PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF (PHYL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, traders have sold 26,100 shares of PHYL short. Learn More on PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF's current short interest.

PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,100 shares, a drop of 18.7% from the previous total of 32,100 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 PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF: Invesco Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.11%), Xtrackers Low Beta High Yield Bond ETF (0.08%), BNY Mellon High Yield ETF (0.03%), BondBloxx BB Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.27%), Invesco BulletShares 2029 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.44%), Simplify High Yield ETF (0.40%), iShares BB Rated Corporate Bond ETF (0.19%), Fidelity High Yield Factor ETF (0.18%), SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF (0.15%), VanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (3.05%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PHYL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF as its price is falling. PHYL shares are trading down $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 PGIM Active High Yield Bond 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 PHYL, 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 PHYL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.