What percent of BW is sold short?

39.0% of Babcock & Wilcox (BW) trading volume was short last week. Track days-to-cover and borrow rate against insider and hedge fund flow.

Is BW 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 Babcock & Wilcox (BW).

BW Short Volume Hit 39.0%

Also trades as: BW-PA (NYSE) · $vol 0M

$5.70

-0.09 (-1.55%)

Weekly Expected Move ±12.8%

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NYSE · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 30 · $848.4M mcap · 144M float · 3.07% daily turnover · Short 37% of daily vol

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-01

37.3%

Short Ratio

of total volume

47.4%

20-Day Avg

51.0%

50-Day Avg

▼ Falling

5-Day Trend

0.9M

Short Volume

2.5M

Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-01

Exchange	Short Volume	Total Volume	Short %
NASDAQ	910,136	2,445,366	37.2%
NYSE	16,696	47,186	35.4%
BATS	11,237	23,004	48.8%

BW Short Interest

Short Volume Summary

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

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