Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → Digitizing the $11T commodities sector with one tiny stock (From Resource Stock Digest) (Ad) Free BGFV Stock Alerts $3.25 +0.03 (+0.93%) (As of 02:21 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Big 5 Sporting Goods Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest3,290,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest3,990,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-17.54%Dollar Volume Sold Short$11.42 millionShort Interest Ratio8.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares22,620,000 sharesFloat Size21,180,000 sharesShort Percent of Float15.53%Today's Trading Volume169,641 sharesAverage Trading Volume373,515 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Big 5 Sporting Goods Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/20243,290,000 shares $11.42 million -17.5%15.5%8.2 $3.47 4/30/20243,990,000 shares $14.12 million +4.5%18.9%10.1 $3.54 4/15/20243,820,000 shares $12.19 million +4.4%18.2%9.6 $3.19 3/31/20243,660,000 shares $12.88 million +2.5%17.4%8.8 $3.52 3/15/20243,570,000 shares $12.74 million -11.2%17.0%9.5 $3.57 2/29/20244,020,000 shares $19.30 million +1.0%19.1%11.5 $4.80 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BGFV and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Big 5 Sporting Goods and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20243,980,000 shares $22.17 million +5.0%18.9%12.2 $5.57 1/31/20243,790,000 shares $19.06 million +15.2%18.0%11.9 $5.03 1/15/20243,290,000 shares $18.19 million +10.0%15.6%9.4 $5.53 12/31/20232,990,000 shares $18.96 million +4.2%14.2%9.5 $6.34 12/15/20232,870,000 shares $19.17 million -0.4%13.6%9.7 $6.68 11/30/20232,880,000 shares $17.08 million +5.9%13.7%10.7 $5.93 11/15/20232,720,000 shares $15.07 million +2.3%12.9%10.6 $5.54 10/31/20232,660,000 shares $18.78 million +4.3%12.6%11 $7.06 10/15/20232,550,000 shares $18.62 million -3.4%12.1%12.5 $7.30 9/30/20232,640,000 shares $18.51 million +6.5%12.5%12.8 $7.01 9/15/20232,480,000 shares $17.93 million -9.2%11.8%11.1 $7.23 8/31/20232,730,000 shares $21.65 million +5.0%13.0%12.1 $7.93 8/15/20232,600,000 shares $22.96 million +1.6%12.4%10.9 $8.83 7/31/20232,560,000 shares $24.50 million -13.5%12.2%10.5 $9.57 7/15/20232,960,000 shares $28.36 million -20.0%14.1%10.8 $9.58 6/30/20233,700,000 shares $33.89 million -12.1%17.6%13.6 $9.16 6/15/20234,210,000 shares $35.74 million -10.6%20.0%15.8 $8.49 5/31/20234,710,000 shares $35.61 million -4.3%22.3%17 $7.56 5/15/20234,920,000 shares $38.77 million +2.1%23.3%16.5 $7.88 4/30/20234,820,000 shares $37.98 million -0.2%22.8%15.9 $7.88 4/15/20234,830,000 shares $38.01 million -5.7%23.1%16.7 $7.87 3/31/20235,120,000 shares $39.37 million -1.9%24.6%16.6 $7.69 3/15/20235,220,000 shares $40.30 million +3.0%25.1%15.4 $7.72 2/28/20235,070,000 shares $44.77 million +2.8%24.5%15.3 $8.83 2/15/20234,930,000 shares $48.91 million +8.6%23.8%16.2 $9.92 1/31/20234,540,000 shares $45.35 million +3.4%21.9%14 $9.99 1/15/20234,390,000 shares $44.78 million +0.5%21.2%12.7 $10.20 12/30/20224,370,000 shares $38.59 million +5.1%21.1%13.2 $8.83 12/15/20224,160,000 shares $43.43 million -8.2%20.1%12.8 $10.44 11/30/20224,530,000 shares $56.22 million -6.0%21.8%15.1 $12.41 11/15/20224,820,000 shares $65.36 million -9.6%23.2%14.4 $13.56 10/31/20225,330,000 shares $68.70 million -11.9%25.7%13.1 $12.89 10/15/20226,050,000 shares $66.13 million -3.8%29.2%13.5 $10.93 9/30/20226,290,000 shares $67.55 million -1.9%30.4%13.5 $10.74Tim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now” (Ad)WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock (June 12) This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT about Trump or Biden dropping out of the race…Click here to see a unique election-year trade 9/15/20226,410,000 shares $77.11 million -1.1%31.0%12.9 $12.03 8/31/20226,480,000 shares $79.32 million -2.6%31.3%10.5 $12.24 8/15/20226,650,000 shares $89.71 million -9.5%32.1%9.6 $13.49 7/31/20227,350,000 shares $94.52 million +1.8%35.3%10.2 $12.86 7/15/20227,220,000 shares $86.78 million +1.4%34.6%9.6 $12.02 6/30/20227,120,000 shares $79.82 million -9.6%34.2%8.8 $11.21 6/15/20227,880,000 shares $91.49 million No Change40.0%8.7 $11.61 5/31/20227,880,000 shares $100.47 million +3.1%37.7%9 $12.75 5/15/20227,640,000 shares $103.90 million -12.0%38.2%8.1 $13.60 4/30/20228,680,000 shares $125.60 million +2.1%43.7%9.2 $14.47 4/15/20228,500,000 shares $139.57 million +4.6%42.8%9 $16.42 3/31/20228,130,000 shares $139.43 million -5.5%40.9%8.3 $17.15 3/15/20228,600,000 shares $138.55 million +7.2%43.3%8.9 $16.11 2/28/20228,020,000 shares $132.81 million +9.4%40.1%7.9 $16.56 2/15/20227,330,000 shares $133.85 million +6.4%36.6%7.2 $18.26 1/31/20226,890,000 shares $135.66 million +9.9%34.4%4.1 $19.69 1/15/20226,270,000 shares $125.27 million -1.0%31.4%2.8 $19.98 12/31/20216,330,000 shares $120.33 million +6.4%31.6%2.9 $19.01 12/15/20215,950,000 shares $116.32 million +2.2%29.7%2.7 $19.55 11/30/20215,820,000 shares $138.11 million -14.3%29.1%2.6 $23.73 11/15/20216,790,000 shares $239.48 million -16.8%34.1%2.7 $35.27 10/29/20218,160,000 shares $197.31 million -3.8%41.5%4 $24.18 10/15/20218,480,000 shares $202.84 million +2.9%43.1%5.9 $23.92 9/30/20218,240,000 shares $189.85 million +2.0%41.9%5.6 $23.04 9/15/20218,080,000 shares $204.59 million -9.2%41.1%5.3 $25.32 8/31/20218,900,000 shares $247.42 million +14.8%45.3%5.9 $27.80 8/13/20217,750,000 shares $171.74 million +9.9%39.4%6.3 $22.16 7/30/20217,050,000 shares $154.54 million +15.0%35.9%5 $21.92 7/15/20216,130,000 shares $136.15 million -1.3%31.4%4.1 $22.21 6/30/20216,210,000 shares $159.47 million +37.7%31.8%4.2 $25.68 6/15/20214,510,000 shares $121.09 million +11.9%23.1%3.2 $26.85 5/28/20214,030,000 shares $123.92 million -4.1%20.6%2.9 $30.75 5/14/20214,200,000 shares $116.00 million +8.5%21.4%3.1 $27.62 4/30/20213,870,000 shares $72.02 million +8.7%19.8%3.1 $18.61 4/15/20213,560,000 shares $58.35 million +18.3%18.6%3.8 $16.39 3/31/20213,010,000 shares $45.36 million +36.2%15.7%3 $15.07 3/15/20212,210,000 shares $32.93 million +82.6%11.5%2.1 $14.90 2/26/20211,210,000 shares $17.07 million -21.4%6.3%1.2 $14.11 2/12/20211,540,000 shares $24.44 million -10.5%8.1%1.6 $15.87 1/29/20211,720,000 shares $21.81 million +19.4%9.1%1.6 $12.68 1/15/20211,440,000 shares $16.42 million -32.1%7.7%1.2 $11.40 12/31/20202,120,000 shares $21.94 million -45.9%11.3%1.7 $10.35 12/15/20203,920,000 shares $31.71 million -4.2%20.9%2.9 $8.09 11/30/20204,090,000 shares $41.60 million -19.0%21.8%3 $10.17 11/15/20205,050,000 shares $41.56 million +2.6%26.9%3.6 $8.23 10/30/20204,920,000 shares $36.36 million +4.9%26.2%3.4 $7.39 10/15/20204,690,000 shares $38.55 million -7.9%25.0%2.6 $8.22 9/30/20205,090,000 shares $38.07 million +17.8%27.1%2.7 $7.48 9/15/20204,320,000 shares $25.10 million -4.0%23.0%1.9 $5.81 8/31/20204,500,000 shares $26.60 million +5.4%24.0%2.1 $5.91Tim Sykes’ Urgent Trade Alert: “Make this move now” (Ad)WARNING: 80 Wall Street banks are gearing up for MASSIVE D.C. shock (June 12) This $2 trillion D.C. shock is NOT about Trump or Biden dropping out of the race…Click here to see a unique election-year trade 8/14/20204,270,000 shares $28.40 million -20.2%22.7%1.9 $6.65 7/31/20205,350,000 shares $29.96 million +20.0%26.9%2.5 $5.60 7/15/20204,460,000 shares $12.53 million +4.9%22.5%3 $2.81 6/30/20204,250,000 shares $8.12 million +2.7%21.4%3.2 $1.91 6/15/20204,140,000 shares $8.28 million -14.8%20.9%5.5 $2.00 5/29/20204,860,000 shares $9.04 million +2.5%24.4%6.3 $1.86 5/15/20204,740,000 shares $5.59 million +8.2%23.9%7.6 $1.18 4/30/20204,380,000 shares $6.00 million -1.8%22.1%8.9 $1.37 4/15/20204,460,000 shares $4.50 million +2.1%22.5%11.1 $1.01 3/31/20204,370,000 shares $4.11 million +3.8%22.1%11.4 $0.94 3/13/20204,209,700 shares $4.08 million -3.7%21.2%18.9 $0.97 2/28/20204,370,000 shares $4.41 million +10.4%22.1%20.8 $1.01 2/14/20203,960,000 shares $7.60 million +4.8%20.0%19.4 $1.92 1/31/20203,780,000 shares $8.81 million -7.8%19.1%19.5 $2.33 1/15/20204,100,000 shares $13.86 million -2.6%20.7%13.2 $3.38 12/31/20194,210,000 shares $16.21 million -7.1%21.3%13.9 $3.85 7/31/20195,964,700 shares $11.45 million +7.5%30.3%15 $1.92 BGFV Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Big 5 Sporting Goods' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 3,990,000 shares of BGFV short. 18.85% of Big 5 Sporting Goods' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Big 5 Sporting Goods' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Big 5 Sporting Goods? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. BGFV shares currently have a short interest ratio of 10.0. Learn More on Big 5 Sporting Goods's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Big 5 Sporting Goods? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Big 5 Sporting Goods: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Big 5 Sporting Goods? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 18.85% of Big 5 Sporting Goods' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Big 5 Sporting Goods' short interest increasing or decreasing? Big 5 Sporting Goods saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,990,000 shares, an increase of 4.5% from the previous total of 3,820,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Big 5 Sporting Goods' float size? Big 5 Sporting Goods currently has issued a total of 22,620,000 shares. Some of Big 5 Sporting Goods' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Big 5 Sporting Goods currently has a public float of 21,170,000 shares. How does Big 5 Sporting Goods' short interest compare to its competitors? 18.85% of Big 5 Sporting Goods' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Big 5 Sporting Goods: Foot Locker, Inc. (13.24%), Tractor Supply (7.71%), Ulta Beauty, Inc. (3.37%), DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (10.16%), Five Below, Inc. (5.01%), Signet Jewelers Limited (9.26%), The ODP Co. (9.67%), Winmark Co. (4.22%), Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (13.31%), Hibbett, Inc. (14.03%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Big 5 Sporting Goods stock? Short selling BGFV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Big 5 Sporting Goods as its price is falling. BGFV shares are trading down $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Big 5 Sporting Goods? A short squeeze for Big 5 Sporting Goods occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BGFV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Big 5 Sporting Goods' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BGFV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024. 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