BAE Systems (BAESY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $97.63 +1.02 (+1.06%) As of 05/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestBuy This Stock BAE Systems Short Interest DataBAE Systems (BAESY) has a short interest of 676,000 shares. This marks a 3.54% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 572,361 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest676,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest652,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+3.54%Dollar Volume Sold Short$63.02 millionShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares754,765,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.09%Today's Trading Volume498,333 sharesAverage Trading Volume572,361 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average87% Short Selling BAE Systems? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBAESY Short Interest Over TimeBAESY Days to Cover Over TimeBAESY Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BAE Systems Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2025676,000 shares $63.02 million +3.5%N/A0.5 $93.23 4/15/2025652,900 shares $60.52 million +6.9%0.1%0.8 $92.69 3/31/2025610,900 shares $50.23 million -31.9%0.1%0.8 $82.23 3/15/2025897,300 shares $78.84 million +226.5%0.1%0.4 $87.86 2/28/2025274,800 shares $20.10 million +304.1%0.0%0.1 $73.14 2/15/202568,000 shares $4.21 million +87.3%0.0%0.2 $61.90 1/31/202536,300 shares $2.21 million -36.0%N/A0.1 $60.79 1/15/202556,700 shares $3.32 million +154.3%N/A0.1 $58.60 12/31/202422,300 shares $1.27 million -4.7%N/A0.1 $57.16 12/15/202423,400 shares $1.41 million +249.3%N/A0.1 $60.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BAESY and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BAE Systems and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/20246,700 shares $418,348.00 -54.1%N/A0 $62.44 11/15/202414,600 shares $947,861.20 +92.1%N/A0 $64.92 10/31/20247,600 shares $490,200.00 -9.5%N/A0 $64.50 10/15/20248,400 shares $566,832.00 +7.7%N/A0 $67.48 9/30/20247,800 shares $517,530.00 -61.4%N/A0 $66.35 9/15/202420,200 shares $1.42 million -56.0%N/A0.1 $70.28 8/31/202445,900 shares $3.28 million +117.5%N/A0.3 $71.52 8/15/202421,100 shares $1.47 million +90.1%N/A0.1 $69.89 7/31/202411,100 shares $740,925.00 -35.8%N/A0 $66.75 7/15/202417,300 shares $1.15 million -61.2%N/A0.1 $66.49 6/30/202444,600 shares $2.98 million -77.8%N/A0.1 $66.85 6/15/2024200,900 shares $13.71 million -79.9%N/A0.5 $68.26 5/31/2024999,200 shares $71.88 million -25.0%N/A2.4 $71.94 5/15/20241,332,800 shares $92.80 million -26.8%N/A4.3 $69.63 4/30/20241,820,600 shares $122.65 million +21.2%N/A1.6 $67.37 4/15/20241,502,700 shares $100.88 million -13.9%N/A4.1 $67.13 3/31/20241,745,300 shares $121.04 million +16.9%N/A5.8 $69.35 3/15/20241,492,500 shares $100.07 million -5.7%N/A6.1 $67.05 2/29/20241,583,400 shares $101.53 million -28.2%N/A2.6 $64.12 2/15/20242,203,700 shares $136.85 million +9.8%N/A4.6 $62.10 1/15/20241,585,000 shares $97.79 million +14.5%N/A3.5 $61.70 12/31/20231,384,800 shares $80.07 million +3.3%N/A9.1 $57.82 12/15/20231,341,000 shares $73.41 million -2.6%N/A3.4 $54.74 11/30/20231,377,200 shares $73.78 million -9.9%N/A3.5 $53.57 11/15/20231,528,700 shares $82.44 million +13.0%N/A3.1 $53.93 10/31/20231,353,300 shares $73.74 million +1.1%N/A6.6 $54.49 10/15/20231,339,200 shares $71.21 million -2.5%N/A5.9 $53.17 9/30/20231,373,400 shares $67.91 million +60.8%N/A2.4 $49.45 9/15/2023853,900 shares $45.25 million -47.9%N/A3.2 $52.99 8/31/20231,638,500 shares $84.83 million -28.0%N/A6.4 $51.77The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 8/15/20232,277,000 shares $119.59 million +14.8%N/A2.8 $52.52 7/31/20231,983,000 shares $96.49 million -2.4%N/A8.9 $48.66 7/15/20232,030,700 shares $99.00 million +0.5%N/A7.5 $48.75 6/30/20232,020,800 shares $96.92 million +3.2%N/A6.5 $47.96 6/15/20231,958,800 shares $97.51 million -25.8%N/A7.1 $49.78 5/31/20232,640,200 shares $124.06 million -23.2%N/A5.9 $46.99 5/15/20233,439,100 shares $172.06 million -1.2%N/A3.3 $50.03 4/30/20233,479,700 shares $180.39 million +4.5%N/A3.9 $51.84 4/15/20233,330,400 shares $170.75 million +1.8%N/A2.9 $51.27 3/31/20233,272,500 shares $161.56 million +10.7%N/A14.3 $49.37 3/15/20232,955,200 shares $132.75 million +4.2%N/A11.1 $44.92 2/28/20232,836,200 shares $124.67 million +3.1%N/A14.1 $43.96 2/15/20232,752,200 shares $118.32 million -0.5%N/A12 $42.99 1/31/20232,764,600 shares $118.13 million +0.4%N/A9.2 $42.73 1/15/20232,753,100 shares $113.32 million -1.2%N/A6.1 $41.16 12/30/20222,786,300 shares $117.43 million +84.8%N/A4.5 $42.15 12/15/20221,507,400 shares $62.53 million +249.3%N/A2.6 $41.48 11/30/2022431,500 shares $17.28 million +230.7%N/A0.4 $40.04 11/15/2022130,500 shares $4.62 million +235.5%N/A0.4 $35.37 10/31/202238,900 shares $1.45 million -56.3%N/A0.2 $37.34 10/15/202289,100 shares $3.14 million +142.1%N/A0.5 $35.26 9/30/202236,800 shares $1.29 million +36.3%N/A0.1 $35.07 9/15/202227,000 shares $954,720.00 -80.6%N/A0.1 $35.36 8/31/2022139,200 shares $5.03 million +293.2%N/A0.4 $36.10 8/15/202235,400 shares $1.34 million -13.2%N/A0.1 $37.78 7/31/202240,800 shares $1.54 million -84.9%N/A0.1 $37.67 7/15/2022269,900 shares $10.17 million -31.5%N/A0.5 $37.69 6/30/2022394,000 shares $16.00 million +988.4%N/A0.6 $40.60 6/15/202236,200 shares $1.35 million -74.3%N/A0.1 $37.21 5/31/2022141,100 shares $5.38 million -50.4%N/A0.8 $38.15 5/15/2022284,300 shares $10.41 million +736.2%N/A0.5 $36.63 4/30/202234,000 shares $1.26 million -13.9%N/A0.1 $37.09 4/15/202239,500 shares $1.58 million +7.1%N/A0.2 $39.96 3/31/202236,900 shares $1.39 million -17.1%N/A0.1 $37.67 3/15/202244,500 shares $1.70 million -91.3%N/A0 $38.15 2/28/2022510,100 shares $19.80 million +121.9%N/A1 $38.81 2/15/2022229,900 shares $7.58 million -8.0%N/A1.3 $32.96 1/31/2022249,900 shares $7.89 million +291.7%N/A0.5 $31.58 1/15/202263,800 shares $2.04 million +116.3%N/A0.1 $31.90 12/31/202129,500 shares $878,657.50 -31.1%N/A0.1 $29.79 12/15/202142,800 shares $1.21 million -59.7%N/A0 $28.30 11/30/2021106,100 shares $3.12 million -69.7%N/A0.2 $29.43 11/15/2021350,000 shares $10.74 million -85.3%N/A0.4 $30.69 10/29/20212,378,400 shares $72.92 million +6.3%N/A2.6 $30.66 10/15/20212,237,900 shares $74.66 million +73.5%N/A2.9 $33.36 9/30/20211,290,200 shares $39.44 million -1.9%N/A5 $30.57 9/15/20211,315,000 shares $40.28 million +0.8%N/A5.3 $30.63 8/31/20211,304,400 shares $41.19 million -1.0%N/A7.9 $31.58 8/13/20211,318,100 shares $42.83 million +1.7%N/A2.9 $32.49 7/30/20211,295,800 shares $41.88 million -2.2%N/A2.7 $32.32The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 7/15/20211,325,400 shares $39.41 million -2.7%N/A7.7 $29.74 6/30/20211,362,100 shares $39.87 million -5.5%N/A5.6 $29.27 6/15/20211,441,500 shares $44.14 million +13.5%N/A4.7 $30.62 5/28/20211,271,700 shares $38.02 million -2.9%N/A6.2 $29.90 5/14/20211,309,700 shares $37.56 million +0.2%N/A6.5 $28.68 4/30/20211,307,700 shares $36.83 million -1.1%N/A2.8 $28.17 4/15/20211,322,400 shares $37.54 million -13.2%N/A1.9 $28.39 3/31/20211,523,900 shares $43.43 million +2.7%N/A6.6 $28.50 3/15/20211,484,600 shares $42.06 million +15.5%N/A3.6 $28.33 2/26/20211,284,900 shares $36.48 million -28.5%N/A2.3 $28.39 2/12/20211,797,700 shares $48.00 million -10.9%N/A6.8 $26.70 1/29/20212,017,500 shares $52.78 million -10.9%N/A4.5 $26.16 1/15/20212,274,900 shares $62.96 million +8.2%N/A10.1 $27.68 12/31/20202,262,300 shares $61.31 million -0.6%N/A13.1 $27.10 12/15/20202,274,900 shares $61.76 million +8.2%N/A10.1 $27.15 11/30/20202,103,300 shares $57.58 million +17.8%N/A4.7 $27.38 11/15/20201,785,900 shares $45.04 million +21.6%N/A2.2 $25.22 10/30/20201,469,000 shares $31.52 million +5.5%N/A6.4 $21.46 10/15/20201,392,700 shares $34.75 million +6.8%N/A6.3 $24.95 9/30/20201,304,100 shares $32.67 million +2.4%N/A6.8 $25.05 9/15/20201,273,500 shares $34.97 million -5.1%N/A5.1 $27.46 8/31/20201,341,700 shares $37.45 million +0.6%N/A6.1 $27.91 8/14/20201,334,300 shares $37.52 million +5.4%N/A4.2 $28.12 7/31/20201,266,600 shares $32.60 million +1.3%N/A3.7 $25.74 7/15/20201,251,000 shares $31.25 million +0.0%N/A3.9 $24.98 6/30/20201,250,900 shares $30.02 million -2.7%N/A2.2 $24.00 6/15/20201,285,600 shares $32.53 million +5.5%N/A1.7 $25.30 5/29/20201,218,700 shares $29.96 million -0.1%N/A3 $24.58 BAESY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BAE Systems' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BAE Systems shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 676,000 shares of BAESY short. Learn More on BAE Systems' current short interest. Is BAE Systems' short interest increasing or decreasing? BAE Systems saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 676,000 shares, an increase of 3.5% from the previous total of 652,900 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. How does BAE Systems' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "private households" compare to BAE Systems: Prosus (0.00%), L'Oréal S.A. (0.02%), Agricultural Bank of China Limited (0.00%), China Construction Bank Co. (0.00%), Bank of China Limited (0.00%), Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (0.00%), BYD Company Limited (0.03%), BYD Company Limited (0.10%), Airbus SE (0.05%), UniCredit S.p.A. (0.18%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BAE Systems stock? Short selling BAESY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BAE Systems as its price is falling. BAESY shares are trading up $1.01 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 BAE Systems? A short squeeze for BAE Systems 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 BAESY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BAE Systems' 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 BAESY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Prosus Short Interest Data L'Oréal Short Interest Data Agricultural Bank of China Short Interest Data China Construction Bank Short Interest Data Bank of China Short Interest Data Industria de Diseño Textil Short Interest Data BYD Short Interest Data BYD Short Interest Data Airbus Short Interest Data UniCredit Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (OTCMKTS:BAESY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersJuly 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement InvestorsThere's a massive change from a new rule going into effect this July. 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