PPC Short Volume
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Packaged Foods industry, with a market capitalization near $6.81B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 62,600 people, carrying a beta of 0.30 to the broader market. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) is a prominent entity in the agricultural and food processing sectors, specializing in the comprehensive lifecycle of poultry and pork products. Led by Fabio Sandri, public since 1987-12-30.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 198.4K
- Total Volume
- 396.7K
- Short %
- 50.00%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.62%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.
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Frequently asked PPC short volume questions
- What is the daily PPC short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) short volume is 198.4K shares against 396.7K total reported volume, or 50.00% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PPC 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 PPC 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.