Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 30th, traders have sold 14,800 shares of PFO short. 0.11% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's current short interest.

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. 0.11% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's floating shares are currently sold short.

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,800 shares, an increase of 97.3% from the previous total of 7,500 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.

0.11% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund: Barings Corporate Investors (0.07%), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (0.44%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.08%), Saratoga Investment Corp (1.79%), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (0.29%), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.20%), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (0.15%), Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (0.15%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.10%), Taiwan Fund, Inc. (The) (0.04%),

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.

Short selling PFO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund as its price is falling. PFO shares are trading up $0.04 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.

A short squeeze for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income 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 PFO, 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 PFO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2025.