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BEN · Franklin Resources Inc

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$33.86 +0.00 (+0.00%) At close · Aug 14
Market Cap
$17.20B
Shares
508.08M

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

Model estimate

Expected Aug 14 short interest

as of Aug 14
20,961,042 +2.4% vs reported
The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
63/100
Short interest 4.0% of shares — P67 Days to cover 4.2 — P60 Price vs VWAP +3.0% — P60 Short-volume trend +14.7% — P90 Short interest change +0.1% — P58 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P23

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-31). 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
2026-08-31 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Sep 10
2026-08-14 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Aug 25
2026-07-31 20,467,767 20,452,001 +15,766 4.17
2026-07-15 20,452,001 20,676,018 -224,017 4.44
2026-06-30 20,676,018 21,368,532 -692,514 3.96
2026-06-15 21,368,532 18,762,949 +2,605,583 4.99
2026-05-29 18,762,949 20,321,651 -1,558,702 5.02
2026-05-15 20,321,651 22,178,251 -1,856,600 4.35
2026-04-30 22,178,251 24,672,150 -2,493,899 3.49
2026-04-15 24,672,150 26,653,759 -1,981,609 5.52
2026-03-31 26,653,759 22,494,299 +4,159,460 4.93
2026-03-13 22,494,299 22,292,549 +201,750 4.15
2026-02-27 22,292,549 25,489,737 -3,197,188 4.46
2026-02-13 25,489,737 23,974,952 +1,514,785 4.12
2026-01-30 23,974,952 23,793,724 +181,228 3.41
2026-01-15 23,793,724 26,208,756 -2,415,032 5.43
2025-12-31 26,208,756 25,311,083 +897,673 7.00
2025-12-15 25,311,083 25,348,587 -37,504 7.38
2025-11-28 25,348,587 24,376,338 +972,249 5.12
2025-11-14 24,376,338 23,572,711 +803,627 4.93
2025-10-31 23,572,711 21,435,008 +2,137,703 6.87
2025-10-15 21,435,008 20,082,538 +1,352,470 3.74
2025-09-30 20,082,538 15,333,632 +4,748,906 5.04
2025-09-15 15,333,632 17,726,890 -2,393,258 3.93
2025-08-29 17,726,890 17,364,756 +362,134 5.78
2025-08-15 17,364,756 20,310,197 -2,945,441 4.28
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