Biggest Nasdaq Changes in Short Interest vs Float as of April 15
By Bloomberg News -
2011-05-04T20:30:05Z
The following tables show companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market that have the largest changes in short interest as a percentage of shares available for trading as of the April 15 settlement date.
TOP 25 INCREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
April 15 March 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Increase %
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GFRE GULF RESOURCES I 30.91 17.76 13.15
ZAGG ZAGG INC 53.57 41.32 12.25
AMSC AMER SUPERCONDTR 32.65 21.28 11.37
CCRT COMPUCREDIT HOLD 46.31 37.12 9.19
EPOC EPOCRATES INC 17.54 8.50 9.05
ACUR ACURA PHARMACEUT 9.76 2.90 6.87
ROYL ROYALE ENERGY 28.56 21.94 6.62
TAYC TAYLOR CAPITAL 22.83 16.25 6.57
FSIN FUSHI COPPERWELD 22.10 15.96 6.14
VVUS VIVUS INC 26.41 20.71 5.70
BLTI BIOLASE TECHNOLO 10.25 4.68 5.57
BGMD BG MEDICINE 5.61 0.06 5.55
CAAS CHINA AUTOMOTIVE 15.33 10.48 4.85
ACOM ANCESTRY.COM INC 23.19 18.36 4.82
STRA STRAYER EDUCATIO 24.85 20.11 4.74
ZSTN ZST DIGITAL NETW 16.44 12.13 4.31
LVLT LEVEL 3 COMM INC 9.66 5.54 4.12
STEC STEC INC 31.91 27.97 3.94
TSLA TESLA MOTORS 46.59 42.70 3.89
CSIQ CANADIAN SOLAR I 17.38 13.54 3.84
CFSG CHINA FIRE & SEC 11.32 7.57 3.74
EXEL EXELIXIS INC 12.36 8.62 3.74
RRGB RED ROBIN GOURME 19.93 16.30 3.63
ACHN ACHILLION PHARMA 4.13 0.56 3.57
XNPT XENOPORT INC 10.39 6.83 3.56
TOP 25 DECREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
April 15 March 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Decrease %
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CBEH CHINA INTEGRATED 20.25 31.16 -10.91
LOGM LOGMEIN INC 16.28 25.21 -8.93
PACQU PRIME ACQUISITIO 0.39 7.97 -7.58
RLOC REACHLOCAL INC 19.92 26.58 -6.66
ARNA ARENA PHARMACEUT 21.25 27.08 -5.83
CONN CONN'S INC 32.37 38.10 -5.73
QCOR QUESTCOR PHARM 15.62 20.40 -4.78
TRLG TRUE RELIGION AP 17.11 21.33 -4.23
LOGI LOGITECH INTER-R 14.60 18.76 -4.16
KNDI KANDI TECHNOLGIE 6.33 10.42 -4.10
CTCT CONSTANT CONTACT 32.44 36.48 -4.05
CEPH CEPHALON INC 16.65 20.52 -3.86
TZOO TRAVELZOO INC 31.16 35.02 -3.85
RBCN RUBICON TECHNOLO 47.44 51.04 -3.60
PSEC PROSPECT CAPITAL 8.51 11.98 -3.47
WESTD WESTINGHOUSE SOL 3.37 6.56 -3.19
DSTI DAYSTAR TECH INC 3.90 7.06 -3.16
AXAS ABRAXAS PETRO 11.24 14.34 -3.11
AVII AVI BIOPHARMA 7.76 10.57 -2.81
ABAT ADVANCED BATTERY 11.67 14.40 -2.73
SFLY SHUTTERFLY INC 13.35 15.82 -2.47
ICGN ICAGEN INC 1.18 3.62 -2.44
TRGL TOREADOR RES 2.95 5.25 -2.30
XING QIAO XING UNIVER 2.61 4.90 -2.29
SGMO SANGAMO BIOSCIEN 15.87 18.12 -2.25
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