Largest S&P 500 Short Interest as a Percentage of Float
By Bloomberg News -
2012-11-13T17:03:33Z
The following table ranks companies listed in the S&P 500 Index that have more than 10 percent of their shares available for trading &cls;sold short&cle; by investors as of the Oct. 31 settlement date.
Short Interest Short Interest Equity Float
Ticker Name / Float % (In mln shrs) (In mln shrs)
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FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 47.00 28.22 60.03
JCP J.C. PENNEY CO 40.04 55.38 138.33
GME GAMESTOP CORP-A 35.96 43.33 120.51
SWY SAFEWAY INC 32.73 77.11 235.60
NFLX NETFLIX INC 31.99 17.21 53.78
PBI PITNEY BOWES INC 29.52 59.01 199.87
RRD RR DONNELLEY & S 28.37 50.68 178.64
X US STEEL CORP 27.69 39.63 143.13
AMD ADV MICRO DEVICE 24.64 147.31 597.83
FTR FRONTIER COMMUNI 23.47 232.80 991.73
LEN LENNAR CORP-A 23.30 35.61 152.82
CLF CLIFFS NATURAL R 19.25 27.25 141.60
FII FEDERATED INV-B 16.85 15.48 91.82
APOL APOLLO GROUP-A 15.66 14.98 95.68
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC 14.73 15.68 106.45
HAS HASBRO INC 13.54 15.73 116.17
CMG CHIPOTLE MEXICAN 13.45 4.16 30.93
ANF ABERCROMBIE & FI 13.28 10.77 81.13
ETN EATON CORP 12.89 43.25 335.61
WIN WINDSTREAM CORP 12.36 72.03 582.79
SPLS STAPLES INC 12.19 82.36 675.44
DO DIAMOND OFFSHORE 12.19 8.40 68.90
DHI DR HORTON INC 12.04 33.61 279.13
DNB DUN & BRADSTREET 11.95 5.29 44.29
BIG BIG LOTS INC 11.89 6.92 58.15
CHK CHESAPEAKE ENERG 11.88 71.84 604.89
CRM SALESFORCE.COM 11.73 14.94 127.41
CPB CAMPBELL SOUP CO 11.58 22.85 197.41
BBY BEST BUY CO INC 11.10 29.20 263.03
TER TERADYNE INC 10.78 20.11 186.57
POM PEPCO HOLDINGS 10.44 23.81 228.02
HIG HARTFORD FINL SV 10.29 44.82 435.36
GCI GANNETT CO 10.23 23.32 228.03
WPO WASHINGTON POS-B 10.17 0.62 6.11
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