KBH Short Volume
KB Home (KBH) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Residential Construction industry, with a market capitalization near $2.92B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,384 people, carrying a beta of 1.42 to the broader market. KB Home operates as a homebuilding company in the United States. Led by Robert V. McGibney, public since 1986-08-01.
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
- 275.0K
- Total Volume
- 442.1K
- Short %
- 62.21%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.86%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for KB Home.
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Frequently asked KBH short volume questions
- What is the daily KBH short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, KB Home (KBH) short volume is 275.0K shares against 442.1K total reported volume, or 62.21% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KBH 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 KBH 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.