Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Decreases as of Feb. 15
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Feb 28, 2012
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent decreases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Feb. 15 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company Feb. 15 Jan. 31 % Change ============================================================================= CWCO CONS WATER CO-OR 413,751 939,858 -56.0 GRFS GRIFOLS SA-ADR 943,067 1,934,962 -51.3 MNKD MANNKIND CORP 14,606,250 29,956,707 -51.2 ANAC ANACOR PHARMACEU 323,232 634,796 -49.1 IACI IAC/INTERACTIVEC 2,386,328 4,408,772 -45.9 AAXJ ISHAR ASIA EX-JP 592,140 1,064,511 -44.4 DISH DISH NETWORK-A 1,089,766 1,947,491 -44.0 TLEO TALEO CORP-A 1,382,113 2,297,646 -39.8 AMTD TD AMERITRADE HO 5,507,562 9,039,314 -39.1 ADSK AUTODESK INC 2,468,736 4,023,027 -38.6 INFI INFINITY PHARMAC 930,127 1,452,776 -36.0 UTEK ULTRATECH INC 740,053 1,153,309 -35.8 XOMA XOMA CORP 356,763 550,727 -35.2 ADP AUTOMATIC DATA 3,780,399 5,565,471 -32.1 NATR NATURE'S SUNSHNE 491,909 717,876 -31.5 FLEX FLEXTRONICS INTL 5,644,114 8,218,086 -31.3 PRAN PRANA BIOTEC-ADR 298,682 433,359 -31.1 ACAS AMERICAN CAPITAL 1,912,088 2,745,666 -30.4 SPIL SILICONWARE-ADR 3,299,455 4,727,340 -30.2 AMED AMEDISYS INC 3,639,783 5,063,545 -28.1 NABI NABI BIOPHARMA 1,051,692 1,453,275 -27.6 ABIO ARCA BIOPHARMA 642,365 885,836 -27.5 CHRW CH ROBINSON 6,160,314 8,476,299 -27.3 FARM FARMER BROS CO 497,321 681,689 -27.0 MGIC MAGIC SOFTWARE 705,494 960,873 -26.6 DENN DENNY'S CORP 2,195,116 2,985,667 -26.5 LSCC LATTICE SEMICOND 3,507,321 4,769,511 -26.5 OPNT OPNET TECH INC 1,939,627 2,636,303 -26.4 GEVO GEVO INC 872,820 1,174,837 -25.7 MAXY MAXYGEN INC 823,187 1,097,619 -25.0 COCO CORINTHIAN COLLE 17,244,981 22,945,584 -24.8 TEVA TEVA PHARM-ADR 5,769,400 7,672,209 -24.8 AMCN AIRMEDIA-ADR 200,311 265,241 -24.5 STX SEAGATE TECHNOLO 7,981,074 10,551,052 -24.4 SONO SONOSITE INC 1,106,668 1,454,000 -23.9 AZPN ASPEN TECHNOLOGY 3,108,368 4,070,531 -23.6 PCBK PAC CONTL CORP 404,364 527,604 -23.4 CMLS CUMULUS MEDIA-A 7,509,154 9,780,760 -23.2 CTSH COGNIZANT TECH-A 2,900,292 3,770,352 -23.1 ORCL ORACLE CORP 24,977,978 32,410,014 -22.9 PAYX PAYCHEX INC 7,716,674 10,009,392 -22.9 VCLK VALUECLICK INC 4,882,123 6,272,286 -22.2 WETF WISDOMTREE INVES 1,475,052 1,894,796 -22.2 IRBT IROBOT CORP 2,645,219 3,385,925 -21.9 IGTE IGATE CORP 1,376,226 1,760,637 -21.8 ABFS ARKANSAS BEST 837,242 1,066,977 -21.5 MPWR MONOLITHIC POWER 1,090,278 1,389,388 -21.5 SRDX SURMODICS INC 488,220 620,289 -21.3 FISV FISERV INC 1,472,416 1,869,621 -21.2 GKSR G & K SERVICES-A 374,989 475,512 -21.1 MOLXA MOLEX INC -A 201,464 254,579 -20.9 COBZ COBIZ FINANCIAL 1,158,372 1,463,147 -20.8 ORLY O'REILLY AUTOMOT 3,020,280 3,805,155 -20.6 FULT FULTON FINANCIAL 2,575,003 3,241,634 -20.6 CMRG CASUAL MALE RETA 1,423,395 1,787,702 -20.4 MDCI MED ACTION INDS 324,044 406,203 -20.2 HCSG HEALTHCARE SERVS 3,268,747 4,091,798 -20.1 ASBC ASSOC BANC-CORP 3,573,151 4,447,053 -19.7 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 452,480 563,111 -19.6 SIVB SVB FINANCIAL GR 2,081,158 2,580,866 -19.4 GSOL GLOBAL SOURCES 411,403 510,128 -19.4 DEST DESTINATION MATE 450,582 555,585 -18.9 TTEC TELETECH HLDGS 953,800 1,175,934 -18.9 AFCE AFC ENTERPRISES 520,885 641,280 -18.8 ZLCS ZALICUS INC 3,123,971 3,842,454 -18.7 FWLT FOSTER WHEELER 1,982,006 2,435,482 -18.6 RPXC RPX CORP 520,107 637,769 -18.4 THFF FIRST FIN COR/IN 218,087 267,410 -18.4 CHEF CHEFS WAREHOUSE 577,220 706,978 -18.4 INFA INFORMATICA CORP 2,728,432 3,339,543 -18.3 AVGO AVAGO TECHNOLOGI 1,275,332 1,556,221 -18.0 ATMI ATMI INC 876,915 1,069,916 -18.0 APOG APOGEE ENTERPR 670,448 817,098 -17.9 BRKS BROOKS AUTOMATIO 1,576,063 1,919,166 -17.9 ULTI ULTIMATE SOFTWAR 1,721,190 2,088,245 -17.6 UTHR UNITED THERAPEUT 4,453,989 5,401,818 -17.5 BPAX BIOSANTE PHARMA 16,666,456 20,208,832 -17.5 FMBI FIRST MIDWEST/IL 3,375,267 4,079,182 -17.3 NICE NICE SYSTEMS-ADR 399,444 482,397 -17.2 YHOO YAHOO! INC 26,366,458 31,840,444 -17.2 STKL SUNOPTA INC 516,755 623,471 -17.1 MSFT MICROSOFT CORP 55,428,243 66,843,628 -17.1 FSLR FIRST SOLAR INC 13,685,921 16,502,244 -17.1 NDAQ NASDAQ OMX GROUP 2,933,240 3,530,602 -16.9 ARRS ARRIS GROUP INC 8,559,719 10,284,553 -16.8 SIRO SIRONA DENTAL SY 831,123 995,742 -16.5 KRNY KEARNY FINANCIAL 253,272 303,155 -16.5 NCIT NCI INC-A 275,731 329,141 -16.2 SCMR SYCAMORE NETWORK 888,679 1,060,729 -16.2 ZUMZ ZUMIEZ INC 4,282,281 5,102,623 -16.1 BKCC BLACKROCK KELSO 1,719,798 2,046,990 -16.0 NWK NETWORK EQUIP TE 697,040 829,410 -16.0 MGRC MCGRATH RENTCORP 636,269 756,405 -15.9 SGI SILICON GRAPHICS 7,125,315 8,465,004 -15.8 CRMT AMERICA'S CAR-MA 242,707 288,187 -15.8 CVLT COMMVAULT SYSTEM 1,292,769 1,534,259 -15.7 OSH ORCHARD SUPPL-A 219,834 260,677 -15.7 VOD VODAFONE GRP-ADR 8,873,038 10,520,499 -15.7 AVID AVID TECHNOLOGY 2,385,234 2,824,429 -15.5 CNMD CONMED CORP 1,026,097 1,214,619 -15.5 CHDX CHINDEX INTL INC 417,237 493,672 -15.5 EFSC ENTERPRISE FINAN 406,698 481,041 -15.5 JKHY JACK HENRY 2,583,830 3,055,745 -15.4 STMP STAMPS.COM INC 1,943,188 2,298,011 -15.4 AMSG AMSURG CORP 1,722,837 2,036,268 -15.4 GBDC GOLUB CAPITAL BD 309,290 365,199 -15.3 PWER POWER-ONE INC 7,898,534 9,322,494 -15.3 PLXS PLEXUS CORP 1,195,539 1,409,446 -15.2 RP REALPAGE INC 2,813,483 3,312,695 -15.1 MITI MICROMET INC 5,349,968 6,298,777 -15.1 QLGC QLOGIC CORP 1,742,599 2,051,003 -15.0 DSPG DSP GROUP INC 408,431 480,284 -15.0 TWER TOWERSTREAM CORP 2,389,337 2,800,270 -14.7 UFCS UNITED FIRE GROU 493,726 578,553 -14.7 ABCB AMERIS BANCORP 1,340,300 1,570,224 -14.6 MKTX MARKETAXESS 584,090 684,257 -14.6 SHEN SHENANDOAH TELEC 622,827 729,602 -14.6 NUVA NUVASIVE INC 1,932,356 2,263,347 -14.6 OSUR ORASURE TECH 2,391,945 2,801,631 -14.6 DEER DEER CONSUMER PR 1,329,131 1,554,589 -14.5 SORL SORL AUTO PARTS 381,566 446,007 -14.4 FXCB FOX CHASE BANCOR 350,675 409,834 -14.4 SAPE SAPIENT CORP 5,300,410 6,194,394 -14.4 BWEN BROADWIND ENERGY 4,579,394 5,350,599 -14.4 QLTI QLT INC 642,739 750,918 -14.4 KBALB KIMBALL INTL -B 565,342 660,323 -14.4 LAYN LAYNE CHRISTENSN 461,309 538,368 -14.3 BRKL BROOKLINE BANCRP 2,226,816 2,597,123 -14.3 WIFI BOINGO WIRELESS 1,031,876 1,203,305 -14.2 APRI APRICUS BIOSCIEN 2,415,414 2,815,391 -14.2 NAUH NATIONAL AMERICA 211,928 246,891 -14.2 ASEI AMERICAN SCIENCE 428,233 498,640 -14.1 FLWS 1-800-FLOWERS-A 577,844 672,297 -14.0 SENEA SENECA FOODS-A 320,225 372,544 -14.0 MBFI MB FINANCIAL 1,850,477 2,150,718 -14.0 RDEA ARDEA BIOSCIENCE 1,697,526 1,972,891 -14.0 EFII ELEC FOR IMAGING 857,682 996,809 -14.0 RNST RENASANT CORP 1,195,110 1,387,842 -13.9 OCLS OCULUS INNOVATIV 386,922 448,544 -13.7 CLSN CELSION CORP 2,371,550 2,747,900 -13.7 QLIK QLIK TECHNOLOGIE 4,493,625 5,204,700 -13.7 LSTR LANDSTAR SYSTEM 552,544 638,742 -13.5 METR METRO BANCORP IN 345,456 399,320 -13.5 BRCD BROCADE COMM SYS 3,751,335 4,335,441 -13.5 WAFD WASH FED 1,094,232 1,263,787 -13.4 PRIM PRIMORIS SERVICE 917,695 1,058,800 -13.3 QSFT QUEST SOFTWARE 1,939,688 2,236,391 -13.3 ROST ROSS STORES INC 3,480,593 4,010,900 -13.2 VRTS VIRTUS INVEST 200,720 231,194 -13.2 ORIG OCEAN RIG UDW IN 422,150 486,228 -13.2 SPWR SUNPOWER CORP 3,361,245 3,871,125 -13.2 FBNC FIRST BANCORP/NC 300,406 345,827 -13.1 HCBK HUDSON CITY BNCP 15,389,352 17,710,803 -13.1 ALTH ALLOS THERAPEUT 2,896,355 3,333,191 -13.1 IFSIA INTERFACE INC-A 3,048,753 3,504,948 -13.0 MFLX MULTI-FINELINE E 301,234 345,931 -12.9 FBNK FIRST CONNECTICU 458,202 525,936 -12.9 GNTX GENTEX CORP 4,458,534 5,114,562 -12.8 WSBC WESBANCO INC 679,359 779,193 -12.8 SSNC SS&C TECHNOLOGIE 711,030 815,211 -12.8 LKFN LAKELAND FINL 333,791 382,524 -12.7 CSFL CENTERSTATE BANK 753,270 862,861 -12.7 DRRX DURECT CORP 2,523,941 2,890,391 -12.7 ALOG ANALOGIC CORP 357,911 409,830 -12.7 OPLK OPLINK COMMUNICA 602,090 689,370 -12.7 CMCO COLUMBUS MCKI/NY 393,557 450,421 -12.6 SHLM SCHULMAN (A) 944,620 1,080,941 -12.6 INVE IDENTIVE GROUP I 1,813,869 2,074,612 -12.6 GAIN GLADSTONE INVEST 406,951 465,417 -12.6 ALTR ALTERA CORP 5,650,250 6,455,853 -12.5 SNCR SYNCHRONOSS TECH 4,587,949 5,242,077 -12.5 SQQQ PROSHARES UL SHO 467,720 534,363 -12.5 ENTR ENTROPIC COMMUNI 11,550,399 13,176,361 -12.3 ACGL ARCH CAPITAL GRP 3,276,515 3,736,815 -12.3 BIOS BIOSCRIP INC 1,807,683 2,061,613 -12.3 SUMR SUMMER INFANT IN 586,037 668,350 -12.3 VRTU VIRTUSA CORP 582,859 664,593 -12.3 HUBG HUB GROUP-A 1,195,295 1,362,623 -12.3 CYMI CYMER INC 1,675,919 1,910,391 -12.3 THER THERATECHNOLOGIE 1,259,417 1,435,596 -12.3 FCFS FIRST CASH FINL 1,722,786 1,963,385 -12.3 CBEY CBEYOND INC 1,154,754 1,315,810 -12.2 LYTS LSI INDUSTRIES 448,381 510,791 -12.2 CCRN CROSS COUNTRY HE 611,668 696,670 -12.2 HMIN HOME INNS & -ADR 5,126,899 5,837,139 -12.2 ACXM ACXIOM CORP 1,641,068 1,865,808 -12.0 NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTO 3,593,577 4,083,879 -12.0 ATRC ATRICURE INC 398,551 452,884 -12.0 SMSC STANDARD MICROSY 796,167 904,592 -12.0 MKTG RESPONSYS INC 492,969 559,635 -11.9 AMRI ALBANY MOLECULAR 441,559 501,249 -11.9 HSTM HEALTHSTREAM INC 969,596 1,099,933 -11.8 FRME FIRST MERCHANTS 574,898 651,337 -11.7 IMMR IMMERSION CORP 1,071,197 1,213,584 -11.7 AGYS AGILYSYS INC 439,616 497,900 -11.7 DIOD DIODES INC 4,109,794 4,652,459 -11.7 XRIT X-RITE INC 688,517 779,123 -11.6 TESO TESCO CORP 1,441,587 1,631,210 -11.6 LABL MULTI-COLOR CORP 252,438 285,640 -11.6 PACW PACWEST BANCORP 1,327,837 1,502,269 -11.6
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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