iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF - IGIB Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 15th, investors have sold 873,900 shares of IGIB short. Learn More on iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF's current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF: Susquehanna International Group LLP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 873,900 shares, an increase of 47.1% from the previous total of 594,200 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF: iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (0.30%), Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund (9.77%), iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (1.79%), iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (0.06%), iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (0.04%), Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (0.19%), Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (0.50%), iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF (0.27%), Invesco Variable Rate Investment Grade ETF (4.37%), and iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (0.19%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IGIB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF as its price is falling. IGIB shares are trading up $0.10 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of IGIB, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including IGIB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.