PG Short Volume

The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $342.53B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 104,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.38 to the broader market. The Procter & Gamble Company, commonly referred to as P&G, is a global enterprise that supplies a broad spectrum of branded consumer products to markets worldwide. Led by Shailesh G. Jejurikar, public since 1978-01-13.

Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.

Latest Date
2026-08-14
Short Volume
616.4K
Total Volume
2.4M
Short %
25.58%
30-Day Avg Short %
37.76%

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Frequently asked PG short volume questions

What is the daily PG short volume?
As of Aug 14, 2026, The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) short volume is 616.4K shares against 2.4M total reported volume, or 25.58% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is PG short volume reported?
FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
What does PG short volume tell options traders?
Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.