NYSE:PFD Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund - PFD Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. $12.53 -0.01 (-0.08%) (As of 01/27/2023 09:32 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Today's Range$12.53▼$12.5350-Day Range$10.85▼$12.5452-Week Range$10.13▼$16.48Volume451 shsAverage Volume27,314 shsMarket CapitalizationN/AP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield0.07%Price TargetN/A ProfileChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Short Interest DataCurrent Short Volume18,000 sharesPrevious Short Volume35,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-48.72%Dollar Volume Sold Short$215,280.00Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover0.5Last Record DateJanuary 15, 2023Today's Trading Volume451 sharesAverage Trading Volume27,314 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average-98.35% Short Selling Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort InterestDays to CoverShort Percent of FloatPFD Short Interest Over TimePFD Days to Cover Over TimePFD Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:PFD) Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/202318,000 shares $215,280.00 -48.7%N/A0.5 $11.96 12/30/202235,100 shares $389,961.00 +10.0%N/A1.1 $11.11 12/15/202231,900 shares $370,997.00 +85.5%N/A1 $11.63 11/30/202217,200 shares $194,876.00 -17.3%N/A0.5 $11.33 11/15/202220,800 shares $229,840.00 +34.2%N/A0.7 $11.05 10/31/202215,500 shares $162,750.00 +4.7%N/A0.5 $10.50 10/15/202214,800 shares $154,216.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $10.42 9/30/2022400 shares $4,244.00 -93.4%N/A0 $10.61 9/15/20226,100 shares $72,163.00 +35.6%N/A0.2 $11.83 8/31/20224,500 shares $56,700.00 -54.6%N/A0.2 $12.60 8/15/20229,900 shares $128,997.00 -32.2%N/A0.3 $13.03 7/31/202214,600 shares $186,004.00 +39.1%N/A0.5 $12.74 7/15/202210,500 shares $127,680.00 -41.7%N/A0.3 $12.16 6/30/202218,000 shares $225,900.00 +176.9%N/A0.5 $12.55 6/15/20226,500 shares $78,325.00 +66.7%N/A0.2 $12.05 5/31/20223,900 shares $49,218.00 -64.6%N/A0.1 $12.62 5/15/202211,000 shares $135,300.00 +254.8%N/A0.3 $12.30 4/30/20223,100 shares $39,277.00 -6.1%N/A0.1 $12.67 4/15/20223,300 shares $43,461.00 -25.0%N/A0.1 $13.17 3/31/20224,400 shares $60,984.00 -80.8%N/A0.1 $13.86 3/15/202222,900 shares $312,814.00 -21.8%N/A0.6 $13.66 2/28/202229,300 shares $414,302.00 -38.5%N/A0.8 $14.14 2/15/202247,600 shares $718,760.00 -25.7%N/A1.3 $15.10 1/31/202264,100 shares $1.04 million -22.5%N/A1.7 $16.19 1/15/202282,700 shares $1.38 million +50.6%N/A2.1 $16.71 12/31/202154,900 shares $960,750.00 -7.3%N/A1.4 $17.50 12/15/202159,200 shares $1.02 million -12.6%N/A1.8 $17.15 11/30/202167,700 shares $1.17 million +88.6%N/A2 $17.22 11/15/202135,900 shares $618,916.00 +734.9%N/A1.1 $17.24 10/29/20214,300 shares $70,864.00 -20.4%N/A0.1 $16.48 10/15/20215,400 shares $85,914.00 +5,300.0%N/A0.2 $15.91 9/30/2021100 shares $1,576.00 -98.1%N/A0 $15.76 9/15/20215,300 shares $85,171.00 -73.6%N/A0.2 $16.07 8/31/202120,100 shares $322,605.00 -1.5%N/A0.8 $16.05 8/13/202120,400 shares $338,232.00 -3.3%N/A0.9 $16.58 7/30/202121,100 shares $353,636.00 -11.0%N/A0.9 $16.76 7/15/202123,700 shares $399,819.00 -28.2%N/A1 $16.87 6/30/202133,000 shares $551,100.00 -9.8%N/A1.5 $16.70 6/15/202136,600 shares $630,984.00 +3.1%N/A1.7 $17.24 5/28/202135,500 shares $601,725.00 -0.3%N/A1.6 $16.95 PFD Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, investors have sold 18,000 shares of PFD short. Learn More on Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's current short interest. Is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,000 shares, a decline of 48.7% from the previous total of 35,100 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.43 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Paramount Global ($1.77 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.69 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.53 billion), American Airlines Group Inc. ($1.52 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.48 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund stock? Short selling PFD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund as its price is falling. PFD shares are trading up $0.15 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 Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund? A short squeeze for Flaherty & Crumrine 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 PFD, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Flaherty & Crumrine 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 PFD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2023. More Short Interest Tools: Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:PFD) was last updated on 1/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff Get 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access Free Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas from top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. 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