PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (PFN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $7.39 -0.03 (-0.40%) Closing price 07/15/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$7.38 0.00 (-0.07%) As of 07/15/2025 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II Short Interest DataPIMCO Income Strategy Fund II (PFN) has a short interest of 253,100 shares. This marks a 16.85% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.8, indicating that it would take 0.8 days of the average trading volume of 310,386 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest253,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest216,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+16.85%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.87 millionShort Interest Ratio0.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 30, 2025Today's Trading Volume289,222 sharesAverage Trading Volume310,386 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average93% Short Selling PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartPFN Short Interest Over TimePFN Days to Cover Over TimePFN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/30/2025253,100 shares $1.87 million +16.9%N/A0.8 $7.38 6/15/2025216,600 shares $1.57 million +159.7%N/A0.7 $7.27 5/31/202583,400 shares $607.99 thousand -53.4%N/A0.2 $7.29 5/15/2025179,000 shares $1.30 million +83.0%N/A0.5 $7.24 4/30/202597,800 shares $711.01 thousand -45.4%N/A0.3 $7.27 4/15/2025179,100 shares $1.26 million -41.2%N/A0.5 $7.05 3/31/2025304,800 shares $2.30 million +73.7%N/A0.9 $7.55 3/15/2025175,500 shares $1.31 million -33.5%N/A0.6 $7.45 2/28/2025263,800 shares $2.00 million +81.8%N/A0.9 $7.58 2/15/2025145,100 shares $1.09 million +109.1%N/A0.5 $7.53 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PFN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/31/202569,400 shares $520.50 thousand -28.2%N/A0.2 $7.50 1/15/202596,700 shares $718.48 thousand -27.9%N/A0.3 $7.43 12/31/2024134,200 shares $999.79 thousand +132.6%N/A0.4 $7.45 12/15/202457,700 shares $431.02 thousand -13.4%N/A0.2 $7.47 11/30/202466,600 shares $500.83 thousand -64.9%N/A0.2 $7.52 11/15/2024189,700 shares $1.41 million +223.2%N/A0.6 $7.41 10/31/202458,700 shares $441.42 thousand -70.1%N/A0.2 $7.52 10/15/2024196,400 shares $1.48 million +87.9%N/A0.7 $7.55 9/30/2024104,500 shares $796.29 thousand +356.3%N/A0.3 $7.62 9/15/202422,900 shares $169.00 thousand -63.1%N/A0.1 $7.38 8/31/202462,000 shares $456.32 thousand -27.3%N/A0.2 $7.36 8/15/202485,300 shares $619.28 thousand +68.9%N/A0.3 $7.26 7/31/202450,500 shares $365.12 thousand -42.0%N/A0.2 $7.23 7/15/202487,000 shares $619.01 thousand -6.8%N/A0.3 $7.12 6/30/202493,300 shares $668.96 thousand -60.7%N/A0.4 $7.17 6/15/2024237,100 shares $1.73 million +1.2%N/A1 $7.28 5/31/2024234,200 shares $1.72 million -12.4%N/A1 $7.33 5/15/2024267,400 shares $1.96 million +257.0%N/A1 $7.34 4/30/202474,900 shares $546.77 thousand +42.1%N/A0.3 $7.30 4/15/202452,700 shares $369.16 thousand -22.3%N/A0.2 $7.01 3/31/202478,400 shares $584.86 thousand +200.4%N/A0.4 $7.46 3/15/202426,100 shares $189.49 thousand -88.0%N/A0.1 $7.26 2/29/2024217,600 shares $1.61 million -41.2%N/A0.7 $7.39 2/15/2024370,000 shares $2.78 million +2.6%N/A1.2 $7.52 1/31/2024360,800 shares $2.69 million +132.6%N/A1.1 $7.46 1/15/2024155,100 shares $1.17 million +1,023.9%N/A0.5 $7.53 12/31/202313,800 shares $99.77 thousand -55.3%N/A0 $7.23 12/15/202330,900 shares $221.86 thousand +50.7%N/A0.1 $7.18 11/30/202320,500 shares $141.14 thousand -60.0%N/A0.1 $6.89 11/15/202351,300 shares $340.12 thousand +134.3%N/A0.2 $6.63$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 10/31/202321,900 shares $136.00 thousand -73.7%N/A0.1 $6.21 10/15/202383,300 shares $529.79 thousand +31.6%N/A0.3 $6.36 9/30/202363,300 shares $417.15 thousand +135.3%N/A0.2 $6.59 9/15/202326,900 shares $179.42 thousand +232.1%N/A0.1 $6.67 8/31/20238,100 shares $55.57 thousand -97.2%N/A0 $6.86 8/15/2023284,800 shares $2.01 million +316.4%N/A1.2 $7.07 7/31/202368,400 shares $489.74 thousand -54.3%N/A0.3 $7.16 7/15/2023149,500 shares $1.06 million +93.9%N/A0.7 $7.10 6/30/202377,100 shares $558.59 thousand +68.7%N/A0.4 $7.25 6/15/202345,700 shares $323.78 thousand +19.6%N/A0.3 $7.09 5/31/202338,200 shares $266.64 thousand +226.5%N/A0.2 $6.98 5/15/202311,700 shares $81.32 thousand -45.6%N/A0.1 $6.95 4/30/202321,500 shares $150.93 thousand -56.6%N/A0.1 $7.02 4/15/202349,500 shares $350.46 thousand +61.2%N/A0.2 $7.08 3/31/202330,700 shares $220.12 thousand -52.9%N/A0.1 $7.17 3/15/202365,200 shares $468.14 thousand +262.2%N/A0.2 $7.18 2/28/202318,000 shares $135.72 thousand -81.8%N/A0.1 $7.54 2/15/202398,700 shares $766.90 thousand +37.1%N/A0.4 $7.77 1/31/202372,000 shares $550.80 thousand +70.2%N/A0.3 $7.65 1/15/202342,300 shares $315.14 thousand -75.3%N/A0.2 $7.45 12/30/2022171,200 shares $1.21 million +81.7%N/A0.7 $7.07 12/15/202294,200 shares $694.25 thousand -39.4%N/A0.4 $7.37 11/30/2022155,500 shares $1.18 million +168.1%N/A0.7 $7.59 11/15/202258,000 shares $429.78 thousand +44.3%N/A0.3 $7.41 10/31/202240,200 shares $291.45 thousand -32.9%N/A0.2 $7.25 10/15/202259,900 shares $405.52 thousand No ChangeN/A0.3 $6.77 9/30/202264,500 shares $445.70 thousand +55.8%N/A0.3 $6.91 9/15/202241,400 shares $309.67 thousand +28.2%N/A0.2 $7.48 8/31/202232,300 shares $251.29 thousand -33.1%N/A0.1 $7.78 8/15/202248,300 shares $400.41 thousand +78.9%N/A0.2 $8.29 7/31/202227,000 shares $217.35 thousand -40.4%N/A0.1 $8.05 7/15/202245,300 shares $337.49 thousand -84.1%N/A0.2 $7.45 6/30/2022284,300 shares $2.25 million +268.3%N/A1 $7.92 6/15/202277,200 shares $572.82 thousand +144.3%N/A0.3 $7.42 5/31/202231,600 shares $255.64 thousand -34.6%N/A0.1 $8.09 5/15/202248,300 shares $375.29 thousand +12.9%N/A0.2 $7.77 4/30/202242,800 shares $356.10 thousand +27.4%N/A0.2 $8.32 4/15/202233,600 shares $283.92 thousand +15.5%N/A0.1 $8.45 3/31/202229,100 shares $252.59 thousand -1.7%N/A0.1 $8.68 3/15/202229,600 shares $249.53 thousand -15.4%N/A0.1 $8.43 2/28/202235,000 shares $312.20 thousand -37.7%N/A0.1 $8.92 2/15/202256,200 shares $499.06 thousand +28.0%N/A0.2 $8.88 1/31/202243,900 shares $398.61 thousand -46.3%N/A0.1 $9.08 1/15/202281,800 shares $761.56 thousand +56.7%N/A0.2 $9.31 12/31/202152,200 shares $498.51 thousand -58.1%N/A0.2 $9.55 12/15/2021124,700 shares $1.16 million -41.4%N/A0.5 $9.31 11/30/2021212,800 shares $2.04 million +53.2%N/A0.7 $9.60 11/15/2021138,900 shares $1.37 million -1.3%N/A0.4 $9.89 10/29/2021140,700 shares $1.42 million +87.6%N/A0.4 $10.09 10/15/202175,000 shares $753.00 thousand -63.5%N/A0.2 $10.04$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 9/30/2021205,700 shares $2.09 million -56.0%N/A0.6 $10.14 9/15/2021467,300 shares $4.72 million -40.0%N/A1.3 $10.10 8/31/2021778,800 shares $8.86 million -4.4%N/A2.3 $11.38 8/13/2021814,900 shares $9.09 million -16.5%N/A3.2 $11.16 7/30/2021975,400 shares $10.74 million +38.6%N/A3.5 $11.01 7/15/2021703,700 shares $7.87 million +24.1%N/A2.5 $11.19 6/30/2021567,100 shares $6.23 million -1.3%N/A2.1 $10.98 6/15/2021574,300 shares $6.08 million +22.2%N/A2.2 $10.59 5/28/2021469,800 shares $5.05 million +4.3%N/A1.8 $10.75 5/14/2021450,500 shares $4.60 million +48.4%N/A1.6 $10.20 4/30/2021303,600 shares $3.16 million -8.9%N/A1.2 $10.40 4/15/2021333,400 shares $3.45 million +34.3%N/A1.3 $10.35 3/31/2021248,300 shares $2.55 million +9.1%N/A1 $10.25 3/15/2021227,600 shares $2.34 million +40.7%N/A0.9 $10.26 2/26/2021161,800 shares $1.64 million +184.4%N/A0.6 $10.15 2/12/202156,900 shares $583.79 thousand -31.0%N/A0.2 $10.26 1/29/202182,500 shares $822.53 thousand -19.9%N/A0.3 $9.97 1/15/2021103,000 shares $1.03 million +12.6%N/A0.4 $9.99 12/31/202091,500 shares $906.77 thousand -66.8%N/A0.4 $9.91 12/15/2020275,500 shares $2.68 million +3.9%N/A1.2 $9.72 11/30/2020265,100 shares $2.58 million -0.8%N/A1.2 $9.75 11/15/2020267,300 shares $2.52 million -20.6%N/A1.2 $9.42 10/30/2020336,800 shares $3.04 million +94.1%N/A1.6 $9.04 10/15/2020173,500 shares $1.60 million -20.7%N/A0 $9.23 9/30/2020218,900 shares $1.99 million +228.7%N/A1.1 $9.08 9/15/202063,600 shares $581.94 thousand -4.5%N/A0.3 $9.15 8/31/202066,600 shares $604.73 thousand -64.5%N/A0.3 $9.08 8/14/2020187,800 shares $1.69 million +185.8%N/A0.9 $9.00 7/31/202065,700 shares $583.42 thousand -4.9%N/A0.3 $8.88 PFN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 30th, traders have sold 253,100 shares of PFN short. Learn More on PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II? 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. PFN shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II's short interest ratio. Is PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II's short interest increasing or decreasing? PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 253,100 shares, an increase of 16.9% from the previous total of 216,600 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 PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), 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 ($72.10 billion), Invesco QQQ ($26.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.61 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.52 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.70 billion), WD-40 Company ($7.66 billion), Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ($6.10 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.80 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF ($5.53 billion), and Vanguard Large-Cap ETF ($5.35 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II stock? Short selling PFN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II as its price is falling. PFN 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 PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II? A short squeeze for PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II 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 PFN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is PIMCO Income Strategy Fund II'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 PFN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2025. 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