IBP Short Volume
Installed Building Products, Inc. (IBP) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Residential Construction industry, with a market capitalization near $6.29B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 10,800 people, carrying a beta of 1.72 to the broader market. Installed Building Products, Inc. Led by Jeffrey W. Edwards, public since 2014-02-13.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 102.8K
- Total Volume
- 173.6K
- Short %
- 59.22%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.70%
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Frequently asked IBP short volume questions
- What is the daily IBP short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Installed Building Products, Inc. (IBP) short volume is 102.8K shares against 173.6K total reported volume, or 59.22% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IBP 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 IBP 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.