PGR Short Volume

The Progressive Corporation (PGR) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry, with a market capitalization near $114.51B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 66,308 people, carrying a beta of 0.29 to the broader market. The Progressive Corporation, an insurance holding company, provides personal and commercial auto, personal residential and commercial property, general liability, and other specialty property-casualty insurance products and related services in the United States. Led by Susan Patricia Griffith, public since 1980-03-17.

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
2026-05-15
Short Volume
1.2M
Total Volume
1.7M
Short %
71.51%
30-Day Avg Short %
50.76%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for The Progressive Corporation.

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Frequently asked PGR short volume questions

What is the daily PGR short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, The Progressive Corporation (PGR) short volume is 1.2M shares against 1.7M total reported volume, or 71.51% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is PGR 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 PGR 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.