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BFST · Business First Bancshares, Inc. · Short Interest

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$32.41 -0.15 (-0.46%) At close · Nov 12 Play latest call Q3 2026 earnings call transcript
Market Cap
$1.04B
Shares
32.24M
Volume · Nov 12 156.06K Avg daily vol (3M) 190.37K

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

BFST Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 1,087,482 BFST shares sold short as of the October 30, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 91,267 shares. Days to cover was 6.48 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

BFST Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 1,103,593 shares sold short for the November 13, 2026 settlement, +1.5% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 973,781 to 1,234,386 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through November 12, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected November 24, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Nov 13 short interest

as of Nov 12 Low confidence 48% chance it rises
1,103,593 +1.5% vs reported
Likely range 973,781 to 1,234,386 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Nov 24. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
62/100
Short interest 3.4% of shares — P61 Days to cover 6.5 — P76 Price vs VWAP +3.5% — P78 Short-volume trend +0.5% — P56 Short interest change -7.7% — P29 Worst FTD 0.02% of shares — P59

Positioning score 62.5 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-10-30). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-11-13 08:54 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-11-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Dec 9
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2026-11-13 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 24
— — — —
2026-10-30 1,087,482 1,178,749 -91,267 6.48
2026-10-15 1,178,749 1,236,013 -57,264 5.97
2026-09-30 1,236,013 1,111,825 +124,188 5.69
2026-09-15 1,111,825 1,014,751 +97,074 5.82
2026-08-31 1,014,751 1,059,967 -45,216 5.45
2026-08-14 1,059,967 846,909 +213,058 4.51
2026-07-31 846,909 940,869 -93,960 3.45
2026-07-15 940,869 1,056,031 -115,162 4.41
2026-06-30 1,056,031 618,627 +437,404 2.61
2026-06-15 618,627 594,506 +24,121 3.10
2026-05-29 594,506 609,019 -14,513 3.07
2026-05-15 609,019 566,788 +42,231 3.84
2026-04-30 566,788 473,274 +93,514 3.14
2026-04-15 473,274 524,620 -51,346 2.30
2026-03-31 524,620 353,682 +170,938 2.31
2026-03-13 353,682 305,668 +48,014 2.30
2026-02-27 305,668 301,136 +4,532 1.92
2026-02-13 301,136 248,938 +52,198 1.39
2026-01-30 248,938 249,622 -684 1.66
2026-01-15 249,622 225,144 +24,478 2.40
2025-12-31 225,144 235,735 -10,591 1.89
2025-12-15 235,735 247,140 -11,405 2.24
2025-11-28 247,140 266,295 -19,155 1.57
2025-11-14 266,295 224,577 +41,718 3.11

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