BCO Short Volume
The Brink's Company (BCO) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Security & Protection Services industry, with a market capitalization near $4.31B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 66,100 people, carrying a beta of 1.07 to the broader market. The Brink's Company provides secure transportation, cash management, and other security-related services in North America, Latin America, Europe, and internationally. Led by Richard Mark Eubanks Jr., public since 1996-01-03.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 157.7K
- Total Volume
- 214.9K
- Short %
- 73.39%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 71.43%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for The Brink's Company.
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Frequently asked BCO short volume questions
- What is the daily BCO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, The Brink's Company (BCO) short volume is 157.7K shares against 214.9K total reported volume, or 73.39% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BCO 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 BCO 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.