What percent of BBY is sold short?

62.4% of Best Buy (BBY) trading volume was short last week. Track days-to-cover and borrow rate against insider and hedge fund flow.

Is BBY a short squeeze candidate?

Compare short volume, days-to-cover, and borrow rate to insider buying — when insiders accumulate against heavy short interest, the squeeze setup gets stronger.

How is short volume different from short interest?

Short volume is daily shorting activity reported by FINRA; short interest is the bi-monthly snapshot of outstanding short positions. We track both for Best Buy (BBY).

BBY Short Volume Hit 62.4%

Also trades as: 0R18.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

$87.97

+0.27 (+0.31%)

Weekly Expected Move ±4.7%

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NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail · Tech Score Neutral · Power 58 · $18.5B mcap · 198M float · 2.04% daily turnover · Short 61% of daily vol

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-01

53.9%

Short Ratio

of total volume

60.9%

20-Day Avg

56.2%

50-Day Avg

▲ Rising

5-Day Trend

0.7M

Short Volume

1.2M

Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-01

Exchange	Short Volume	Total Volume	Short %
NASDAQ	480,010	976,822	49.1%
NYSE	176,858	241,609	73.2%
BATS	2,653	4,877	54.4%

BBY Short Interest

Short Volume Summary

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

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