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which stock is shorted the most

by Jevon Langosh Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Most Shorted Stocks

Symbol Name Price (Intraday) Change % Change
CTRN Citi Trends, Inc. 33.27 -0.30 -0.89%
BYND Beyond Meat, Inc. 27.39 +1.22 +4.66%
HRTX Heron Therapeutics, Inc. 3.1700 -0.0100 -0.31%
BGFV Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 13.65 +0.47 +3.57%
May 27 2022

Most Shorted Stocks
Symbol SymbolCompany NameFloat Shorted (%)
ICPT ICPTIntercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.36.89%
NKLA NKLANikola Corp.36.49%
MSTR MSTRMicroStrategy Inc.36.48%
HRTX HRTXHeron Therapeutics Inc.36.22%
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Full Answer

What stocks are heavily shorted?

ten heavily "shorted" stocks in the s&p 1500 index that includes the s&p 500, like real estate firm geo group ( geo ), health care ligand pharmaceuticals ( lgnd) and materials firm international...

What stocks have the highest short interest?

What Short Interest Tells Us

  • The Art of Short Selling. Short selling is the opposite of buying stocks. ...
  • Short Interest Shows Sentiment. ...
  • News Drives Changes in Short Interest. ...
  • Understanding the Short-Interest Ratio. ...
  • The NYSE Short Interest Ratio. ...
  • Getting Caught in the Short Squeeze. ...
  • The Bottom Line. ...

What do stocks have short interest?

What is Short Interest?

  • Short Interest: Shorting a Stock. Recall that short interest is the “number of shares sold short but not yet repurchased or covered.” Therefore, it increases when more investors short a ...
  • Importance of Short Interest. ...
  • Formula for Short Interest. ...
  • Understanding Short Squeeze. ...
  • More Resources. ...

What part of a company's float can be shorted?

What Part of a Company's Float Can Be Shorted? The quick answer is that the amount of shares shorted can actually exceed 50% of the float in a company. The percentage of shares shorted compared to the float is referred to as the short interest. It is calculated by taking the total amount of shares shorted and dividing it by the total amount ...

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What are the top 5 most shorted stocks?

Stocks with the most short sell positions as of April 2022, by share of float shortedStock exchange: tickerShare of float shortedBig 5 Sporting Goods Corp. (NASDAQ: BGFV)40.89%Citi Trends Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN)40.77%Heron Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HRTX)39.87%Weber Inc. (NYSE: WEBR)39.45%9 more rows•Apr 26, 2022

How do you find the most shorted stock?

For general shorting information about a company's stock, you can usually go to any website with a stock quote service. For more specific short interest info, you would have to go to the stock exchange where the company is listed.

What are the 10 most shorted stocks right now?

10 Most Shorted Stocks Right Now is originally published on Insider Monkey.BBBY.LMND.NKLA.BYND.SDC.SAVA.BLNK.GOGO.

Is GME still shorted?

GME Is Still Heavily Shorted, A Squeeze Could Be Imminent The number is higher compared to the previous month, when 12.35 million shares were being shorted. A high short interest can of course be related to a company's poor fundamentals.

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