John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $12.93 +0.08 (+0.62%) (As of 10:31 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund Short Interest DataJohn Hancock Premium Dividend Fund (PDT) has a short interest of 12,800 shares. This marks a 0.79% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.1, indicating that it would take 0.1 days of the average trading volume of 117,141 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest12,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest12,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+0.79%Dollar Volume Sold Short$164,224.00Short Interest Ratio0.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Outstanding Shares49,190,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.03%Today's Trading Volume8,475 sharesAverage Trading Volume117,141 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average7% Short Selling John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 ChartPDT Short Interest Over TimePDT Days to Cover Over TimePDT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Darwin2025 AI Stock Picks: 2 Hidden Gems Under $10/ShareThe AI sector continues to make waves as we move into 2025, and now is a prime opportunity to get involved—without stretching your budget! We’ve just uncovered 2 promising AI stocks trading for under $10/share, and they’re positioned for impressive growth in the coming months.👉[Click here to get your FREE report delivered instantly!] John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 10/31/202412,800 shares $164,224.00 +0.8%N/A0.1 $12.83 10/15/202412,700 shares $166,243.00 -76.7%N/A0.1 $13.09 9/30/202454,400 shares $719,168.00 -5.7%N/A0.5 $13.22 9/15/202457,700 shares $767,410.00 -31.4%N/A0.5 $13.30 8/31/202484,100 shares $1.10 million +5.5%N/A0.8 $13.12 8/15/202479,700 shares $985,092.00 -2.7%N/A0.7 $12.36 Get the Latest News and Ratings for PDT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202481,900 shares $1.01 million +38.8%N/A0.7 $12.37 7/15/202459,000 shares $693,250.00 +135.1%N/A0.6 $11.75 6/30/202425,100 shares $295,678.00 -7.0%N/A0.2 $11.78 6/15/202427,000 shares $304,830.00 +52.5%N/A0.2 $11.29 5/31/202417,700 shares $203,550.00 -3.3%N/A0.2 $11.50 5/15/202418,300 shares $215,391.00 -31.5%N/A0.1 $11.77 4/30/202426,700 shares $300,375.00 -21.7%N/A0.2 $11.25 4/15/202434,100 shares $365,893.00 -49.1%N/A0.3 $10.73 3/31/20248,470,000 shares $98.68 million +5,769.7%N/A1.9 $11.65 3/15/2024144,300 shares $1.70 million +12.3%N/A1 $11.77 2/29/2024128,500 shares $1.48 million +134.9%N/A0.8 $11.53 2/15/202454,700 shares $596,777.00 +155.6%N/A0.4 $10.91 1/31/202421,400 shares $232,190.00 -29.6%N/A0.1 $10.85 1/15/202430,400 shares $329,840.00 +67.0%N/A0.2 $10.85 12/31/202318,200 shares $193,830.00 -26.9%N/A0.1 $10.65 12/15/202324,900 shares $267,924.00 -50.6%N/A0.1 $10.76 11/30/202350,400 shares $547,344.00 -49.2%N/A0.3 $10.86 11/15/202399,300 shares $1.00 million -14.6%N/A0.6 $10.12 10/31/2023116,300 shares $1.11 million +33.4%N/A0.7 $9.58 10/15/202387,200 shares $821,424.00 +41.6%N/A0.5 $9.42 9/30/202361,600 shares $592,592.00 +121.6%N/A0.4 $9.62 9/15/202327,800 shares $278,834.00 +79.4%N/A0.2 $10.03 8/31/202315,500 shares $157,015.00 -64.8%N/A0.1 $10.13 8/15/202344,000 shares $459,800.00 -6.4%N/A0.3 $10.45 7/31/202347,000 shares $538,150.00 +77.4%N/A0.4 $11.45 7/15/202326,500 shares $297,595.00 +119.0%N/A0.2 $11.23 6/30/202312,100 shares $142,114.50 -78.4%N/A0.1 $11.75 6/15/202356,100 shares $650,760.00 -36.3%N/A0.5 $11.60 5/31/202388,000 shares $980,320.00 -38.3%N/A0.8 $11.14 5/15/2023142,600 shares $1.63 million -39.0%N/A1.3 $11.45 4/30/2023233,800 shares $2.97 million +12.6%N/A2.1 $12.70 4/15/2023207,600 shares $2.64 million +14.6%N/A1.7 $12.73 3/31/2023181,100 shares $2.24 million -3.1%N/A1.4 $12.39 3/15/2023186,800 shares $2.24 million +121.3%N/A1.5 $11.98JD Vance Predicts: Wall Street vs. Trump & Your Money (Ad)Trump's back in the White House, but Wall Street is pissed. Here's the deal: Wall Street's about to purposely crash the bond market to sabotage Trump's comeback.Get your free guide NOW before it's too late. 2/28/202384,400 shares $1.09 million +205.8%N/A0.7 $12.93 2/15/202327,600 shares $360,180.00 +187.5%N/A0.2 $13.05 1/31/20239,600 shares $127,104.00 -38.5%N/A0.1 $13.24 1/15/202315,600 shares $211,536.00 +54.5%N/A0.2 $13.56 12/30/202210,100 shares $130,694.00 -17.9%N/A0.1 $12.94 12/15/202212,300 shares $161,253.00 -65.4%N/A0.2 $13.11 11/30/202235,500 shares $497,710.00 -63.3%N/A0.5 $14.02 11/15/202296,800 shares $1.36 million -51.3%N/A1.6 $14.04 10/31/2022198,600 shares $2.78 million -20.6%N/A3.2 $13.99 10/15/2022250,000 shares $3.26 million No ChangeN/A3.8 $13.04 9/30/202297,900 shares $1.33 million -16.8%N/A1.5 $13.54 9/15/2022117,600 shares $1.73 million -10.8%N/A1.9 $14.73 8/31/2022131,800 shares $2.03 million -25.5%N/A1.8 $15.39 8/15/2022177,000 shares $2.86 million +42.9%N/A2.4 $16.17 7/31/2022123,900 shares $1.91 million -7.5%N/A1.6 $15.38 7/15/2022133,900 shares $1.85 million +14.6%N/A1.8 $13.79 6/30/2022116,800 shares $1.64 million +239.5%N/A1.6 $14.02 6/15/202234,400 shares $476,784.00 +31.8%N/A0.5 $13.86 5/31/202226,100 shares $410,292.00 -33.6%N/A0.4 $15.72 5/15/202239,300 shares $585,177.00 +124.6%N/A0.6 $14.89 4/30/202217,500 shares $263,900.00 -53.5%N/A0.2 $15.08 4/15/202237,600 shares $600,472.00 +50.4%N/A0.5 $15.97 3/31/202225,000 shares $410,250.00 +98.4%N/A0.3 $16.41 3/15/202212,600 shares $188,622.00 -53.3%N/A0.1 $14.97 2/28/202227,000 shares $432,810.00 -75.8%N/A0.3 $16.03 2/15/2022111,600 shares $1.77 million +81.5%N/A1.2 $15.82 1/31/202261,500 shares $1.01 million -3.3%N/A0.7 $16.50 1/15/202263,600 shares $1.06 million -50.6%N/A0.7 $16.67 12/31/2021128,700 shares $2.15 million -59.5%N/A1.7 $16.71 12/15/2021317,800 shares $5.47 million -3.1%N/A4.7 $17.20 11/30/2021328,100 shares $5.61 million +22.4%N/A4.8 $17.11 11/15/2021268,000 shares $4.70 million -1.4%N/A4.1 $17.53 10/29/2021271,900 shares $4.70 million -13.4%N/A4.2 $17.27 10/15/2021314,000 shares $5.36 million -8.2%N/A4.9 $17.06 9/30/2021342,000 shares $5.68 million +49.6%N/A4.9 $16.62 9/15/2021228,600 shares $3.86 million -7.0%N/A3.1 $16.88 8/31/2021245,800 shares $4.13 million -7.3%N/A3.3 $16.79 8/13/2021265,200 shares $4.56 million -7.4%N/A3.3 $17.18 7/30/2021286,300 shares $4.81 million -16.6%N/A3.2 $16.79 7/15/2021343,200 shares $5.80 million -7.5%N/A3.6 $16.90 6/30/2021371,100 shares $6.29 million +33.3%N/A3.8 $16.94 6/15/2021278,500 shares $4.78 million +5.2%N/A2.4 $17.15 5/28/2021264,800 shares $4.41 million +66.5%N/A2.1 $16.65 5/14/2021159,000 shares $2.53 million +5.8%N/A1.1 $15.94 4/30/2021150,300 shares $2.38 million +39.3%N/A1 $15.82 4/15/2021107,900 shares $1.66 million +880.9%N/A0.7 $15.38 3/31/202111,000 shares $160,380.00 -75.7%N/A0.1 $14.58 3/15/202145,300 shares $632,388.00 -66.7%N/A0.3 $13.96 2/26/2021136,000 shares $1.93 million +61.5%N/A1 $14.19 2/12/202184,200 shares $1.21 million +2.6%N/A0.7 $14.32Trump’s IRS Hands Massive ‘Victory Gift’ To 401K Owners (Ad)The "Fake Media" has completely ignored Trump's genius "victory gift" to all America First patriots like you. A tax-free gift so powerful it could reshape the financial destinies of millions of IRA and 401(k) owners…Claim your FREE 2024 Gold Guide 1/29/202182,100 shares $1.15 million +72.8%N/A0.6 $13.98 1/15/202147,500 shares $649,325.00 -37.9%N/A0.4 $13.67 12/31/202076,500 shares $1.07 million -25.4%N/A0.6 $13.97 12/15/2020102,500 shares $1.45 million +11.4%N/A0.8 $14.12 11/30/202092,000 shares $1.29 million -11.5%N/A0.8 $14.05 11/15/2020104,000 shares $1.43 million +91.5%N/A0.9 $13.71 10/30/202054,300 shares $675,492.00 -16.3%N/A0.5 $12.44 10/15/202064,900 shares $848,243.00 -3.0%N/A0 $13.07 9/30/202066,900 shares $832,905.00 -2.8%N/A0.6 $12.45 9/15/202072,700 shares $940,738.00 +5.7%N/A0.7 $12.94 8/31/202068,800 shares $909,536.00 -25.7%N/A0.6 $13.22 8/14/202092,600 shares $1.26 million +2.2%N/A0.8 $13.63 7/31/202090,600 shares $1.23 million -24.0%N/A0.8 $13.60 7/15/2020119,200 shares $1.57 million +5.6%N/A1 $13.13 6/30/2020112,900 shares $1.46 million -63.6%N/A0.8 $12.93 6/15/2020309,700 shares $4.21 million +50.2%N/A1.8 $13.58 5/29/2020206,200 shares $2.83 million +31.4%N/A0.9 $13.71 5/15/2020156,900 shares $1.82 million -9.4%N/A0.6 $11.62 4/30/2020173,100 shares $2.32 million -6.8%N/A0.7 $13.39 4/15/2020185,800 shares $2.36 million +23.9%N/A0.8 $12.70 3/31/2020150,000 shares $1.92 million +118.0%N/A0.7 $12.82 3/13/202068,800 shares $892,336.00 +32.3%0.1%0.7 $12.97 2/28/202052,000 shares $364,000.00 -54.1%N/A0.5 $7.00 2/14/2020113,200 shares $1.75 million -21.9%N/A1.4 $15.43 1/31/2020144,900 shares $2.48 million -20.5%N/A1.9 $17.11 1/15/2020182,200 shares $3.39 million +16.9%N/A2.2 $18.61 12/31/2019155,900 shares $2.86 million -5.7%N/A1.8 $18.37 PDT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, investors have sold 12,800 shares of PDT short. Learn More on John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's current short interest. Is John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,800 shares, an increase of 0.8% from the previous total of 12,700 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 John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund: PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.23%), Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.03%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (0.61%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.08%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.01%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.34%), New Mountain Finance Co. (1.96%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.40%), Barings BDC, Inc. (0.56%), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (0.15%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund stock? Short selling PDT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund as its price is falling. PDT shares are trading up $0.08 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 John Hancock Premium Dividend Fund? A short squeeze for John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 PDT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is John Hancock Premium Dividend 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 PDT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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