BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.96 -0.03 (-0.27%) Closing price 05/23/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.96 +0.00 (+0.05%) As of 05/23/2025 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 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund Short Interest DataBlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY) has a short interest of 63,900 shares. This marks a 65.97% increase 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 182,758 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest63,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest38,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+65.97%Dollar Volume Sold Short$713,124.00Short Interest Ratio0.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares73,077,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.09%Today's Trading Volume95,465 sharesAverage Trading Volume182,758 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average52% Short Selling BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BlackRock MuniYield Quality 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 ChartMQY Short Interest Over TimeMQY Days to Cover Over TimeMQY Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BlackRock MuniYield Quality 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 4/30/202563,900 shares $713,124.00 +66.0%N/A0.4 $11.16 4/15/202538,500 shares $420,035.00 -69.2%0.1%0.2 $10.91 3/31/2025124,800 shares $1.47 million +110.8%0.2%0.7 $11.75 3/15/202559,200 shares $690,272.00 -2.6%0.1%0.2 $11.66 2/28/202560,800 shares $734,464.00 +133.9%0.1%0.2 $12.08 2/15/202526,000 shares $309,400.00 -72.8%0.0%0.1 $11.90 1/31/202595,500 shares $1.13 million +52.8%N/A0.4 $11.88 1/15/202562,500 shares $732,500.00 +819.1%N/A0.3 $11.72 12/31/20246,800 shares $78,336.00 -91.3%N/A0 $11.52 12/15/202478,000 shares $979,680.00 +25.8%N/A0.4 $12.56 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MQY and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202462,000 shares $790,500.00 -8.8%N/A0.4 $12.75 11/15/202468,000 shares $839,800.00 -15.4%N/A0.4 $12.35 10/31/202480,400 shares $1.01 million -50.9%N/A0.5 $12.52 10/15/2024163,800 shares $2.13 million -25.8%N/A1.1 $12.99 9/30/2024220,600 shares $2.89 million +102.8%N/A1.5 $13.11 9/15/2024108,800 shares $1.42 million -2.6%N/A0.8 $13.05 8/31/2024111,700 shares $1.41 million +193.2%N/A0.8 $12.63 8/15/202438,100 shares $473,583.00 -28.7%N/A0.3 $12.43 7/31/202453,400 shares $661,626.00 -32.1%N/A0.4 $12.39 7/15/202478,600 shares $976,605.00 +39.6%N/A0.6 $12.43 6/30/202456,300 shares $691,364.00 -43.8%N/A0.4 $12.28 6/15/2024100,200 shares $1.23 million -3.8%N/A0.7 $12.23 5/31/2024104,100 shares $1.24 million +7.2%N/A0.8 $11.93 5/15/202497,100 shares $1.18 million -31.5%N/A0.7 $12.17 4/30/2024141,800 shares $1.66 million -43.9%N/A0.9 $11.74 4/15/2024252,600 shares $3.02 million +20.6%N/A1.6 $11.96 3/31/2024800 shares $9,800.00 -99.7%N/A0 $12.25 3/15/2024239,900 shares $2.96 million -15.7%N/A1.3 $12.35 2/29/2024284,500 shares $3.50 million +34.3%N/A1.3 $12.29 2/15/2024211,800 shares $2.61 million -36.5%N/A0.9 $12.30 1/31/2024333,400 shares $4.05 million -30.2%N/A1.3 $12.16 1/15/2024477,900 shares $5.84 million -22.3%N/A1.7 $12.22 12/31/2023615,400 shares $7.50 million +76.9%N/A2.2 $12.19 12/15/2023347,900 shares $4.20 million +71.3%N/A1.2 $12.06 11/30/2023203,100 shares $2.32 million +2,682.2%N/A0.8 $11.41 11/15/20237,300 shares $78,621.00 -85.0%N/A0 $10.77 10/31/202348,500 shares $482,090.00 +124.5%N/A0.2 $9.94 10/15/202321,600 shares $225,072.00 -19.7%N/A0.1 $10.42 9/30/202326,900 shares $275,187.00 +90.8%N/A0.1 $10.23 9/15/202314,100 shares $152,068.50 -36.5%N/A0.1 $10.79Silicon Valley Gold Rush (Ad)A new technology has sparked a modern-day gold rush in Silicon Valley. 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OpenAI’s Sam Altman invested $375M. Bill Gates has backed four companies in this space. The World Economic Forum calls it “the most exciting human discovery since fire.” Whitney Tilson believes this trend could mint a new class of wealthy investors—and he’s sharing one stock to watch now, for free.Gates and Altman are betting big—see why 7/30/202164,100 shares $1.06 million -21.1%N/A0.7 $16.60 7/15/202181,200 shares $1.37 million +29.7%N/A0.8 $16.85 6/30/202162,600 shares $1.05 million -7.5%N/A0.6 $16.75 6/15/202167,700 shares $1.13 million -21.6%N/A0.6 $16.66 5/28/202186,300 shares $1.43 million +42.9%N/A0.8 $16.59 5/14/202160,400 shares $981,500.00 +7.5%N/A0.6 $16.25 4/30/202156,200 shares $893,580.00 -0.4%N/A0.6 $15.90 4/15/202156,400 shares $908,604.00 -2.8%N/A0.7 $16.11 3/31/202158,000 shares $912,920.00 -3.2%N/A0.9 $15.74 3/15/202159,900 shares $936,237.00 -22.7%N/A1 $15.63 2/26/202177,500 shares $1.23 million +8.2%N/A1.4 $15.84 2/12/202171,600 shares $1.23 million -13.3%N/A1.5 $17.15 1/29/202182,600 shares $1.44 million -0.7%N/A1.8 $17.43 1/15/202183,200 shares $1.40 million +4.0%N/A1.8 $16.77 12/31/202080,000 shares $1.32 million -18.5%N/A1.8 $16.55 12/15/202098,100 shares $1.62 million -11.9%N/A2.3 $16.49 11/30/2020111,400 shares $1.91 million +17.9%N/A2.5 $17.12 11/15/202094,500 shares $1.54 million +9.3%N/A2.1 $16.29 10/30/202086,500 shares $1.36 million -3.1%N/A1.7 $15.69 10/15/202089,300 shares $1.49 million +20.0%N/A0 $16.73 9/30/202074,400 shares $1.19 million +101.1%N/A1.3 $16.01 9/15/202046,200 shares $774,312.00 +24.9%N/A0.8 $16.76 8/31/202037,000 shares $589,040.00 -41.8%N/A0.6 $15.92 8/14/202063,600 shares $1.04 million +13.0%N/A1 $16.36 7/31/202056,300 shares $910,934.00 +46.6%N/A0.9 $16.18 7/15/202038,400 shares $606,720.00 +20.0%N/A0.5 $15.80 6/30/202032,000 shares $478,720.00 -4.2%N/A0.4 $14.96 6/15/202033,400 shares $509,016.00 +54.6%N/A0.3 $15.24 5/29/202021,600 shares $313,416.00 -65.6%N/A0.2 $14.51 MQY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, traders have sold 63,900 shares of MQY short. Learn More on BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's current short interest. Is BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 63,900 shares, an increase of 66.0% from the previous total of 38,500 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 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "misc." compare to BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund: Tri-Continental Co. (1.54%), General American Investors Company, Inc. (0.04%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (0.09%), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (0.14%), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (0.25%), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (0.19%), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (0.17%), Invesco Municipal Trust (0.06%), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (0.37%), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (0.11%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund stock? Short selling MQY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund as its price is falling. MQY shares are trading down $0.03 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 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund? A short squeeze for BlackRock MuniYield Quality 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 MQY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BlackRock MuniYield Quality 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 MQY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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