Invesco Financial Preferred ETF (PGF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Invesco Financial Preferred ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, investors have sold 125,600 shares of PGF short. Learn More on Invesco Financial Preferred ETF's current short interest.

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. PGF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Invesco Financial Preferred ETF's short interest ratio.

Invesco Financial Preferred ETF saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 125,600 shares, a decline of 10.9% from the previous total of 140,900 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 Invesco Financial Preferred ETF: SPDR ICE Preferred Securities ETF (0.34%), Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF (0.09%), Global X Variable Rate Preferred ETF (0.40%), Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF (0.04%), Nuveen Preferred and Income ETF (0.50%), ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Preferred Stock ETN (0.16%), Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (0.62%), VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (0.06%), Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF (0.32%), Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (0.97%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PGF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Invesco Financial Preferred ETF as its price is falling. PGF shares are trading up $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 Invesco Financial Preferred 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 PGF, 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 PGF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.