Capital Group Municipal Income ETF (CGMU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Capital Group Municipal Income ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, investors have sold 231,700 shares of CGMU short. Learn More on Capital Group Municipal Income ETF's current short interest.

Capital Group Municipal Income ETF saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 231,700 shares, an increase of 127.8% from the previous total of 101,700 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Capital Group Municipal Income ETF: SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Municipal Bond ETF (0.64%), SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Short Term Municipal Bond ETF (0.37%), iShares California Muni Bond ETF (0.36%), Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (0.19%), PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund (0.07%), First Trust Managed Municipal ETF (0.32%), Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (0.39%), iShares New York Muni Bond ETF (0.40%), PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund (0.10%), First Trust Municipal High Income ETF (0.30%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CGMU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Capital Group Municipal Income ETF as its price is falling. CGMU shares are trading up $0.01 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 Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 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 CGMU, 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 CGMU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.