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BW Short Interest History

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, | BW | NYSE | Latest report: February 27, 2026

Current Short Interest3.4M
Prior Short Interest3.7M
Change Shares-269.8K
Change %-7.3%
Average Daily Volume1.6M
Days to Cover2.18

At the latest settlement date of February 27, 2026, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, (BW) showed reported short interest of 3,433,824 shares. That compared with 3,703,612 shares in the prior report, a change of -269.8K shares, or -7.3%. The latest reported days to cover was 2.18, based on average daily volume of 1.6M.

The historical data currently tracked for BW includes 111 reported entries from June 15, 2021 to February 27, 2026. During that span, reported short interest ranged between 897.5K and 5.5M shares.

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Short Interest Over Time

Days to Cover Over Time

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Short Interest History for BW

Settlement DateShort InterestPrior Short InterestChange SharesChange %Average Daily VolumeDays to Cover
February 27, 20263,433,8243,703,612-269.8K-7.3%1.6M2.18
February 13, 20263,703,6122,885,509818.1K+28.4%3.0M1.23
January 30, 20262,885,5092,858,44727.1K+0.9%3.2M1
January 15, 20262,858,4472,863,812-5.4K-0.2%3.8M1
December 31, 20252,863,8122,412,926450.9K+18.7%2.5M1.12
December 15, 20252,412,9262,674,576-261.6K-9.8%3.3M1
November 28, 20252,674,5762,999,582-325.0K-10.8%3.3M1
November 14, 20252,999,5822,090,968908.6K+43.5%10.2M1
October 31, 20252,090,9682,315,109-224.1K-9.7%1.5M1.38
October 15, 20252,315,1092,764,375-449.3K-16.2%2.2M1.03
September 15, 20252,815,6912,112,375703.3K+33.3%3.6M1
August 29, 20252,112,3752,151,241-38.9K-1.8%2.1M1
August 15, 20252,151,2412,172,833-21.6K-1.0%2.2M1
July 31, 20252,172,8332,667,043-494.2K-18.5%903.9K2.4
July 15, 20252,667,0432,958,417-291.4K-9.8%888.8K3
June 30, 20252,958,4173,831,268-872.9K-22.8%880.0K3.36
June 13, 20253,831,2682,400,2151.4M+59.6%6.8M1
May 30, 20252,400,2153,326,429-926.2K-27.8%783.4K3.06
May 15, 20253,326,4294,233,843-907.4K-21.4%2.6M1.28
April 30, 20254,233,8434,040,487193.4K+4.8%1.9M2.28
April 15, 20254,040,4872,564,1361.5M+57.6%3.1M1.29
March 31, 20252,564,1361,996,682567.5K+28.4%990.1K2.59
February 28, 20252,814,4102,457,371357.0K+14.5%922.1K3.05
February 14, 20252,457,3712,273,947183.4K+8.1%692.8K3.55
January 31, 20252,273,9472,187,31186.6K+4.0%890.5K2.55
January 15, 20252,187,3112,042,769144.5K+7.1%1.5M1.44
December 31, 20242,042,7692,257,518-214.7K-9.5%1.2M1.76
December 13, 20242,257,5182,357,931-100.4K-4.3%910.3K2.48
November 29, 20242,357,9312,667,913-310.0K-11.6%886.1K2.66
November 15, 20242,667,9132,071,438596.5K+28.8%1.7M1.59
October 31, 20242,071,4382,603,776-532.3K-20.4%1.3M1.57
October 15, 20242,603,7762,201,376402.4K+18.3%2.2M1.21
September 30, 20242,201,3761,803,573397.8K+22.1%1.3M1.75
September 13, 20241,803,5732,578,170-774.6K-30.0%643.5K2.8
August 30, 20242,578,170899,7321.7M+186.6%1.2M2.18
August 15, 2024899,7321,525,312-625.6K-41.0%1.6M1
July 31, 20241,525,3121,508,91716.4K+1.1%1.2M1.29
July 15, 20241,508,9173,436,216-1.9M-56.1%2.4M1
June 28, 20243,436,2163,733,310-297.1K-8.0%2.3M1.5
June 14, 20243,733,3104,107,150-373.8K-9.1%1.0M3.64
May 31, 20244,107,1504,367,097-259.9K-6.0%758.0K5.42
May 15, 20244,367,0974,816,376-449.3K-9.3%1.0M4.25
April 30, 20244,816,3765,535,310-718.9K-13.0%1.1M4.36
April 15, 20245,535,3104,835,864699.4K+14.5%1.2M4.44
March 28, 20244,835,8644,138,537697.3K+16.9%4.1M1.18
March 15, 20244,138,5373,989,373149.2K+3.7%1.5M2.74
February 29, 20243,989,3733,330,699658.7K+19.8%1.1M3.8
February 15, 20243,330,6991,894,4811.4M+75.8%1.1M3.02
January 31, 20241,894,4811,419,225475.3K+33.5%1.1M1.67
December 29, 20231,598,124897,497700.6K+78.1%1.1M1.46
December 15, 2023897,4971,063,658-166.2K-15.6%932.2K1
November 30, 20231,063,6582,002,952-939.3K-46.9%1.4M1
November 15, 20232,002,9522,014,079-11.1K-0.6%2.7M1
October 31, 20232,014,0791,937,85276.2K+3.9%673.5K2.99
October 13, 20231,937,8521,732,120205.7K+11.9%894.3K2.17
September 29, 20231,732,1201,847,932-115.8K-6.3%411.3K4.21
September 15, 20231,847,9321,576,670271.3K+17.2%607.7K3.04
August 31, 20231,576,6701,552,07824.6K+1.6%610.9K2.58
August 15, 20231,552,0781,551,335743+0.1%453.9K3.42
July 31, 20231,551,3351,955,192-403.9K-20.7%537.4K2.89
July 14, 20231,955,1921,873,00682.2K+4.4%319.8K6.11
June 30, 20231,873,0062,141,375-268.4K-12.5%677.4K2.77
June 15, 20232,141,3752,072,85568.5K+3.3%813.9K2.63
May 31, 20232,072,8552,714,504-641.6K-23.6%404.0K5.13
May 15, 20232,714,5042,588,725125.8K+4.9%361.5K7.51
April 28, 20232,588,7252,816,981-228.3K-8.1%399.9K6.47
April 14, 20232,816,9812,757,90159.1K+2.1%373.5K7.54
March 31, 20232,757,9012,863,914-106.0K-3.7%513.8K5.37
March 15, 20232,863,9142,789,90374.0K+2.6%434.1K6.6
February 28, 20232,789,9032,817,167-27.3K-1.0%359.0K7.77
February 15, 20232,817,1672,939,433-122.3K-4.2%348.7K8.08
January 31, 20232,939,4332,714,708224.7K+8.3%358.8K8.19
January 13, 20232,714,7082,871,561-156.9K-5.5%359.4K7.55
December 30, 20222,871,5612,830,79140.8K+1.4%406.2K7.07
December 15, 20222,830,7912,613,362217.4K+8.3%555.1K5.1
November 30, 20222,613,3622,596,79416.6K+0.6%524.1K4.99
November 15, 20222,596,7942,788,055-191.3K-6.9%848.2K3.06
October 31, 20222,788,0552,744,49443.6K+1.6%810.3K3.44
October 14, 20222,744,4942,933,738-189.2K-6.5%255.3K10.75
September 30, 20222,933,7382,630,339303.4K+11.5%624.4K4.7
September 15, 20222,630,3392,509,767120.6K+4.8%347.8K7.56
August 31, 20222,509,7672,578,494-68.7K-2.7%268.2K9.36
August 15, 20222,578,4942,600,125-21.6K-0.8%459.1K5.62
July 29, 20222,600,1252,528,40871.7K+2.8%329.7K7.89
July 15, 20222,528,4082,493,98234.4K+1.4%249.9K10.12
June 30, 20222,493,9822,630,864-136.9K-5.2%481.3K5.18
June 15, 20222,630,8642,450,056180.8K+7.4%306.3K8.59
May 31, 20222,450,0562,222,801227.3K+10.2%528.1K4.64
May 13, 20222,222,8011,986,300236.5K+11.9%776.7K2.86
April 29, 20221,986,3002,111,783-125.5K-5.9%312.3K6.36
April 14, 20222,111,7832,286,161-174.4K-7.6%385.4K5.48
March 31, 20222,286,1612,215,80170.4K+3.2%525.1K4.35
March 15, 20222,215,8012,004,743211.1K+10.5%741.4K2.99
February 28, 20222,004,7432,131,953-127.2K-6.0%472.4K4.24
February 15, 20222,131,9531,837,628294.3K+16.0%446.5K4.78
January 31, 20221,837,6281,777,10160.5K+3.4%594.3K3.09
January 14, 20221,777,1011,658,189118.9K+7.2%467.9K3.8
December 31, 20211,658,1891,949,709-291.5K-14.9%557.3K2.98
December 15, 20211,949,7092,203,375-253.7K-11.5%464.4K4.2
November 30, 20212,203,3752,724,346-521.0K-19.1%723.7K3.04
November 15, 20212,724,3462,588,363136.0K+5.2%1.2M2.3
October 29, 20212,588,3632,683,322-95.0K-3.5%496.8K5.21
October 15, 20212,683,3222,752,036-68.7K-2.5%816.2K3.29
September 30, 20212,752,0362,862,956-110.9K-3.9%1.1M2.58
September 15, 20212,862,9562,981,332-118.4K-4.0%932.7K3.07
August 31, 20212,981,3323,248,004-266.7K-8.2%664.8K4.48
August 13, 20213,248,0043,389,825-141.8K-4.2%511.6K6.35
July 30, 20213,389,8253,498,691-108.9K-3.1%516.8K6.56
July 15, 20213,498,6913,935,511-436.8K-11.1%744.1K4.7
June 30, 20213,935,5112,589,1771.3M+52.0%1.4M2.86
June 15, 20212,589,1771,721,375867.8K+50.4%737.2K3.51

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