PLPC Short Volume
Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Electrical Equipment & Parts industry, with a market capitalization near $1.86B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 3,401 people, carrying a beta of 0.88 to the broader market. Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems that are used in the construction and maintenance of overhead, ground-mounted, and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operator, information, and other industries. Led by Dennis F. McKenna, public since 1999-04-28.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 16.8K
- Total Volume
- 22.3K
- Short %
- 75.38%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 74.23%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Preformed Line Products Company.
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Frequently asked PLPC short volume questions
- What is the daily PLPC short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC) short volume is 16.8K shares against 22.3K total reported volume, or 75.38% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PLPC 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 PLPC 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.