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BLDR Short Interest

Builders FirstSource, Inc.
1W: +6.1% 1M: -5.0% 3M: -23.7% YTD: -46.3% 1Y: -54.8% 3Y: -49.5% 5Y: -2.8%
$56.73
+0.53 (+0.93%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±6.5%
$50 $53 $57 $61 $64
NYSE · Basic Materials · Construction Materials · Tech Score Neutral · Power 47 · $6.0B mcap · 104M float · 2.53% daily turnover · Short 43% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 70% of companies Debt: 46.4% of company value Bonds: $421.9M held by 342 funds, 198 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.50 (down 94%), Builders FirstSource, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.24B against a stock market value of $6.05B.
Distance to default 3.44 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $2.30B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 49.7%; Altman Z 2.05. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
44.7%
Short Ratio
of total volume
38.4%
20-Day Avg
41.5%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.5M
Short Volume
1.0M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 422,942 976,988 43.3%
NYSE 40,392 61,081 66.1%
BATS 1,922 2,264 84.9%

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