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Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

BHFAM
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Life Insurance
SEC CIK
0001685040

No open-market purchases or sales by Brighthouse Financial, Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; no institution reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026; no superinvestor holds it.

Other share classesBHFBHFALBHFANBHFAOBHFAP

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
67.0K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−14.7K
−18.0% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.10
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
61.1K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 5,317 sharesNov 15, 2024: 6,598 sharesNov 29, 2024: 6,448 sharesDec 13, 2024: 8,652 sharesDec 31, 2024: 9,725 sharesJan 15, 2025: 21,442 sharesJan 31, 2025: 3,702 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 19,611 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 40,434 sharesMar 14, 2025: 54,121 sharesMar 31, 2025: 86,185 sharesApr 15, 2025: 107,355 sharesApr 30, 2025: 138,775 sharesMay 15, 2025: 173,801 sharesMay 30, 2025: 140,284 sharesJun 13, 2025: 165,763 sharesJun 30, 2025: 173,085 sharesJul 15, 2025: 117,565 sharesJul 31, 2025: 124,861 sharesAug 15, 2025: 121,347 sharesAug 29, 2025: 108,405 sharesSep 15, 2025: 84,352 sharesSep 30, 2025: 61,061 sharesOct 15, 2025: 18,369 sharesOct 31, 2025: 64,916 sharesNov 14, 2025: 7,396 sharesNov 28, 2025: 6,616 sharesDec 15, 2025: 4,204 sharesDec 31, 2025: 4,091 sharesJan 15, 2026: 9,039 sharesJan 30, 2026: 14,667 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 13,090 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 12,565 sharesMar 13, 2026: 6,313 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,228 sharesApr 15, 2026: 8,135 sharesApr 30, 2026: 4,104 sharesMay 15, 2026: 4,164 sharesMay 29, 2026: 12,674 sharesJun 15, 2026: 27,110 sharesJun 30, 2026: 85,014 sharesJul 15, 2026: 10,682 sharesJul 31, 2026: 8,548 sharesAug 14, 2026: 1,206 sharesAug 31, 2026: 18,064 sharesSep 15, 2026: 4,847 sharesSep 30, 2026: 31,538 sharesOct 15, 2026: 81,694 sharesOct 30, 2026: 66,980 shares
Short interest in BHFAM by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202667.0K−14.7K−18.0%61.1K1.10
Oct 15, 202681.7K+50.2K+159.0%50.4K1.62
Sep 30, 202631.5K+26.7K+550.7%68.7K1.00
Sep 15, 20264.85K−13.2K−73.2%57.8K1.00
Aug 31, 202618.1K+16.9K+1,397.8%106.3K1.00
Aug 14, 20261.21K−7.34K−85.9%45.6K1.00
Jul 31, 20268.55K−2.13K−20.0%38.0K1.00
Jul 15, 202610.7K−74.3K−87.4%27.6K1.00
Jun 30, 202685.0K+57.9K+213.6%98.0K1.00
Jun 15, 202627.1K+14.4K+113.9%24.2K1.12
May 29, 202612.7K+8.51K+204.4%34.9K1.00
May 15, 20264.16K+60+1.5%15.6K1.00
Apr 30, 20264.10K−4.03K−49.6%14.9K1.00
Apr 15, 20268.13K+4.91K+152.0%60.6K1.00
Mar 31, 20263.23K−3.08K−48.9%32.4K1.00
Mar 13, 20266.31K−6.25K−49.8%16.0K1.00
Feb 27, 202612.6K−525−4.0%37.3K1.00
Feb 13, 202613.1K−1.58K−10.8%30.1K1.00
Jan 30, 202614.7K+5.63K+62.3%76.9K1.00
Jan 15, 20269.04K+4.95K+121.0%37.2K1.00
Dec 31, 20254.09K−113−2.7%92.4K1.00
Dec 15, 20254.20K−2.41K−36.5%51.3K1.00
Nov 28, 20256.62K−780−10.6%46.9K1.00
Nov 14, 20257.40K−57.5K−88.6%145.9K1.00
Oct 31, 202564.9K+46.5K+253.4%40.9K1.59
Oct 15, 202518.4K−42.7K−69.9%47.6K1.00
Sep 30, 202561.1K−23.3K−27.6%58.1K1.05
Sep 15, 202584.4K−24.1K−22.2%60.0K1.40
Aug 29, 2025108.4K−12.9K−10.7%41.3K2.62
Aug 15, 2025121.3K−3.51K−2.8%53.8K2.26
Jul 31, 2025124.9K+7.30K+6.2%131.8K1.00
Jul 15, 2025117.6K−55.5K−32.1%53.8K2.18
Jun 30, 2025173.1K+7.32K+4.4%63.5K2.72
Jun 13, 2025165.8K+25.5K+18.2%18.3K9.07
May 30, 2025140.3K−33.5K−19.3%48.3K2.91
May 15, 2025173.8K+35.0K+25.2%28.2K6.17
Apr 30, 2025138.8K+31.4K+29.3%28.8K4.82
Apr 15, 2025107.4K+21.2K+24.6%36.6K2.93
Mar 31, 202586.2K+32.1K+59.3%35.1K2.46
Mar 14, 202554.1K+13.7K+33.9%20.1K2.70
Feb 28, 202540.4K+20.8K+106.2%17.7K2.29
Feb 14, 202519.6K+15.9K+429.7%27.8K1.00
Jan 31, 20253.70K−17.7K−82.7%94.8K1.00
Jan 15, 202521.4K+11.7K+120.5%63.5K1.00
Dec 31, 20249.72K+1.07K+12.4%79.5K1.00
Dec 13, 20248.65K+2.20K+34.2%39.3K1.00
Nov 29, 20246.45K−150−2.3%37.9K1.00
Nov 15, 20246.60K+1.28K+24.1%29.9K1.00
Oct 31, 20245.32K−24.1K−81.9%37.5K1.00

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 BHFAM by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 2026235$9.56$2.25K
Oct 9, 2026743$9.69$7.20K
Oct 8, 202621$9.57$200.97
Oct 7, 2026420$9.84$4.13K
Sep 25, 2026271$10.16$2.75K
Sep 24, 2026274$10.23$2.80K
Sep 22, 2026107$9.92$1.06K
Sep 2, 20261,753$10.15$17.8K
Aug 31, 202637$10.17$376.29
Aug 28, 202630$10.18$305.4
Aug 27, 2026124$10.20$1.26K
Aug 26, 20262,253$10.14$22.8K
Aug 25, 20261,447$10.10$14.6K
Aug 19, 20261,353$9.67$13.1K
Aug 18, 20262,645$9.54$25.2K
Aug 12, 2026187$9.75$1.82K
Aug 11, 2026260$9.84$2.56K
Aug 10, 20265$10.00$50
Aug 3, 2026281$10.05$2.82K
Jun 18, 202610,609$10.63$112.8K
Jun 17, 202610,603$10.85$115.0K
Jun 8, 2026222$10.90$2.42K
Apr 21, 20261,000$11.75$11.8K
Apr 2, 20261,467$11.34$16.6K
Apr 1, 2026897$10.84$9.72K
Mar 23, 20261,694$10.81$18.3K
Mar 20, 20261,470$11.13$16.4K
Mar 13, 20263,132$11.61$36.4K
Mar 12, 20263,582$11.80$42.3K
Feb 2, 20261,120$12.20$13.7K

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 BHFAM by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 20268,413012,24268.7%
Nov 9, 20261,03507,14714.5%
Nov 6, 20262,828022,41212.6%
Nov 5, 20263,756013,79127.2%
Nov 4, 20266,352016,86437.7%
Nov 3, 202612,701029,63242.9%
Nov 2, 20262,921027,31710.7%
Oct 30, 202617024,9520.1%
Oct 29, 20262,524042,8945.9%
Oct 28, 20264,801057,6758.3%
Oct 27, 20265,834011,08652.6%
Oct 26, 202622,158055,24740.1%
Oct 23, 202639,800071,53355.6%
Oct 22, 202616,598037,46944.3%
Oct 21, 20263,08404,63866.5%
Oct 20, 20265,630016,14834.9%
Oct 19, 202612,464023,41553.2%
Oct 16, 202619,092027,69268.9%
Oct 15, 20264,60150013,06735.2%
Oct 14, 202654,021058,72792.0%
Oct 13, 20266,916049,00514.1%
Oct 12, 20262,85007,55537.7%
Oct 9, 20261,822016,59011.0%
Oct 8, 202624,1334,80057,92941.7%
Oct 7, 202616,122038,85841.5%
Oct 6, 202611,973036,32333.0%
Oct 5, 20261,85104,18444.2%
Oct 2, 20261,72503,77445.7%
Oct 1, 20262,146016,25913.2%
Sep 30, 202611,597023,65549.0%

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 BHFAM
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T216,091125183,8104288.0%
Sep 28, 2026T229,0651,285112,51129420.5%
Sep 21, 2026T223,93984747,24738633.6%
Sep 14, 2026T211,27011449,14433318.7%
Sep 7, 2026T25,416969355,1871541.5%
Aug 31, 2026T222,67724872,47541423.8%
Aug 24, 2026T219,27663472,75130320.9%
Aug 17, 2026T249,285275567,8037248.0%
Aug 10, 2026T229,256405108,58324421.2%
Aug 3, 2026T212,0977090,76829211.8%
Jul 27, 2026T26,18061368,6162948.3%
Jul 20, 2026T222,151333108,63551616.9%