iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF Short Interest Ratio and 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 December 31st, investors have sold 7,380,000 shares of PFF short. 0.00% of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF's shares are currently sold short. View details.

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF currently has a short interest ratio of 1.0.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,380,000 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the previous total of 6,750,000 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: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 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. iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF's stock is trading up $0.16 today. To short iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 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 iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 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 appreciates 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 December, 31 2020.