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BlueLinx (BXC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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$109.89
+0.43 (+0.39%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

BlueLinx Short Interest Data

BlueLinx (BXC) has a short interest of 204,300 shares, representing 2.50% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5.31% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.6, indicating that it would take 2.6 days of the average trading volume of 82,095 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
204,300 shares
Previous Short Interest
194,000 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
+5.31%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$22.26 million
Short Interest Ratio
2.6 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
October 15, 2024
Outstanding Shares
8,380,000 shares
Float Size
8,160,000 shares
Short Percent of Float
2.50%
Today's Trading Volume
56,897 shares
Average Trading Volume
82,095 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
69%
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BXC Short Interest Over Time

BXC Days to Cover Over Time

BXC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time

BlueLinx Short Interest History

Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
10/15/2024204,300 shares $22.26 million +5.3%2.5%2.6 $108.96
9/30/2024194,000 shares $20.41 million -6.5%2.4%2.1 $105.19
9/15/2024207,400 shares $21.18 million +1.8%2.5%2.1 $102.10
8/31/2024203,700 shares $20.50 million +4.8%2.5%2 $100.64
8/15/2024194,300 shares $18.87 million -49.8%2.4%1.9 $97.13
7/31/2024387,200 shares $46.70 million +30.5%4.7%3.8 $120.61
7/15/2024296,700 shares $29.47 million -1.4%3.6%3.1 $99.32
6/30/2024300,900 shares $28.01 million +1.7%3.6%3.5 $93.09
6/15/2024295,800 shares $28.98 million +2.3%3.6%3.7 $97.98
5/31/2024289,200 shares $29.80 million +14.7%3.5%3.8 $103.05
5/15/2024252,200 shares $26.99 million +4.0%3.0%3.4 $107.01
4/30/2024242,500 shares $26.55 million +18.1%2.9%3.1 $109.50
4/15/2024205,300 shares $23.66 million -2.2%2.5%2.8 $115.23
3/31/2024210,000 shares $27.35 million -19.0%2.5%2.9 $130.24
3/15/2024259,400 shares $30.16 million -4.0%3.1%3.4 $116.26
2/29/2024270,100 shares $34.27 million -0.2%3.3%3.2 $126.88
2/15/2024270,700 shares $33.15 million -6.7%3.3%3.2 $122.45
1/31/2024290,000 shares $33.45 million -9.9%3.4%3.7 $115.34
1/15/2024321,700 shares $35.28 million -8.3%3.8%4 $109.68
12/31/2023350,800 shares $39.75 million -10.9%4.2%4.4 $113.31
12/15/2023393,500 shares $41.93 million -5.7%4.7%5.2 $106.55
11/30/2023417,200 shares $36.65 million -10.9%5.0%6.2 $87.85
11/15/2023468,300 shares $40.48 million +17.4%5.6%6.8 $86.44
10/31/2023398,900 shares $28.37 million -7.8%4.7%5.6 $71.13
10/15/2023432,400 shares $31.65 million +5.9%5.0%6.3 $73.20
9/30/2023408,300 shares $33.52 million +5.6%4.7%5.9 $82.09
9/15/2023386,700 shares $32.60 million -1.5%4.4%5.4 $84.30
8/31/2023392,700 shares $35.05 million +8.9%4.5%5 $89.26
8/15/2023360,600 shares $30.56 million +8.0%4.1%4.6 $84.76
7/31/2023334,000 shares $31.48 million -3.3%3.9%3.9 $94.24
7/15/2023345,400 shares $32.91 million -0.1%4.0%3.9 $95.27
6/30/2023345,700 shares $32.42 million +18.8%4.0%3.7 $93.78
6/15/2023291,100 shares $26.91 million -7.4%3.3%2.9 $92.43
5/31/2023314,500 shares $25.84 million -30.3%3.6%3.1 $82.17
5/15/2023451,500 shares $36.12 million -13.0%5.2%4.2 $80.00
4/30/2023518,900 shares $36.35 million +26.9%5.9%5 $70.06
4/15/2023408,900 shares $28.23 million +7.8%4.7%4.1 $69.03
3/31/2023379,400 shares $25.78 million -4.9%4.3%4 $67.96
3/15/2023399,000 shares $30.33 million +2.9%4.6%4.2 $76.01
2/28/2023387,800 shares $32.73 million -0.7%4.4%4.5 $84.39
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2/15/2023390,600 shares $35.35 million -7.1%4.5%4.8 $90.51
1/31/2023420,500 shares $36.51 million -13.5%4.8%5.3 $86.82
1/15/2023486,200 shares $38.89 million -3.2%5.6%5.9 $79.99
12/30/2022502,500 shares $35.73 million +25.3%5.7%6 $71.11
12/15/2022401,000 shares $27.52 million -4.5%4.6%4.4 $68.63
11/30/2022420,000 shares $29.15 million -11.6%4.8%4.2 $69.40
11/15/2022475,200 shares $32.96 million -9.2%5.4%4.3 $69.37
10/31/2022523,600 shares $36.89 million -7.4%6.0%4.5 $70.46
10/15/2022565,300 shares $35.83 million +22.5%6.3%4.4 $63.39
9/30/2022461,300 shares $28.65 million -10.0%5.1%3.3 $62.10
9/15/2022512,500 shares $32.71 million +3.2%5.7%3.4 $63.82
8/31/2022496,400 shares $34.80 million +5.4%5.5%3.1 $70.10
8/15/2022470,800 shares $36.31 million +5.5%5.2%2.8 $77.12
7/31/2022446,100 shares $35.69 million +10.5%5.0%2.5 $80.00
7/15/2022403,900 shares $29.31 million -9.5%4.3%2.2 $72.57
6/30/2022446,500 shares $29.83 million -44.5%5.1%2.3 $66.81
6/15/2022804,200 shares $55.80 million -11.2%9.1%4.1 $69.38
5/31/2022905,200 shares $74.82 million -2.3%9.6%5.3 $82.66
5/15/2022926,800 shares $82.87 million +148.3%N/A5.3 $89.42
4/30/2022373,300 shares $24.89 million -2.9%N/A2.2 $66.67
4/15/2022384,500 shares $24.42 million +4.2%N/A2.5 $63.51
3/31/2022369,100 shares $26.53 million +8.1%N/A2.4 $71.88
3/15/2022341,500 shares $30.06 million -3.2%N/A2.5 $88.03
2/28/2022352,800 shares $31.53 million +13.1%N/A2.5 $89.38
2/15/2022311,900 shares $27.17 million +13.9%N/A2.2 $87.12
1/31/2022273,900 shares $19.62 million +3.8%N/A2.1 $71.64
1/15/2022263,900 shares $21.62 million +9.4%N/A1.6 $81.92
12/31/2021241,200 shares $23.10 million -18.1%N/A1.5 $95.76
12/15/2021294,500 shares $24.36 million -18.3%N/A1.8 $82.73
11/30/2021360,600 shares $25.44 million -16.0%N/A2.2 $70.54
11/15/2021429,100 shares $31.14 million -13.5%N/A2.5 $72.56
10/29/2021496,000 shares $23.62 million +18.7%N/A2.6 $47.63
10/15/2021417,900 shares $21.48 million -3.0%N/A2.1 $51.39
9/30/2021430,600 shares $21.05 million +1.3%N/A2.1 $48.88
9/15/2021425,300 shares $21.57 million +2.1%N/A1.8 $50.72
8/31/2021416,600 shares $23.98 million -31.1%N/A1.7 $57.56
8/13/2021604,300 shares $35.21 million -7.2%6.4%2.4 $58.27
7/30/2021650,800 shares $27.96 million -22.0%6.9%2.4 $42.96
7/15/2021834,400 shares $32.87 million +8.4%9.2%3.3 $39.39
6/30/2021770,100 shares $38.72 million +33.8%8.5%3.1 $50.28
6/15/2021575,500 shares $24.47 million +59.9%6.3%2.7 $42.52
5/28/2021360,000 shares $18.14 million +19.2%3.9%1.8 $50.40
5/14/2021302,100 shares $17.17 million +63.1%3.4%1.7 $56.82
4/30/2021185,200 shares $9.74 million +36.9%2.1%1.2 $52.61
4/15/2021135,300 shares $6.36 million +1.8%1.5%1 $47.01
3/31/2021132,900 shares $5.22 million -16.4%1.5%1 $39.31
3/15/2021159,000 shares $6.22 million +38.9%1.8%1.2 $39.14
2/26/2021114,500 shares $4.58 million +0.8%1.3%0.8 $40.04
2/12/2021113,600 shares $4.87 million -5.2%1.3%0.9 $42.84
1/29/2021119,800 shares $4.31 million +37.5%1.3%1 $35.98
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1/15/202187,100 shares $3.28 million -51.3%1.0%0.7 $37.67
12/31/2020178,900 shares $5.35 million No Change2.0%1.4 $29.91
12/15/2020178,900 shares $4.36 million -41.2%2.0%1.2 $24.37
11/30/2020304,100 shares $8.03 million -0.7%3.4%2.1 $26.40
11/15/2020306,300 shares $7.12 million -20.9%3.4%2 $23.26
10/30/2020387,200 shares $8.70 million +5.1%4.3%2.1 $22.47
10/15/2020368,300 shares $9.97 million -22.2%4.1%1.8 $27.07
9/30/2020473,500 shares $10.19 million +29.3%5.3%2.2 $21.53
9/15/2020366,300 shares $6.44 million +36.2%4.1%1.6 $17.57
8/31/2020269,000 shares $5.50 million -19.0%3.0%1.2 $20.43
8/14/2020332,100 shares $6.23 million -30.0%3.7%1.4 $18.76
7/31/2020474,500 shares $6.51 million -15.2%5.3%2 $13.71
7/15/2020559,700 shares $4.71 million -4.1%6.3%2.7 $8.41
6/30/2020583,600 shares $4.87 million -21.1%6.6%2.8 $8.35
6/15/2020739,900 shares $5.61 million -13.7%8.3%3.5 $7.58
5/29/2020857,400 shares $5.92 million -13.7%9.6%3.7 $6.90
5/15/2020993,400 shares $4.65 million +1.9%11.2%4.4 $4.68
4/30/2020975,300 shares $5.33 million +13.4%10.9%4.2 $5.47
4/15/2020859,800 shares $4.24 million +8.4%9.7%4 $4.93
3/31/2020793,200 shares $3.34 million -5.5%8.9%3.8 $4.21
3/13/2020839,700 shares $4.20 million -7.7%9.3%4.6 $5.00
2/28/2020910,100 shares $5.09 million -4.1%10.3%5 $5.59
2/14/2020948,500 shares $6.24 million -2.6%10.7%4.4 $6.58
1/31/2020973,500 shares $11.88 million -10.7%11.0%4.5 $12.20
1/15/20201,090,000 shares $14.10 million +3.8%12.8%4.6 $12.94
12/31/20191,050,000 shares $14.10 million -13.2%12.3%4.5 $13.43

BXC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is BlueLinx's current short interest?

Short interest is the volume of BlueLinx shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 15th, traders have sold 204,300 shares of BXC short. 2.50% of BlueLinx's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BlueLinx's current short interest.

What is a good short interest ratio for BlueLinx?

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. BXC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on BlueLinx's short interest ratio.

Which institutional investors are shorting BlueLinx?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of BlueLinx: Belvedere Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

What is a good short interest percentage for BlueLinx?

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 BlueLinx's floating shares are currently sold short.

Is BlueLinx's short interest increasing or decreasing?

BlueLinx saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 204,300 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the previous total of 194,000 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 BlueLinx's float size?

BlueLinx currently has issued a total of 8,380,000 shares. Some of BlueLinx's 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. BlueLinx currently has a public float of 8,160,000 shares.

How does BlueLinx's short interest compare to its competitors?

2.50% of BlueLinx's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to BlueLinx: H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (3.54%), Willis Lease Finance Co. (4.80%), MRC Global Inc. (1.60%), DXP Enterprises, Inc. (4.14%), Titan Machinery Inc. (4.72%), Adicet Bio, Inc. (4.16%), W.W. Grainger, Inc. (3.60%), United Rentals, Inc. (3.57%), Fastenal (2.42%), Watsco, Inc. (7.21%),

Which stocks are the most shorted right now?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

What does it mean to sell short BlueLinx stock?

Short selling BXC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlueLinx as its price is falling. BXC shares are trading up $0.43 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 BlueLinx?

A short squeeze for BlueLinx 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 BXC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

How often is BlueLinx's 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 BXC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.




This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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