Bausch Health Companies (BHC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $5.42 +0.26 (+4.93%) As of 02:38 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Bausch Health Companies Short Interest DataBausch Health Companies (BHC) has a short interest of 7.85 million shares, representing 2.69% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 29.54% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.9, indicating that it would take 2.9 days of the average trading volume of 2.71 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,850,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest6,060,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+29.54%Dollar Volume Sold Short$50.91 millionShort Interest Ratio2.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares367,934,000 sharesFloat Size291,560,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.69%Today's Trading Volume1,259,705 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,705,491 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average47% Short Selling Bausch Health Companies? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Bausch Health Companies 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 Companies Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 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 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 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 Companies and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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 $7.28 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 $8.32Trump Treasure April 19 (Ad)Thanks to President Trump… A $900 investment across5 specific cryptos… Could gain 12,000% so quickly that, just 12 months later…If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment… 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 $26.84 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 $29.32Trump Treasure April 19 (Ad)Thanks to President Trump… A $900 investment across5 specific cryptos… Could gain 12,000% so quickly that, just 12 months later…If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment… 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 8/14/202017,790,000 shares $310.97 million +3.3%5.1%3.9 $17.48 7/31/202017,230,000 shares $314.79 million -9.6%4.9%3.5 $18.27 7/15/202019,050,000 shares $331.47 million +9.7%5.5%3.7 $17.40 6/30/202017,370,000 shares $315.96 million +3.6%5.0%3.2 $18.19 6/15/202016,760,000 shares $299.33 million +5.7%4.8%2.9 $17.86 5/29/202015,850,000 shares $292.91 million -19.7%4.5%2.5 $18.48 5/15/202019,730,000 shares $310.55 million +0.6%5.6%3 $15.74 4/30/202019,610,000 shares $355.33 million -7.8%5.6%3.2 $18.12 BHC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Bausch Health Companies' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Bausch Health Companies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 7,850,000 shares of BHC short. 2.69% of Bausch Health Companies' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bausch Health Companies' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Bausch Health Companies? 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 3.0. Learn More on Bausch Health Companies's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Bausch Health Companies? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Bausch Health Companies: Toronto Dominion Bank, GTS Securities LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, SIG North Trading ULC, Lighthouse Investment Partners LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Caption Management LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Jane Street Group LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Susquehanna International Group LLP, HAP Trading LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, National Bank of Canada FI, and IMC Chicago 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 Companies? 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. 2.69% of Bausch Health Companies' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Bausch Health Companies' short interest increasing or decreasing? Bausch Health Companies saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,850,000 shares, an increase of 29.5% from the previous total of 6,060,000 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 Companies' float size? Bausch Health Companies currently has issued a total of 367,934,000 shares. Some of Bausch Health Companies' 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 Companies currently has a public float of 291,560,000 shares. How does Bausch Health Companies' short interest compare to its competitors? 2.69% of Bausch Health Companies' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "pharmaceutical products" compare to Bausch Health Companies: TG Therapeutics, Inc. (17.60%), Legend Biotech Co. (5.98%), Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (6.92%), Blueprint Medicines Co. (8.82%), Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (13.61%), Nuvalent, Inc. (13.24%), ADMA Biologics, Inc. (5.69%), Krystal Biotech, Inc. (10.97%), Grifols, S.A. (1.15%), Cytokinetics, Incorporated (12.43%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Bausch Health Companies stock? Short selling BHC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bausch Health Companies as its price is falling. BHC shares are trading up $0.16 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 Companies? A short squeeze for Bausch Health Companies 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 BHC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Bausch Health Companies' 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 March, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies TG Therapeutics Short Interest Legend Biotech Short Interest Sarepta Therapeutics Short Interest Blueprint Medicines Short Interest Axsome Therapeutics Short Interest Nuvalent Short Interest ADMA Biologics Short Interest Krystal Biotech Short Interest Grifols Short Interest Cytokinetics Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:BHC) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersFeds Just Admitted It—They Can Take Your CashHere’s the cold truth: If your money is sitting idle in a bank account, it’s vulnerable. 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