Principal Financial Group (PFG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Principal Financial Group shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 15th, traders have sold 5,210,000 shares of PFG short. 2.34% of Principal Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Principal Financial Group's current short interest.

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. PFG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Principal Financial Group's short interest ratio.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.34% of Principal Financial Group's floating shares are currently sold short.

Principal Financial Group saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,210,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the previous total of 5,790,000 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.

Principal Financial Group currently has issued a total of 224,190,000 shares. Some of Principal Financial Group's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Principal Financial Group currently has a public float of 222,520,000 shares.

2.34% of Principal Financial Group's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "insurance" compare to Principal Financial Group: Manulife Financial Corp (0.36%), Sun Life Financial Inc. (0.22%), Prudential Public Limited Company (0.09%), Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (1.38%), Corebridge Financial, Inc. (2.36%), Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc. (5.27%), Equitable Holdings, Inc. (1.75%), Aegon NV (0.53%), Everest Group, Ltd. (2.00%), Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (7.61%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PFG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Principal Financial Group as its price is falling. PFG shares are trading up $0.79 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 Principal Financial Group 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 PFG, 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 PFG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025.