iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF (IEZ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 21,200 shares of IEZ short. Learn More on iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF's current short interest.

iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,200 shares, a drop of 77.2% from the previous total of 93,000 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 iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF: First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (0.05%), Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (0.88%), First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (1.43%), VanEck Energy Income ETF (0.43%), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF (0.97%), iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers ETF (0.14%), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (0.29%), ProShares Ultra Energy (2.00%), Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (1.10%), MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN (6.34%),

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 IEZ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF as its price is falling. IEZ shares are trading up $0.42 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 iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF 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 IEZ, 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 IEZ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.