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Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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Brighthouse Financial Short Interest Overview

As of July 31, 2026, Brighthouse Financial (BHF) had a short interest of 6.20 million shares sold short, representing 10.95% of the public float. This marks a 15.65% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 10.5, meaning it would take 10.5 days of the average trading volume of 643,998 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
6,196,035 shares
Previous Short Interest
5,357,758 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
15.65%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$383.60 million
Short Interest Ratio
10.5 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
July 31, 2026
Outstanding Shares
57,510,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
10.95%
Today's Trading Volume
250,179 shares
Average Trading Volume
643,998 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
39%
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Brighthouse Financial Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes

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Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
7/31/20266,196,035 shares $383.60 million +15.7%10.9%10.49 $61.91
7/15/20265,357,758 shares $348.68 million -1.7%9.5%10.76 $65.08
6/30/20265,452,769 shares $345.16 million +2.8%9.6%10.8 $63.30
6/15/20265,302,509 shares $333.69 million -10.4%9.4%10.75 $62.93
5/29/20265,915,636 shares $370.02 million -11.2%10.5%12.93 $62.55
5/15/20266,658,967 shares $416.45 million -0.8%11.8%11.65 $62.54
4/30/20266,715,679 shares $418.12 million +1.4%11.9%18.76 $62.26
4/15/20266,620,756 shares $411.08 million +1.1%11.7%9.96 $62.09
3/31/20266,547,661 shares $392.07 million +0.1%11.6%10.98 $59.88
3/13/20266,538,802 shares $393.83 million +0.1%11.6%7.65 $60.23
2/27/20266,534,896 shares $391.96 million -9.6%11.6%7.48 $59.98
2/13/20267,232,130 shares $461.70 million +5.8%12.8%12.43 $63.84
1/30/20266,836,032 shares $437.92 million +4.6%12.1%11.98 $64.06
1/15/20266,538,268 shares $419.04 million -4.0%11.6%6.46 $64.09
12/31/20256,807,361 shares $441.05 million +12.9%12.1%9.67 $64.79
12/15/20256,030,480 shares $394.09 million +8.5%10.7%7.64 $65.35
11/28/20255,560,508 shares $362.61 million +33.4%9.9%4.84 $65.21
11/14/20254,168,096 shares $274.18 million +16.9%7.4%1.32 $65.78
10/31/20253,565,854 shares $203.29 million -10.0%6.3%2.63 $57.01
10/15/20253,960,000 shares $191.11 million +4.2%7.0%3.4 $48.26
9/30/20253,800,000 shares $201.70 million +29.7%6.7%3.4 $53.08
9/15/20252,930,000 shares $138.33 million +9.7%5.2%2.6 $47.21
8/31/20252,670,000 shares $126.18 million -6.0%4.7%3.1 $47.26
8/15/20252,840,000 shares $129.73 million +10.5%5.0%3.5 $45.68
7/31/20252,570,000 shares $122.97 million +13.7%4.5%3 $47.85
7/15/20252,260,000 shares $106.94 million +13.0%4.0%2.5 $47.32
6/30/20252,000,000 shares $107.54 million +4.7%3.5%2.2 $53.77
6/15/20251,910,000 shares $108.95 million +17.2%3.4%2.1 $57.04
5/31/20251,630,000 shares $97.34 million +5.2%2.9%1.9 $59.72
5/15/20251,550,000 shares $92.54 million -4.3%2.7%1.7 $59.70
4/30/20251,620,000 shares $94.32 million -9.0%2.8%1.7 $58.22
4/15/20251,780,000 shares $90.17 million +61.8%3.1%1.9 $50.66
3/31/20251,100,000 shares $63.79 million +11.4%1.9%1.3 $57.99
3/15/2025987,300 shares $54.89 million +15.9%1.7%1.4 $55.60
2/28/2025852,200 shares $50.54 million -4.2%1.5%1.3 $59.31
2/15/2025889,300 shares $55.26 million -14.5%1.5%1.6 $62.14
1/31/20251,040,000 shares $64.18 million -25.7%1.8%2.1 $61.71
1/15/20251,400,000 shares $69.37 million +6.9%2.4%4 $49.55
12/31/20241,310,000 shares $62.93 million -6.4%2.2%3.6 $48.04
12/15/20241,400,000 shares $68.29 million +11.1%2.4%3.8 $48.78
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11/30/20241,260,000 shares $65.86 million +5.9%2.1%3.3 $52.27
11/15/20241,190,000 shares $60.65 million +11.2%2.0%3.2 $50.97
10/31/20241,070,000 shares $50.61 million +19.5%1.8%2.9 $47.30
10/15/2024895,400 shares $42.40 million -5.6%1.5%2.3 $47.35
9/30/2024948,400 shares $42.71 million -20.3%1.6%2.4 $45.03
9/15/20241,190,000 shares $50.81 million +7.2%2.0%2.9 $42.70
8/31/20241,110,000 shares $50.95 million -7.5%1.9%2.6 $45.90
8/15/20241,200,000 shares $50.60 million +10.1%2.0%2.8 $42.17
7/31/20241,090,000 shares $54.36 million +7.9%1.8%2.4 $49.87
7/15/20241,010,000 shares $49.26 million -23.5%1.7%2.1 $48.77
6/30/20241,320,000 shares $57.21 million -1.5%2.2%2.8 $43.34
6/15/20241,340,000 shares $54.95 million -9.5%2.2%2.9 $41.01
5/31/20241,480,000 shares $65.87 million +32.1%2.4%3.2 $44.51
5/15/20241,120,000 shares $51.13 million -7.4%1.8%2.4 $45.65
4/30/20241,210,000 shares $58.38 million +6.1%2.0%2.4 $48.25
4/15/20241,140,000 shares $53.56 million -13.0%1.8%2.6 $46.98
3/31/20241,310,000 shares $67.52 million +3.2%2.1%3.1 $51.54
3/15/20241,270,000 shares $60.43 million +13.4%2.0%3 $47.58
2/29/20241,120,000 shares $52.14 million +1.8%1.8%2.7 $46.55
2/15/20241,100,000 shares $53.71 million +16.6%1.8%2.8 $48.83
1/31/2024943,200 shares $48.83 million +16.6%1.5%2.7 $51.77
1/15/2024808,900 shares $41.63 million +6.2%1.3%2.3 $51.46
12/31/2023761,800 shares $40.31 million -34.9%1.2%2.2 $52.92
12/15/20231,170,000 shares $61.99 million +8.3%1.8%3.3 $52.98
11/30/20231,080,000 shares $56.19 million +4.9%1.7%2.8 $52.03
11/15/20231,030,000 shares $51.01 million -19.5%1.6%2.7 $49.52
10/31/20231,280,000 shares $57.98 million -25.2%2.0%3.2 $45.30
10/15/20231,710,000 shares $81.38 million +44.9%2.6%4.3 $47.59
9/30/20231,180,000 shares $57.75 million -40.7%1.8%3 $48.94
9/15/20231,990,000 shares $103.28 million +54.3%3.1%4.8 $51.90
8/31/20231,290,000 shares $64.06 million -10.4%2.0%3.3 $49.66
8/15/20231,440,000 shares $68.70 million -2.7%2.2%3.3 $47.71
7/31/20231,480,000 shares $77.15 million -11.9%2.2%3.2 $52.13
7/15/20231,680,000 shares $81.14 million +11.3%2.5%3.4 $48.30
6/30/20231,510,000 shares $71.50 million +4.1%2.3%2.9 $47.35
6/15/20231,450,000 shares $65.95 million -8.8%2.2%2.7 $45.48
5/31/20231,590,000 shares $64.01 million +16.1%2.4%2.6 $40.26
5/15/20231,370,000 shares $55.64 million +19.1%2.1%2.3 $40.61
4/30/20231,150,000 shares $50.83 million -16.1%1.7%1.9 $44.20
4/15/20231,370,000 shares $58.38 million -18.0%2.1%2.5 $42.61
3/31/20231,670,000 shares $73.66 million +10.6%2.5%3 $44.11
3/15/20231,510,000 shares $64.90 million +4.1%2.3%3.1 $42.98
2/28/20231,450,000 shares $83.85 million -0.7%2.2%3.5 $57.83
2/15/20231,460,000 shares $87.41 million -8.2%2.1%3.6 $59.87
1/31/20231,590,000 shares $89.47 million -13.6%2.3%3.6 $56.27
1/15/20231,840,000 shares $99.40 million +1.7%2.7%3.9 $54.02
12/30/20221,810,000 shares $92.80 million -27.0%2.6%3.6 $51.27
12/15/20222,480,000 shares $125.71 million -13.3%3.6%4.6 $50.69
11/30/20222,860,000 shares $159.42 million -3.7%4.2%5.2 $55.74
11/15/20222,970,000 shares $161.89 million +32.6%4.3%5.4 $54.51
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10/31/20222,240,000 shares $127.84 million +3.7%3.2%4.1 $57.07
10/15/20222,160,000 shares $105.04 million +1.9%3.0%4 $48.63
9/30/20222,120,000 shares $92.05 million -4.5%3.0%4 $43.42
9/15/20222,220,000 shares $109.38 million +17.5%3.1%3.7 $49.27
8/31/20221,890,000 shares $89.87 million -1.1%2.7%3 $47.55
8/15/20221,910,000 shares $95.35 million -9.9%2.7%3 $49.92
7/31/20222,120,000 shares $92.05 million -16.2%2.9%3.1 $43.42
7/15/20222,530,000 shares $101.40 million -10.6%3.4%3.8 $40.08
6/30/20222,830,000 shares $116.09 million +12.3%3.8%4.2 $41.02
6/15/20222,520,000 shares $106.44 million +2.9%3.4%4.1 $42.24
5/31/20222,450,000 shares $120.34 million +3.4%3.3%4.2 $49.12
5/15/20222,370,000 shares $108.57 million +26.7%3.2%3.7 $45.81
4/30/20221,870,000 shares $96.04 million -6.0%2.5%2.9 $51.36
4/15/20221,990,000 shares $106.33 million -16.0%2.6%3.1 $53.43
3/31/20222,370,000 shares $122.43 million +1.7%3.1%3.5 $51.66
3/15/20222,330,000 shares $111.02 million +3.6%3.0%3.4 $47.65
2/28/20222,250,000 shares $117.59 million -9.3%2.9%3.2 $52.26
2/15/20222,480,000 shares $142.80 million +15.9%3.2%3.7 $57.58
1/31/20222,140,000 shares $116.52 million -3.2%2.7%3.4 $54.45
1/15/20222,210,000 shares $128.58 million +33.1%2.8%3.8 $58.18
12/31/20211,660,000 shares $85.99 million -26.2%2.1%2.9 $51.80
12/15/20212,250,000 shares $114.05 million +9.2%2.8%3.9 $50.69
11/30/20212,060,000 shares $100.14 million +9.6%2.6%3.6 $48.61
11/15/20211,880,000 shares $104.10 million +16.1%2.4%3.3 $55.37
10/29/20211,620,000 shares $81.37 million -12.9%2.0%2.8 $50.23
10/15/20211,860,000 shares $91.79 million -18.4%2.3%3.2 $49.35
9/30/20212,280,000 shares $103.12 million -13.3%2.8%3.9 $45.23
9/15/20212,630,000 shares $118.17 million -1.1%3.2%4.6 $44.93
8/31/20212,660,000 shares $130.23 million -2.6%3.2%4.5 $48.96
8/13/20212,730,000 shares $131.75 million -11.4%3.3%4.5 $48.26

BHF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

Short interest is the volume of Brighthouse Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, investors have sold 6,196,035 shares of BHF short. 10.95% of Brighthouse Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Brighthouse Financial's current short interest.

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. BHF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 10.5. Learn More on Brighthouse Financial's short interest ratio.

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. 10.95% of Brighthouse Financial's floating shares are currently sold short.

Brighthouse Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,196,035 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the previous total of 5,357,758 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.

10.95% of Brighthouse Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Brighthouse Financial: Principal Financial Group, Inc. (3.94%), CNO Financial Group, Inc. (1.75%), Equitable Holdings, Inc. (2.43%), Lincoln National Corporation (5.56%), Prudential Financial, Inc. (3.51%), Globe Life Inc. (2.17%), Corebridge Financial, Inc. (4.38%), Unum Group (1.89%), Primerica, Inc. (3.70%), Jackson Financial Inc. (5.10%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.50 billion), Invesco QQQ ($50.36 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($21.20 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($13.40 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($11.59 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($11.46 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.84 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($7.51 billion), iShares Semiconductor ETF ($6.37 billion), and Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($6.34 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BHF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Brighthouse Financial as its price is falling. BHF shares are trading down $1.29 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 Brighthouse Financial occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BHF, 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 BHF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2026.

Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like BHF:

  • Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.
  • Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.
  • Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.

These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity.


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Short interest data for NASDAQ:BHF is sourced from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), with the most recent report published on 8/11/2026. FINRA publishes updated short interest twice a month.
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