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Home Bancorp, Inc. (HBCP) short interest & options flow

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HBCP has handed short sellers their clearest victory of the year, and the question now is whether the post-earnings reset has done enough to bring buyers back before the next scheduled print on October 23. The earnings reaction was decisive. The stock dropped 9.8% on October 20, the day Q3 results crossed, erasing the entire thesis of the call buyers who had crowded into options…

Latest pulse21 Oct 2026

HBCP cost to borrow surges to 1.63%, up 393% in one week, as short sellers pile into the stock after earnings miss.

$60.94+0.38% 1d+0.54% 1w-9.33% 1mClose: 6 Nov 2026
Cost to borrow
Low and dropping
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Availability
High and rising
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Market cap
$474M
Next earnings
29 Jan 2027
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Key data as of 7 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of Home Bancorp, Inc. (HBCP) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 6, 2026

Latest signals on HBCP

  • Cost to Borrow

    HBCP cost to borrow surges to 1.63%, up 393% in one week, as short sellers pile into the stock after earnings miss.

    2 Cost to Borrow updates in 30 days

  • Options

    HBCP put/call ratio plummets to 0.25, four standard deviations below 20-day mean, on earnings day.

  • Short Interest

    HBCP short interest surges 42% in one week to 3.4% of float, driven by rising bearish sentiment on regional banking headwinds. Cost to borrow climbs 113% over the same period, though remains low at 0.51%. Availability stays elevated at 5,193%, indicating ample shares to short despite the buildup.