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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. short interest

17.1M shares of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, near the middle of its range over the last year (2.1M to 24.1M). Short sellers would need 3.1 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short17.1Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before-24.0%+639% over a year
Days to cover3.12at 5.5M shares a day
Of shares in issue11.49%shares short over shares outstanding
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  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is near the middle of its range over the last year (2.1M to 24.1M), and the share price moved +20% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 202617.1M-24.0%5.5M3.12
    30 September 202622.5M-6.5%5.2M4.31
    15 September 202624.1M+12.4%4.5M5.40
    31 August 202621.4M+16.0%4.6M4.61
    14 August 202618.5M+16.4%6.5M2.86
    31 July 202615.9M+4.1%3.4M4.66
    15 July 202615.2M+11.5%3.9M3.95
    30 June 202613.7M+50.7%5.1M2.69
    15 June 20269.1M+2.6%2.6M3.45
    29 May 20268.9M-11.7%3.8M2.34
    15 May 202610.0M+3.7%4.8M2.11
    30 April 20269.7M+14.3%3.1M3.15
    15 April 20268.5M+2.3%3.1M2.77
    31 March 20268.3M+30.3%5.2M1.58
    13 March 20266.4M+84.9%7.7M1.00
    27 February 20263.4M-7.3%1.6M2.18
    13 February 20263.7M+28.4%3.0M1.23
    30 January 20262.9M+0.9%3.2M1.00
    15 January 20262.9M-0.2%3.8M1.00
    31 December 20252.9M+18.7%2.5M1.12
    15 December 20252.4M-9.8%3.3M1.00
    28 November 20252.7M-10.8%3.3M1.00
    14 November 20253.0M+43.5%10.2M1.00
    31 October 20252.1M-9.7%1.5M1.38
    15 October 20252.3M-16.3%2.2M1.03
    30 September 20252.8M-1.8%3.4M1.00
    15 September 20252.8M+33.3%3.6M1.00
    29 August 20252.1M-1.8%2.1M1.00
    15 August 20252.2M-1.0%2.2M1.00
    31 July 20252.2M-18.5%904K2.40
    15 July 20252.7M-9.8%889K3.00
    30 June 20253.0M-22.8%880K3.36
    13 June 20253.8M+59.6%6.8M1.00
    30 May 20252.4M-27.8%783K3.06
    15 May 20253.3M-21.4%2.6M1.28
    30 April 20254.2M+4.8%1.9M2.28
    15 April 20254.0M+57.6%3.1M1.29
    31 March 20252.6M+28.4%990K2.59
    14 March 20252.0M-29.1%788K2.53
    28 February 20252.8M+14.5%922K3.05
    14 February 20252.5M+8.1%693K3.55
    31 January 20252.3M+4.0%890K2.55
    15 January 20252.2M+7.1%1.5M1.44
    31 December 20242.0M-9.5%1.2M1.76
    13 December 20242.3M-4.3%910K2.48
    29 November 20242.4M-11.6%886K2.66
    15 November 20242.7M+28.8%1.7M1.59
    31 October 20242.1M-20.4%1.3M1.57
    15 October 20242.6M+18.3%2.2M1.21
    30 September 20242.2M+22.1%1.3M1.75
    13 September 20241.8M-30.0%643K2.80
    30 August 20242.6M+186.5%1.2M2.18
    15 August 2024900K-41.0%1.6M1.00
    31 July 20241.5M+1.1%1.2M1.29
    15 July 20241.5M-56.1%2.4M1.00
    28 June 20243.4M-8.0%2.3M1.50
    14 June 20243.7M-9.1%1.0M3.64
    31 May 20244.1M-6.0%758K5.42
    15 May 20244.4M-9.3%1.0M4.25
    30 April 20244.8M-13.0%1.1M4.36
    15 April 20245.5M+14.5%1.2M4.44
    28 March 20244.8M+16.8%4.1M1.18
    15 March 20244.1M+3.7%1.5M2.74
    29 February 20244.0M+19.8%1.1M3.80
    15 February 20243.3M+75.8%1.1M3.02
    31 January 20241.9M+33.5%1.1M1.67
    12 January 20241.4M-11.2%862K1.65
    29 December 20231.6M+78.1%1.1M1.46
    15 December 2023897K-15.6%932K1.00
    30 November 20231.1M-46.9%1.4M1.00
    15 November 20232.0M-0.6%2.7M1.00
    31 October 20232.0M+3.9%674K2.99
    13 October 20231.9M+11.9%894K2.17
    29 September 20231.7M-6.3%411K4.21
    15 September 20231.8M+17.2%608K3.04
    31 August 20231.6M+1.6%611K2.58
    15 August 20231.6M+0.0%454K3.42
    31 July 20231.6M-20.7%537K2.89
    14 July 20232.0M+4.4%320K6.11
    30 June 20231.9M-12.5%677K2.77
    15 June 20232.1M+3.3%814K2.63
    31 May 20232.1M-23.6%404K5.13
    15 May 20232.7M+4.9%362K7.51
    28 April 20232.6M-8.1%400K6.47
    14 April 20232.8M+2.1%374K7.54
    31 March 20232.8M-3.7%514K5.37
    15 March 20232.9M+2.7%434K6.60
    28 February 20232.8M-1.0%359K7.77
    15 February 20232.8M-4.2%349K8.08
    31 January 20232.9M+8.3%359K8.19
    13 January 20232.7M-5.5%359K7.55
    30 December 20222.9M+1.4%406K7.07
    15 December 20222.8M+8.3%555K5.10
    30 November 20222.6M+0.6%524K4.99
    15 November 20222.6M-6.9%848K3.06
    31 October 20222.8M+1.6%810K3.44
    14 October 20222.7M-6.5%255K10.75
    30 September 20222.9M+11.5%624K4.70
    15 September 20222.6M+4.8%348K7.56
    31 August 20222.5M-2.7%268K9.36
    15 August 20222.6M-0.8%459K5.62
    29 July 20222.6M+2.8%330K7.89
    15 July 20222.5M+1.4%250K10.12
    30 June 20222.5M-5.2%481K5.18
    15 June 20222.6M+7.4%306K8.59
    31 May 20222.5M+10.2%528K4.64
    13 May 20222.2M+11.9%777K2.86
    29 April 20222.0M-5.9%312K6.36
    14 April 20222.1M-7.6%385K5.48
    31 March 20222.3M+3.2%525K4.35
    15 March 20222.2M+10.5%741K2.99
    28 February 20222.0M-6.0%472K4.24
    15 February 20222.1M+16.0%446K4.78
    31 January 20221.8M+3.4%594K3.09
    14 January 20221.8M+7.2%468K3.80
    31 December 20211.7M-15.0%557K2.98
    15 December 20211.9M-11.5%464K4.20
    30 November 20212.2M-19.1%724K3.04
    15 November 20212.7M+5.3%1.2M2.30
    29 October 20212.6M-3.5%497K5.21
    15 October 20212.7M-2.5%816K3.29
    30 September 20212.8M-3.9%1.1M2.58
    15 September 20212.9M-4.0%933K3.07
    31 August 20213.0M-8.2%665K4.48
    13 August 20213.2M-4.2%512K6.35
    30 July 20213.4M-3.1%517K6.56
    15 July 20213.5M-11.1%744K4.70
    30 June 20213.9M+52.0%1.4M2.86
    15 June 20212.6M+50.3%737K3.51
    28 May 20211.7M-1.9%655K2.63
    14 May 20211.8M-12.8%793K2.21
    30 April 20212.0M+19.3%970K2.08
    15 April 20211.7M-41.2%886K1.91
    31 March 20212.9M+99.1%1.4M2.08
    15 March 20211.4M+23.5%1.2M1.21
    26 February 20211.2M+41.9%1.7M1.00
    12 February 2021822K+121.2%2.5M1.00
    29 January 2021372K+20.2%1.1M1.00
    15 January 2021309K+17.5%406K1.00
    31 December 2020263K+33.3%435K1.00
    15 December 2020198K-38.9%265K1.00
    30 November 2020323K-14.3%246K1.31
    13 November 2020377K+1.2%127K2.98
    30 October 2020373K-2.1%61K6.16
    15 October 2020380K-12.0%130K2.92
    30 September 2020432K-10.0%105K4.14
    15 September 2020481K+0.2%199K2.42
    31 August 2020480K+1.3%80K5.99
    14 August 2020474K-3.7%150K3.16
    31 July 2020492K+13.0%79K6.19
    15 July 2020435K-13.5%92K4.73
    30 June 2020503K-2.7%135K3.72
    15 June 2020517K-19.9%247K2.09
    29 May 2020645K-24.0%362K1.79
    15 May 2020850K+59.4%907K1.00
    30 April 2020533K-21.6%168K3.18
    15 April 2020680K-6.6%181K3.76
    31 March 2020728K-14.9%396K1.84
    13 March 2020856K-10.4%275K3.11
    28 February 2020955K+3.9%134K7.10
    14 February 2020919K-6.1%109K8.44
    31 January 2020979K+12.9%119K8.22
    15 January 2020866K+7.0%167K5.20
    31 December 2019809K-3.4%120K6.76
    13 December 2019838K-6.2%114K7.35
    29 November 2019893K+23.7%133K6.74
    15 November 2019722K-3.8%110K6.57
    31 October 2019751K-1.3%156K4.83
    15 October 2019761K+28.2%110K6.92
    30 September 2019594K-3.8%272K2.18
    13 September 2019617K-35.1%427K1.45
    30 August 2019951K+35.2%307K3.10
    15 August 2019703K-13.2%157K4.47
    31 July 2019810K-89.0%134K6.05
    15 July 20197.4M-16.3%525K14.11
    28 June 20198.8M-6.2%1.4M6.44
    14 June 20199.4M+27.4%632K14.90
    31 May 20197.4M-14.7%998K7.41
    15 May 20198.7M-1.1%1.9M4.49
    30 April 20198.8M+17.5%1.2M7.34
    15 April 20197.5M-8.7%5.6M1.33
    29 March 20198.2M-1.0%1.4M5.89
    15 March 20198.3M+14.5%1.0M8.17
    28 February 20197.2M-7.2%601K12.00
    15 February 20197.8M+7.9%890K8.73
    31 January 20197.2M-4.3%1.3M5.59
    15 January 20197.5M-13.7%1.2M6.17
    31 December 20188.7M-3.5%2.1M4.18
    14 December 20189.0M+6.3%563K16.04
    30 November 20188.5M-0.0%558K15.22
    15 November 20188.5M-6.0%571K14.89
    31 October 20189.0M-3.5%518K17.45
    15 October 20189.4M-6.5%600K15.62
    28 September 201810.0M-4.0%1.1M9.54
    14 September 201810.4M-6.0%874K11.94
    31 August 201811.1M-10.4%738K15.04
    15 August 201812.4M-4.8%1.5M8.12
    31 July 201813.0M-14.7%770K16.90
    13 July 201815.2M-7.2%781K19.53
    29 June 201816.4M-15.4%3.1M5.32
    15 June 201819.4M-20.3%1.7M11.48
    31 May 201824.4M-7.5%2.2M11.18
    15 May 201826.4M+94.2%4.8M5.51
    30 April 201813.6M+7.0%1.5M9.08
    13 April 201812.7M+5.5%2.9M4.42
    29 March 201812.0M-9.3%1.8M6.55
    15 March 201813.3M+35.1%3.0M4.48
    28 February 20189.8M-7.6%980K10.01
    15 February 201810.6M+8.8%1.8M5.78
    31 January 20189.8M-1.9%1.2M8.35
    12 January 20189.9M-0.2%956K10.39
    29 December 201710.0M1.1M9.48
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.