Beneficient (BENF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Beneficient shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 1,080,000 shares of BENF short. 13.55% of Beneficient's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Beneficient's current short interest.

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. 13.55% of Beneficient's floating shares are currently sold short.

Beneficient saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,080,000 shares, an increase of 261.3% from the previous total of 298,900 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.

Beneficient currently has issued a total of 9,700,000 shares. Some of Beneficient's 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. Beneficient currently has a public float of 7,970,000 shares.

13.55% of Beneficient's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to Beneficient: LM Funding America, Inc. (2.54%), SAIHEAT Limited (0.28%), Prestige Wealth Inc. (1.18%), Carver Bancorp, Inc. (0.24%), Glen Burnie Bancorp (0.58%), SOS Limited Unsponsored ADR (2.74%), Netcapital Inc. (5.99%), SHF Holdings, Inc. (28.20%), Sentage Holdings Inc. (9.40%), Magic Empire Global Limited (3.91%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BENF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Beneficient as its price is falling. BENF shares are trading down $0.66 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.

A short squeeze for Beneficient 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 BENF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BENF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025.