PPC Short Volume
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Packaged Foods industry, with a market capitalization near $6.63B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 62,600 people, carrying a beta of 0.35 to the broader market. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation engages in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh, frozen and value-added chicken, and pork products to retailers, distributors, and foodservice operators in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Middle East, Asia, Continental Europe, and internationally. 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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 194.1K
- Total Volume
- 350.1K
- Short %
- 55.46%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 59.04%
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 May 15, 2026, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) short volume is 194.1K shares against 350.1K total reported volume, or 55.46% 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.