John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $13.11 0.00 (0.00%) As of 12:27 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Short Interest DataJohn Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) has a short interest of 74,000 shares, representing 0.15% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 141.83% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.6, indicating that it would take 0.6 days of the average trading volume of 116,021 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest74,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest30,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+141.83%Dollar Volume Sold Short$975.32 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 31, 2025Outstanding Shares49,185,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.15%Today's Trading Volume37,037 sharesAverage Trading Volume116,021 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average32% Short Selling John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 ChartPDT Short Interest Over TimePDT Days to Cover Over TimePDT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 5/31/202574,000 shares $975.32 thousand +141.8%0.2%0.6 $13.18 5/15/202530,600 shares $385.56 thousand -8.1%0.1%0.3 $12.60 4/30/202533,300 shares $420.58 thousand -42.4%N/A0.3 $12.63 4/15/202557,800 shares $706.32 thousand +101.4%0.1%0.5 $12.22 3/31/202528,700 shares $374.45 thousand -33.3%0.1%0.2 $13.05 3/15/202543,000 shares $546.10 thousand +87.8%0.1%0.4 $12.70 2/28/202522,900 shares $296.78 thousand -21.8%0.0%0.2 $12.96 2/15/202529,300 shares $379.44 thousand -49.1%0.1%0.2 $12.95 1/31/202557,600 shares $737.51 thousand -31.8%N/A0.5 $12.80 1/15/202584,400 shares $1.07 million +35.7%N/A0.7 $12.72 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PDT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 12/31/202462,200 shares $792.43 thousand +72.3%N/A0.5 $12.74 12/15/202436,100 shares $455.22 thousand +58.3%N/A0.3 $12.61 11/30/202422,800 shares $301.64 thousand -18.0%N/A0.2 $13.23 11/15/202427,800 shares $352.23 thousand +117.2%N/A0.3 $12.67 10/31/202412,800 shares $164.22 thousand +0.8%N/A0.1 $12.83 10/15/202412,700 shares $166.24 thousand -76.7%N/A0.1 $13.09 9/30/202454,400 shares $719.17 thousand -5.7%N/A0.5 $13.22 9/15/202457,700 shares $767.41 thousand -31.4%N/A0.5 $13.30 8/31/202484,100 shares $1.10 million +5.5%N/A0.8 $13.12 8/15/202479,700 shares $985.09 thousand -2.7%N/A0.7 $12.36 7/31/202481,900 shares $1.01 million +38.8%N/A0.7 $12.37 7/15/202459,000 shares $693.25 thousand +135.1%N/A0.6 $11.75 6/30/202425,100 shares $295.68 thousand -7.0%N/A0.2 $11.78 6/15/202427,000 shares $304.83 thousand +52.5%N/A0.2 $11.29 5/31/202417,700 shares $203.55 thousand -3.3%N/A0.2 $11.50 5/15/202418,300 shares $215.39 thousand -31.5%N/A0.1 $11.77 4/30/202426,700 shares $300.38 thousand -21.7%N/A0.2 $11.25 4/15/202434,100 shares $365.89 thousand -49.1%N/A0.3 $10.73 3/31/20248,470,000 shares $98.68 million +5,769.7%N/A1.9 $11.65 3/15/2024144,300 shares $1.70 million +12.3%N/A1 $11.77 2/29/2024128,500 shares $1.48 million +134.9%N/A0.8 $11.53 2/15/202454,700 shares $596.78 thousand +155.6%N/A0.4 $10.91 1/31/202421,400 shares $232.19 thousand -29.6%N/A0.1 $10.85 1/15/202430,400 shares $329.84 thousand +67.0%N/A0.2 $10.85 12/31/202318,200 shares $193.83 thousand -26.9%N/A0.1 $10.65 12/15/202324,900 shares $267.92 thousand -50.6%N/A0.1 $10.76 11/30/202350,400 shares $547.34 thousand -49.2%N/A0.3 $10.86 11/15/202399,300 shares $1.00 million -14.6%N/A0.6 $10.12 10/31/2023116,300 shares $1.11 million +33.4%N/A0.7 $9.58 10/15/202387,200 shares $821.42 thousand +41.6%N/A0.5 $9.42[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.” (Ad)A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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Front-running Buffett has never been more urgent — and four tiny miners could be your ticket to 100X gains.Click here to get Garrett’s Top Four picks now. 9/30/202361,600 shares $592.59 thousand +121.6%N/A0.4 $9.62 9/15/202327,800 shares $278.83 thousand +79.4%N/A0.2 $10.03 8/31/202315,500 shares $157.02 thousand -64.8%N/A0.1 $10.13 8/15/202344,000 shares $459.80 thousand -6.4%N/A0.3 $10.45 7/31/202347,000 shares $538.15 thousand +77.4%N/A0.4 $11.45 7/15/202326,500 shares $297.60 thousand +119.0%N/A0.2 $11.23 6/30/202312,100 shares $142.11 thousand -78.4%N/A0.1 $11.75 6/15/202356,100 shares $650.76 thousand -36.3%N/A0.5 $11.60 5/31/202388,000 shares $980.32 thousand -38.3%N/A0.8 $11.14 5/15/2023142,600 shares $1.63 million -39.0%N/A1.3 $11.45 4/30/2023233,800 shares $2.97 million +12.6%N/A2.1 $12.70 4/15/2023207,600 shares $2.64 million +14.6%N/A1.7 $12.73 3/31/2023181,100 shares $2.24 million -3.1%N/A1.4 $12.39 3/15/2023186,800 shares $2.24 million +121.3%N/A1.5 $11.98 2/28/202384,400 shares $1.09 million +205.8%N/A0.7 $12.93 2/15/202327,600 shares $360.18 thousand +187.5%N/A0.2 $13.05 1/31/20239,600 shares $127.10 thousand -38.5%N/A0.1 $13.24 1/15/202315,600 shares $211.54 thousand +54.5%N/A0.2 $13.56 12/30/202210,100 shares $130.69 thousand -17.9%N/A0.1 $12.94 12/15/202212,300 shares $161.25 thousand -65.4%N/A0.2 $13.11 11/30/202235,500 shares $497.71 thousand -63.3%N/A0.5 $14.02 11/15/202296,800 shares $1.36 million -51.3%N/A1.6 $14.04 10/31/2022198,600 shares $2.78 million -20.6%N/A3.2 $13.99 10/15/2022250,000 shares $3.26 million No ChangeN/A3.8 $13.04 9/30/202297,900 shares $1.33 million -16.8%N/A1.5 $13.54 9/15/2022117,600 shares $1.73 million -10.8%N/A1.9 $14.73 8/31/2022131,800 shares $2.03 million -25.5%N/A1.8 $15.39 8/15/2022177,000 shares $2.86 million +42.9%N/A2.4 $16.17 7/31/2022123,900 shares $1.91 million -7.5%N/A1.6 $15.38 7/15/2022133,900 shares $1.85 million +14.6%N/A1.8 $13.79 6/30/2022116,800 shares $1.64 million +239.5%N/A1.6 $14.02 6/15/202234,400 shares $476.78 thousand +31.8%N/A0.5 $13.86 5/31/202226,100 shares $410.29 thousand -33.6%N/A0.4 $15.72 5/15/202239,300 shares $585.18 thousand +124.6%N/A0.6 $14.89 4/30/202217,500 shares $263.90 thousand -53.5%N/A0.2 $15.08 4/15/202237,600 shares $600.47 thousand +50.4%N/A0.5 $15.97 3/31/202225,000 shares $410.25 thousand +98.4%N/A0.3 $16.41 3/15/202212,600 shares $188.62 thousand -53.3%N/A0.1 $14.97 2/28/202227,000 shares $432.81 thousand -75.8%N/A0.3 $16.03 2/15/2022111,600 shares $1.77 million +81.5%N/A1.2 $15.82 1/31/202261,500 shares $1.01 million -3.3%N/A0.7 $16.50 1/15/202263,600 shares $1.06 million -50.6%N/A0.7 $16.67 12/31/2021128,700 shares $2.15 million -59.5%N/A1.7 $16.71 12/15/2021317,800 shares $5.47 million -3.1%N/A4.7 $17.20 11/30/2021328,100 shares $5.61 million +22.4%N/A4.8 $17.11 11/15/2021268,000 shares $4.70 million -1.4%N/A4.1 $17.53 10/29/2021271,900 shares $4.70 million -13.4%N/A4.2 $17.27 10/15/2021314,000 shares $5.36 million -8.2%N/A4.9 $17.06 9/30/2021342,000 shares $5.68 million +49.6%N/A4.9 $16.62 9/15/2021228,600 shares $3.86 million -7.0%N/A3.1 $16.88[No Brainer Gold Play]: “Show me a better investment.” (Ad)A Historic Gold Announcement Is About to Rock Wall Street? 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Front-running Buffett has never been more urgent — and four tiny miners could be your ticket to 100X gains.Click here to get Garrett’s Top Four picks now. 8/31/2021245,800 shares $4.13 million -7.3%N/A3.3 $16.79 8/13/2021265,200 shares $4.56 million -7.4%N/A3.3 $17.18 7/30/2021286,300 shares $4.81 million -16.6%N/A3.2 $16.79 7/15/2021343,200 shares $5.80 million -7.5%N/A3.6 $16.90 6/30/2021371,100 shares $6.29 million +33.3%N/A3.8 $16.94 6/15/2021278,500 shares $4.78 million +5.2%N/A2.4 $17.15 5/28/2021264,800 shares $4.41 million +66.5%N/A2.1 $16.65 5/14/2021159,000 shares $2.53 million +5.8%N/A1.1 $15.94 4/30/2021150,300 shares $2.38 million +39.3%N/A1 $15.82 4/15/2021107,900 shares $1.66 million +880.9%N/A0.7 $15.38 3/31/202111,000 shares $160.38 thousand -75.7%N/A0.1 $14.58 3/15/202145,300 shares $632.39 thousand -66.7%N/A0.3 $13.96 2/26/2021136,000 shares $1.93 million +61.5%N/A1 $14.19 2/12/202184,200 shares $1.21 million +2.6%N/A0.7 $14.32 1/29/202182,100 shares $1.15 million +72.8%N/A0.6 $13.98 1/15/202147,500 shares $649.33 thousand -37.9%N/A0.4 $13.67 12/31/202076,500 shares $1.07 million -25.4%N/A0.6 $13.97 12/15/2020102,500 shares $1.45 million +11.4%N/A0.8 $14.12 11/30/202092,000 shares $1.29 million -11.5%N/A0.8 $14.05 11/15/2020104,000 shares $1.43 million +91.5%N/A0.9 $13.71 10/30/202054,300 shares $675.49 thousand -16.3%N/A0.5 $12.44 10/15/202064,900 shares $848.24 thousand -3.0%N/A0 $13.07 9/30/202066,900 shares $832.91 thousand -2.8%N/A0.6 $12.45 9/15/202072,700 shares $940.74 thousand +5.7%N/A0.7 $12.94 8/31/202068,800 shares $909.54 thousand -25.7%N/A0.6 $13.22 8/14/202092,600 shares $1.26 million +2.2%N/A0.8 $13.63 7/31/202090,600 shares $1.23 million -24.0%N/A0.8 $13.60 7/15/2020119,200 shares $1.57 million +5.6%N/A1 $13.13 6/30/2020112,900 shares $1.46 million -63.6%N/A0.8 $12.93 6/15/2020309,700 shares $4.21 million +50.2%N/A1.8 $13.58 PDT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 31st, investors have sold 74,000 shares of PDT short. 0.15% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. PDT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.15% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's floating shares are currently sold short. Is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 74,000 shares, an increase of 141.8% from the previous total of 30,600 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 Premium Dividend Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.15% of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund: PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.35%), Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.63%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (1.59%), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (0.07%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.36%), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (0.07%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.07%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.06%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.22%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (2.04%), 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 ($64.96 billion), Invesco QQQ ($27.88 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.94 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.58 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($5.72 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.45 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.54 billion), and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock? Short selling PDT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Premium Dividend 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. How does a short squeeze work against John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? A short squeeze for John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 PDT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 PDT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 31 2025. 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