Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Increases as of Feb. 15
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2011-02-25T22:54:09Z
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent increases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Feb. 15 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company Feb. 15 Jan. 31 % Change ============================================================================= AUTC AUTOCHINA INTERN 1,548,714 387,451 299.7 PPDI PHARM PROD DEVEL 6,745,439 2,007,925 235.9 CAST CHINACAST EDUCAT 2,301,474 1,005,637 128.9 NPSP NPS PHARM INC 6,279,325 2,749,912 128.3 SWIR SIERRA WIRELESS 1,076,005 509,178 111.3 OREX OREXIGEN THERAPE 11,939,902 5,959,739 100.3 RDWR RADWARE LTD 418,118 211,527 97.7 AGNC AMERICAN CAPITAL 4,216,516 2,166,172 94.7 BRCM BROADCOM CORP-A 13,775,244 7,114,491 93.6 NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 11,330,912 5,968,234 89.9 MOTR MOTRICITY INC 5,688,799 3,105,367 83.2 JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 10,206,067 5,947,955 71.6 CHTR CHARTER COM-A 584,845 355,350 64.6 OCLS OCULUS INNOVATIV 940,521 582,030 61.6 TWER TOWERSTREAM CORP 614,176 381,469 61.0 EPCT EPICEPT CORP 448,714 280,401 60.0 DFZ BARRY (R.G.) 337,480 212,580 58.8 REFR RESEARCH FRONT 1,687,924 1,072,834 57.3 CXDC CHINA XD PLASTIC 628,278 407,983 54.0 EZCH EZCHIP SEMICONDU 809,573 536,866 50.8 HRLY HERLEY INDS 378,215 253,806 49.0 TQNT TRIQUINT SEMICON 12,393,097 8,333,825 48.7 TBSI TBS INTERNATIO-A 448,537 302,401 48.3 MEOH METHANEX CORP 566,168 382,229 48.1 HOLI HOLLYSYS AUTOMAT 2,831,133 1,927,049 46.9 APKT ACME PACKET INC 4,032,166 2,756,685 46.3 AMZN AMAZON.COM INC 9,743,965 6,684,226 45.8 ASYS AMTECH SYS INC 555,258 387,602 43.3 SCSS SELECT COMFORT C 2,666,673 1,864,252 43.0 NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTO 1,154,438 820,390 40.7 NICE NICE SYSTEMS-ADR 440,600 313,745 40.4 CTXS CITRIX SYSTEMS 7,042,343 5,048,019 39.5 JOYG JOY GLOBAL INC 3,222,450 2,313,776 39.3 CVLT COMMVAULT SYSTEM 2,438,384 1,751,322 39.2 PMTC PARAMETRIC TECH 5,064,891 3,659,045 38.4 SLRC SOLAR CAPITAL LT 743,044 537,438 38.3 CERP CEREPLAST INC 308,787 223,921 37.9 OPXT OPNEXT INC 1,481,162 1,080,834 37.0 SIFY SIFY TECHNOL-ADR 699,792 511,132 36.9 NOVL NOVELL INC 4,207,859 3,074,446 36.9 CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS 53,484,160 39,156,157 36.6 CA CA INC 8,418,914 6,168,864 36.5 SIMG SILICON IMAGE 3,242,876 2,390,813 35.6 OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 1,844,624 1,360,902 35.5 CDXS CODEXIS INC 686,915 507,634 35.3 IGTE IGATE CORP 1,511,490 1,120,124 34.9 GKSR G & K SERVICES-A 381,012 283,493 34.4 PLUG PLUG POWER INC 3,294,764 2,461,110 33.9 ZAGG ZAGG INC 5,879,118 4,408,676 33.4 INTU INTUIT INC 4,118,333 3,097,419 33.0 SGMS SCIENTIFIC GAM-A 3,819,953 2,874,922 32.9 CMCO COLUMBUS MCKI/NY 517,047 390,303 32.5 SUSQ SUSQUEHAN BNCSHS 10,605,584 8,006,304 32.5 GIVN GIVEN IMAGING 323,476 244,791 32.1 RENT RENTRAK CORP 503,580 382,273 31.7 TZOO TRAVELZOO INC 1,719,955 1,306,402 31.7 ARLP ALLIANCE RESOURC 387,825 294,872 31.5 RCKB ROCKVILLE FINANC 660,720 502,643 31.4 SOHU SOHU.COM INC 2,723,921 2,080,055 31.0 VRSN VERISIGN INC 10,708,316 8,196,142 30.7 IPGP IPG PHOTONICS 1,190,140 914,909 30.1 FFIV F5 NETWORKS 5,550,257 4,294,604 29.2 OSBC OLD SECOND BNCRP 2,052,177 1,590,831 29.0 DVOX DYNAVOX INC-CL A 584,539 454,158 28.7 ISYS INTEGRAL SYSTEMS 884,293 687,757 28.6 CHKP CHECK POINT SOFT 3,603,692 2,812,464 28.1 CGNX COGNEX CORP 950,126 741,614 28.1 CEDC CENTRAL EURO DIS 2,252,608 1,758,873 28.1 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 11,262,075 8,797,662 28.0 RXII RXI PHARMACEUTIC 3,177,631 2,487,130 27.8 RPRX REPROS THERAPEUT 812,622 636,177 27.7 RTEC RUDOLPH TECHNOL 997,405 781,002 27.7 MDVN MEDIVATION INC 2,196,579 1,724,346 27.4 ASCA AMERISTAR CASINO 930,608 730,565 27.4 SRSL SRS LABS INC 713,814 562,875 26.8 SBCF SEACOAST BANK/FL 678,295 534,879 26.8 TIBX TIBCO SOFTWARE 9,464,757 7,473,703 26.6 BPAX BIOSANTE PHARMA 8,181,076 6,465,886 26.5 CACC CREDIT ACCEPTANC 319,449 252,793 26.4 SDTH SHENGDATECH INC 1,130,437 898,860 25.8 ASEI AMERICAN SCIENCE 261,042 207,717 25.7 CCIH CHINACACHE-ADR 604,397 483,726 24.9 ORCC ONLINE RES CORP 689,731 555,815 24.1 TTWO TAKE-TWO INTERAC 11,704,508 9,435,007 24.1 WCBO WEST COAST BA/OR 2,570,962 2,074,132 24.0 GXDX GENOPTIX INC 869,063 703,293 23.6 HBAN HUNTINGTON BANC 34,385,039 27,887,038 23.3 RFMD RF MICRO DEVICES 22,622,923 18,366,615 23.2 ARQL ARQULE INC 1,637,025 1,329,770 23.1 RUSHA RUSH ENTER-CL A 1,678,959 1,363,885 23.1 HFWA HERITAGE FINL 398,766 324,601 22.8 AVGO AVAGO TECHNOLOGI 9,385,646 7,657,191 22.6 HAYN HAYNES INTL INC 376,712 307,525 22.5 MRNA MARINA BIOTECH I 828,294 677,206 22.3 SAFM SANDERSON FARMS 3,825,617 3,129,928 22.2 CCIX COLEMAN CABLE IN 256,236 209,704 22.2 KLIC KULICKE & SOFFA 3,411,183 2,792,127 22.2 VVUS VIVUS INC 16,484,772 13,507,895 22.0 PMCS PMC-SIERRA INC 4,972,163 4,078,073 21.9 ONCY ONCOLYTICS BIO 2,114,443 1,734,392 21.9 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 258,479 212,067 21.9 SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIO 14,901,813 12,227,346 21.9 QQQQ POWERSH-QQQ 91,181,838 74,976,091 21.6 NARA NARA BANCORP INC 2,241,155 1,844,729 21.5 QCOR QUESTCOR PHARM 9,788,506 8,064,212 21.4 SNDK SANDISK CORP 9,206,044 7,586,792 21.3 WPRT WESTPORT INNOVAT 2,363,452 1,952,789 21.0 BSTC BIOSPECIFICS TEC 287,176 237,392 21.0 BRNC BRONCO DRILLING 1,108,365 917,421 20.8 MYGN MYRIAD GENETICS 7,096,807 5,881,510 20.7 TSEM TOWER SEMICONDCT 1,739,665 1,443,412 20.5 CPST CAPSTONE TURBINE 35,156,486 29,187,662 20.4 MSPD MINDSPEED TECHNO 2,474,562 2,055,755 20.4 ININ INTERACTIVE INT 422,576 351,179 20.3 AFSI AMTRUST FIN SERV 2,215,078 1,842,868 20.2 ENTR ENTROPIC COMMUNI 28,269,981 23,529,185 20.1 BPFH BOSTON PRIV FINL 6,874,567 5,724,140 20.1 CSTR COINSTAR INC 9,766,863 8,138,431 20.0 AIMC ALTRA HOLDINGS I 585,970 488,706 19.9 GPRE GREEN PLAINS REN 2,055,999 1,714,745 19.9 SPU SKYPEOPLE FRUIT 640,594 534,282 19.9 MMSI MERIT MEDICAL 676,284 564,382 19.8 KNXA KENEXA CORP 747,473 624,799 19.6 SKYW SKYWEST INC 1,325,789 1,108,418 19.6 NVTL NOVATEL WIRELESS 4,659,426 3,898,451 19.5 IVAN IVANHOE ENERGY 6,347,541 5,327,002 19.2 VISN VISIONCHINA -ADR 552,764 464,271 19.1 FAST FASTENAL CO 15,546,130 13,079,450 18.9 CBEH CHINA INTEGRATED 3,723,855 3,135,423 18.8 NYMX NYMOX PHARMACEUT 1,622,986 1,366,981 18.7 RDEN ELIZABETH ARDEN 882,874 745,970 18.4 HIBB HIBBETT SPORTS I 3,748,963 3,174,446 18.1 SNCR SYNCHRONOSS TECH 1,562,237 1,324,945 17.9 RVBD RIVERBED TECHNOL 8,798,902 7,463,640 17.9 SCEI SINO CLEAN ENERG 485,197 411,715 17.8 QLGC QLOGIC CORP 7,473,195 6,341,815 17.8 SXCI SXC HEALTH SOLUT 486,390 412,797 17.8 TSTY TASTY BAKING CO 523,919 444,856 17.8 JSDA JONES SODA CO 1,111,363 943,845 17.7 HTWR HEARTWARE INTERN 1,251,738 1,064,382 17.6 RLOC REACHLOCAL INC 1,616,940 1,375,752 17.5 LHCG LHC GROUP INC 1,821,026 1,549,775 17.5 GAIN GLADSTONE INVEST 415,193 353,969 17.3 ZION ZIONS BANCORP 21,649,243 18,467,975 17.2 UTEK ULTRATECH INC 791,858 675,840 17.2 LCRY LECROY CORP 332,904 284,722 16.9 USAT USA TECHNOLOGIES 1,058,137 906,094 16.8 SPRD SPREADTRUM-ADR 2,325,415 1,991,326 16.8 WFSL WASH FED 3,308,732 2,833,756 16.8 EBAY EBAY INC 21,716,195 18,606,833 16.7 INFA INFORMATICA CORP 6,493,151 5,564,917 16.7 WTFC WINTRUST FINL 4,521,663 3,877,371 16.6 SNSSD SUNESIS PHARMAC 1,101,467 944,614 16.6 ISTA ISTA PHARMACEUTI 385,099 330,355 16.6 QCOM QUALCOMM INC 35,205,360 30,215,168 16.5 LSTZA LIBERTY STARZ A 857,659 736,798 16.4 INTC INTEL CORP 62,350,079 53,672,906 16.2 TFM FRESH MARKET INC 988,685 851,499 16.1 RAVN RAVEN INDUSTRIES 351,577 302,953 16.1 CBPO CHINA BIOLOGIC P 1,417,950 1,221,867 16.0 ROSE ROSETTA RESOURCE 4,444,522 3,831,090 16.0 FOSL FOSSIL INC 1,525,425 1,316,188 15.9 JAZZ JAZZ PHARMACEUTI 2,427,311 2,094,591 15.9 EPIC EPICOR SOFTWARE 1,224,313 1,057,149 15.8 PACB PACIFIC BIOSCIEN 2,949,526 2,549,966 15.7 BWLD BUFFALO WILD WIN 2,464,968 2,131,342 15.7 MRGE MERGE HEALTHCARE 2,741,286 2,371,304 15.6 AVNR AVANIR PHARM INC 20,968,094 18,157,951 15.5 UNFI UNITED NATURAL 3,799,229 3,295,330 15.3 GIFI GULF ISLAND FABR 302,863 262,777 15.3 AFFY AFFYMAX INC 2,217,432 1,924,177 15.2 SHLM SCHULMAN (A) 1,175,917 1,020,535 15.2 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 87,864,472 76,262,571 15.2 QGEN QIAGEN NV 7,001,048 6,077,373 15.2 UPI UROPLASTY INC 590,138 512,284 15.2 QLTY QUALITY DISTRIBU 358,582 311,292 15.2 PNBC PRINCETON NATL 291,916 253,524 15.1 COHU COHU INC 537,328 466,944 15.1 SNMX SENOMYX INC 2,062,786 1,793,092 15.0 VCLK VALUECLICK INC 9,037,304 7,862,035 14.9 OSIS OSI SYSTEMS INC 566,711 493,028 14.9 SATS ECHOSTAR CORP-A 610,488 531,159 14.9 TKLC TEKELEC 2,698,985 2,348,906 14.9 HOLX HOLOGIC INC 7,364,037 6,414,513 14.8 CSFL CENTERSTATE BANK 845,349 736,439 14.8 FEIC FEI COMPANY 1,319,321 1,149,548 14.8 NTCT NETSCOUT SYSTEMS 1,166,754 1,018,190 14.6 IBB ISHARES-NDQ BIOT 8,005,001 6,991,044 14.5 ATMI ATMI INC 966,201 843,910 14.5 HCSG HEALTHCARE SERVS 2,888,430 2,523,338 14.5 VRML VERMILLION INC 470,213 410,811 14.5 DISH DISH NETWORK-A 7,411,578 6,475,343 14.5 VRNT VERINT SYSTEMS 390,435 341,197 14.4 SSRI SILVER STANDARD 1,148,546 1,004,426 14.3 MENT MENTOR GRAPHICS 4,718,826 4,127,292 14.3 MSCC MICROSEMI CORP 2,530,477 2,213,457 14.3 GLBL GLOBAL INDS LTD 4,093,746 3,581,963 14.3 HWKN HAWKINS INC 620,635 543,102 14.3 ZLCS ZALICUS INC 1,817,040 1,590,350 14.3 PATH NUPATHE INC 308,685 270,212 14.2
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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