of shares — P76
Days to cover 4.3 — P67
Short-volume trend -5.0% — P33
Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-05-29). Equal-weight mean of the available factors.
Short Interest History
| Settlement Date | Current Position | Previous Position | Change | Days to Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-15 | 2,596,034 | 2,738,829 | -142,795 | 15.73 |
| 2020-01-31 | 2,655,803 | 2,596,034 | +59,769 | 10.88 |
| 2020-02-14 | 2,399,701 | 2,655,803 | -256,102 | 7.87 |
| 2020-02-28 | 2,440,967 | 2,399,701 | +41,266 | 8.55 |
| 2020-03-13 | 2,450,325 | 2,440,967 | +9,358 | 5.56 |
| 2020-03-31 | 2,535,397 | 2,450,325 | +85,072 | 5.75 |
| 2020-04-15 | 2,857,509 | 2,535,397 | +322,112 | 6.46 |
| 2020-04-30 | 2,589,317 | 2,857,509 | -268,192 | 4.95 |
| 2020-05-15 | 2,705,961 | 2,616,995 | +88,966 | 8.57 |
| 2020-05-29 | 2,882,659 | 2,705,961 | +176,698 | 8.57 |
| 2020-06-15 | 2,946,965 | 2,882,659 | +64,306 | 7.03 |
| 2020-06-30 | 3,602,394 | 2,946,965 | +655,429 | 8.90 |
| 2020-07-15 | 3,170,621 | 3,602,394 | -431,773 | 11.29 |
| 2020-07-31 | 3,146,391 | 3,170,621 | -24,230 | 9.15 |
| 2020-08-14 | 3,118,647 | 3,146,391 | -27,744 | 11.93 |
| 2020-08-31 | 3,143,077 | 3,118,647 | +24,430 | 17.06 |
| 2020-09-15 | 3,153,224 | 3,143,077 | +10,147 | 14.46 |
| 2020-09-30 | 3,128,646 | 3,153,224 | -24,578 | 7.24 |
| 2020-10-15 | 2,892,986 | 3,128,646 | -235,660 | 9.90 |
| 2020-10-30 | 3,038,942 | 2,892,986 | +145,956 | 12.35 |
| 2020-11-13 | 2,968,482 | 3,038,942 | -70,460 | 8.67 |
| 2020-11-30 | 3,156,846 | 2,968,482 | +188,364 | 15.81 |
| 2020-12-15 | 3,015,232 | 3,156,846 | -141,614 | 13.28 |
| 2020-12-31 | 2,754,485 | 3,015,232 | -260,747 | 12.55 |
| 2021-01-15 | 2,901,341 | 2,754,485 | +146,856 | 14.54 |
| 2021-01-29 | 1,922,690 | 2,901,341 | -978,651 | 4.64 |
| 2021-02-12 | 968,276 | 1,922,690 | -954,414 | 3.04 |
| 2021-02-26 | 1,523,567 | 968,276 | +555,291 | 6.17 |
| 2021-03-15 | 1,520,374 | 1,523,567 | -3,193 | 5.28 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,441,484 | 1,520,374 | -78,890 | 3.37 |
| 2021-04-15 | 1,553,811 | 1,441,484 | +112,327 | 6.06 |
| 2021-04-30 | 1,326,273 | 1,553,811 | -227,538 | 6.21 |
| 2021-05-14 | 1,252,713 | 1,326,273 | -73,560 | 4.08 |
| 2021-05-28 | 1,289,307 | 1,252,713 | +36,594 | 6.00 |
| 2021-06-15 | 1,411,066 | 1,289,148 | +121,918 | 5.64 |
| 2021-06-30 | 1,374,586 | 1,411,066 | -36,480 | 5.94 |
| 2021-07-15 | 1,453,553 | 1,374,586 | +78,967 | 10.65 |
| 2021-07-30 | 1,288,051 | 1,453,553 | -165,502 | 6.98 |
| 2021-08-13 | 1,313,733 | 1,288,051 | +25,682 | 7.50 |
| 2021-08-31 | 1,465,528 | 1,313,733 | +151,795 | 7.59 |
| 2021-09-15 | 1,672,394 | 1,465,528 | +206,866 | 6.89 |
| 2021-09-30 | 1,687,736 | 1,672,394 | +15,342 | 5.78 |
| 2021-10-15 | 1,412,631 | 1,687,736 | -275,105 | 6.22 |
| 2021-10-29 | 1,296,462 | 1,412,631 | -116,169 | 9.33 |
| 2021-11-15 | 1,289,971 | 1,296,462 | -6,491 | 4.01 |
| 2021-11-30 | 768,294 | 1,289,971 | -521,677 | 3.02 |
| 2021-12-15 | 776,932 | 768,294 | +8,638 | 3.80 |
| 2021-12-31 | 697,791 | 776,932 | -79,141 | 2.99 |
| 2022-01-14 | 676,912 | 697,791 | -20,879 | 3.52 |
| 2022-01-31 | 808,136 | 676,912 | +131,224 | 3.20 |
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