Bausch Health Cos (BHC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $7.48 -0.02 (-0.25%) Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.66 +0.18 (+2.39%) As of 08/22/2025 07:48 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFDA EventsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Bausch Health Cos Short Interest DataBausch Health Cos (BHC) has a short interest of 7.29 million shares, representing 2.50% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -2.02% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.6, indicating that it would take 3.6 days of the average trading volume of 4.52 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,290,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,440,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.02%Dollar Volume Sold Short$42.90 millionShort Interest Ratio3.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Outstanding Shares370,130,000 sharesFloat Size291,980,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.50%Today's Trading Volume1,881,217 sharesAverage Trading Volume4,523,758 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average42% Short Selling Bausch Health Cos? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Bausch Health Cos and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBHC Short Interest Over TimeBHC Days to Cover Over TimeBHC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Bausch Health Cos Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/31/20257,290,000 shares $42.90 million -2.0%2.5%3.6 $5.89 7/15/20257,440,000 shares $47.73 million -10.6%2.6%3.7 $6.42 6/30/20258,320,000 shares $55.58 million -4.2%2.9%3.4 $6.68 6/15/20258,680,000 shares $52.21 million +0.8%3.0%3.5 $6.02 5/31/20258,610,000 shares $39.00 million +5.4%3.0%4.2 $4.53 5/15/20258,170,000 shares $37.75 million -17.1%2.8%3.9 $4.62 4/30/20259,860,000 shares $52.06 million +9.3%3.4%4 $5.28 4/15/20259,020,000 shares $40.82 million +14.9%3.1%3.5 $4.53 3/31/20257,850,000 shares $50.91 million +29.5%2.7%2.9 $6.49 3/15/20256,060,000 shares $43.30 million -6.1%2.1%2.5 $7.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BHC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bausch Health Cos and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/20256,450,000 shares $47.96 million -17.0%2.2%2.6 $7.44 2/15/20257,770,000 shares $47.80 million +12.5%2.7%3.1 $6.15 1/31/20256,910,000 shares $51.38 million -16.2%2.4%3.1 $7.44 1/15/20258,250,000 shares $62.54 million +17.4%2.8%4.1 $7.58 12/31/20247,030,000 shares $56.66 million -12.1%2.4%4.5 $8.06 12/15/20248,000,000 shares $62.48 million -22.0%2.8%5 $7.81 11/30/202410,260,000 shares $85.88 million +9.9%3.5%5.4 $8.37 11/15/20249,340,000 shares $79.25 million -19.8%2.9%4.2 $8.49 10/31/202411,650,000 shares $107.24 million -3.2%3.6%5.4 $9.21 10/15/202412,030,000 shares $100.99 million -18.6%3.7%3.6 $8.40 9/30/202414,780,000 shares $120.60 million -20.5%4.6%4.1 $8.16 9/15/202418,600,000 shares $117.55 million -6.2%5.8%4.9 $6.32 8/31/202419,830,000 shares $117.59 million -0.8%6.2%5.5 $5.93 8/15/202419,980,000 shares $114.69 million +1.3%5.6%5.8 $5.74 7/31/202419,720,000 shares $118.91 million +7.9%5.5%5.1 $6.03 7/15/202418,270,000 shares $133.74 million -0.9%5.1%6.5 $7.32 6/30/202418,440,000 shares $128.53 million +2.3%5.2%6.2 $6.97 6/15/202418,020,000 shares $113.89 million +2.6%5.0%5.7 $6.32 5/31/202417,570,000 shares $115.35 million -5.0%4.9%5.9 $6.57 5/15/202418,500,000 shares $130.98 million -9.8%5.2%5.8 $7.08 4/30/202420,510,000 shares $179.67 million -1.0%5.7%6.7 $8.76 4/15/202420,710,000 shares $178.83 million -8.0%5.8%7.5 $8.64 3/31/202422,500,000 shares $238.73 million -5.4%6.3%8.5 $10.61 3/15/202423,780,000 shares $219.01 million -3.5%6.7%10.3 $9.21 2/29/202424,640,000 shares $231.25 million +14.4%6.9%10.5 $9.39 2/15/202421,530,000 shares $182.90 million +1.0%6.0%9.9 $8.50 1/31/202421,310,000 shares $167.28 million -1.1%6.0%10.5 $7.85 1/15/202421,540,000 shares $183.74 million +2.1%6.0%9.6 $8.53 12/31/202321,100,000 shares $169.22 million -1.5%5.9%9.2 $8.02 12/15/202321,430,000 shares $156.01 million -3.1%6.0%9.6 $7.28He Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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Now, the man who called Nvidia at $1.10 reveals AI’s Next Magnificent Seven… including one stock he says could become America’s next trillion-dollar giant.See his full breakdown of the seven stocks to own now 11/30/202322,120,000 shares $157.94 million +0.9%6.2%8.3 $7.14 11/15/202321,920,000 shares $152.23 million +2.3%6.1%7.7 $6.95 10/31/202321,420,000 shares $146.08 million +0.1%6.0%7.2 $6.82 10/15/202321,400,000 shares $152.80 million -5.2%6.0%7.3 $7.14 9/30/202322,580,000 shares $185.61 million -12.6%6.3%7.8 $8.22 9/15/202325,830,000 shares $219.94 million +4.6%7.3%9.1 $8.52 8/31/202324,700,000 shares $206.00 million +9.5%6.9%9.9 $8.34 8/15/202322,550,000 shares $187.50 million -1.7%6.3%8.1 $8.32 7/31/202322,940,000 shares $222.52 million -2.7%6.5%6.5 $9.70 7/15/202323,570,000 shares $198.70 million +4.2%6.6%6.6 $8.43 6/30/202322,630,000 shares $181.04 million -2.8%6.4%6.3 $8.00 6/15/202323,290,000 shares $173.16 million -2.4%6.6%6.5 $7.44 5/31/202323,860,000 shares $195.89 million +1.1%6.7%6.3 $8.21 5/15/202323,610,000 shares $142.37 million +1.1%6.7%5.4 $6.03 4/30/202323,350,000 shares $172.09 million -8.7%6.6%5.4 $7.37 4/15/202325,580,000 shares $191.59 million -2.0%7.2%5.7 $7.49 3/31/202326,110,000 shares $211.49 million -4.2%7.3%5.5 $8.10 3/15/202327,250,000 shares $207.92 million -0.8%7.7%5 $7.63 2/28/202327,480,000 shares $255.84 million +15.8%7.7%4.8 $9.31 2/15/202323,740,000 shares $213.19 million -1.1%6.7%3.9 $8.98 1/31/202324,000,000 shares $184.80 million -0.3%6.7%4.7 $7.70 1/15/202324,080,000 shares $180.60 million -9.5%6.8%4.6 $7.50 12/30/202226,620,000 shares $167.17 million -14.1%7.5%5.2 $6.28 12/15/202230,980,000 shares $239.48 million -2.6%8.7%5.8 $7.73 11/30/202231,800,000 shares $223.55 million +23.0%8.9%5.1 $7.03 11/15/202225,850,000 shares $185.60 million -4.9%7.2%3.8 $7.18 10/31/202227,190,000 shares $176.74 million -2.9%7.8%3.9 $6.50 10/15/202228,000,000 shares $180.60 million -6.1%8.0%3.2 $6.45 9/30/202229,830,000 shares $205.53 million +2.5%8.5%3.4 $6.89 9/15/202229,100,000 shares $222.32 million +35.8%8.3%3.3 $7.64 8/31/202221,430,000 shares $127.94 million +18.6%6.2%2.5 $5.97 8/15/202218,070,000 shares $113.48 million +38.5%5.2%2.4 $6.28 7/31/202213,050,000 shares $60.29 million -20.1%3.7%1.5 $4.62 7/15/202216,330,000 shares $142.07 million -3.5%4.7%2.2 $8.70 6/30/202216,930,000 shares $141.53 million +4.3%4.9%2.3 $8.36 6/15/202216,240,000 shares $127.32 million -7.8%4.7%2.3 $7.84 5/31/202217,610,000 shares $171.17 million -2.7%5.0%2.7 $9.72 5/15/202218,090,000 shares $196.10 million +24.2%5.2%2.9 $10.84 4/30/202214,570,000 shares $276.98 million -22.3%4.2%3.1 $19.01 4/15/202218,760,000 shares $415.91 million -4.4%5.4%5.1 $22.17 3/31/202219,630,000 shares $448.55 million -6.3%5.7%5.1 $22.85 3/15/202220,950,000 shares $460.27 million -3.4%6.0%5.2 $21.97 2/28/202221,690,000 shares $521.86 million +4.1%6.2%5.5 $24.06 2/15/202220,840,000 shares $532.05 million +7.9%6.0%5.3 $25.53 1/31/202219,320,000 shares $474.69 million +12.6%5.6%5.4 $24.57 1/15/202217,160,000 shares $464.69 million +38.4%4.9%5 $27.08 12/31/202112,400,000 shares $342.36 million -6.0%3.6%4.3 $27.61 12/15/202113,190,000 shares $330.54 million +2.6%3.8%5.5 $25.06 11/30/202112,860,000 shares $306.58 million +0.4%3.7%6 $23.84 11/15/202112,810,000 shares $343.82 million -12.1%3.7%6.2 $26.84He Called Nvidia at $1.10. 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Now, the man who called Nvidia at $1.10 reveals AI’s Next Magnificent Seven… including one stock he says could become America’s next trillion-dollar giant.See his full breakdown of the seven stocks to own now 10/29/202114,580,000 shares $409.41 million +5.0%N/A7 $28.08 10/15/202113,890,000 shares $395.73 million +3.2%4.0%6.6 $28.49 9/30/202113,460,000 shares $374.86 million -20.6%3.9%6.1 $27.85 9/15/202116,960,000 shares $477.59 million -1.9%4.9%7.6 $28.16 8/31/202117,290,000 shares $503.66 million -4.7%5.0%8 $29.13 8/13/202118,150,000 shares $500.21 million No ChangeN/A8.3 $27.56 7/15/202117,180,000 shares $488.77 million -5.3%4.9%7.4 $28.45 6/30/202118,150,000 shares $532.16 million -0.7%5.2%7.5 $29.32 6/15/202118,270,000 shares $564.36 million -9.0%5.3%7.3 $30.89 5/28/202120,070,000 shares $645.45 million +15.7%5.8%5.9 $32.16 5/14/202117,350,000 shares $488.40 million +7.8%5.0%4.1 $28.15 4/30/202116,090,000 shares $526.14 million +2.2%4.6%3.5 $32.70 4/15/202115,750,000 shares $476.60 million +12.7%N/A3.5 $30.26 3/31/202113,970,000 shares $433.63 million -6.7%N/A2.8 $31.04 3/15/202114,980,000 shares $499.43 million +11.1%N/A2.9 $33.34 2/26/202113,490,000 shares $421.97 million -15.6%3.9%3.3 $31.28 2/12/202115,980,000 shares $481.16 million +9.4%4.6%4.3 $30.11 1/29/202114,610,000 shares $375.48 million -13.6%4.2%4.1 $25.70 1/15/202116,910,000 shares $446.59 million +7.2%4.8%4.5 $26.41 12/31/202015,770,000 shares $316.35 million +12.9%4.5%4.8 $20.06 12/15/202013,970,000 shares $287.92 million -16.9%4.0%3.8 $20.61 11/30/202016,810,000 shares $328.30 million +5.2%4.8%4.2 $19.53 11/15/202015,980,000 shares $313.21 million -4.4%4.6%3.8 $19.60 10/30/202016,710,000 shares $281.56 million -4.2%4.8%3.7 $16.85 10/15/202017,450,000 shares $292.46 million -9.6%5.0%3.9 $16.76 9/30/202019,300,000 shares $299.92 million +17.0%5.5%4.3 $15.54 9/15/202016,500,000 shares $268.29 million -7.6%4.7%3.9 $16.26 8/31/202017,850,000 shares $296.67 million +0.3%5.1%4.2 $16.62 BHC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Bausch Health Cos' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Bausch Health Cos shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, traders have sold 7,290,000 shares of BHC short. 2.50% of Bausch Health Cos' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bausch Health Cos' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Bausch Health Cos? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. BHC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Bausch Health Cos's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Bausch Health Cos? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Bausch Health Cos: Group One Trading LLC, Brevan Howard Capital Management LP, Jane Street Group LLC, Caption Management LLC, Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp, and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Bausch Health Cos? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.50% of Bausch Health Cos' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Bausch Health Cos' short interest increasing or decreasing? Bausch Health Cos saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,290,000 shares, a decline of 2.0% from the previous total of 7,440,000 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. What is Bausch Health Cos' float size? Bausch Health Cos currently has issued a total of 370,130,000 shares. Some of Bausch Health Cos' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Bausch Health Cos currently has a public float of 291,980,000 shares. How does Bausch Health Cos' short interest compare to its competitors? 2.50% of Bausch Health Cos' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Bausch Health Cos: Blueprint Medicines Corporation (5.95%), Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (4.87%), Roivant Sciences Ltd. (9.55%), Grifols, S.A. (1.21%), Legend Biotech Corporation Sponsored ADR (4.26%), Revolution Medicines, Inc. (8.12%), Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (7.23%), Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (13.10%), Nuvalent, Inc. (11.99%), Abivax SA Sponsored ADR (2.78%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Bausch Health Cos stock? Short selling BHC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bausch Health Cos as its price is falling. BHC shares are trading down $0.02 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 Bausch Health Cos? A short squeeze for Bausch Health Cos 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 BHC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Bausch Health Cos' 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 BHC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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