S&P 500 Changes in Short Interest as Percentage of Float
By Bloomberg News -
2013-02-28T08:18:12Z
The following tables show companies listed in the S&P 500 Index that have the largest changes in short interest as a percentage of shares available for trading as of the Feb. 15 settlement date.
TOP 25 INCREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Feb. 15 Jan. 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Increase %
=============================================================================
HES HESS CORP 6.58 3.64 2.95
DRI DARDEN RESTAURAN 7.16 4.54 2.62
ICE INTERCONTINENTAL 14.54 12.64 1.89
WPX WPX ENERGY 6.89 5.21 1.68
GME GAMESTOP CORP-A 34.66 33.20 1.46
CHK CHESAPEAKE ENERG 14.41 12.98 1.44
CVC CABLEVISION SY-A 6.25 4.87 1.37
FFIV F5 NETWORKS 5.11 3.77 1.34
EXPE EXPEDIA INC 9.88 8.55 1.33
CMA COMERICA INC 5.54 4.22 1.32
MHP MCGRAW-HILL COS 2.18 0.89 1.29
RHI ROBERT HALF INTL 6.92 5.65 1.27
NYX NYSE EURONEXT 2.76 1.56 1.20
BBBY BED BATH &BEYOND 4.42 3.23 1.19
FOSL FOSSIL INC 5.97 4.81 1.16
DO DIAMOND OFFSHORE 13.84 12.69 1.15
DHI DR HORTON INC 11.98 10.85 1.13
LLL L-3 COMM HLDGS 5.09 3.97 1.12
NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 4.73 3.61 1.12
AIZ ASSURANT INC 5.17 4.13 1.04
PBI PITNEY BOWES INC 30.00 29.00 1.00
HNZ HJ HEINZ CO 5.21 4.21 1.00
MCHP MICROCHIP TECH 10.31 9.32 0.99
TER TERADYNE INC 10.77 9.79 0.98
LRCX LAM RESEARCH 5.20 4.25 0.95
TOP 25 DECREASES IN SHORT INTEREST VS FLOAT
Feb. 15 Jan. 31
Short Interest Short Interest
Ticker Name /Free Float % /Free Float % Decrease %
=============================================================================
CSX CSX CORP 1.15 21.58 -20.43
PPG PPG INDS INC 10.39 26.60 -16.21
SWY SAFEWAY INC 31.15 34.92 -3.77
BMC BMC SOFTWARE INC 6.62 10.32 -3.70
NFLX NETFLIX INC 14.88 18.05 -3.17
FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 27.79 30.44 -2.65
PVH PVH CORP 3.50 5.57 -2.07
GRMN GARMIN LTD 12.45 13.70 -1.25
FDO FAMILY DOLLAR ST 4.04 5.27 -1.23
TSO TESORO CORP 6.04 7.25 -1.21
LIFE LIFE TECHNOLOGIE 1.77 2.97 -1.20
LTD LIMITED BRANDS 3.42 4.58 -1.16
LEN LENNAR CORP-A 21.14 22.13 -0.99
STZ CONSTELLATION-A 1.93 2.89 -0.96
HST HOST HOTELS & RE 5.52 6.46 -0.94
HP HELMERICH & PAYN 5.06 5.99 -0.93
PCLN PRICELINE.COM 4.56 5.46 -0.90
CRM SALESFORCE.COM 9.51 10.40 -0.90
STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 10.15 11.04 -0.89
SNI SCRIPPS NET-CL A 4.71 5.57 -0.86
DELL DELL INC 1.96 2.81 -0.85
PLL PALL CORP 3.62 4.46 -0.83
TRIP TRIPADVISOR INC 9.41 10.23 -0.82
BLL BALL CORP 2.81 3.62 -0.81
SWK STANLEY BLACK & 4.93 5.74 -0.81
-- Bloomberg News
To contact Bloomberg News for this story: newsdev@bloomberg.net
Sponsored Link
Rate this Page
Bloomberg moderates all comments. Comments that are abusive or off-topic will not be posted to the site. Excessively long comments may be moderated as well. Bloomberg cannot facilitate requests to remove comments or explain individual moderation decisions.