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Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

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Life Insurance
SEC CIK
0001685040

No open-market purchases or sales by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 477 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $3.32B in total; superinvestors Greenlight Capital and Soros Fund Management hold it.

Other share classesBHFALBHFAMBHFANBHFAOBHFAP

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
6.75M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−115.1K
−1.7% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
8.85
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
762.4K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 1,070,322 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,192,800 sharesNov 29, 2024: 1,258,252 sharesDec 13, 2024: 1,398,814 sharesDec 31, 2024: 1,314,284 sharesJan 15, 2025: 1,404,655 sharesJan 31, 2025: 1,044,363 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 889,314 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 852,236 sharesMar 14, 2025: 987,258 sharesMar 31, 2025: 1,099,324 sharesApr 15, 2025: 1,775,759 sharesApr 30, 2025: 1,616,798 sharesMay 15, 2025: 1,547,813 sharesMay 30, 2025: 1,631,808 sharesJun 13, 2025: 1,914,497 sharesJun 30, 2025: 1,997,961 sharesJul 15, 2025: 2,261,714 sharesJul 31, 2025: 2,568,908 sharesAug 15, 2025: 2,841,074 sharesAug 29, 2025: 2,671,553 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,933,620 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,802,331 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,963,655 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,565,854 sharesNov 14, 2025: 4,168,096 sharesNov 28, 2025: 5,560,508 sharesDec 15, 2025: 6,030,480 sharesDec 31, 2025: 6,807,361 sharesJan 15, 2026: 6,538,268 sharesJan 30, 2026: 6,836,032 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 7,232,130 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 6,534,896 sharesMar 13, 2026: 6,538,802 sharesMar 31, 2026: 6,547,661 sharesApr 15, 2026: 6,620,756 sharesApr 30, 2026: 6,715,679 sharesMay 15, 2026: 6,658,967 sharesMay 29, 2026: 5,915,636 sharesJun 15, 2026: 5,302,509 sharesJun 30, 2026: 5,452,769 sharesJul 15, 2026: 5,357,758 sharesJul 31, 2026: 6,196,035 sharesAug 14, 2026: 6,022,227 sharesAug 31, 2026: 6,448,347 sharesSep 15, 2026: 7,864,134 sharesSep 30, 2026: 7,224,396 sharesOct 15, 2026: 6,860,151 sharesOct 30, 2026: 6,745,047 shares
Short interest in BHF by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20266.75M−115.1K−1.7%762.4K8.85
Oct 15, 20266.86M−364.2K−5.0%719.0K9.54
Sep 30, 20267.22M−639.7K−8.1%1.13M6.37
Sep 15, 20267.86M+1.42M+22.0%947.8K8.30
Aug 31, 20266.45M+426.1K+7.1%1.26M5.10
Aug 14, 20266.02M−173.8K−2.8%907.4K6.64
Jul 31, 20266.20M+838.3K+15.7%590.5K10.49
Jul 15, 20265.36M−95.0K−1.7%498.1K10.76
Jun 30, 20265.45M+150.3K+2.8%504.8K10.80
Jun 15, 20265.30M−613.1K−10.4%493.2K10.75
May 29, 20265.92M−743.3K−11.2%457.5K12.93
May 15, 20266.66M−56.7K−0.8%571.6K11.65
Apr 30, 20266.72M+94.9K+1.4%358.0K18.76
Apr 15, 20266.62M+73.1K+1.1%664.5K9.96
Mar 31, 20266.55M+8.86K+0.1%596.2K10.98
Mar 13, 20266.54M+3.91K+0.1%854.5K7.65
Feb 27, 20266.53M−697.2K−9.6%873.8K7.48
Feb 13, 20267.23M+396.1K+5.8%582.0K12.43
Jan 30, 20266.84M+297.8K+4.6%570.8K11.98
Jan 15, 20266.54M−269.1K−4.0%1.01M6.46
Dec 31, 20256.81M+776.9K+12.9%703.7K9.67
Dec 15, 20256.03M+470.0K+8.5%789.0K7.64
Nov 28, 20255.56M+1.39M+33.4%1.15M4.84
Nov 14, 20254.17M+602.2K+16.9%3.17M1.32
Oct 31, 20253.57M−397.8K−10.0%1.35M2.63
Oct 15, 20253.96M+161.3K+4.2%859.6K4.61
Sep 30, 20253.80M+868.7K+29.6%2.29M1.66
Sep 15, 20252.93M+262.1K+9.8%1.14M2.58
Aug 29, 20252.67M−169.5K−6.0%529.8K5.04
Aug 15, 20252.84M+272.2K+10.6%739.5K3.84
Jul 31, 20252.57M+307.2K+13.6%964.8K2.66
Jul 15, 20252.26M+263.8K+13.2%861.0K2.63
Jun 30, 20252.00M+83.5K+4.4%1.08M1.85
Jun 13, 20251.91M+282.7K+17.3%476.1K4.02
May 30, 20251.63M+84.0K+5.4%726.8K2.25
May 15, 20251.55M−69.0K−4.3%915.7K1.69
Apr 30, 20251.62M−159.0K−9.0%1.06M1.52
Apr 15, 20251.78M+676.4K+61.5%1.26M1.40
Mar 31, 20251.10M+112.1K+11.4%574.2K1.91
Mar 14, 2025987.3K+135.0K+15.8%854.9K1.15
Feb 28, 2025852.2K−37.1K−4.2%872.0K1.00
Feb 14, 2025889.3K−155.0K−14.9%921.9K1.00
Jan 31, 20251.04M−360.3K−25.7%901.7K1.16
Jan 15, 20251.40M+90.4K+6.9%285.9K4.91
Dec 31, 20241.31M−84.5K−6.0%329.1K3.99
Dec 13, 20241.40M+140.6K+11.2%347.1K4.03
Nov 29, 20241.26M+65.5K+5.5%304.4K4.13
Nov 15, 20241.19M+122.5K+11.4%488.0K2.44
Oct 31, 20241.07M+174.9K+19.5%391.2K2.74

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 BHF by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 2026282$48.36$13.6K
Oct 8, 20264,051$49.66$201.2K
Sep 24, 202690,881$51.99$4.72M
Sep 14, 20261,357$50.11$68.0K
Sep 11, 202623$50.84$1.17K
Sep 10, 202623$51.15$1.18K
Sep 9, 202623$52.24$1.20K
Sep 4, 20261,001$53.71$53.8K
Sep 3, 202630$53.62$1.61K
Sep 1, 20261,562$53.02$82.8K
Aug 31, 202666$53.04$3.50K
Aug 18, 202647,085$55.74$2.62M
Aug 14, 2026119$59.54$7.09K
Aug 13, 2026110$59.82$6.58K
Aug 12, 202650$58.80$2.94K
Aug 11, 202659$60.09$3.55K
Aug 10, 202659$60.80$3.59K
Aug 7, 202629,587$62.17$1.84M
Aug 6, 20266,345$61.86$392.5K
Aug 4, 2026126$61.84$7.79K
Aug 3, 202659$61.91$3.65K
Jul 31, 202659$63.45$3.74K
Jul 28, 202686$63.16$5.43K
Jun 30, 20269,857$63.57$626.6K
Jun 17, 20269$63.38$570.42
Jun 1, 20263,426$62.55$214.3K
May 26, 2026107$62.47$6.68K
May 20, 202639$62.36$2.43K
May 13, 202626$61.09$1.59K
May 11, 20261$61.38$61.38

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 BHF by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 11, 2026144,6950253,99157.0%
Nov 10, 2026140,3880235,46759.6%
Nov 9, 202697,5550271,90935.9%
Nov 6, 2026381,2480719,02253.0%
Nov 5, 2026110,6600261,98842.2%
Nov 4, 2026130,5960240,10354.4%
Nov 3, 202675,982318174,27443.6%
Nov 2, 2026120,6720243,55549.5%
Oct 30, 2026113,4870238,86047.5%
Oct 29, 2026240,6390506,53547.5%
Oct 28, 2026169,8090364,09546.6%
Oct 27, 2026117,1331,200273,60642.8%
Oct 26, 2026199,9260335,22959.6%
Oct 23, 2026138,7020292,29147.5%
Oct 22, 2026159,61265355,07645.0%
Oct 21, 2026115,9960215,51853.8%
Oct 20, 202685,788348182,55547.0%
Oct 19, 2026168,8580278,61960.6%
Oct 16, 2026157,3120216,45672.7%
Oct 15, 2026107,1050237,39045.1%
Oct 14, 2026146,54420253,99557.7%
Oct 13, 2026106,38781169,00163.0%
Oct 12, 202696,7640136,68470.8%
Oct 9, 2026117,5200316,90937.1%
Oct 8, 2026163,4230384,17242.5%
Oct 7, 2026101,23835150,84367.1%
Oct 6, 202696,6920144,87466.7%
Oct 5, 202677,2060120,85463.9%
Oct 2, 202677,3830151,31651.1%
Oct 1, 2026195,2430300,07665.1%

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 BHF
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T1971,22716,607522,2537,48865.0%
Oct 12, 2026T1811,82316,7331,380,0775,69337.0%
Oct 5, 2026T1882,51920,730371,2918,00670.4%
Sep 28, 2026T1901,05225,294882,2146,30450.5%
Sep 21, 2026T11,526,84625,8881,243,5319,22655.1%
Sep 14, 2026T11,167,88024,8862,177,3067,43634.9%
Sep 7, 2026T1894,62817,328462,1185,73365.9%
Aug 31, 2026T1971,02020,678340,3136,34374.0%
Aug 24, 2026T11,338,15226,459905,2576,49859.6%
Aug 17, 2026T12,823,73741,6831,204,83212,21170.1%
Aug 10, 2026T11,298,57622,365886,4906,25059.4%
Aug 3, 2026T11,546,71925,891426,2486,65378.4%