Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.27 +0.03 (+0.32%) As of 03:06 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund Short Interest DataFlaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund (PFO) has a short interest of 7,500 shares, representing 0.06% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -52.53% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 34,497 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-52.53%Dollar Volume Sold Short$68.03 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares13,077,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.06%Today's Trading Volume10,803 sharesAverage Trading Volume34,497 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average31% Short Selling Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income 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 ChartPFO Short Interest Over TimePFO Days to Cover Over TimePFO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income 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 6/15/20257,500 shares $68.03 thousand -52.5%0.1%0.2 $9.07 5/31/202515,800 shares $141.88 thousand +295.0%0.1%0.5 $8.98 5/15/20254,000 shares $35.88 thousand +33.3%0.0%0.1 $8.97 4/30/20253,000 shares $26.37 thousand -79.3%N/A0.1 $8.79 4/15/202514,500 shares $125.79 thousand -63.8%0.1%0.6 $8.68 3/31/202540,000 shares $367.40 thousand +45.5%N/A1.6 $9.19 3/15/202527,500 shares $251.90 thousand +95.0%N/A1 $9.16 2/28/202514,100 shares $130.14 thousand +64.0%N/A0.5 $9.23 2/15/20258,600 shares $79.29 thousand -45.9%N/A0.3 $9.22 1/31/202515,900 shares $145.49 thousand +30.3%N/A0.5 $9.15 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PFO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/202512,200 shares $110.65 thousand -57.0%N/A0.3 $9.07 12/31/202428,400 shares $255.88 thousand +30.3%N/A0.8 $9.01 12/15/202421,800 shares $200.12 thousand -33.3%N/A0.6 $9.18 11/30/202432,700 shares $300.51 thousand +26.3%N/A0.9 $9.19 11/15/202425,900 shares $234.40 thousand -15.4%N/A0.7 $9.05 10/31/202430,600 shares $280.60 thousand -13.1%N/A0.8 $9.17 10/15/202435,200 shares $330.18 thousand +175.0%N/A0.8 $9.38 9/30/202412,800 shares $120.45 thousand -56.5%N/A0.3 $9.41 9/15/202429,400 shares $272.24 thousand +25.6%N/A0.7 $9.26 8/31/202423,400 shares $212.00 thousand +408.7%N/A0.6 $9.06 8/15/20244,600 shares $40.16 thousand -56.6%N/A0.1 $8.73 7/31/202410,600 shares $90.74 thousand +29.3%N/A0.3 $8.56 7/15/20248,200 shares $70.03 thousand -39.7%N/A0.3 $8.54 6/30/202413,600 shares $115.19 thousand -44.9%N/A0.5 $8.47 6/15/202424,700 shares $207.73 thousand +64.7%N/A0.8 $8.41 5/31/202415,000 shares $125.25 thousand +87.5%N/A0.5 $8.35 5/15/20248,000 shares $66.96 thousand -40.3%N/A0.3 $8.37 4/30/202413,400 shares $108.14 thousand +148.2%N/A0.4 $8.07 4/15/20245,400 shares $42.82 thousand +1.9%N/A0.2 $7.93 3/31/202464,800 shares $546.91 thousand +1,863.6%N/A1.9 $8.44 3/15/20243,300 shares $27.29 thousand +3,200.0%N/A0.1 $8.27 2/29/2024100 shares $826.00 -85.7%N/A0 $8.26 2/15/2024700 shares $5.78 thousand -92.1%N/A0 $8.26 1/31/20248,800 shares $73.57 thousand -61.2%N/A0.2 $8.36 1/15/202422,700 shares $188.41 thousand +116.2%N/A0.7 $8.30 12/31/202310,500 shares $83.58 thousand +123.4%N/A0.3 $7.96 12/15/20234,700 shares $37.74 thousand +370.0%N/A0.1 $8.03 11/30/20231,000 shares $7.72 thousand -81.8%N/A0 $7.72 11/15/20235,500 shares $41.47 thousand -59.0%N/A0.2 $7.54 10/31/202313,400 shares $94.74 thousand +13.6%N/A0.5 $7.07Trump Exec Order 14179 is wealth “gift” to good Americans? 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A brief “wealth window” is 10/15/202311,800 shares $83.43 thousand +47.5%N/A0.5 $7.07 9/30/20238,000 shares $59.52 thousand +50.9%N/A0.3 $7.44 9/15/20235,300 shares $39.64 thousand -48.0%N/A0.2 $7.48 8/31/202310,200 shares $78.85 thousand +27.5%N/A0.4 $7.73 8/15/20238,000 shares $62.08 thousand -7.0%N/A0.3 $7.76 7/31/20238,600 shares $68.71 thousand +10.3%N/A0.3 $7.99 7/15/20237,800 shares $61.23 thousand -43.1%N/A0.3 $7.85 6/30/202313,700 shares $109.33 thousand +29.3%N/A0.6 $7.98 6/15/202310,600 shares $84.06 thousand +562.5%N/A0.4 $7.93 5/31/20231,600 shares $12.21 thousand -72.4%N/A0.1 $7.63 5/15/20235,800 shares $42.92 thousand -18.3%N/A0.2 $7.40 4/30/20237,100 shares $57.23 thousand -6.6%N/A0.3 $8.06 4/15/20237,600 shares $62.70 thousand +216.7%N/A0.3 $8.25 3/31/20232,400 shares $19.80 thousand -60.7%N/A0.1 $8.25 3/15/20236,100 shares $49.11 thousand +19.6%N/A0.2 $8.05 2/28/20235,100 shares $46.61 thousand +121.7%N/A0.2 $9.14 2/15/20232,300 shares $22.07 thousand -68.9%N/A0.1 $9.60 1/31/20237,400 shares $70.89 thousand +57.5%N/A0.3 $9.58 1/15/20234,700 shares $43.62 thousand +161.1%N/A0.2 $9.28 12/30/20221,800 shares $15.48 thousand -84.4%N/A0.1 $8.60 12/15/202211,500 shares $105.11 thousand +8.5%N/A0.5 $9.14 11/30/202210,600 shares $98.90 thousand -62.3%N/A0.5 $9.33 11/15/202228,100 shares $257.40 thousand -1.1%N/A1.2 $9.16 10/31/202228,400 shares $242.25 thousand +12.7%N/A1.3 $8.53 10/15/202225,200 shares $210.92 thousand No ChangeN/A1.2 $8.37 9/30/202220,500 shares $175.69 thousand +5,025.0%N/A1 $8.57 9/15/2022400 shares $3.68 thousand -92.3%N/A0 $9.19 8/31/20225,200 shares $49.97 thousand No ChangeN/A0.3 $9.61 8/15/20225,200 shares $53.66 thousand +333.3%N/A0.2 $10.32 7/31/20221,200 shares $12.18 thousand -70.0%N/A0 $10.15 7/15/20224,000 shares $39.08 thousand +263.6%N/A0.2 $9.77 6/30/20221,100 shares $10.47 thousand -70.3%N/A0 $9.52 6/15/20223,700 shares $35.63 thousand -7.5%N/A0.1 $9.63 5/31/20224,000 shares $39.72 thousand -74.7%N/A0.2 $9.93 5/15/202215,800 shares $155.63 thousand +154.8%N/A0.6 $9.85 4/30/20226,200 shares $64.23 thousand -25.3%N/A0.2 $10.36 4/15/20228,300 shares $89.47 thousand -31.4%N/A0.3 $10.78 3/31/202212,100 shares $139.15 thousand +168.9%N/A0.4 $11.50 3/15/20224,500 shares $49.10 thousand +400.0%N/A0.2 $10.91 2/28/2022900 shares $9.79 thousand -83.6%N/A0 $10.88 2/15/20225,500 shares $60.94 thousand -28.6%N/A0.2 $11.08 1/31/20227,700 shares $90.09 thousand +492.3%N/A0.3 $11.70 1/15/20221,300 shares $16.09 thousand -23.5%N/A0.1 $12.38 12/31/20211,700 shares $21.68 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $12.75 9/30/2021100 shares $1.28 thousand -96.6%N/A0 $12.82 9/15/20212,900 shares $37.58 thousand +61.1%N/A0.2 $12.96 8/31/20211,800 shares $23.33 thousand -43.8%N/A0.1 $12.96 8/13/20213,200 shares $42.43 thousand +966.7%N/A0.2 $13.26 7/30/2021300 shares $3.90 thousand -94.3%N/A0 $12.99 7/15/20215,300 shares $70.76 thousand +55.9%N/A0.5 $13.35Trump Exec Order 14179 is wealth “gift” to good Americans? 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A brief “wealth window” is 6/30/20213,400 shares $45.39 thousand +41.7%N/A0.2 $13.35 6/15/20212,400 shares $32.11 thousand -22.6%N/A0.2 $13.38 5/28/20213,100 shares $40.80 thousand +675.0%N/A0.2 $13.16 5/14/2021400 shares $5.19 thousand -96.3%N/A0 $12.97 4/30/202110,900 shares $146.28 thousand +53.5%N/A0.6 $13.42 4/15/20217,100 shares $94.43 thousand +42.0%N/A0.3 $13.30 3/31/20215,000 shares $65.25 thousand -74.1%N/A0.2 $13.05 3/15/202119,300 shares $252.25 thousand +171.8%N/A0.7 $13.07 2/26/20217,100 shares $87.90 thousand -81.5%N/A0.3 $12.38 2/12/202138,400 shares $528 thousand +146.2%N/A1.5 $13.75 1/29/202115,600 shares $199.52 thousand +290.0%N/A0.6 $12.79 1/15/20214,000 shares $49.88 thousand -54.6%N/A0.2 $12.47 12/31/20208,800 shares $113.61 thousand -49.7%N/A0.4 $12.91 12/15/202017,500 shares $232.58 thousand +264.6%N/A1 $13.29 11/30/20204,800 shares $60.19 thousand -4.0%N/A0.3 $12.54 11/15/20205,000 shares $61.30 thousand +400.0%N/A0.3 $12.26 10/30/20201,000 shares $11.67 thousand -85.1%N/A0.1 $11.67 10/15/20206,700 shares $79.73 thousand +42.6%N/A0 $11.90 PFO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's current short interest? 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 15th, investors have sold 7,500 shares of PFO short. 0.06% 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. What is a good short interest percentage for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income 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. 0.06% of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,500 shares, a decrease of 52.5% from the previous total of 15,800 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 Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.06% 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: ROYCE OTC MICRO (0.03%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (0.56%), Barings Corporate Investors (0.10%), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (0.50%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.10%), Saratoga Investment Corp (1.98%), abrdn Life Sciences Investors (0.17%), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (0.10%), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund, Inc. (0.14%), DWS Municipal Income Trust (0.39%), 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 ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund stock? 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 $0.03 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 Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Fund? A short squeeze for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and 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 PFO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and 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 PFO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies ROYCE OTC MICRO Short Interest Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Short Interest Barings Corporate Investors Short Interest Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust Short Interest BlackRock MuniVest Fund Short Interest Saratoga Investment Short Interest abrdn Life Sciences Investors Short Interest BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals Short Interest BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund Short Interest DWS Municipal Income Trust Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:PFO) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. A mistake I feel very foolish about. 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