BH.A Short Volume
Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH.A) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $1.21B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,359 people, carrying a beta of 0.53 to the broader market. Biglari Holdings Inc. Led by Sardar Biglari, public since 2018-05-02.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 2.8K
- Total Volume
- 3.5K
- Short %
- 79.63%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 65.86%
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Frequently asked BH.A short volume questions
- What is the daily BH.A short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Biglari Holdings Inc. (BH.A) short volume is 2.8K shares against 3.5K total reported volume, or 79.63% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BH.A 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 BH.A 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.