Franklin Income Focus ETF (INCM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Franklin Income Focus ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 69,100 shares of INCM short. Learn More on Franklin Income Focus ETF's current short interest.

Franklin Income Focus ETF saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 69,100 shares, a drop of 23.2% from the previous total of 90,000 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 Franklin Income Focus ETF: YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETF (16.10%), Fairlead Tactical Sector ETF (0.05%), STF Tactical Growth ETF (0.01%), STF Tactical Growth & Income ETF (1.06%), North Shore Equity Rotation ETF (0.01%), Pinnacle Focused Opportunities ETF (0.01%), PeakShares Sector Rotation ETF (0.46%), iShares U.S. Industry Rotation Active ETF (0.09%), Simplify US Equity PLUS QIS ETF (0.80%), and Capital Group Core Balanced ETF (0.34%).

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 INCM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Franklin Income Focus ETF as its price is falling. INCM shares are trading up $0.07 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 Franklin Income Focus 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 INCM, 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 INCM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.