DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of DNP Select Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, investors have sold 206,500 shares of DNP short. Learn More on DNP Select Income Fund's current short interest.

DNP Select Income Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 206,500 shares, an increase of 96.3% from the previous total of 105,200 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 in the sector of "finance" compare to DNP Select Income Fund: Hercules Capital, Inc. (3.43%), Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.52%), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.01%), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (0.02%), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (0.01%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.28%), Tri-Continental Co. (0.00%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.06%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.08%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.00%),

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 DNP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from DNP Select 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 DNP Select Income Fund 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 DNP, 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 DNP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.