John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (HPI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.12 +0.12 (+0.75%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock John Hancock Preferred Income Fund Short Interest DataJohn Hancock Preferred Income Fund (HPI) has a short interest of 9,500 shares. This marks a -48.92% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 50,129 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest9,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest18,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-48.92%Dollar Volume Sold Short$152.57 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Today's Trading Volume69,260 sharesAverage Trading Volume50,129 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average138% Short Selling John Hancock Preferred Income Fund? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHPI Short Interest Over TimeHPI Days to Cover Over TimeHPI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time John Hancock Preferred Income 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 7/31/20259,500 shares $152.57 thousand -48.9%N/A0.2 $16.06 7/15/202518,600 shares $295.74 thousand +148.0%N/A0.4 $15.90 6/30/20257,500 shares $119.78 thousand -36.4%N/A0.2 $15.97 6/15/202511,800 shares $187.27 thousand +68.6%N/A0.3 $15.87 5/31/20257,000 shares $110.46 thousand +2.9%N/A0.2 $15.78 5/15/20256,800 shares $110.50 thousand +106.1%N/A0.2 $16.25 4/30/20253,300 shares $52.31 thousand -26.7%N/A0.1 $15.85 4/15/20254,500 shares $68.31 thousand -77.0%N/A0.1 $15.18 3/31/202519,600 shares $326.14 thousand -50.0%N/A0.4 $16.64 3/15/202539,200 shares $644.84 thousand -20.5%N/A0.9 $16.45 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HPI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/202549,300 shares $854.37 thousand -47.3%N/A1 $17.33 2/15/202593,600 shares $1.64 million +15.1%N/A2 $17.54 1/31/202581,300 shares $1.41 million -9.4%N/A1.7 $17.34 1/15/202589,700 shares $1.54 million +403.9%N/A1.8 $17.22 12/31/202417,800 shares $296.01 thousand +9.9%N/A0.4 $16.63 12/15/202416,200 shares $275.56 thousand -23.9%N/A0.3 $17.01 11/30/202421,300 shares $375.95 thousand -33.2%N/A0.5 $17.65 11/15/202431,900 shares $556.97 thousand -31.3%N/A0.7 $17.46 10/31/202446,400 shares $833.34 thousand -23.9%N/A1.1 $17.96 10/15/202461,000 shares $1.12 million +22.2%N/A1.3 $18.29 9/30/202449,900 shares $945.61 thousand -23.6%N/A1 $18.95 9/15/202465,300 shares $1.18 million +11.2%N/A1.4 $18.05 8/31/202458,700 shares $1.03 million -17.3%N/A1.3 $17.53 8/15/202471,000 shares $1.22 million +1.7%N/A1.5 $17.25 7/31/202469,800 shares $1.22 million +47.9%N/A1.5 $17.50 7/15/202447,200 shares $805.70 thousand +19.5%N/A1 $17.07 6/30/202439,500 shares $660.05 thousand -6.4%N/A0.8 $16.71 6/15/202442,200 shares $708.54 thousand +3.2%N/A0.8 $16.79 5/31/202440,900 shares $682.21 thousand -35.9%N/A0.8 $16.68 5/15/202463,800 shares $1.06 million +359.0%N/A1.1 $16.56 4/30/202413,900 shares $225.74 thousand +36.3%N/A0.2 $16.24 4/15/202410,200 shares $156.88 thousand -35.4%N/A0.2 $15.38 3/31/202415,800 shares $262.75 thousand +59.6%N/A0.3 $16.63 3/15/20249,900 shares $160.13 thousand -47.3%N/A0.2 $16.18 2/29/202418,800 shares $311.70 thousand -14.6%N/A0.3 $16.58 2/15/202422,000 shares $355.52 thousand +609.7%N/A0.3 $16.16 1/31/20243,100 shares $49.60 thousand -78.0%N/A0 $16.00 1/15/202414,100 shares $224.47 thousand -39.5%N/A0.2 $15.92 12/31/202323,300 shares $367.67 thousand -54.9%N/A0.3 $15.78 12/15/202351,700 shares $800.32 thousand +4.7%N/A0.7 $15.48Elon Musk’s New Technology (Ad)Elon Musk is building something in Memphis that could eclipse even Tesla and SpaceX. 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It’s smaller than Tesla or Nvidia, but both rely on it for future growth.Get the full details on the AI company behind Musk’s next big move. 11/30/202349,400 shares $749.40 thousand +28.0%N/A0.7 $15.17 11/15/202338,600 shares $561.63 thousand +100.0%N/A0.6 $14.55 10/31/202319,300 shares $253.99 thousand -60.5%N/A0.3 $13.16 10/15/202348,900 shares $667.49 thousand +237.2%N/A0.9 $13.65 9/30/202314,500 shares $211.27 thousand -48.9%N/A0.3 $14.57 9/15/202328,400 shares $422.88 thousand -32.5%N/A0.5 $14.89 8/31/202342,100 shares $642.45 thousand +46.2%N/A0.8 $15.26 8/15/202328,800 shares $438.05 thousand +55.7%N/A0.5 $15.21 7/31/202318,500 shares $292.30 thousand -62.3%N/A0.3 $15.80 7/15/202349,100 shares $745.83 thousand +342.3%N/A0.9 $15.19 6/30/202311,100 shares $168.28 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $15.16 6/15/202311,100 shares $162.62 thousand -66.1%N/A0.2 $14.65 5/31/202332,700 shares $468.26 thousand -55.6%N/A0.5 $14.32 5/15/202373,600 shares $1.04 million -1.2%N/A1.2 $14.15 4/30/202374,500 shares $1.17 million +20.2%N/A1.2 $15.77 4/15/202362,000 shares $959.76 thousand -57.6%N/A1 $15.48 3/31/2023146,100 shares $2.34 million +1,006.8%N/A2.4 $16.00 3/15/202313,200 shares $196.81 thousand -3.7%N/A0.2 $14.91 2/28/202313,700 shares $233.72 thousand -42.0%N/A0.2 $17.06 2/15/202323,600 shares $408.52 thousand -48.4%N/A0.4 $17.31 1/31/202345,700 shares $806.15 thousand -36.2%N/A0.7 $17.64 1/15/202371,600 shares $1.22 million +106.9%N/A1.1 $17.09 12/30/202234,600 shares $555.33 thousand +239.2%N/A0.5 $16.05 12/15/202210,200 shares $164.12 thousand +45.7%N/A0.2 $16.09 11/30/20227,000 shares $114.52 thousand -38.6%N/A0.1 $16.36 11/15/202211,400 shares $184.00 thousand -16.2%N/A0.2 $16.14 10/31/202213,600 shares $224.26 thousand +65.9%N/A0.3 $16.49 10/15/20228,200 shares $123 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $15.00 9/30/202215,900 shares $254.72 thousand -29.0%N/A0.4 $16.02 9/15/202222,400 shares $391.33 thousand +30.2%N/A0.6 $17.47 8/31/202217,200 shares $307.54 thousand +85.0%N/A0.4 $17.88 8/15/20229,300 shares $175.77 thousand -49.7%N/A0.2 $18.90 7/31/202218,500 shares $345.40 thousand +17.8%N/A0.4 $18.67 7/15/202215,700 shares $271.77 thousand -20.3%N/A0.3 $17.31 6/30/202219,700 shares $344.95 thousand -73.1%N/A0.4 $17.51 6/15/202273,300 shares $1.26 million +103.6%N/A1.3 $17.18 5/31/202236,000 shares $677.88 thousand +30.9%N/A0.6 $18.83 5/15/202227,500 shares $480.98 thousand -7.7%N/A0.5 $17.49 4/30/202229,800 shares $531.63 thousand +114.4%N/A0.5 $17.84 4/15/202213,900 shares $252.70 thousand -20.6%N/A0.2 $18.18 3/31/202217,500 shares $338.63 thousand -15.5%N/A0.3 $19.35 3/15/202220,700 shares $371.36 thousand +88.2%N/A0.3 $17.94 2/28/202211,000 shares $205.26 thousand -22.0%N/A0.2 $18.66 2/15/202214,100 shares $263.81 thousand -53.0%N/A0.2 $18.71 1/31/202230,000 shares $585.60 thousand +400.0%N/A0.5 $19.52 1/15/20226,000 shares $124.02 thousand -34.1%N/A0.1 $20.67 12/31/20219,100 shares $188.83 thousand -41.3%N/A0.2 $20.75 12/15/202115,500 shares $323.18 thousand +715.8%N/A0.4 $20.85 11/30/20211,900 shares $39.24 thousand -67.8%N/A0.1 $20.65 11/15/20215,900 shares $126.67 thousand -65.7%N/A0.2 $21.47Elon Musk’s New Technology (Ad)Elon Musk is building something in Memphis that could eclipse even Tesla and SpaceX. At the heart of it is a new AI supercomputer—what one industry CEO calls “the most powerful in the world.” Musk says this tech will drive the next wave of American innovation. You can’t invest in the supercomputer directly—but there’s a backdoor way to access the company powering it. It’s smaller than Tesla or Nvidia, but both rely on it for future growth.Get the full details on the AI company behind Musk’s next big move. 10/29/202117,200 shares $376.85 thousand +28.4%N/A0.5 $21.91 10/15/202113,400 shares $288.64 thousand -46.4%N/A0.4 $21.54 9/30/202125,000 shares $537.50 thousand +115.5%N/A0.7 $21.50 9/15/202111,600 shares $253.23 thousand -48.4%N/A0.3 $21.83 8/31/202122,500 shares $493.88 thousand +82.9%N/A0.6 $21.95 8/13/202112,300 shares $267.65 thousand +95.2%N/A0.3 $21.76 7/30/20216,300 shares $136.21 thousand -32.3%N/A0.1 $21.62 7/15/20219,300 shares $202.65 thousand -46.9%N/A0.2 $21.79 6/30/202117,500 shares $378 thousand +92.3%N/A0.4 $21.60 6/15/20219,100 shares $192.47 thousand -43.5%N/A0.2 $21.15 5/28/202116,100 shares $339.71 thousand +45.1%N/A0.3 $21.10 5/14/202111,100 shares $225.44 thousand +146.7%N/A0.2 $20.31 4/30/20214,500 shares $92.84 thousand -49.4%N/A0.1 $20.63 4/15/20218,900 shares $183.70 thousand -67.3%N/A0.1 $20.64 3/31/202127,200 shares $555.15 thousand +871.4%N/A0.3 $20.41 3/15/20212,800 shares $53.96 thousand -91.3%N/A0 $19.27 2/26/202132,100 shares $604.76 thousand +62.1%N/A0.3 $18.84 2/12/202119,800 shares $381.55 thousand +235.6%N/A0.2 $19.27 1/29/20215,900 shares $109.80 thousand -13.2%N/A0.1 $18.61 1/15/20216,800 shares $126.48 thousand -9.3%N/A0.1 $18.60 12/31/20207,500 shares $146.93 thousand +92.3%N/A0.1 $19.59 12/15/20203,900 shares $75.70 thousand +143.8%N/A0.1 $19.41 11/30/20201,600 shares $30.72 thousand -84.8%N/A0 $19.20 11/15/202010,500 shares $198.24 thousand +66.7%N/A0.1 $18.88 10/30/20206,300 shares $113.90 thousand -62.5%N/A0.1 $18.08 10/15/202016,800 shares $321.05 thousand -64.9%N/A0 $19.11 9/30/202047,800 shares $899.60 thousand -75.6%N/A0.8 $18.82 9/15/2020126,300 shares $2.49 million -35.4%N/A1.8 $19.73 8/31/2020195,600 shares $3.94 million -46.3%N/A2.6 $20.13 HPI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 31st, investors have sold 9,500 shares of HPI short. Learn More on John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's current short interest. Is John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? John Hancock Preferred Income Fund saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,500 shares, a decrease of 48.9% from the previous total of 18,600 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 John Hancock Preferred Income Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to John Hancock Preferred Income Fund: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short John Hancock Preferred Income Fund stock? Short selling HPI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Preferred Income Fund as its price is falling. HPI shares are trading up $0.12 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 John Hancock Preferred Income Fund? A short squeeze for John Hancock Preferred 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 HPI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is John Hancock Preferred Income 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 HPI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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