Short sellers have ramped up positions in BSAC ahead of Monday's report. Borrowing costs have eased but options sentiment has spiked to a 52-week extreme.
Short interest hit 713,101 shares as of April 23, up 3.2% over the past week and 36% over the past month. Days to cover stands at 1.51 according to the latest FINRA data. Cost to borrow dropped sharply to 0.47% from over 1% a week earlier, down 54% on the week. Utilization ticked up to 0.6%, well below the 52-week high of 5.56% but rising from 0.37% the prior session. The stock closed at $33.94 on April 24, up 1.5% on the day but down 5.9% over the past week.
Put-call ratio jumped to 0.50 on April 24, the highest reading in the past year. That compares to a 20-day mean of just 0.07. The move registers a z-score of 3.99, signaling an extreme shift toward put buying. Prior readings hovered near 0.02 to 0.13 throughout the past month.
JP Morgan's Yuri Fernandes upgraded BSAC to Overweight from Neutral on March 30, raising the target to $40 from $38. UBS lifted its Neutral-rated target to $29 from $24 in November. Citigroup downgraded the stock to Neutral from Buy in early November. The consensus price target sits at $33.64. Coverage has been sparse in recent quarters, with most activity concentrated in late 2025 and early 2026.
BSAC trades at 11.9× trailing earnings, up 0.31 points over the past 30 days. Price-to-book stands at 2.52, up 0.13 over the month. The stock ranks in the 76th percentile for EPS momentum over 30 days and the 63rd percentile over 90 days. It scores in the 75th percentile for 12-month forward EPS growth and the 64th percentile for earnings surprise. No machine-learning factor scores (momentum, quality, value) are available.
No insider trades have been reported over the past 90 days. Vanguard added 22.6 million shares in Q1 2026, bringing its stake to 1.32 billion shares. BlackRock increased holdings by 96.7 million shares to 822.8 million, while JP Morgan Asset Management added 62.6 million shares. Franklin Resources and Allspring both trimmed positions by 3.4 million and 244.6 million shares, respectively.
The bank last reported on April 13, 2026, followed by prints in early February and late January. The upcoming Monday release lands just three days after the prior quarter's delayed announcement.
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