BDX Short Interest
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) operates in the Healthcare sector, specifically the Medical - Instruments & Supplies industry, with a market capitalization near $53.30B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 70,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.28 to the broader market. Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide. Led by Thomas E. Polen Jr., public since 1973-02-21.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Interest
- 8.4M
- Previous Short Interest
- 6.4M
- Change
- 31.93%
- Days to Cover
- 2.28
- Avg Daily Volume
- 3.7M
- Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
- 2.55
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Frequently asked BDX short interest questions
- What is the current BDX short interest?
- As of the May 15, 2026 settlement, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) short interest is 8.4M shares, a +31.93% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the BDX days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 2.28, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does BDX short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.