The Korea Fund (KF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $27.77 +0.42 (+1.54%) Closing price 08/5/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$27.76 -0.02 (-0.05%) As of 08/5/2025 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock The Korea Fund Short Interest DataThe Korea Fund (KF) has a short interest of 6,200 shares. This marks a -30.34% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.4, indicating that it would take 0.4 days of the average trading volume of 9,884 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest6,200 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-30.34%Dollar Volume Sold Short$170.66 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares4,830,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.13%Today's Trading Volume4,506 sharesAverage Trading Volume9,884 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average46% Short Selling The Korea Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for The Korea Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartKF Short Interest Over TimeKF Days to Cover Over TimeKF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time The Korea 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 7/15/20256,200 shares $170.66 thousand -30.3%N/A0.4 $27.53 6/30/20258,900 shares $239.50 thousand -54.4%0.5%0.5 $26.91 6/15/202519,500 shares $486.92 thousand +37.3%1.0%1.1 $24.97 5/31/202514,200 shares $317.65 thousand +118.5%0.7%0.8 $22.37 5/15/20256,500 shares $139.88 thousand No Change0.3%0.4 $21.52 4/15/20255,800 shares $116 thousand +123.1%0.3%0.5 $20.00 3/31/20252,600 shares $52.05 thousand -62.3%0.1%0.2 $20.02 3/15/20256,900 shares $141.01 thousand +32.7%0.4%0.5 $20.44 2/28/20255,200 shares $106.05 thousand -40.2%0.3%0.4 $20.39 2/15/20258,700 shares $181.35 thousand +85.1%0.4%0.5 $20.85 Get the Latest News and Ratings for KF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for The Korea Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/20254,700 shares $92.27 thousand -71.0%N/A0.2 $19.63 1/15/202516,200 shares $320.76 thousand +11.7%N/A0.7 $19.80 12/31/202414,500 shares $267.38 thousand -42.0%N/A0.7 $18.44 12/15/202425,000 shares $502.50 thousand +252.1%N/A1.2 $20.10 11/30/20247,100 shares $145.34 thousand -2.7%N/A0.3 $20.47 11/15/20247,300 shares $144.28 thousand +46.0%N/A0.3 $19.77 10/31/20245,000 shares $106.65 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $21.33 10/15/20245,000 shares $112.10 thousand +117.4%N/A0.3 $22.42 9/30/20242,300 shares $52.33 thousand -78.7%N/A0.1 $22.75 9/15/202410,800 shares $255.42 thousand +27.1%N/A0.6 $23.65 8/31/20248,500 shares $214.71 thousand -1.2%N/A0.6 $25.26 8/15/20248,600 shares $209.75 thousand +41.0%N/A0.9 $24.39 7/31/20246,100 shares $153.23 thousand -15.3%N/A0.7 $25.12 7/15/20247,200 shares $184.18 thousand +46.9%N/A0.9 $25.58 6/30/20244,900 shares $118.24 thousand -18.3%N/A0.5 $24.13 6/15/20246,000 shares $142.08 thousand +5.3%N/A0.7 $23.68 5/31/20245,700 shares $132.35 thousand +39.0%N/A0.6 $23.22 5/15/20244,100 shares $100.82 thousand -25.5%N/A0.2 $24.59 4/30/20245,500 shares $129.86 thousand -38.2%N/A0.3 $23.61 4/15/20248,900 shares $208.35 thousand -9.2%N/A0.5 $23.41 3/31/20249,800 shares $249.21 thousand +29.0%N/A0.5 $25.43 3/15/20247,600 shares $186.81 thousand +72.7%N/A0.4 $24.58 2/29/20244,400 shares $105.25 thousand +25.7%N/A0.3 $23.92 2/15/20243,500 shares $80.19 thousand +118.8%N/A0.3 $22.91 1/31/20241,600 shares $34.54 thousand +100.0%N/A0.1 $21.59 1/15/2024800 shares $17.72 thousand -46.7%N/A0 $22.15 12/31/20231,500 shares $35.10 thousand -16.7%N/A0.1 $23.40 12/15/20231,800 shares $41.27 thousand -51.4%N/A0.1 $22.93 11/30/20233,700 shares $81.59 thousand -26.0%N/A0.3 $22.05 11/15/20235,000 shares $105.40 thousand +284.6%N/A0.4 $21.08HIDDEN IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS… (Ad)“This land I will give to you…” — a 4,000-year-old line from Genesis may hold the key to unlocking a $150 trillion vault of untapped American wealth. 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He’s revealing everything in a new presentation.Watch Jim Rickards reveal the Old Testament Wealth Code 10/31/20231,300 shares $24.14 thousand +1,200.0%N/A0.1 $18.57 10/15/2023100 shares $2.06 thousand -96.7%N/A0 $20.56 9/30/20233,000 shares $63.09 thousand +2,900.0%N/A0.5 $21.03 9/15/2023100 shares $2.23 thousand -94.4%N/A0 $22.29 8/31/20231,800 shares $39.58 thousand -18.2%N/A0.3 $21.99 8/15/20232,200 shares $48.62 thousand -35.3%N/A0.3 $22.10 7/31/20233,400 shares $82.25 thousand +385.7%N/A0.5 $24.19 7/15/2023700 shares $16.60 thousand -77.4%N/A0.1 $23.72 6/30/20233,100 shares $71.73 thousand -53.0%N/A0.3 $23.14 6/15/20236,600 shares $162.49 thousand +340.0%N/A0.7 $24.62 5/31/20231,500 shares $33.45 thousand +7.1%N/A0.2 $22.30 5/15/20231,400 shares $29.58 thousand -72.6%N/A0.2 $21.13 4/30/20235,100 shares $109.04 thousand +104.0%N/A0.5 $21.38 4/15/20232,500 shares $55.13 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $22.05 3/31/20232,500 shares $54.92 thousand -40.5%N/A0.2 $21.97 3/15/20234,200 shares $88.24 thousand +23.5%N/A0.3 $21.01 2/28/20233,400 shares $74.22 thousand +30.8%N/A0.2 $21.83 2/15/20232,600 shares $58.89 thousand -38.1%N/A0.2 $22.65 1/31/20234,200 shares $101.26 thousand -73.9%N/A0.3 $24.11 1/15/202316,100 shares $378.19 thousand +747.4%N/A1 $23.49 12/30/20221,900 shares $39.58 thousand -61.2%N/A0.1 $20.83 12/15/20224,900 shares $116.23 thousand +88.5%N/A0.3 $23.72 11/30/20222,600 shares $64.97 thousand +188.9%N/A0.2 $24.99 11/15/2022900 shares $22.09 thousand -43.8%N/A0.1 $24.54 10/31/20221,600 shares $32.72 thousand +77.8%N/A0.1 $20.45 10/15/2022900 shares $17.52 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $19.47 9/30/20221,600 shares $30.74 thousand +166.7%N/A0.2 $19.21 9/15/2022600 shares $13.33 thousand -71.4%N/A0.1 $22.22 8/31/20222,100 shares $51.37 thousand +40.0%N/A0.4 $24.46 8/15/20221,500 shares $39.21 thousand +200.0%N/A0.3 $26.14 7/31/2022500 shares $12.74 thousand +66.7%N/A0.1 $25.47 7/15/2022300 shares $7.31 thousand -66.7%N/A0.1 $24.35 6/30/2022900 shares $21.91 thousand -82.0%N/A0.1 $24.35 6/15/20225,000 shares $130.50 thousand -30.6%N/A0.6 $26.10 5/31/20227,200 shares $207.79 thousand +75.6%N/A0.9 $28.86 5/15/20224,100 shares $113.65 thousand -68.5%N/A0.5 $27.72 4/30/202213,000 shares $388.05 thousand +80.6%N/A1.8 $29.85 4/15/20227,200 shares $215.57 thousand +28.6%N/A1 $29.94 3/31/20225,600 shares $168.56 thousand +14.3%N/A0.8 $30.10 3/15/20224,900 shares $141.41 thousand -5.8%N/A0.7 $28.86 2/28/20225,200 shares $163.12 thousand +8.3%N/A0.7 $31.37 2/15/20224,800 shares $151.01 thousand -21.3%N/A0.6 $31.46 1/31/20226,100 shares $192.46 thousand -39.0%N/A0.7 $31.55 1/15/202210,000 shares $347.50 thousand +35.1%N/A1.2 $34.75 12/31/20217,400 shares $254.39 thousand +76.2%N/A0.9 $34.38 12/15/20214,200 shares $171.91 thousand -4.6%N/A0.6 $40.93 11/30/20214,400 shares $171.69 thousand -21.4%N/A0.8 $39.02 11/15/20215,600 shares $229.43 thousand -9.7%N/A1.2 $40.97 10/29/20216,200 shares $252.90 thousand +55.0%N/A1.4 $40.79 10/15/20214,000 shares $160.55 thousand -18.4%N/A0.8 $40.14HIDDEN IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS… (Ad)“This land I will give to you…” — a 4,000-year-old line from Genesis may hold the key to unlocking a $150 trillion vault of untapped American wealth. 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He’s revealing everything in a new presentation.Watch Jim Rickards reveal the Old Testament Wealth Code 9/30/20214,900 shares $200.66 thousand +22.5%N/A1 $40.95 9/15/20214,000 shares $171.28 thousand -7.0%N/A0.9 $42.82 8/31/20214,300 shares $187.22 thousand -14.0%N/A0.9 $43.54 8/13/20215,000 shares $218.35 thousand +19.1%N/A1 $43.67 7/30/20214,200 shares $187.70 thousand -2.3%N/A0.8 $44.69 7/15/20214,300 shares $195.61 thousand +4.9%N/A0.8 $45.49 6/30/20214,100 shares $188.97 thousand -43.1%N/A0.7 $46.09 6/15/20217,200 shares $331.06 thousand +53.2%N/A1.1 $45.98 5/28/20214,700 shares $213.19 thousand +38.2%N/A0.7 $45.36 5/14/20213,400 shares $146.91 thousand -37.0%N/A0.5 $43.21 4/30/20215,400 shares $242.51 thousand +390.9%N/A0.8 $44.91 4/15/20211,100 shares $49.46 thousand -47.6%N/A0.2 $44.96 3/31/20212,100 shares $90.33 thousand +600.0%N/A0.3 $43.01 3/15/2021300 shares $12.86 thousand -57.1%N/A0 $42.87 2/26/2021700 shares $30.37 thousand -30.0%N/A0.1 $43.39 2/12/20211,000 shares $44.07 thousand -80.8%N/A0.1 $44.07 1/29/20215,200 shares $227.81 thousand +67.7%N/A0.8 $43.81 1/15/20213,100 shares $136.99 thousand +10.7%N/A0.5 $44.19 12/31/20202,800 shares $112.64 thousand +300.0%N/A0.5 $40.23 12/15/2020700 shares $27.34 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $39.05 11/30/2020700 shares $25.24 thousand -92.8%N/A0.1 $36.05 11/15/20209,700 shares $339.50 thousand +54.0%N/A2 $35.00 10/30/20206,300 shares $193.85 thousand +43.2%N/A1.4 $30.77 10/15/20204,400 shares $137.79 thousand -15.4%N/A0 $31.32 9/30/20205,200 shares $154.18 thousand +40.5%N/A1.1 $29.65 9/15/20203,300 shares $101.18 thousand -10.8%N/A0.7 $30.66 8/31/20203,700 shares $108.15 thousand -27.5%N/A0.8 $29.23 8/14/20205,100 shares $156.11 thousand +15.9%N/A1 $30.61 KF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is The Korea Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of The Korea Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, investors have sold 6,200 shares of KF short. Learn More on The Korea Fund's current short interest. Is The Korea Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? The Korea Fund saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,200 shares, a decrease of 30.3% from the previous total of 8,900 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 The Korea Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to The Korea Fund: Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (5.35%), CION Investment Corporation (1.61%), India Fund, Inc. (0.59%), Royce Otc Micro (0.09%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (0.42%), Barings Corporate Investors (0.07%), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (0.44%), Saratoga Investment Corp (1.82%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.08%), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (0.29%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short The Korea Fund stock? Short selling KF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The Korea Fund as its price is falling. KF shares are trading up $0.42 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 The Korea Fund? A short squeeze for The Korea 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 KF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is The Korea 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 KF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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