Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.24 +0.02 (+0.15%) As of 10:40 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Short Interest DataWestern Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (EMD) has a short interest of 84,500 shares. This marks a -5.27% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 192,165 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest84,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest89,200 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-5.27%Dollar Volume Sold Short$871.20 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares28,630,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.30%Today's Trading Volume29,877 sharesAverage Trading Volume192,165 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average16% Short Selling Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartEMD Short Interest Over TimeEMD Days to Cover Over TimeEMD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/202584,500 shares $871.20 thousand -5.3%N/A0.5 $10.31 7/31/202589,200 shares $901.81 thousand -14.9%0.3%0.5 $10.11 7/15/2025104,800 shares $1.06 million +14.0%N/A0.6 $10.10 6/30/202591,900 shares $924.51 thousand +83.8%0.3%0.5 $10.06 6/15/202550,000 shares $488.50 thousand -41.3%0.2%0.3 $9.77 5/31/202585,200 shares $821.33 thousand -5.3%0.3%0.4 $9.64 5/15/202590,000 shares $870.30 thousand +30.1%0.3%0.4 $9.67 4/30/202569,200 shares $649.10 thousand +36.5%N/A0.3 $9.38 4/15/202550,700 shares $457.06 thousand -34.1%0.2%0.2 $9.02 3/31/202576,900 shares $754.77 thousand +183.8%0.3%0.3 $9.82 Get the Latest News and Ratings for EMD and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/202527,100 shares $263.30 thousand -59.7%0.1%0.1 $9.72 2/28/202567,200 shares $658.16 thousand +51.7%0.2%0.3 $9.79 2/15/202544,300 shares $441.67 thousand +14.8%0.2%0.2 $9.97 1/31/202538,600 shares $379.82 thousand +26.6%N/A0.2 $9.84 1/15/202530,500 shares $295.24 thousand +72.3%N/A0.2 $9.68 12/31/202417,700 shares $170.27 thousand -77.0%N/A0.1 $9.62 12/15/202476,900 shares $772.08 thousand -25.8%N/A0.4 $10.04 11/30/2024103,700 shares $1.04 million +335.7%N/A0.5 $10.00 11/15/202423,800 shares $228.84 thousand -30.2%N/A0.1 $9.62 10/31/202434,100 shares $333.67 thousand -28.1%N/A0.2 $9.79 10/15/202447,400 shares $475.90 thousand -61.1%N/A0.2 $10.04 9/30/2024121,800 shares $1.24 million +50.0%N/A0.6 $10.17 9/15/202481,200 shares $803.88 thousand +9.3%N/A0.5 $9.90 8/31/202474,300 shares $732.60 thousand -23.7%N/A0.4 $9.86 8/15/202497,400 shares $950.62 thousand -27.0%N/A0.6 $9.76 7/31/2024133,500 shares $1.29 million +321.1%N/A0.8 $9.68 7/15/202431,700 shares $310.66 thousand -3.7%N/A0.2 $9.80 6/30/202432,900 shares $306.30 thousand -4.6%N/A0.2 $9.31 6/15/202434,500 shares $328.44 thousand +12.0%N/A0.2 $9.52 5/31/202430,800 shares $286.75 thousand -8.9%N/A0.2 $9.31 5/15/202433,800 shares $315.52 thousand +77.0%N/A0.2 $9.34 4/30/202419,100 shares $172.28 thousand -56.8%N/A0.1 $9.02 4/15/202444,200 shares $397.36 thousand +65.5%N/A0.2 $8.99 3/31/202426,700 shares $256.59 thousand +287.0%N/A0.1 $9.61 3/15/20246,900 shares $63.96 thousand -66.5%N/A0 $9.27 2/29/202420,600 shares $187.87 thousand -32.7%N/A0.1 $9.12 2/15/202430,600 shares $283.82 thousand +20.5%N/A0.1 $9.28 1/31/202425,400 shares $231.90 thousand -73.0%N/A0.1 $9.13 1/15/202494,000 shares $864.80 thousand +65.2%N/A0.4 $9.20 12/31/202356,900 shares $524.05 thousand -68.7%N/A0.3 $9.21Why Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rules (Ad)MUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's latest plans for the dollar – and they're so bold that one central bank chair says we haven't seen anything like it in almost a century. Our Wall Street insider says it's the start of a once-in-a-lifetime investing opportunity, IF you act now.Get the three steps to take this month to put yourself on the right side of this $30 trillion money 12/15/2023181,700 shares $1.72 million +1,188.7%N/A0.9 $9.44 11/30/202314,100 shares $123.52 thousand -26.6%N/A0.1 $8.76 11/15/202319,200 shares $161.09 thousand -57.4%N/A0.1 $8.39 10/31/202345,100 shares $363.51 thousand +53.4%N/A0.3 $8.06 10/15/202329,400 shares $235.20 thousand -46.5%N/A0.2 $8.00 9/30/202354,900 shares $455.67 thousand -28.7%N/A0.3 $8.30 9/15/202377,000 shares $672.98 thousand +143.7%N/A0.4 $8.74 8/31/202331,600 shares $280.92 thousand -62.6%N/A0.2 $8.89 8/15/202384,400 shares $758.76 thousand +470.3%N/A0.5 $8.99 7/31/202314,800 shares $133.50 thousand -31.8%N/A0.1 $9.02 7/15/202321,700 shares $189.22 thousand -21.1%N/A0.1 $8.72 6/30/202327,500 shares $237.05 thousand -45.0%N/A0.2 $8.62 6/15/202350,000 shares $442 thousand +235.6%N/A0.3 $8.84 5/31/202314,900 shares $125.91 thousand -47.4%N/A0.1 $8.45 5/15/202328,300 shares $243.66 thousand -4.4%N/A0.2 $8.61 4/30/202329,600 shares $256.63 thousand -77.9%N/A0.2 $8.67 4/15/2023133,900 shares $1.19 million +293.8%N/A0.7 $8.90 3/31/202334,000 shares $292.06 thousand +185.7%N/A0.2 $8.59 3/15/202311,900 shares $99.84 thousand -86.8%N/A0.1 $8.39 2/28/202390,300 shares $825.34 thousand -14.6%N/A0.4 $9.14 2/15/2023105,700 shares $997.81 thousand +230.3%N/A0.5 $9.44 1/31/202332,000 shares $305.92 thousand -28.4%N/A0.1 $9.56 1/15/202344,700 shares $417.95 thousand +40.1%N/A0.2 $9.35 12/30/202231,900 shares $290.61 thousand +3.6%N/A0.1 $9.11 12/15/202230,800 shares $276.58 thousand -47.8%N/A0.1 $8.98 11/30/202259,000 shares $545.16 thousand -46.8%N/A0.3 $9.24 11/15/2022110,900 shares $998.10 thousand +76.0%N/A0.6 $9.00 10/31/202263,000 shares $510.30 thousand +136.8%N/A0.3 $8.10 10/15/202226,600 shares $208.28 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $7.83 9/30/202259,000 shares $470.82 thousand -38.7%N/A0.3 $7.98 9/15/202296,200 shares $861.95 thousand +211.3%N/A0.5 $8.96 8/31/202230,900 shares $283.04 thousand -54.1%N/A0.2 $9.16 8/15/202267,300 shares $655.50 thousand -68.2%N/A0.3 $9.74 7/31/2022211,600 shares $1.95 million +140.2%N/A0.9 $9.22 7/15/202288,100 shares $744.45 thousand +302.3%N/A0.4 $8.45 6/30/202221,900 shares $193.38 thousand +11.2%N/A0.1 $8.83 6/15/202219,700 shares $178.88 thousand -83.9%N/A0.1 $9.08 5/31/2022122,500 shares $1.19 million +37.2%N/A0.4 $9.72 5/15/202289,300 shares $836.74 thousand +251.6%N/A0.2 $9.37 4/30/202225,400 shares $245.62 thousand +69.3%N/A0.1 $9.67 4/15/202215,000 shares $150 thousand -74.4%N/A0 $10.00 3/31/202258,600 shares $628.78 thousand +41.6%N/A0.1 $10.73 3/15/202241,400 shares $404.06 thousand -39.0%N/A0.1 $9.76 2/28/202267,900 shares $740.11 thousand +79.6%N/A0.2 $10.90 2/15/202237,800 shares $441.88 thousand -22.9%N/A0.1 $11.69 1/31/202249,000 shares $581.14 thousand +1.9%N/A0.2 $11.86 1/15/202248,100 shares $591.15 thousand +35.1%N/A0.2 $12.29 12/31/202135,600 shares $455.68 thousand -4.3%N/A0.2 $12.80 12/15/202137,200 shares $477.65 thousand -25.3%N/A0 $12.84 11/30/202149,800 shares $650.39 thousand -51.9%N/A0.4 $13.06Why Trump’s “Smart Dollar” could rewrite the rules (Ad)MUST SEE: Donald Trump's Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Dollar Congress just approved President Trump's latest plans for the dollar – and they're so bold that one central bank chair says we haven't seen anything like it in almost a century. Our Wall Street insider says it's the start of a once-in-a-lifetime investing opportunity, IF you act now.Get the three steps to take this month to put yourself on the right side of this $30 trillion money 11/15/2021103,600 shares $1.42 million +116.3%N/A0.8 $13.70 10/29/202147,900 shares $654.31 thousand +137.1%N/A0.3 $13.66 10/15/202120,200 shares $275.73 thousand -78.6%N/A0.1 $13.65 9/30/202194,400 shares $1.28 million +196.9%N/A0.6 $13.60 9/15/202131,800 shares $444.25 thousand -45.1%N/A0.2 $13.97 8/31/202157,900 shares $805.39 thousand +84.4%N/A0.4 $13.91 8/13/202131,400 shares $443.37 thousand +22.2%N/A0.2 $14.12 7/30/202125,700 shares $358.77 thousand -76.4%N/A0.2 $13.96 7/15/2021109,000 shares $1.52 million +262.1%N/A0.7 $13.96 6/30/202130,100 shares $421.70 thousand +16.2%N/A0.2 $14.01 6/15/202125,900 shares $364.93 thousand -26.2%N/A0.2 $14.09 5/28/202135,100 shares $490.35 thousand +32.0%N/A0.2 $13.97 5/14/202126,600 shares $357.77 thousand -72.7%N/A0.2 $13.45 4/30/202197,500 shares $1.33 million +28.1%N/A0.5 $13.65 4/15/202176,100 shares $1.03 million +148.7%N/A0.4 $13.53 3/31/202130,600 shares $401.17 thousand -44.9%N/A0.2 $13.11 3/15/202155,500 shares $730.94 thousand -19.3%N/A0.3 $13.17 2/26/202168,800 shares $901.28 thousand +149.3%N/A0.3 $13.10 2/12/202127,600 shares $385.02 thousand -2.8%N/A0.1 $13.95 1/29/202128,400 shares $382.55 thousand +13.6%N/A0.1 $13.47 1/15/202125,000 shares $340.50 thousand -78.1%N/A0.1 $13.62 12/31/2020114,000 shares $1.58 million +74.1%N/A0.6 $13.87 12/15/202065,500 shares $903.90 thousand -39.6%N/A0.4 $13.80 11/30/2020108,500 shares $1.45 million -5.7%N/A0.6 $13.38 11/15/2020115,000 shares $1.53 million +682.3%N/A0.7 $13.31 10/30/202014,700 shares $177.87 thousand -74.0%N/A0.1 $12.10 10/15/202056,500 shares $725.46 thousand +145.7%N/A0 $12.84 9/30/202023,000 shares $283.36 thousand -12.9%N/A0.1 $12.32 9/15/202041,100 shares $540.05 thousand +55.7%N/A0.2 $13.14 EMD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, investors have sold 84,500 shares of EMD short. Learn More on Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's current short interest. Is Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 84,500 shares, a decline of 5.3% from the previous total of 89,200 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. How does Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "asset management" compare to Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund: Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Inc (0.40%), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (0.07%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock? Short selling EMD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund as its price is falling. EMD shares are trading up $0.02 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. How does a short squeeze work against Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund? A short squeeze for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt 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 EMD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including EMD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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