Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume → The #1 Crypto That You Don’t Own… Yet (From Crypto 101 Media) (Ad) Free BFAM Stock Alerts $106.00 -1.62 (-1.51%) (As of 05/28/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Bright Horizons Family Solutions Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest1,180,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,330,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-11.28%Dollar Volume Sold Short$135.81 millionShort Interest Ratio3.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2024Outstanding Shares58,004,000 sharesFloat Size57,450,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.05%Today's Trading Volume244,856 sharesAverage Trading Volume343,097 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average71% Short Selling Bright Horizons Family Solutions ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBFAM Short Interest Over TimeBFAM Days to Cover Over TimeBFAM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad The Freeport SocietyNext President (Not Trump. Not Biden.)Do you want to see who I believe will be the next president of the U.S.A? It won’t be Biden…And it won’t be Trump.Click here to see why it will be ______ _________. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/20241,180,000 shares $135.81 million -11.3%2.1%3.8 $115.09 4/30/20241,330,000 shares $137.93 million +3.1%2.3%3.8 $103.71 4/15/20241,290,000 shares $137.11 million +4.0%2.3%3.9 $106.29 3/31/20241,240,000 shares $140.57 million -30.3%2.2%3.4 $113.36 3/15/20241,780,000 shares $201.89 million -5.3%3.1%4.8 $113.42 2/29/20241,880,000 shares $216.16 million -13.4%3.3%5.1 $114.98 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BFAM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bright Horizons Family Solutions and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20242,170,000 shares $237.20 million +14.2%3.8%6 $109.31 1/31/20241,900,000 shares $186.68 million +2.2%3.3%6 $98.25 1/15/20241,860,000 shares $182.61 million -5.6%3.3%5 $98.18 12/31/20231,970,000 shares $185.65 million -6.2%3.4%5.3 $94.24 12/15/20232,100,000 shares $191.79 million +12.9%3.7%5.5 $91.33 11/30/20231,860,000 shares $162.45 million -6.5%3.3%4.6 $87.34 11/15/20231,990,000 shares $173.27 million -5.7%3.5%4.9 $87.07 10/31/20232,110,000 shares $156.20 million -5.4%3.7%5.2 $74.03 10/15/20232,230,000 shares $180.70 million +8.3%3.9%5.8 $81.03 9/30/20232,060,000 shares $167.81 million +21.2%3.6%5.2 $81.46 9/15/20231,700,000 shares $149.01 million -4.0%3.0%4.4 $87.65 8/31/20231,770,000 shares $167.14 million -4.3%3.1%4.7 $94.43 8/15/20231,850,000 shares $170.90 million -17.8%3.2%4.7 $92.38 7/31/20232,250,000 shares $218.33 million -8.9%3.9%5.1 $97.04 7/15/20232,470,000 shares $236.50 million -0.8%4.3%5.3 $95.75 6/30/20232,490,000 shares $230.37 million -14.4%4.4%5.5 $92.52 6/15/20232,910,000 shares $273.15 million +96.6%5.1%6.5 $93.87 5/31/20231,480,000 shares $126.70 million +13.0%2.6%3.3 $85.61 5/15/20231,310,000 shares $113.58 million +66.0%2.3%2.8 $86.70 4/30/2023789,400 shares $60.09 million -14.6%1.4%1.6 $76.12 4/15/2023924,200 shares $71.47 million -24.3%1.6%2.2 $77.33 3/31/20231,220,000 shares $93.93 million -20.3%2.1%2.8 $76.99 3/15/20231,530,000 shares $120.79 million +43.0%2.7%3.4 $78.95 2/28/20231,070,000 shares $84.36 million +26.5%1.9%2.4 $78.84 2/15/2023845,900 shares $65.02 million -11.0%1.5%1.9 $76.86 1/31/2023950,100 shares $72.95 million -17.4%1.7%2.2 $76.78 1/15/20231,150,000 shares $84.63 million +21.0%2.0%2.4 $73.59 12/30/2022950,800 shares $60.00 million +22.4%1.7%1.9 $63.10 12/15/2022776,600 shares $50.33 million -6.2%1.4%1.6 $64.81 11/30/2022827,900 shares $61.43 million -15.8%1.5%1.6 $74.20 11/15/2022982,700 shares $74.21 million +51.2%1.7%2 $75.52 10/31/2022650,100 shares $42.46 million -1.1%1.1%1.4 $65.32 10/15/2022657,200 shares $38.12 million -16.1%1.2%1.4 $58.01 9/30/2022783,600 shares $45.17 million -9.3%1.4%1.6 $57.65Banking Apocalypse Ahead: Secure Your Savings Today! 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We warned about 484 — an accuracy rate of 99.8% Now, I have a new warning.See what it is here! 8/14/20201,230,000 shares $160.28 million +12.8%N/A2 $130.31 7/31/20201,090,000 shares $116.89 million -18.7%1.9%1.7 $107.24 7/15/20201,340,000 shares $146.19 million -3.6%2.3%2.1 $109.10 6/30/20201,390,000 shares $160.60 million +9.5%2.4%2.1 $115.54 6/15/20201,270,000 shares $154.38 million +3.3%2.2%1.8 $121.56 5/29/20201,230,000 shares $138.60 million +9.8%2.1%1.5 $112.68 5/15/20201,120,000 shares $113.04 million +53.9%2.0%1.4 $100.93 4/30/2020727,800 shares $84.75 million -38.3%1.3%1 $116.45 4/15/20201,180,000 shares $141.27 million +18.0%2.1%1.9 $119.72 3/31/20201,000,000 shares $107.65 million -8.2%1.7%1.8 $107.65 3/13/20201,089,700 shares $127.54 million +107.4%1.9%3.6 $117.04 2/28/2020525,500 shares $44.92 million +15.1%0.9%1.7 $85.49 2/14/2020456,600 shares $62.11 million -14.0%0.8%1.8 $136.03 1/31/2020531,100 shares $87.23 million -16.9%0.9%2.1 $164.25 1/15/2020639,300 shares $109.28 million +28.3%1.1%2.3 $170.93 12/31/2019498,200 shares $81.14 million -13.3%0.9%1.8 $162.87 7/31/2019576,000 shares $88.97 million -16.4%1.0%2.5 $154.47 BFAM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Bright Horizons Family Solutions shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 1,180,000 shares of BFAM short. 2.05% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Bright Horizons Family Solutions' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Bright Horizons Family Solutions? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. BFAM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Bright Horizons Family Solutions's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Bright Horizons Family Solutions? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., and Simplex Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Bright Horizons Family Solutions? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.05% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' short interest increasing or decreasing? Bright Horizons Family Solutions saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,180,000 shares, a decline of 11.3% from the previous total of 1,330,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' float size? Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has issued a total of 58,004,000 shares. Some of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Bright Horizons Family Solutions currently has a public float of 57,450,000 shares. How does Bright Horizons Family Solutions' short interest compare to its competitors? 2.05% of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer discretionary" compare to Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Liberty Global Ltd. (1.42%), Mattel, Inc. (3.33%), PVH Corp. (3.11%), Liberty Global Ltd. (4.52%), Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (3.25%), Gildan Activewear Inc. (0.98%), Planet Fitness, Inc. (8.34%), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (2.00%), Choice Hotels International, Inc. (21.93%), Brunswick Co. (7.02%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Bright Horizons Family Solutions stock? Short selling BFAM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bright Horizons Family Solutions as its price is falling. BFAM shares are trading down $1.62 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Bright Horizons Family Solutions? A short squeeze for Bright Horizons Family Solutions occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BFAM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BFAM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024. 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