Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund (FLC) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $17.11 -0.01 (-0.06%) Closing price 08/5/2025 03:51 PM EasternExtended Trading$17.10 -0.01 (-0.06%) As of 08/5/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Short Interest DataFlaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund (FLC) has a short interest of 24,900 shares. This marks a 0.40% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.1, indicating that it would take 1.1 days of the average trading volume of 23,609 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest24,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest24,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+0.40%Dollar Volume Sold Short$426.54 thousandShort Interest Ratio1.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume27,153 sharesAverage Trading Volume23,609 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average115% Short Selling Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFLC Short Interest Over TimeFLC Days to Cover Over TimeFLC Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202524,900 shares $426.54 thousand +0.4%N/A1.1 $17.13 6/30/202524,800 shares $421.35 thousand -4.3%N/A1 $16.99 6/15/202525,900 shares $433.80 thousand +191.0%N/A1.1 $16.75 5/31/20258,900 shares $147.97 thousand -59.6%N/A0.4 $16.63 5/15/202522,000 shares $367.62 thousand -44.6%N/A0.9 $16.71 4/30/202539,700 shares $644.73 thousand -20.6%N/A1.6 $16.24 4/15/202550,000 shares $798.25 thousand +203.0%N/A2 $15.97 3/31/202516,500 shares $276.79 thousand -26.7%N/A0.6 $16.78 3/15/202522,500 shares $377.10 thousand +3.7%N/A0.9 $16.76 2/28/202521,700 shares $368.34 thousand -53.1%N/A0.8 $16.97 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FLC and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202546,300 shares $797.75 thousand -28.1%N/A1.6 $17.23 1/31/202564,400 shares $1.09 million +15.8%N/A2.2 $16.91 1/15/202555,600 shares $932.41 thousand -32.7%N/A1.8 $16.77 12/31/202482,600 shares $1.38 million +377.5%N/A2.7 $16.70 12/15/202417,300 shares $291.51 thousand -46.3%N/A0.5 $16.85 11/30/202432,200 shares $538.38 thousand +329.3%N/A1 $16.72 11/15/20247,500 shares $124.65 thousand -67.4%N/A0.3 $16.62 10/31/202423,000 shares $385.71 thousand +29.9%N/A0.8 $16.77 10/15/202417,700 shares $304.26 thousand +27.3%N/A0.6 $17.19 9/30/202413,900 shares $240.33 thousand -2.1%N/A0.4 $17.29 9/15/202414,200 shares $241.54 thousand -78.3%N/A0.5 $17.01 8/31/202465,400 shares $1.10 million -9.2%N/A2.4 $16.76 8/15/202472,000 shares $1.16 million +32.6%N/A2.8 $16.07 7/31/202454,300 shares $863.91 thousand +47.6%N/A2.3 $15.91 7/15/202436,800 shares $578.86 thousand +13.6%N/A1.6 $15.73 6/30/202432,400 shares $503.50 thousand -21.9%N/A1.2 $15.54 6/15/202441,500 shares $634.95 thousand -11.7%N/A1.4 $15.30 5/31/202447,000 shares $721.45 thousand +49.2%N/A1.5 $15.35 5/15/202431,500 shares $485.73 thousand +343.7%N/A0.9 $15.42 4/30/20247,100 shares $104.65 thousand -16.5%N/A0.2 $14.74 4/15/20248,500 shares $123.76 thousand -49.1%N/A0.2 $14.56 3/31/202416,700 shares $258.18 thousand +96.5%N/A0.4 $15.46 3/15/20248,500 shares $129.46 thousand +26.9%N/A0.2 $15.23 2/29/20246,700 shares $101.10 thousand +9.8%N/A0.2 $15.09 2/15/20246,100 shares $91.26 thousand -30.7%N/A0.1 $14.96 1/31/20248,800 shares $133.23 thousand -20.7%N/A0.2 $15.14 1/15/202411,100 shares $165.95 thousand +192.1%N/A0.3 $14.95 12/31/20233,800 shares $55.29 thousand +1,800.0%N/A0.1 $14.55 12/15/2023200 shares $2.92 thousand -97.7%N/A0 $14.62 11/30/20238,800 shares $125.14 thousand -71.7%N/A0.3 $14.22$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 11/15/202331,100 shares $438.20 thousand +61.1%N/A1 $14.09 10/31/202319,300 shares $251.67 thousand +168.1%N/A0.6 $13.04 10/15/20237,200 shares $93.38 thousand +2.9%N/A0.2 $12.97 9/30/20237,000 shares $95.83 thousand +66.7%N/A0.2 $13.69 9/15/20234,200 shares $58.17 thousand -32.3%N/A0.1 $13.85 8/31/20236,200 shares $88.66 thousand +244.4%N/A0.2 $14.30 8/15/20231,800 shares $25.81 thousand +80.0%N/A0.1 $14.34 7/31/20231,000 shares $14.52 thousand -37.5%N/A0 $14.52 7/15/20231,600 shares $22.80 thousand +300.0%N/A0.1 $14.25 6/30/2023400 shares $5.75 thousand -97.9%N/A0 $14.37 6/15/202318,900 shares $275.18 thousand +107.7%N/A0.7 $14.56 5/31/20239,100 shares $130.86 thousand -57.3%N/A0.3 $14.38 5/15/202321,300 shares $289.68 thousand +136.7%N/A0.7 $13.60 4/30/20239,000 shares $134.10 thousand -45.1%N/A0.3 $14.90 4/15/202316,400 shares $246.16 thousand +3.1%N/A0.5 $15.01 3/31/202315,900 shares $233.73 thousand +133.8%N/A0.5 $14.70 3/15/20236,800 shares $99.62 thousand -37.0%N/A0.2 $14.65 2/28/202310,800 shares $180.04 thousand -15.6%N/A0.4 $16.67 2/15/202312,800 shares $226.30 thousand -59.8%N/A0.4 $17.68 1/31/202331,800 shares $567.31 thousand +3.3%N/A1 $17.84 1/15/202330,800 shares $526.37 thousand +98.7%N/A0.9 $17.09 12/30/202215,500 shares $244.75 thousand +80.2%N/A0.5 $15.79 12/15/20228,600 shares $141.04 thousand +168.8%N/A0.3 $16.40 11/30/20223,200 shares $51.81 thousand -5.9%N/A0.1 $16.19 11/15/20223,400 shares $54.20 thousand -30.6%N/A0.1 $15.94 10/31/20224,900 shares $74.53 thousand +32.4%N/A0.2 $15.21 10/15/20223,700 shares $55.87 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $15.10 9/30/20224,400 shares $68.77 thousand +25.7%N/A0.2 $15.63 9/15/20223,500 shares $58.59 thousand -18.6%N/A0.2 $16.74 8/31/20224,300 shares $75.38 thousand +10.3%N/A0.2 $17.53 8/15/20223,900 shares $74.30 thousand +14.7%N/A0.2 $19.05 7/31/20223,400 shares $64.29 thousand -63.4%N/A0.2 $18.91 7/15/20229,300 shares $165.63 thousand +116.3%N/A0.4 $17.81 6/30/20224,300 shares $77.10 thousand -34.9%N/A0.2 $17.93 6/15/20226,600 shares $118.07 thousand -57.1%N/A0.2 $17.89 5/31/202215,400 shares $294.91 thousand +285.0%N/A0.5 $19.15 5/15/20224,000 shares $74.64 thousand -25.9%N/A0.1 $18.66 4/30/20225,400 shares $101.36 thousand +200.0%N/A0.2 $18.77 4/15/20221,800 shares $34.18 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $18.99 3/31/20221,800 shares $35.93 thousand -87.8%N/A0.1 $19.96 3/15/202214,700 shares $289.59 thousand +716.7%N/A0.5 $19.70 2/28/20221,800 shares $35.95 thousand -55.0%N/A0.1 $19.97 2/15/20224,000 shares $81.56 thousand -31.0%N/A0.2 $20.39 1/31/20225,800 shares $124.76 thousand -77.1%N/A0.2 $21.51 1/15/202225,300 shares $569.00 thousand +0.8%N/A1.2 $22.49 12/31/202125,100 shares $572.03 thousand -14.6%N/A1.5 $22.79 12/15/202129,400 shares $668.56 thousand +23.5%N/A1.8 $22.74 11/30/202123,800 shares $538.36 thousand -9.5%N/A1.5 $22.62 11/15/202126,300 shares $624.36 thousand -18.3%N/A1.6 $23.74 10/29/202132,200 shares $776.66 thousand +2.2%N/A2.1 $24.12$100 Trillion “AI Metal” Found in American Ghost Town (Ad)Jeff Brown recently traveled to a ghost town in the middle of an American desert… To investigate what could be the biggest technology story of this decade. In short, he believes what he's holding in his hand is the key to the $100 trillion AI boom… And only one company here in the U.S. can mine this obscure metal.Click here to get the details on this virtual monopoly. 10/15/202131,500 shares $757.26 thousand +19.3%N/A2 $24.04 9/30/202126,400 shares $633.07 thousand -1.9%N/A1.6 $23.98 9/15/202126,900 shares $645.33 thousand +14.0%N/A1.6 $23.99 8/31/202123,600 shares $563.33 thousand -6.4%N/A1.4 $23.87 8/13/202125,200 shares $609.84 thousand -11.9%N/A1.6 $24.20 7/30/202128,600 shares $687.83 thousand -23.1%N/A1.7 $24.05 7/15/202137,200 shares $893.54 thousand -17.2%N/A2.3 $24.02 6/30/202144,900 shares $1.10 million +2.1%N/A2.6 $24.41 6/15/202144,000 shares $1.07 million +14.3%N/A2.5 $24.24 5/28/202138,500 shares $912.07 thousand +3.2%N/A2.2 $23.69 5/14/202137,300 shares $882.52 thousand +46.9%N/A2 $23.66 4/30/202125,400 shares $626.87 thousand -5.9%N/A1.4 $24.68 4/15/202127,000 shares $682.83 thousand -9.1%N/A1.4 $25.29 3/31/202129,700 shares $715.18 thousand +8.0%N/A1.3 $24.08 3/15/202127,500 shares $650.38 thousand +10.4%N/A1.1 $23.65 2/26/202124,900 shares $560.50 thousand -9.1%N/A1 $22.51 2/12/202127,400 shares $646.78 thousand +7.5%N/A1.1 $23.61 1/29/202125,500 shares $582.42 thousand -6.9%N/A1 $22.84 1/15/202127,400 shares $620.34 thousand -10.8%N/A1.1 $22.64 12/31/202030,700 shares $724.21 thousand -8.6%N/A1.2 $23.59 12/15/202033,600 shares $783.89 thousand -3.7%N/A1.3 $23.33 11/30/202034,900 shares $814.92 thousand -11.7%N/A1.4 $23.35 11/15/202039,500 shares $904.55 thousand +2.1%N/A1.5 $22.90 10/30/202038,700 shares $827.41 thousand +57.3%N/A1.4 $21.38 10/15/202024,600 shares $538.13 thousand -23.8%N/A0 $21.88 9/30/202032,300 shares $691.22 thousand -1.8%N/A1.1 $21.40 9/15/202048,900 shares $1.10 million +48.6%N/A1.8 $22.50 8/31/202032,900 shares $726.10 thousand +7.5%N/A1.1 $22.07 8/14/202030,600 shares $652.39 thousand -7.8%N/A1 $21.32 FLC Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, traders have sold 24,900 shares of FLC short. Learn More on Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. FLC shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's short interest ratio. Is Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,900 shares, an increase of 0.4% from the previous total of 24,800 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. How does Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? 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. What does it mean to sell short Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund stock? Short selling FLC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund as its price is falling. FLC 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. How does a short squeeze work against Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund? A short squeeze for Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund 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 FLC, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including FLC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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