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Badger Meter Inc
$144.18
+2.72 (+1.92%)
At close · Jul 15
Market Cap
$4.21B
Shares
29,185,570
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
84/100
Short interest 15.4% of shares — P95
Days to cover 7.4 — P91
Price vs VWAP +13.4% — P90
Short-volume trend -17.7% — P8
Short interest change +4.5% — P58
Worst FTD 0.07% of shares — P71
Earnings soon +10
Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-06-30). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 4,500,761 | 4,306,314 | +194,447 | 7.40 |
| 2026-06-15 | 4,306,314 | 4,089,214 | +217,100 | 10.50 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4,089,214 | 4,119,964 | -30,750 | 8.20 |
| 2026-05-15 | 4,119,964 | 3,714,198 | +405,766 | 7.90 |
| 2026-04-30 | 3,714,198 | 3,176,246 | +537,952 | 2.81 |
| 2026-04-15 | 3,176,246 | 2,876,631 | +299,615 | 10.44 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2,876,631 | 2,759,453 | +117,178 | 7.29 |
| 2026-03-13 | 2,759,453 | 2,562,371 | +197,082 | 8.07 |
| 2026-02-27 | 2,562,371 | 2,499,855 | +62,516 | 7.22 |
| 2026-02-13 | 2,499,855 | 2,049,730 | +450,125 | 4.74 |
| 2026-01-30 | 2,049,730 | 1,999,874 | +49,856 | 3.81 |
| 2026-01-15 | 1,999,874 | 2,158,461 | -158,587 | 6.75 |
| 2025-12-31 | 2,158,461 | 2,246,192 | -87,731 | 11.49 |
| 2025-12-15 | 2,246,192 | 2,412,726 | -166,534 | 9.19 |
| 2025-11-28 | 2,412,726 | 2,357,773 | +54,953 | 7.91 |
| 2025-11-14 | 2,357,773 | 1,919,747 | +438,026 | 8.19 |
| 2025-10-31 | 1,919,747 | 1,830,598 | +89,149 | 4.14 |
| 2025-10-15 | 1,830,598 | 1,888,939 | -58,341 | 5.67 |
| 2025-09-30 | 1,888,939 | 2,097,698 | -208,759 | 4.18 |
| 2025-09-15 | 2,097,698 | 1,816,914 | +280,784 | 6.65 |
| 2025-08-29 | 1,816,914 | 1,789,026 | +27,888 | 6.02 |
| 2025-08-15 | 1,789,026 | 1,898,848 | -109,822 | 5.46 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1,898,848 | 1,909,139 | -10,291 | 2.98 |
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