iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 8,000 shares of PFF short. Learn More on iShares Preferred and Income Securities 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 Preferred and Income Securities ETF: HG Vora Capital Management LLC, and Bracebridge Capital LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,000 shares, a drop of 99.9% from the previous total of 13,940,000 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PFF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF as its price is falling. PFF shares are trading up $0.15 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 Preferred and Income Securities 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 PFF, 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 PFF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.