Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Decreases as of Aug. 31
By Wendy Soong -
2010-09-10T22:32:21Z
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent decreases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Aug. 31 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company Aug. 31 Aug. 13 % Change ============================================================================= RGNC REGENCY ENERGY P 445,285 1,823,656 -75.6 BIOF BIOFUEL ENERGY C 216,482 628,599 -65.6 SCON SUPERCOND TECH 248,730 706,478 -64.8 VRML VERMILLION INC 249,318 553,627 -55.0 NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTO 1,749,941 3,650,836 -52.1 SBCF SEACOAST BNKG 2,632,836 5,442,202 -51.6 MEOH METHANEX CORP 348,515 623,368 -44.1 SMTB SMITHTOWN BANCRP 366,678 611,077 -40.0 ACGY ACERGY SA-ADR 233,827 386,320 -39.5 MDRX ALLSCRIPTS HEALT 7,720,835 12,570,515 -38.6 APCVZ FRESENIUS-CVR 359,753 580,890 -38.1 ASFI ASTA FUNDING INC 455,053 727,244 -37.4 VPRT VISTAPRINT NV 2,240,236 3,507,796 -36.1 ENDP ENDO PHARMA HLDG 4,863,924 7,495,792 -35.1 SPRD SPREADTRUM-ADR 1,017,380 1,557,756 -34.7 ANPI ANGIOTECH PHARMA 318,555 475,116 -33.0 SMED SHARPS COMPLIANC 672,701 981,084 -31.4 PDLI PDL BIOPHARMA IN 10,658,108 15,000,562 -28.9 ASMI ASM INTL-NY REG 325,631 452,826 -28.1 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 11,583,631 16,073,944 -27.9 DJSP DJSP ENTERPRISES 696,572 964,188 -27.8 CBAK CHINA BAK BATTER 1,578,671 2,165,427 -27.1 EPCT EPICEPT CORP 500,276 681,188 -26.6 SPWRB SUNPOWER CORP-B 938,539 1,263,556 -25.7 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 10,959,603 14,720,834 -25.6 GAME SHANDA GAMES-ADR 1,856,548 2,467,121 -24.7 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 8,750,810 11,544,572 -24.2 TELK TELIK INC 441,532 582,414 -24.2 PPCO PENWEST PHARM 898,853 1,179,081 -23.8 LINE LINN ENERGY LLC 1,136,993 1,482,070 -23.3 FWLT FOSTER WHEELER 3,310,758 4,275,093 -22.6 GIVN GIVEN IMAGING 271,659 349,402 -22.3 LIFE LIFE TECHNOLOGIE 5,115,393 6,545,596 -21.8 ASML ASML HOLDING-NY 6,444,447 8,230,136 -21.7 LAVA MAGMA DESIGN AUT 6,837,569 8,712,860 -21.5 CWBS COMMONW BANKSHRS 208,906 266,123 -21.5 LCRY LECROY CORP 236,245 298,204 -20.8 MELI MERCADOLIBRE INC 4,164,374 5,238,608 -20.5 SWIR SIERRA WIRELESS 213,005 266,422 -20.0 APOG APOGEE ENTERPR 1,918,276 2,398,831 -20.0 PCLN PRICELINE.COM 3,134,305 3,907,903 -19.8 SCSS SELECT COMFORT C 6,543,525 8,063,159 -18.8 NTES NETEASE.COM-ADR 2,118,960 2,605,957 -18.7 SXCI SXC HEALTH SOLUT 454,201 557,383 -18.5 HSII HEIDRICK & STRUG 755,342 923,781 -18.2 XTEX CROSSTEX ENERGY 490,610 599,823 -18.2 LIWA LIHUA INTERNATIO 608,136 739,884 -17.8 GOLD RANDGOLD RES-ADR 1,137,531 1,381,218 -17.6 ITRI ITRON INC 1,310,691 1,590,705 -17.6 ONNN ON SEMICONDUCTOR 14,745,035 17,858,547 -17.4 SAFM SANDERSON FARMS 1,471,622 1,780,928 -17.4 DCTH DELCATH SYSTEMS 7,179,861 8,659,931 -17.1 MSG MADISON SQUARE-A 701,088 842,704 -16.8 ZBRA ZEBRA TECH CORP 1,307,303 1,567,995 -16.6 SINA SINA CORP 4,731,507 5,670,826 -16.6 PRGO PERRIGO CO 3,903,541 4,665,044 -16.3 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVAT 1,947,555 2,324,432 -16.2 BIDU BAIDU INC-SP ADR 8,444,674 10,059,188 -16.1 ADAT AUTHENTIDATE HLD 247,015 294,162 -16.0 DSTI DAYSTAR TECH INC 261,860 310,546 -15.7 SWSI SUPERIOR WELL SE 3,255,950 3,855,419 -15.5 DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC 5,076,584 6,003,777 -15.4 HAIN HAIN CELESTIAL 3,994,806 4,721,105 -15.4 JST JINPAN INTL LTD 238,992 281,164 -15.0 LIME LIME ENERGY CO 271,526 318,118 -14.6 ALVR ALVARION LTD 530,096 619,283 -14.4 MXIM MAXIM INTEGRATED 21,826,861 25,484,296 -14.4 LOOP LOOPNET INC 1,185,997 1,382,907 -14.2 LNCR LINCARE HOLDINGS 8,318,022 9,687,555 -14.1 BIOD BIODEL INC 3,154,944 3,665,271 -13.9 FDML FEDERAL MOGUL 516,128 598,014 -13.7 GENZ GENZYME CORP 13,033,134 15,087,196 -13.6 CYOU CHANGYOU.COM-ADR 787,895 911,505 -13.6 NOVL NOVELL INC 6,067,201 7,018,754 -13.6 TECD TECH DATA CORP 2,486,017 2,869,669 -13.4 BANR BANNER CORPORATI 1,305,321 1,504,176 -13.2 FFIV F5 NETWORKS 4,834,431 5,568,597 -13.2 SATS ECHOSTAR CORP-A 587,149 675,757 -13.1 MTXX MATRIXX INITIATI 373,679 428,976 -12.9 DECK DECKERS OUTDOOR 3,370,619 3,869,130 -12.9 ENCO ENCORIUM GROUP 230,362 264,360 -12.9 TBSI TBS INTERNATIO-A 467,908 536,284 -12.7 DELL DELL INC 43,873,902 50,266,980 -12.7 AEIS ADV ENERGY INDS 2,016,036 2,309,013 -12.7 APEI AMERICAN PUBLIC 2,018,816 2,308,671 -12.6 ARUN ARUBA NETWORKS I 15,728,391 17,932,665 -12.3 MLNX MELLANOX TECHNOL 1,359,059 1,547,073 -12.2 CTFO CHINA TRANSINFO 362,335 412,311 -12.1 MDAS MEDASSETS INC 4,884,738 5,555,914 -12.1 TSCO TRACTOR SUPPLY 3,060,232 3,478,135 -12.0 NOVA NOVAMED INC 592,509 673,277 -12.0 RYAAY RYANAIR HLDG-ADR 518,065 587,518 -11.8 MERC MERCER INTERNATI 1,437,140 1,629,217 -11.8 EFOI ENERGY FOCUS INC 383,078 433,378 -11.6 VRGY VERIGY LTD 2,260,504 2,557,221 -11.6 CTSH COGNIZANT TECH-A 6,288,223 7,107,364 -11.5 BCSI BLUE COAT SYSTEM 4,244,481 4,796,934 -11.5 CACB CASCADE BANCORP 2,681,728 3,029,482 -11.5 MNKD MANNKIND CORP 14,800,348 16,713,211 -11.4 INTC INTEL CORP 70,981,165 80,133,152 -11.4 CRNT CERAGON NETWORKS 250,803 283,101 -11.4 BEAV BE AEROSPACE 1,541,411 1,737,521 -11.3 DIOD DIODES INC 1,972,091 2,219,960 -11.2 SPIL SILICONWARE-ADR 4,928,152 5,536,740 -11.0 WMGI WRIGHT MED GROUP 2,709,305 3,038,934 -10.8 IPSU IMPERIAL SUGAR 942,646 1,055,270 -10.7 APKT ACME PACKET INC 3,864,892 4,325,255 -10.6 LSTR LANDSTAR SYSTEM 1,409,721 1,577,405 -10.6 TIBB TIB FINANCIAL 870,224 973,594 -10.6 HMIN HOME INNS & -ADR 1,325,269 1,481,423 -10.5 BSRR SIERRA BANCORP 820,911 917,228 -10.5 VRSK VERISK ANALYTI-A 527,718 589,362 -10.5 PLAB PHOTRONICS INC 5,600,864 6,251,107 -10.4 OCLS OCULUS INNOVATIV 671,936 749,302 -10.3 SUNH SUN HEALTHCAR 2,185,981 2,436,959 -10.3 CNIT CHINA INFORMATIO 2,181,284 2,429,086 -10.2 MPET MAGELLAN PETRO 275,501 306,658 -10.2 ISLN ISILON SYSTEMS I 4,001,598 4,453,637 -10.1 VDSI VASCO DATA INTL 1,841,769 2,049,242 -10.1 QLIK QLIK TECHNOLOGIE 263,201 292,787 -10.1 PFBC PREFERRED BANK 506,206 561,463 -9.8 CFFN CAP FEDERAL FINL 4,212,446 4,665,573 -9.7 ALTI ALTAIR NANOTECHN 2,535,370 2,806,897 -9.7 AKAM AKAMAI TECHNOLOG 11,601,328 12,834,189 -9.6 MCHP MICROCHIP TECH 18,791,496 20,780,384 -9.6 THOR THORATEC CORP 6,363,271 7,034,824 -9.5 HOLI HOLLYSYS AUTOMAT 2,297,706 2,536,441 -9.4 KNDI KANDI TECHNOLGIE 904,279 997,620 -9.4 AKRX AKORN INC 4,032,772 4,447,652 -9.3 BCON BEACON POWER 3,304,063 3,641,955 -9.3 ABIO ARCA BIOPHARMA 352,219 388,010 -9.2 BOFI BOFI HOLDING INC 886,322 975,984 -9.2 PKOH PARK OHIO HLDGS 373,440 410,994 -9.1 LLTC LINEAR TECH CORP 11,561,416 12,717,046 -9.1 NIHD NII HOLDING INC 2,705,685 2,974,409 -9.0 RMBS RAMBUS INC 6,891,614 7,574,741 -9.0 AEZS AETERNA ZENTARIS 3,444,065 3,782,823 -9.0 PPDI PHARM PROD DEVEL 4,642,363 5,093,034 -8.8 ELON ECHELON CORP 3,029,084 3,319,847 -8.8 AGEN ANTIGENICS INC 3,878,472 4,242,768 -8.6 SORL SORL AUTO PARTS 457,279 499,966 -8.5 VRSN VERISIGN INC 13,064,872 14,275,661 -8.5 SCHN SCHNITZER STEEL 1,537,224 1,679,201 -8.5 RICK RICKS CABARET 440,031 479,994 -8.3 CCOI COGENT COMMUNICA 3,661,508 3,989,915 -8.2 MIPI MOLECULAR INSIGH 2,699,391 2,940,183 -8.2 CDXS CODEXIS INC 337,158 366,941 -8.1 DEAR DEARBORN BANCORP 1,170,522 1,272,392 -8.0 CATM CARDTRONICS INC 1,208,672 1,313,771 -8.0 STSA STERLING FINL/WA 8,073,549 8,752,254 -7.8 TSLA TESLA MOTORS 5,129,695 5,560,393 -7.7 CACH CACHE INC 206,653 223,481 -7.5 NANX NANOPHASE TECH 299,661 323,978 -7.5 VMED VIRGIN MEDIA INC 29,347,134 31,716,695 -7.5 PCAR PACCAR INC 20,708,356 22,365,771 -7.4 ETRM ENTEROMEDICS INC 202,799 218,532 -7.2 BECN BEACON ROOFING S 3,799,668 4,090,460 -7.1 CIDM CINEDIGM DIGIT-A 431,794 464,763 -7.1 ROYL ROYALE ENERGY 526,817 567,035 -7.1 ZION ZIONS BANCORP 18,862,658 20,295,614 -7.1 RXII RXI PHARMACEUTIC 552,918 594,812 -7.0 ISCA INTL SPEEDWAY-A 1,567,492 1,685,488 -7.0 UEPS NET 1 UEPS TECH 876,785 942,545 -7.0 YRCW YRC WORLDWIDE IN 123,069,876 132,249,363 -6.9 ATHN ATHENAHEALTH INC 10,622,425 11,412,753 -6.9 CYCC CYCLACEL PHARMAC 2,702,068 2,902,080 -6.9 LOPE GRAND CANYON EDU 3,748,214 4,024,316 -6.9 KCAP KOHLBERG CAPITAL 915,299 981,983 -6.8 CENT CENTRAL GARDEN 317,201 340,127 -6.7 AMKR AMKOR TECH INC 19,524,271 20,904,260 -6.6 HTCH HUTCHINSON TECH 2,589,198 2,771,149 -6.6 QLGC QLOGIC CORP 4,386,365 4,691,382 -6.5 ASTM AASTROM BIOSCIEN 339,656 363,170 -6.5 CNBC CENTER BANCORP 299,868 320,492 -6.4 GMCR GREEN MOUNTAIN 21,382,740 22,844,680 -6.4 NETL NETLOGIC MICROSY 10,815,334 11,548,439 -6.3 CVGW CALAVO GROWERS I 1,113,540 1,188,862 -6.3 BRNC BRONCO DRILLING 1,190,003 1,270,105 -6.3 CTXS CITRIX SYSTEMS 6,901,938 7,361,364 -6.2 LKQX LKQ CORP 4,340,234 4,621,630 -6.1 SHPGY SHIRE PLC-ADR 2,272,786 2,419,346 -6.1 WWWW WEB.COM GROUP 346,813 369,161 -6.1 GHDX GENOMIC HEALTH I 1,877,198 1,997,689 -6.0 MU MICRON TECH 107,131,184 114,005,208 -6.0 CLDA CLINICAL DATA IN 2,326,732 2,475,938 -6.0 AGNC AMERICAN CAPITAL 2,665,927 2,836,501 -6.0 ITMN INTERMUNE INC 4,139,819 4,403,047 -6.0 PESI PERMA-FIX ENVIR 370,010 393,427 -6.0 INTU INTUIT INC 7,381,321 7,844,232 -5.9 LBTYA LIBERTY GLOBAL-A 12,668,863 13,462,586 -5.9 QGEN QIAGEN NV 8,952,387 9,511,446 -5.9 DNDN DENDREON CORP 10,904,658 11,580,029 -5.8 DSCO DISCOVERY LABS 8,305,535 8,806,527 -5.7 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS 2,775,723 2,940,942 -5.6 PETM PETSMART INC 5,427,847 5,750,490 -5.6 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 711,151 753,360 -5.6 FLIR FLIR SYSTEMS 9,762,444 10,339,622 -5.6 DLIA DELIA*S INC 221,048 233,922 -5.5 SYNA SYNAPTICS INC 10,358,333 10,959,649 -5.5 CTCM CTC MEDIA INC 1,802,268 1,906,368 -5.5
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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