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Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc

BCRX
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances)
SEC CIK
0000882796

No open-market purchases or sales by Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 320 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $2.61B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
27.6M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+1.04M
+3.9% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
5.09
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
5.43M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 20,833,864 sharesNov 15, 2024: 18,488,541 sharesNov 29, 2024: 19,362,152 sharesDec 13, 2024: 17,286,947 sharesDec 31, 2024: 15,721,517 sharesJan 15, 2025: 17,013,131 sharesJan 31, 2025: 17,305,378 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 16,675,736 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 16,007,226 sharesMar 14, 2025: 19,774,241 sharesMar 31, 2025: 20,727,104 sharesApr 15, 2025: 20,438,905 sharesApr 30, 2025: 18,295,287 sharesMay 15, 2025: 20,977,946 sharesMay 30, 2025: 24,024,642 sharesJun 13, 2025: 23,076,302 sharesJun 30, 2025: 27,224,168 sharesJul 15, 2025: 26,779,523 sharesJul 31, 2025: 25,882,676 sharesAug 15, 2025: 27,082,099 sharesAug 29, 2025: 27,481,907 sharesSep 15, 2025: 28,316,467 sharesSep 30, 2025: 27,571,266 sharesOct 15, 2025: 30,773,187 sharesOct 31, 2025: 32,471,309 sharesNov 14, 2025: 36,461,313 sharesNov 28, 2025: 37,382,162 sharesDec 15, 2025: 36,006,145 sharesDec 31, 2025: 39,061,667 sharesJan 15, 2026: 43,201,319 sharesJan 30, 2026: 39,450,391 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 40,320,313 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 40,418,862 sharesMar 13, 2026: 37,482,831 sharesMar 31, 2026: 35,193,017 sharesApr 15, 2026: 38,533,770 sharesApr 30, 2026: 37,416,739 sharesMay 15, 2026: 36,106,472 sharesMay 29, 2026: 36,651,044 sharesJun 15, 2026: 40,642,061 sharesJun 30, 2026: 48,685,241 sharesJul 15, 2026: 31,208,457 sharesJul 31, 2026: 32,804,839 sharesAug 14, 2026: 32,939,174 sharesAug 31, 2026: 34,050,906 sharesSep 15, 2026: 34,868,460 sharesSep 30, 2026: 27,494,721 sharesOct 15, 2026: 26,597,263 sharesOct 30, 2026: 27,637,852 shares
Short interest in BCRX by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202627.6M+1.04M+3.9%5.43M5.09
Oct 15, 202626.6M−897.5K−3.3%4.58M5.81
Sep 30, 202627.5M−7.37M−21.2%5.96M4.62
Sep 15, 202634.9M+817.6K+2.4%4.78M7.29
Aug 31, 202634.1M+1.11M+3.4%2.36M14.44
Aug 14, 202632.9M+134.3K+0.4%4.13M7.97
Jul 31, 202632.8M+1.60M+5.1%2.64M12.43
Jul 15, 202631.2M−17.5M−35.9%5.25M5.95
Jun 30, 202648.7M+8.04M+19.8%8.12M5.99
Jun 15, 202640.6M+3.99M+10.9%3.57M11.39
May 29, 202636.7M+544.6K+1.5%3.92M9.36
May 15, 202636.1M−1.31M−3.5%5.93M6.09
Apr 30, 202637.4M−1.12M−2.9%3.37M11.11
Apr 15, 202638.5M+3.34M+9.5%4.81M8.02
Mar 31, 202635.2M−2.29M−6.1%8.29M4.24
Mar 13, 202637.5M−2.94M−7.3%4.90M7.66
Feb 27, 202640.4M+98.5K+0.2%4.65M8.69
Feb 13, 202640.3M+869.9K+2.2%4.02M10.04
Jan 30, 202639.5M−3.75M−8.7%4.64M8.51
Jan 15, 202643.2M+4.14M+10.6%5.17M8.35
Dec 31, 202539.1M+3.06M+8.5%3.16M12.34
Dec 15, 202536.0M−1.38M−3.7%4.21M8.56
Nov 28, 202537.4M+920.8K+2.5%3.49M10.70
Nov 14, 202536.5M+3.99M+12.3%5.39M6.77
Oct 31, 202532.5M+1.70M+5.5%5.59M5.81
Oct 15, 202530.8M+3.20M+11.6%7.99M3.85
Sep 30, 202527.6M−745.2K−2.6%2.66M10.37
Sep 15, 202528.3M+834.6K+3.0%2.60M10.90
Aug 29, 202527.5M+399.8K+1.5%1.98M13.86
Aug 15, 202527.1M+1.20M+4.6%3.75M7.23
Jul 31, 202525.9M−896.8K−3.4%3.26M7.93
Jul 15, 202526.8M−444.6K−1.6%2.89M9.27
Jun 30, 202527.2M+4.15M+18.0%3.90M6.98
Jun 13, 202523.1M−948.3K−4.0%3.47M6.65
May 30, 202524.0M+3.05M+14.5%3.91M6.15
May 15, 202521.0M+2.68M+14.7%9.13M2.30
Apr 30, 202518.3M−2.14M−10.5%3.82M4.78
Apr 15, 202520.4M−288.2K−1.4%3.28M6.23
Mar 31, 202520.7M+952.9K+4.8%2.85M7.27
Mar 14, 202519.8M+3.77M+23.5%4.25M4.66
Feb 28, 202516.0M−668.5K−4.0%4.47M3.58
Feb 14, 202516.7M−629.6K−3.6%2.97M5.62
Jan 31, 202517.3M+292.2K+1.7%2.44M7.09
Jan 15, 202517.0M+1.29M+8.2%2.41M7.06
Dec 31, 202415.7M−1.57M−9.1%1.88M8.38
Dec 13, 202417.3M−2.08M−10.7%1.69M10.20
Nov 29, 202419.4M+873.6K+4.7%1.75M11.08
Nov 15, 202418.5M−2.35M−11.3%3.16M5.85
Oct 31, 202420.8M−1.69M−7.5%1.56M13.40

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in BCRX by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 14, 202618,843$8.07$152.1K
Sep 21, 2026328$8.68$2.85K
Sep 15, 202650,200$8.23$413.1K
Sep 10, 20261,475$8.81$13.0K
Sep 2, 20266,264$9.92$62.1K
Aug 31, 202610,200$9.82$100.2K
Aug 24, 20261,309$9.55$12.5K
Aug 7, 2026966$9.30$8.98K
Jul 21, 20262,510$9.11$22.9K
Jul 20, 20261,007$9.29$9.36K
Jul 16, 2026615$9.41$5.79K
Jul 8, 2026400$10.99$4.40K
Jul 2, 2026393$9.65$3.79K
Jul 1, 2026393$10.00$3.93K
Jun 30, 20265,070$9.55$48.4K
Jun 29, 202641,591$9.94$413.4K
Jun 26, 202660$9.90$594
Jun 25, 2026194$10.00$1.94K
Jun 23, 2026850$9.14$7.77K
Jun 22, 202695,151$8.99$855.4K
Jun 18, 2026871$8.95$7.80K
Jun 15, 202646$8.70$400.2
Jun 9, 20261,665$8.43$14.0K
Jun 5, 2026279$8.47$2.36K
Jun 3, 2026894$8.34$7.46K
May 21, 202686,955$8.74$760.0K
May 20, 202686,915$8.77$762.2K
May 19, 2026267$8.97$2.39K
May 15, 2026122$9.57$1.17K
May 14, 2026995$9.60$9.55K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in BCRX by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 2026291,1682,511633,24646.0%
Nov 12, 2026752,6861,2061,520,26749.5%
Nov 11, 2026340,5993,310835,26440.8%
Nov 10, 2026484,8491,314925,89752.4%
Nov 9, 2026323,2202,800898,45636.0%
Nov 6, 2026414,34925,6461,273,39732.5%
Nov 5, 20262,011,1307,3103,500,43957.5%
Nov 4, 20261,149,7752242,278,35550.5%
Nov 3, 2026820,9566002,012,23240.8%
Nov 2, 2026470,709211,187,06539.7%
Oct 30, 2026444,6292,9051,111,49940.0%
Oct 29, 2026329,6190876,77537.6%
Oct 28, 2026371,3521501,353,45827.4%
Oct 27, 2026712,833113,751,14619.0%
Oct 26, 2026493,7595001,242,65939.7%
Oct 23, 2026327,564125984,02733.3%
Oct 22, 2026478,28401,547,15930.9%
Oct 21, 20261,374,10523,9321,940,47370.8%
Oct 20, 20261,364,29010,4562,769,61049.3%
Oct 19, 2026506,33804,317,84211.7%
Oct 16, 2026730,5212,2901,848,68239.5%
Oct 15, 2026427,39001,818,00123.5%
Oct 14, 2026436,3196591,891,22023.1%
Oct 13, 2026368,345242918,78740.1%
Oct 12, 2026625,1172,3221,525,19641.0%
Oct 9, 2026297,537691810,72836.7%
Oct 8, 2026506,2926973,42552.0%
Oct 7, 2026945,4117,9242,026,34546.7%
Oct 6, 2026493,0733371,092,59245.1%
Oct 5, 2026381,9606201,072,46835.6%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in BCRX
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T23,449,70446,6925,584,23115,48038.2%
Sep 28, 2026T26,288,08359,25910,715,90720,94637.0%
Sep 21, 2026T25,146,10859,5904,323,77334,89954.3%
Sep 14, 2026T26,701,80874,2946,042,21811,02052.6%
Sep 7, 2026T27,385,65661,3986,795,00014,59852.1%
Aug 31, 2026T21,890,41033,0442,736,8199,46240.9%
Aug 24, 2026T22,015,29931,5922,723,0788,03942.5%
Aug 17, 2026T22,284,46241,8772,444,9799,98048.3%
Aug 10, 2026T24,793,44658,6443,546,28412,04557.5%
Aug 3, 2026T24,352,95457,2663,633,71210,84154.5%
Jul 27, 2026T23,007,07940,9652,428,4707,92955.3%
Jul 20, 2026T22,306,03142,6401,976,0396,85453.9%