Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund (DDF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 28th, traders have sold 5,700 shares of DDF short. Learn More on Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund's current short interest.

Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,700 shares, a drop of 23.0% from the previous total of 7,400 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 in the sector of "finance" compare to Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund: Insight Select Income Fund (0.55%), BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc. (0.07%), abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (0.10%), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (0.21%), MBIA, Inc. (4.89%), City Office REIT, Inc. (0.95%), Oak Valley Bancorp (CA) (0.46%), Angel Oak Mortgage REIT Inc. (0.52%), AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (1.31%), Ellington Credit Company (1.60%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Suncor Energy Inc. ($3.27 billion), Occidental Petroleum Corporation ($2.77 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.25 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Paramount Global ($1.92 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.75 billion), Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.74 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.62 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.62 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.39 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DDF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund as its price is falling. 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 Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund 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 DDF, 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 DDF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2023.