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HPF short interest NYSE

John Hancock Preferred Income. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: an SEC filer exists but no defensible share count is available yet.

Shares short
52,131
vs previous settlement
โˆ’96,603 (-65.0%)
days to cover
1.00
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for HPF shares short

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the security's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement.

Aggregate net short position time series for HPF days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for HPF: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
6
11 Sep 2026
Highest in window
5,389
15 Jul 2026
Days with a balance
43
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for John Hancock Preferred Income fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 5.4K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for HPF, newest first. สณ marks a figure FINRA itself flagged as revised.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 202652,131โˆ’96,6031.00
31 Aug 2026148,734โˆ’7,1174.25
14 Aug 2026155,851โˆ’9,4766.29
31 Jul 2026165,327+23,3295.55
15 Jul 2026141,998+23,1295.02
30 Jun 2026118,869โˆ’5,9474.20
15 Jun 2026124,816โˆ’4,8703.22
29 May 2026129,686+47,1003.03
15 May 202682,586+49,5632.31
30 Apr 202633,023โˆ’7,2971.00
15 Apr 202640,320โˆ’9,2271.18
31 Mar 202649,547+18,1251.16
13 Mar 202631,422+23,3711.00
27 Feb 20268,051โˆ’4,8221.00
13 Feb 202612,873โˆ’3,6341.00
30 Jan 202616,507+5,1721.00
15 Jan 202611,335โˆ’11,8741.00
31 Dec 202523,209โˆ’11,0641.00
15 Dec 202534,273โˆ’8,3711.00
28 Nov 202542,644โˆ’7,7311.00
14 Nov 202550,375+15,4201.42
31 Oct 202534,955โˆ’11,2871.16
15 Oct 202546,242+10,0311.25
30 Sep 202536,211+24,5091.00
15 Sep 202511,702+5,0901.00
29 Aug 20256,612โˆ’15,9771.00
15 Aug 202522,589โˆ’821.00
31 Jul 202522,671+12,1831.00
15 Jul 202510,488+1,8751.00
30 Jun 20258,613โˆ’1,4131.00
13 Jun 202510,026โˆ’3,8861.00
30 May 202513,912โˆ’17,7251.00
15 May 202531,637+2,1551.17
30 Apr 202529,482โˆ’2,6901.08
15 Apr 202532,172โˆ’8,9161.00
31 Mar 202541,088+10,4101.41
14 Mar 202530,678+13,0891.00
28 Feb 202517,589โˆ’26,3831.00
14 Feb 202543,972+29,2781.07
31 Jan 202514,694โˆ’9,6991.00
15 Jan 202524,393+16,9681.00
31 Dec 20247,425โˆ’3,4621.00
13 Dec 202410,887+1,0301.00
29 Nov 20249,857โˆ’6,0081.00
15 Nov 202415,865โˆ’11,7561.00
31 Oct 202427,621โˆ’8,3141.00
15 Oct 202435,935+20,4531.09
30 Sep 202415,482+4051.00
13 Sep 202415,077+10,9841.00
30 Aug 20244,093โˆ’2,6701.00
15 Aug 20246,763+1,4981.00
31 Jul 20245,265โˆ’5,8431.00
15 Jul 202411,108โˆ’18,8081.00
28 Jun 202429,916โˆ’6,6251.00
14 Jun 202436,541+4,5971.13
31 May 202431,944โˆ’17,6941.00
15 May 202449,638+36,9641.00
30 Apr 202412,674+6,5321.00
15 Apr 20246,142โˆ’10,1241.00
28 Mar 202416,266+13,2091.00
15 Mar 20243,057โˆ’4,4101.00
29 Feb 20247,467+2731.00
15 Feb 20247,194โˆ’13,9171.00
31 Jan 202421,111โˆ’13,9911.00
12 Jan 202435,102โˆ’5,9321.00
29 Dec 202341,034โˆ’6,4991.00
15 Dec 202347,533โˆ’14,8391.00
30 Nov 202362,372+34,9061.42
15 Nov 202327,466+18,6171.00
31 Oct 20238,849โˆ’1,2251.00
13 Oct 202310,074โˆ’4,8861.00
29 Sep 202314,960โˆ’1,1831.00
15 Sep 202316,143+3,0111.00
31 Aug 202313,132โˆ’9,3841.00
15 Aug 202322,516โˆ’1,9161.00
31 Jul 202324,432+22,5991.00
14 Jul 20231,833โˆ’6,6511.00
30 Jun 20238,484+2,6251.00
15 Jun 20235,859โˆ’3,2711.00
31 May 20239,130โˆ’7,9521.00
15 May 202317,082โˆ’15,7511.00
28 Apr 202332,833โˆ’36,5451.09
14 Apr 202369,378+46,8271.69
31 Mar 202322,551+6,3171.00
15 Mar 202316,234+5,0291.00
28 Feb 202311,205โˆ’1,5701.00
15 Feb 202312,775+7,3091.00
31 Jan 20235,466โˆ’17,9431.00
13 Jan 202323,409+15,6691.00
30 Dec 20227,740โˆ’1681.00
15 Dec 20227,908+5,7201.00
30 Nov 20222,188โˆ’9,0981.00
15 Nov 202211,286โˆ’10,2881.00
31 Oct 202221,574+3,6531.00
14 Oct 202217,921โˆ’2,6311.00
30 Sep 202220,552โˆ’5,1851.00
15 Sep 202225,737+13,0311.00
31 Aug 202212,706โˆ’27,4601.00
15 Aug 202240,166โˆ’2,6531.56
29 Jul 202242,819+7,8191.01
15 Jul 202235,000โˆ’43,9821.00
30 Jun 202278,982+43,9341.49
15 Jun 202235,048+13,7861.00
31 May 202221,262โˆ’2,2071.00
13 May 202223,469+15,8261.00
29 Apr 20227,643โˆ’7,7211.00
14 Apr 202215,364+1,3791.00
31 Mar 202213,985+6,8661.00
15 Mar 20227,119+4201.00
28 Feb 20226,699โˆ’4,5281.00
15 Feb 202211,227+9,7181.00
31 Jan 20221,509โˆ’8,5431.00
14 Jan 202210,052โˆ’2,0221.00
31 Dec 202112,074โˆ’35,8771.00
15 Dec 202147,951โˆ’19,5071.25
30 Nov 202167,458+10,2042.27
15 Nov 202157,254+1,3271.91
29 Oct 202155,927โˆ’3,2721.88
15 Oct 202159,199โˆ’5,1182.09
30 Sep 202164,317โˆ’4,0061.93
15 Sep 202168,323โˆ’28,4332.01
31 Aug 202196,756+7,1092.16
13 Aug 202189,647+28,1821.98
30 Jul 202161,465+7,6521.50
15 Jul 202153,813โˆ’27,0121.58
30 Jun 202180,825+26,5571.83
15 Jun 202154,268สณโˆ’1,1691.10
28 May 202155,437โˆ’33,3871.56
14 May 202188,824โˆ’21,7881.83
30 Apr 2021110,612โˆ’60,6732.19
15 Apr 2021171,285+140,9131.91
31 Mar 202130,372+5,9271.00
15 Mar 202124,445โˆ’11,8641.00
26 Feb 202136,309+14,9701.00
12 Feb 202121,339+10,5931.00
29 Jan 202110,746โˆ’38,4161.00
15 Jan 202149,162+35,4351.00
31 Dec 202013,727+8,3111.00
15 Dec 20205,416+1431.00
30 Nov 20205,273โˆ’3,0971.00
13 Nov 20208,370โˆ’3,8041.00
30 Oct 202012,174โˆ’1,3821.00
15 Oct 202013,556โˆ’9,2621.00
30 Sep 202022,818+9,8841.00
15 Sep 202012,934+7,8391.00
31 Aug 20205,095โˆ’2,5951.00
14 Aug 20207,690โˆ’4901.00
31 Jul 20208,180โˆ’9,1481.00
15 Jul 202017,328โˆ’3,3261.00
30 Jun 202020,654+8,2771.00
15 Jun 202012,377โˆ’8,3571.00
29 May 202020,734+2,3621.00
15 May 202018,372โˆ’16,2341.00
30 Apr 202034,606โˆ’16,5591.00
15 Apr 202051,165โˆ’14,2791.00
31 Mar 202065,444+47,2781.00
13 Mar 202018,166+8,8511.00
28 Feb 20209,315โˆ’1,0151.00
14 Feb 202010,330โˆ’171.00
31 Jan 202010,347โˆ’2361.00
15 Jan 202010,583+1,9891.00
31 Dec 20198,594โˆ’8,0561.00
13 Dec 201916,650+13,4751.00
29 Nov 20193,175โˆ’44,2871.00
15 Nov 201947,462โˆ’27,1951.00
31 Oct 201974,657โˆ’48,7402.05
15 Oct 2019123,397โˆ’33,2442.03
30 Sep 2019156,641โˆ’10,0635.04
13 Sep 2019166,704โˆ’3,2074.57
30 Aug 2019169,911โˆ’15,7074.64
15 Aug 2019185,618โˆ’19,0734.31
31 Jul 2019204,691โˆ’22,4187.19
15 Jul 2019227,109+5,1047.46
28 Jun 2019222,005โˆ’9065.42
14 Jun 2019222,911+11,8166.89
31 May 2019211,095+2,6177.92
15 May 2019208,478โˆ’2,7396.78
30 Apr 2019211,217โˆ’11,3687.11
15 Apr 2019222,585+5,2635.27
29 Mar 2019217,322โˆ’19,1686.35
15 Mar 2019236,490+1,3355.60
28 Feb 2019235,155โˆ’7,8336.39
15 Feb 2019242,988โˆ’14,5957.28
31 Jan 2019257,583โˆ’3,6417.42
15 Jan 2019261,224+38,9025.97
31 Dec 2018222,322โˆ’77,1772.11
14 Dec 2018299,499+42,3214.17
30 Nov 2018257,178+38,3926.51
15 Nov 2018218,786+486.19
31 Oct 2018218,738โˆ’10,4115.69
15 Oct 2018229,149+29,5754.54
28 Sep 2018199,574+7,6703.85
14 Sep 2018191,904+21,1305.38
31 Aug 2018170,774โˆ’3,3986.43
15 Aug 2018174,172+12,4165.07
31 Jul 2018161,756โˆ’15,7795.36
13 Jul 2018177,535+39,6655.74
29 Jun 2018137,870+5,1803.81
15 Jun 2018132,690+48,4062.67
31 May 201884,284โˆ’6,6972.31
15 May 201890,981โˆ’13,6232.66
30 Apr 2018104,604+12,1692.53
13 Apr 201892,435โˆ’2,1421.99
29 Mar 201894,577โˆ’6,8192.41
15 Mar 2018101,396โˆ’2,9942.66
28 Feb 2018104,390+8,1712.57
15 Feb 201896,219+23,0161.37
31 Jan 201873,203โˆ’2,0871.00
12 Jan 201875,290สณโˆ’22,2911.93
29 Dec 201797,581โ€“2.48

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is HPF's short interest?
52,131 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, down 96,603 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for HPF?
Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: an SEC filer exists but no defensible share count is available yet. The symbol maps to an SEC filer, but its share count cannot be used yet. A newly listed company needs two cover-page counts on file before the first is trusted; a split or an unexplained jump pauses publication until a fresh SEC count corroborates it; a secondary share class publishes under the company's primary line; and a foreign filer's short count is in depositary-share units. This page upgrades to a percentage automatically once a defensible count exists.
What is HPF's days to cover?
1.00 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.
Is this the short float?
No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.
How often does this update?
FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

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