Biggest Nasdaq Changes in Short Interest vs Float as of Sept. 15
By Bloomberg News -
2011-09-26T23:18:32Z
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 Sept. 15 settlement date.
TOP 25 INCREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Sept. 15 Aug. 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Increase %
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YRCW YRC WORLDWIDE IN 46.12 30.03 16.09
OPEN OPENTABLE INC 41.18 29.16 12.02
TLVT TELVENT GIT SA 15.89 4.89 11.00
SODA SODASTREAM INTER 49.21 38.72 10.49
TZOO TRAVELZOO INC 66.34 56.21 10.12
VRA VERA BRADLEY INC 38.12 28.89 9.23
KIOR KIOR INC - CL A 65.80 58.99 6.81
HRBN HARBIN ELECTRIC 46.35 40.01 6.34
JVA COFFEE HOLDING C 29.43 23.61 5.82
AREX APPROACH RESOURC 23.42 18.68 4.74
SPEX SPHERIX INC 4.66 0.10 4.56
CARB CARBONITE INC 12.97 8.75 4.23
FNGN FINANCIAL ENGINE 21.19 17.08 4.10
MELA MELA SCIENCES IN 16.10 12.26 3.84
SKUL SKULLCANDY INC 29.44 25.97 3.47
PODD INSULET CORP 24.16 20.76 3.40
CRZO CARRIZO OIL&GAS 18.02 14.62 3.40
PATH NUPATHE INC 11.39 8.06 3.33
PRMW PRIMO WATER CORP 11.52 8.19 3.33
WWWW WEB.COM GROUP 12.07 8.75 3.33
URBN URBAN OUTFITTER 16.17 12.88 3.29
BPAX BIOSANTE PHARMA 18.27 15.08 3.19
UCBI UNITED COMMUNITY 8.36 5.34 3.03
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 31.68 28.67 3.01
OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 39.21 36.41 2.80
TOP 25 DECREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Sept. 15 Aug. 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Decrease %
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CSOD CORNERSTONE ONDE 8.68 13.11 -4.43
CKEC CARMIKE CINEMAS 10.17 14.01 -3.85
ZGNX ZOGENIX INC 3.31 7.10 -3.79
PMBC PACIFIC MERCANTL 3.12 6.55 -3.43
SCKT SOCKET MOBILE 2.78 6.06 -3.28
ICGN ICAGEN INC 1.83 5.07 -3.24
STXS STEREOTAXIS INC 15.40 18.39 -3.00
RPTP RAPTOR PHARMACEU 5.48 8.17 -2.69
SAFM SANDERSON FARMS 27.37 30.03 -2.65
VECO VEECO INSTRUMENT 26.99 29.24 -2.24
TQNT TRIQUINT SEMICON 6.96 9.14 -2.18
BDSI BIODELIVERY SCIE 2.40 4.45 -2.05
NETL NETLOGIC MICROSY 7.88 9.90 -2.02
RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 10.15 12.08 -1.93
HOGS ZHONGPIN INC 24.60 26.48 -1.89
ABIO ARCA BIOPHARMA 4.42 6.31 -1.88
CLMT CALUMET SPECIALT 0.80 2.66 -1.87
ACOM ANCESTRY.COM INC 23.77 25.54 -1.77
QTWW QUANTUM FUEL SYS 8.64 10.37 -1.73
IMGN IMMUNOGEN INC 7.19 8.85 -1.66
SPWRA SUNPOWER CORP-A 39.29 40.95 -1.66
GMAN GORDMANS STORES 9.20 10.82 -1.63
CONN CONN'S INC 21.74 23.35 -1.61
TIVO TIVO INC 15.12 16.68 -1.57
HTLD HEARTLAND EXPRES 12.15 13.71 -1.55
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