PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund (PCI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, investors have sold 195,900 shares of PCI short. Learn More on PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund's current short interest.

PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 195,900 shares, a decrease of 4.3% from the previous total of 204,700 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 PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.19%), Burford Capital Limited (0.58%), Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (2.52%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.43%), Northeast Bank (1.10%), Pioneer Bancorp, Inc. (0.32%), Summit State Bank (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($11.35 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($8.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.23 billion), Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited ($4.96 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.99 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($2.44 billion), eBay Inc. ($2.34 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.30 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PCI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage 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 PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage 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 PCI, 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 PCI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2021.