Brighthouse Financial (BHFAO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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 January 15th, investors have sold 23,400 shares of BHFAO short. Learn More on Brighthouse Financial's current short interest.

Brighthouse Financial saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 23,400 shares, a decrease of 31.0% from the previous total of 33,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "insurance" compare to Brighthouse Financial: Reliance Global Group, Inc. (3.96%), Chubb Limited (0.65%), Manulife Financial Co. (0.45%), Sun Life Financial Inc. (0.29%), Willis Towers Watson Public Limited (1.14%), Prudential plc (0.02%), Corebridge Financial, Inc. (2.29%), Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. (4.30%), Equitable Holdings, Inc. (1.41%), Everest Group, Ltd. (1.90%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BHFAO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Brighthouse Financial as its price is falling. BHFAO shares are trading down $0.61 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 increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BHFAO, 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 BHFAO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025.