BRO Short Volume
Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Brokers industry, with a market capitalization near $18.43B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 22,888 people, carrying a beta of 0.66 to the broader market. Brown & Brown, Inc. Led by J. Powell Brown, public since 1981-02-11.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 523.2K
- Total Volume
- 1.0M
- Short %
- 50.99%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.78%
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Frequently asked BRO short volume questions
- What is the daily BRO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO) short volume is 523.2K shares against 1.0M total reported volume, or 50.99% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BRO 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 BRO 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.