iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 31,500 shares of KXI short. Learn More on iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF's current short interest.

iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 31,500 shares, a drop of 71.5% from the previous total of 110,500 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF: Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (0.29%), First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (0.07%), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (0.14%), iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (0.21%), Invesco Food & Beverage ETF (0.07%), Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Momentum ETF (0.42%), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF (0.06%), First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (1.87%), ProShares Ultra Consumer Staples (1.81%), ProShares UltraShort Consumer Staples (1.16%), and

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 KXI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF as its price is falling. KXI shares are trading up $0.12 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 Global Consumer Staples 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 KXI, 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 KXI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.