Biohaven Ltd. (BHVN) Short Interest

Shares short, days to cover, historical percentile

BHVN Short Interest & Days to Cover

Biohaven Ltd. (BHVN) currently has 18.2M shares short as of the Jul 31, 2026 settlement date, or about 9.3 days to cover at current trading volume. That is higher than 86% of the 36 readings on record since Feb 14, 2025, on a days-to-cover basis. Shares short have fallen for 3 straight reporting periods. Looking at recent periods where short interest increased, the stock is now averaging +51.4% since those additions, recent short sellers are broadly underwater on that basis.

Historical Level
Elevated
86th percentile of 36 readings since Feb 14, 2025
Trend
Falling, 3 reports
Current: 18.2M shares short
Days to Cover
9.3 days · High
86th percentile for this stock
Current Short Position
Shares short
18.2M
Days to cover
9.3
Days-to-cover percentile
86th
Avg daily volume
2.0M
Est. $ value of short position
$280.24M

As of the Jul 31, 2026 settlement date, short interest is reported roughly every two weeks, not in real time.

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Is This Normal for BHVN?

Days to cover, compared against every biweekly reading on record for this stock specifically, not the market as a whole.

Historical average
6.8 days
Historical median
6.5 days
Highest on record
11.4 days
May 15, 2026
Lowest on record
3.9 days
Nov 14, 2025
Are Shorts Covering, or Building a Bigger Bet?

Short interest moving alone does not say much, what matters is whether it is moving with or against the price. Each period below compares the change in short interest to the stock's move over the same window.

Settlement DateSI ChangeRead
Jul 31, 2026-6.0%Covering into weakness
Jul 15, 2026-5.5%
Jun 30, 2026-19.7%Covering into strength
Jun 15, 2026+1.0%
May 29, 2026+4.8%New bearish bets despite strength
May 15, 2026-3.1%Covering into weakness
Apr 30, 2026+4.6%Building into weakness
Apr 15, 2026+0.0%
Are Short Sellers Winning?

Comparing the stock's price at each recent short-interest-increase to where it trades today. An estimate based on settlement-date prices, not any individual short seller's real entry.

Avg return since these additions
+51.4%
Shorts profitable in
0% of these periods
Build DatePrice ThenReturn Since
Jan 15, 2026$11.92+29.3%
Feb 13, 2026$11.36+35.7%
Mar 13, 2026$9.58+60.9%
Mar 31, 2026$8.46+82.2%
Apr 30, 2026$9.59+60.7%
May 29, 2026$11.01+40.0%
What Happened Last Time Short Interest Was This High?

The 9 periods where short interest was in the top quarter of BHVN's own history on record (+8.84% or higher), and what followed.

Forward WindowAvg ReturnWin Rate
3 months+17.9%67% (n=6)
6 months
12 months

A historical pattern in BHVN's own data, not a prediction.

Biggest Short Interest Moves on Record
Biggest builds
Nov 14, 2025 · +35.9% (3.9 days to cover)
May 30, 2025 · +32.4% (5.5 days to cover)
Nov 28, 2025 · +25.4% (4.5 days to cover)
Biggest covers
Jun 30, 2026 · -19.7% (7.3 days to cover)
Sep 30, 2025 · -17.0% (5.1 days to cover)
Aug 15, 2025 · -13.7% (5.4 days to cover)
Complete Short Interest History

Every biweekly settlement reading on record, most recent first. Page 1 of 1.

Settlement DateShares ShortDays to CoverAvg Daily VolumeChange
Jul 31, 202618.2M9.32.0M-6.0%
Jul 15, 202619.4M6.82.9M-5.5%
Jun 30, 202620.5M7.32.8M-19.7%
Jun 15, 202625.5M10.72.4M+1.0%
May 29, 202625.3M11.12.3M+4.8%
May 15, 202624.1M11.42.1M-3.1%
Apr 30, 202624.9M11.32.2M+4.6%
Apr 15, 202623.8M10.22.3M+0.0%
Mar 31, 202623.8M9.02.6M+8.5%
Mar 13, 202621.9M7.82.8M+4.1%
Feb 27, 202621.0M7.42.8M-2.2%
Feb 13, 202621.5M6.73.2M+3.8%
Jan 30, 202620.7M4.94.2M-0.1%
Jan 15, 202620.7M5.04.1M+3.7%
Dec 31, 202520.0M5.23.9M+17.6%
Dec 15, 202517.0M4.53.8M+3.3%
Nov 28, 202516.5M4.53.6M+25.4%
Nov 14, 202513.1M3.93.4M+35.9%
Oct 31, 20259.7M4.32.2M-6.2%
Oct 15, 202510.3M4.62.3M-5.9%
Sep 30, 202510.9M5.12.1M-17.0%
Sep 15, 202513.2M6.62.0M+23.8%
Aug 29, 202510.7M5.42.0M-2.9%
Aug 15, 202511.0M5.42.0M-13.7%
Jul 31, 202512.7M6.12.1M-5.7%
Jul 15, 202513.5M6.32.1M+10.1%
Jun 30, 202512.2M5.52.2M+12.5%
Jun 13, 202510.9M5.42.0M+0.6%
May 30, 202510.8M5.52.0M+32.4%
May 15, 20258.2M4.81.7M+4.6%
Apr 30, 20257.8M5.41.4M+1.6%
Apr 15, 20257.7M6.61.2M+2.7%
Mar 31, 20257.5M7.41.0M+2.2%
Mar 14, 20257.3M6.91.1M-11.5%
Feb 28, 20258.3M8.8936K-3.9%
Feb 14, 20258.6M8.8975K
Frequently Asked Questions
What is BHVN's current short interest?

Biohaven Ltd. has 18.2M shares sold short as of Jul 31, 2026. Days to cover is 9.3.

Is BHVN's short interest high or low right now?

On a days-to-cover basis, current short interest is higher than 86% of the 36 biweekly readings on record, spanning Feb 14, 2025 to Jul 31, 2026. The historical average days to cover is 6.8, and the highest on record is 11.4 days, on May 15, 2026.

Is short interest in BHVN rising or falling?

Shares short have fallen for 3 consecutive reporting periods.

Are short sellers in BHVN currently winning or losing?

Looking at the 6 most recent periods where short interest increased, the stock has averaged +51.4% since those additions, with price now below the entry level in 0% of those cases. This is an estimate based on the price at each settlement date, not a precise tracking of any individual short seller's actual entry.

What has historically happened after BHVN's short interest was this high?

In the 9 periods where days to cover was in the top quarter of this ticker's own history (8.8 days or higher), the stock has too few forward-looking data points on record to summarize reliably. This is a historical pattern, not a prediction.

Sourced from biweekly exchange short interest settlement data for BHVN, not real-time. This page does not include cost-to-borrow, daily short volume, dark pool activity, or failure-to-deliver data, none of which exist in this data source. This is historical data, not investment advice. Read disclaimer →