PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund (SMMU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 17,000 shares of SMMU short. Learn More on PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund's current short interest.

PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,000 shares, an increase of 46.6% from the previous total of 11,600 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 PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund: iShares New York Muni Bond ETF (0.40%), First Trust Municipal High Income ETF (0.30%), Franklin Dynamic Municipal Bond ETF (0.15%), Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (0.39%), Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF (0.16%), Capital Group Short Duration Municipal Income ETF (0.31%), First Trust Short Duration Managed Municipal ETF (0.20%), PIMCO Municipal Income Opportunities Active Exchange-Traded Fund (0.27%), AB Tax-Aware Intermediate Municipal ETF (0.24%), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (0.28%),

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 SMMU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded Fund as its price is falling. SMMU shares are trading up $0.06 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 PIMCO Short Term Municipal Bond Exchange-Traded 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 SMMU, 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 SMMU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.