Largest S&P 500 Short Interest as a Percentage of Float
By Bloomberg News -
2012-03-26T22:37:18Z
The following table ranks companies listed in the S&P 500 Index that have more than 10 percent of their shares available for trading sold short by investors as of the March 15 settlement date.
Short Interest Short Interest Equity Float
Ticker Name / Float % (In mln shrs) (In mln shrs)
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GME GAMESTOP CORP-A 43.93 58.70 133.62
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 35.63 21.24 59.61
SVU SUPERVALU INC 34.50 72.69 210.69
SHLD SEARS HOLDINGS 30.16 10.86 36.00
RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 29.75 52.63 176.92
JCP J.C. PENNEY CO 25.23 33.52 132.86
PBI PITNEY BOWES INC 24.96 49.68 199.08
X US STEEL CORP 24.24 36.36 150.01
LEN LENNAR CORP-A 22.41 33.93 151.37
SWY SAFEWAY INC 21.53 56.87 264.13
NFLX NETFLIX INC 20.15 10.87 53.97
ESRX EXPRESS SCRIPT 20.13 97.07 482.23
EXPE EXPEDIA INC 20.04 17.88 89.23
FII FEDERATED INV-B 19.21 17.13 89.16
FTR FRONTIER COMMUNI 17.38 171.85 988.54
BBY BEST BUY CO INC 17.35 47.84 275.81
AN AUTONATION INC 17.15 7.75 45.22
BWA BORGWARNER INC 16.24 17.47 107.59
DO DIAMOND OFFSHORE 14.60 10.06 68.90
MOLX MOLEX INC 12.68 5.50 43.35
DHI DR HORTON INC 12.27 33.94 276.66
HRS HARRIS CORP 11.73 13.29 113.29
GCI GANNETT CO 11.36 26.71 235.23
AMD ADV MICRO DEVICE 11.31 66.67 589.47
CRM SALESFORCE.COM 10.86 13.55 124.76
PHM PULTEGROUP INC 10.61 35.58 335.29
URBN URBAN OUTFITTER 10.43 11.43 109.65
POM PEPCO HOLDINGS 10.11 22.95 226.98
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