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BHF · Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

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Market Cap
$3.08B
Shares
57.51M

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

BHF Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 6,022,227 BHF shares sold short as of the August 14, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 173,808 shares. Days to cover was 6.64 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

BHF Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 6,124,858 shares sold short for the August 31, 2026 settlement, +1.7% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 5,302,002 to 6,875,547 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 56% chance it falls
6,124,858 +1.7% vs reported
Likely range 5,302,002 to 6,875,547 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Sep 10. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
65/100
Short interest 10.5% of shares — P91 Days to cover 6.6 — P80 Price vs VWAP -9.9% — P23 Short-volume trend -1.1% — P46 Short interest change -2.8% — P42 Worst FTD 0.05% of shares — P75

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 6,022,227 6,196,035 -173,808 6.64
2026-07-31 6,196,035 5,357,758 +838,277 10.49
2026-07-15 5,357,758 5,452,769 -95,011 10.76
2026-06-30 5,452,769 5,302,509 +150,260 10.80
2026-06-15 5,302,509 5,915,636 -613,127 10.75
2026-05-29 5,915,636 6,658,967 -743,331 12.93
2026-05-15 6,658,967 6,715,679 -56,712 11.65
2026-04-30 6,715,679 6,620,756 +94,923 18.76
2026-04-15 6,620,756 6,547,661 +73,095 9.96
2026-03-31 6,547,661 6,538,802 +8,859 10.98
2026-03-13 6,538,802 6,534,896 +3,906 7.65
2026-02-27 6,534,896 7,232,130 -697,234 7.48
2026-02-13 7,232,130 6,836,032 +396,098 12.43
2026-01-30 6,836,032 6,538,268 +297,764 11.98
2026-01-15 6,538,268 6,807,361 -269,093 6.46
2025-12-31 6,807,361 6,030,480 +776,881 9.67
2025-12-15 6,030,480 5,560,508 +469,972 7.64
2025-11-28 5,560,508 4,168,096 +1,392,412 4.84
2025-11-14 4,168,096 3,565,854 +602,242 1.32
2025-10-31 3,565,854 3,963,655 -397,801 2.63
2025-10-15 3,963,655 3,802,331 +161,324 4.61
2025-09-30 3,802,331 2,933,620 +868,711 1.66
2025-09-15 2,933,620 2,671,553 +262,067 2.58

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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