BBSI Short Volume
Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Staffing & Employment Services industry, with a market capitalization near $791.8M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 141,802 people, carrying a beta of 0.93 to the broader market. Barrett Business Services, Inc. Led by Gary Edward Kramer Jr., public since 1993-06-11.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 24.3K
- Total Volume
- 66.0K
- Short %
- 36.85%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.68%
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Frequently asked BBSI short volume questions
- What is the daily BBSI short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Barrett Business Services, Inc. (BBSI) short volume is 24.3K shares against 66.0K total reported volume, or 36.85% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BBSI short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does BBSI short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.