BW Short Volume
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Industrial - Machinery industry, with a market capitalization near $1.45B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,625 people, carrying a beta of 1.23 to the broader market. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. Led by Kenneth Young, public since 2015-06-16.
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
- 1.8M
- Total Volume
- 3.2M
- Short %
- 56.14%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.14%
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Frequently asked BW short volume questions
- What is the daily BW short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (BW) short volume is 1.8M shares against 3.2M total reported volume, or 56.14% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BW 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 BW 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.