Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Percent Decreases as of Oct. 31
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Nov 13, 2012
The following are the 200 largest short interest percent decreases on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of the Oct. 31 settlement date. This list includes securities with a short position of at least 200,000 shares.
Ticker Symbol Company Oct. 31 Oct. 15 % Change ============================================================================= CYTR CYTRX CORP 564,656 1,833,115 -69.2 CTIC CELL THERAPEUTIC 2,393,726 6,409,876 -62.7 CERP CEREPLAST INC 215,983 533,517 -59.5 AEZS AETERNA ZENTARIS 367,026 745,207 -50.7 GCVRZ SANOFI CVR 348,254 703,576 -50.5 WCRX WARNER CHILCOT-A 3,417,880 6,857,322 -50.2 RGLD ROYAL GOLD INC 1,714,810 3,373,528 -49.2 CYMI CYMER INC 1,370,623 2,667,141 -48.6 CPNO COPANO ENERGY-UN 1,138,043 2,202,412 -48.3 ACOM ANCESTRY.COM INC 3,256,424 5,848,157 -44.3 RYAAY RYANAIR HLDG-ADR 518,319 920,386 -43.7 THOR THORATEC CORP 1,078,917 1,910,223 -43.5 TZOO TRAVELZOO INC 1,332,950 2,330,170 -42.8 OMPI OBAGI MEDICAL PR 1,227,459 1,973,776 -37.8 FITB FIFTH THIRD BANC 16,629,133 26,537,102 -37.3 FLIR FLIR SYSTEMS 1,721,774 2,683,294 -35.8 AVID AVID TECHNOLOGY 885,400 1,377,635 -35.7 SLGN SILGAN HOLDINGS 338,371 523,617 -35.4 VOXX VOXX INTERNATION 985,433 1,507,012 -34.6 ZNGA ZYNGA INC- CL A 12,777,815 19,334,467 -33.9 ZLCS ZALICUS INC 1,210,697 1,779,735 -32.0 CMCSK COMCAST CORP-SPL 8,200,428 11,849,571 -30.8 MKSI MKS INSTRUMENTS 1,569,105 2,229,441 -29.6 SHOO STEVEN MADDEN 1,190,321 1,686,627 -29.4 MTGE AMERICAN CAPITAL 1,367,314 1,931,975 -29.2 WBMD WEBMD HEALTH COR 3,277,281 4,616,007 -29.0 IART INTEGRA LIFESCIE 1,034,192 1,449,319 -28.6 PLXT PLX TECHNOLOGY 1,838,519 2,572,603 -28.5 RFMD RF MICRO DEVICES 11,863,878 16,528,218 -28.2 NVAX NOVAVAX INC 9,440,601 13,150,778 -28.2 BHLB BERKSHIRE HILLS 1,234,036 1,689,892 -27.0 TZYM TRANZYME INC 227,531 311,226 -26.9 PSTB PARK STERLING CO 1,277,090 1,745,407 -26.8 SWKS SKYWORKS SOLUTIO 5,101,546 6,957,838 -26.7 PMCS PMC-SIERRA INC 4,475,030 6,089,560 -26.5 LPLA LPL FINANCIAL HO 943,736 1,267,898 -25.6 INFI INFINITY PHARMAC 2,104,890 2,823,087 -25.4 ROVI ROVI CORP 1,645,231 2,204,043 -25.4 CTRX CATAMARAN CORP 1,586,716 2,123,456 -25.3 SIGM SIGMA DESIGNS 1,076,872 1,434,990 -25.0 DFRG DEL FRISCO’S RES 240,993 320,656 -24.8 LXRX LEXICON PHARMACE 9,874,454 12,934,886 -23.7 EHTH EHEALTH INC 885,976 1,159,262 -23.6 HSTM HEALTHSTREAM INC 1,350,740 1,766,687 -23.5 ALGN ALIGN TECHNOLOGY 6,692,518 8,731,091 -23.3 NTGR NETGEAR INC 3,827,762 4,961,474 -22.9 TSCO TRACTOR SUPPLY 1,775,781 2,293,166 -22.6 DATE JIAYUAN.COM INTE 318,003 410,580 -22.5 CYBX CYBERONICS 1,557,137 1,995,095 -22.0 LPNT LIFEPOINT HOSPIT 2,204,651 2,821,563 -21.9 CLWR CLEARWIRE -CL A 50,870,997 65,070,075 -21.8 CBLI CLEVELAND BIOLAB 1,614,821 2,052,931 -21.3 MDLZ MONDELEZ INTER-A 14,868,544 18,892,053 -21.3 YONG YONGYE INTERNATI 2,134,514 2,664,151 -19.9 SLAB SILICON LABS 1,376,145 1,717,289 -19.9 SNDK SANDISK CORP 8,090,291 10,086,622 -19.8 PETM PETSMART INC 2,587,468 3,219,131 -19.6 APKT ACME PACKET INC 6,824,512 8,475,577 -19.5 BJRI BJ’S RESTAURANTS 4,034,998 5,009,696 -19.5 FOSL FOSSIL INC 2,516,010 3,121,641 -19.4 CTCT CONSTANT CONTACT 5,877,641 7,268,755 -19.1 GEOY GEOEYE INC 628,114 776,160 -19.1 OCZ OCZ TECHNOLOGY 19,630,082 24,209,193 -18.9 NUVA NUVASIVE INC 2,004,300 2,459,959 -18.5 PURE PURE BIOSCIENCE 250,702 306,890 -18.3 CRDN CERADYNE INC 620,406 758,913 -18.3 ARCT AMERICAN REALTY 4,075,806 4,968,430 -18.0 LLEN L&L ENERGY INC 866,438 1,053,782 -17.8 LPSN LIVEPERSON INC 2,104,957 2,558,841 -17.7 ASPS ALTISOURCE PORT 340,072 413,371 -17.7 NXPI NXP SEMICONDUCTO 1,671,908 2,031,377 -17.7 ATVI ACTIVISION BLIZZ 14,056,935 17,078,864 -17.7 MDCO MEDICINES COMP 2,429,419 2,948,278 -17.6 EXLP EXTERRAN PARTNER 226,871 274,755 -17.4 TGA TRANSGLOBE ENERG 368,418 445,911 -17.4 BCBP BCB BANCORP INC 248,502 299,849 -17.1 CAKE CHEESECAKE FACTO 5,493,234 6,613,759 -16.9 FCFS FIRST CASH FINL 2,053,144 2,466,815 -16.8 CBRL CRACKER BARREL 659,049 791,643 -16.7 BRKR BRUKER CORP 2,271,412 2,727,487 -16.7 DITC DITECH NETWORKS 271,851 326,255 -16.7 NXTM NXSTAGE MEDICAL 4,074,192 4,888,964 -16.7 CFFN CAPITOL FEDERAL 2,259,824 2,706,154 -16.5 ANSS ANSYS INC 1,084,559 1,297,972 -16.4 CYOU CHANGYOU.COM-ADR 756,256 903,990 -16.3 VRTX VERTEX PHARM 5,593,992 6,678,349 -16.2 CA CA INC 11,192,713 13,354,556 -16.2 CPSI COMPUTER PROGRAM 658,544 783,626 -16.0 UPI UROPLASTY INC 297,283 353,140 -15.8 NATI NATL INSTRUMENTS 1,716,420 2,034,483 -15.6 DNKN DUNKIN’ BRANDS G 10,407,134 12,329,465 -15.6 QLGC QLOGIC CORP 3,979,215 4,712,087 -15.6 NEOG NEOGEN CORP 1,107,585 1,310,885 -15.5 BCRX BIOCRYST PHARM 3,369,157 3,984,895 -15.5 SHOS SEARS HOMETOWN A 272,020 321,242 -15.3 GAME SHANDA GAMES-ADR 474,403 559,844 -15.3 NANO NANOMETRICS INC 644,430 760,438 -15.3 AMSG AMSURG CORP 791,960 932,756 -15.1 RIGL RIGEL PHARMACEUT 2,881,301 3,392,599 -15.1 WIRE ENCORE WIRE 706,982 831,633 -15.0 ACOR ACORDA THERAPEUT 2,877,161 3,384,220 -15.0 NVTL NOVATEL WIRELESS 406,698 477,792 -14.9 DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC 3,767,157 4,424,462 -14.9 LBTYA LIBERTY GLOBAL-A 3,116,740 3,659,280 -14.8 MPEL MELCO CROWN-ADR 8,654,975 10,149,922 -14.7 WTFC WINTRUST FINL 4,562,752 5,338,670 -14.5 LMOS LUMOS NETWORKS C 725,526 847,568 -14.4 CTXS CITRIX SYSTEMS 2,578,778 3,012,266 -14.4 VRSN VERISIGN INC 10,515,024 12,276,915 -14.4 BCOR BLUCORA INC 920,471 1,073,401 -14.2 SCSC SCANSOURCE INC 615,818 717,101 -14.1 SCHN SCHNITZER STEEL 2,117,487 2,465,440 -14.1 AFFY AFFYMAX INC 4,223,768 4,915,369 -14.1 OXGN OXIGENE INC 419,195 487,817 -14.1 BGCP BGC PARTNERS-A 5,038,892 5,862,908 -14.1 DISCK DISCOVERY COMM-C 346,839 403,495 -14.0 HITK HI-TECH PHARMACA 548,900 637,394 -13.9 FFIV F5 NETWORKS 2,991,109 3,471,818 -13.8 FSYS FUEL SYSTEMS SOL 1,179,189 1,368,458 -13.8 AMAT APPLIED MATERIAL 17,359,351 20,070,159 -13.5 CTCM CTC MEDIA INC 805,203 930,757 -13.5 SHFL SHFL ENTERTAINME 1,398,914 1,616,775 -13.5 ADTN ADTRAN INC 10,480,494 12,090,679 -13.3 BIOF BIOFUEL ENERGY C 547,277 631,178 -13.3 PENN PENN NATL GAMING 4,494,472 5,174,807 -13.1 TECD TECH DATA CORP 1,914,860 2,203,317 -13.1 ANAC ANACOR PHARMACEU 431,065 495,706 -13.0 PBCT PEOPLE’S UNITED 13,466,156 15,484,396 -13.0 QSII QUALITY SYSTEMS 3,274,167 3,761,724 -13.0 HOLX HOLOGIC INC 8,284,746 9,517,812 -13.0 ROSE ROSETTA RESOURCE 3,916,745 4,493,224 -12.8 RUTH RUTH’S HOSPITALI 2,204,846 2,528,343 -12.8 CNBC CENTER BANCORP 217,608 249,347 -12.7 PZZA PAPA JOHN’S INTL 522,530 598,626 -12.7 GOLD RANDGOLD RES-ADR 926,278 1,060,824 -12.7 ENDP ENDO HEALTH SOLU 5,862,058 6,701,872 -12.5 UTSI UTSTARCOM HOLDIN 424,290 484,789 -12.5 SENEA SENECA FOODS-A 207,490 237,049 -12.5 FINL FINISH LINE-A 2,555,751 2,916,856 -12.4 DARA DARA BIOSCIENCES 889,000 1,014,585 -12.4 SAIA SAIA INC 374,608 427,486 -12.4 CALM CAL-MAINE FOODS 1,202,097 1,370,849 -12.3 FFN FRIENDFINDER NET 912,516 1,040,349 -12.3 SVA SINOVAC BIOTECH 598,920 682,380 -12.2 GUID GUIDANCE SOFTWAR 726,408 827,459 -12.2 BBBY BED BATH &BEYOND 5,482,300 6,244,137 -12.2 RDA RDA MICROELE-ADR 316,623 360,368 -12.1 GLCH GLEACHER & CO IN 311,860 354,028 -11.9 FWLT FOSTER WHEELER 2,051,612 2,325,426 -11.8 FELE FRANKLIN ELEC CO 616,787 698,973 -11.8 NEWP NEWPORT CORP 1,251,401 1,417,896 -11.7 PAAS PAN AMER SILVER 3,765,466 4,265,953 -11.7 INCY INCYTE CORP 18,422,335 20,852,629 -11.7 GLPW GLOBAL POWER EQU 533,643 603,648 -11.6 CELG CELGENE CORP 4,661,485 5,272,149 -11.6 NCMI NATIONAL CINEMED 1,473,587 1,666,450 -11.6 AIMC ALTRA HOLDINGS I 966,830 1,092,603 -11.5 COOL MAJESCO ENTERTAI 432,759 488,461 -11.4 GHDX GENOMIC HEALTH I 2,384,581 2,691,351 -11.4 HSIC HENRY SCHEIN INC 2,901,689 3,272,450 -11.3 CTRN CITI TRENDS INC 519,729 585,844 -11.3 SPTN SPARTAN STORES 1,107,306 1,247,202 -11.2 ZOOM ZOOM TECHNOLOGIE 760,126 855,770 -11.2 ATML ATMEL CORP 14,163,577 15,940,895 -11.1 ENTR ENTROPIC COMMUNI 8,547,492 9,615,191 -11.1 AGNC AMERICAN CAPITAL 3,479,015 3,910,854 -11.0 MNKD MANNKIND CORP 27,110,948 30,471,379 -11.0 FFNW FIRST FINANCIAL 368,974 414,591 -11.0 GCOM GLOBECOMM SYS 2,188,440 2,456,449 -10.9 CSOD CORNERSTONE ONDE 2,055,874 2,305,574 -10.8 IDCC INTERDIGITAL INC 6,235,642 6,988,452 -10.8 CMTL COMTECH TELECOMM 1,034,340 1,158,997 -10.8 MPWR MONOLITHIC POWER 3,011,727 3,374,669 -10.8 SORL SORL AUTO PARTS 209,236 234,350 -10.7 ENOC ENERNOC INC 2,025,675 2,267,978 -10.7 ATNY API TECHNOLOGIES 708,990 793,644 -10.7 DTSI DTS INC 1,506,501 1,685,292 -10.6 POOL POOL CORP 1,976,842 2,210,392 -10.6 RECN RESOURCES CONNEC 764,984 855,154 -10.5 ICLR ICON PLC-ADR 1,367,915 1,523,944 -10.2 HMPR HAMPTON ROADS BA 2,827,104 3,147,850 -10.2 QLTI QLT INC 524,083 583,447 -10.2 CVBF CVB FINANCIAL 5,115,577 5,693,564 -10.2 FNSR FINISAR CORP 13,256,179 14,752,194 -10.1 BBOX BLACK BOX CORP 408,639 454,651 -10.1 KRFT KRAFT FOODS GROU 5,141,365 5,718,731 -10.1 CCRT COMPUCREDIT HOLD 2,119,582 2,355,863 -10.0 VRML VERMILLION INC 441,275 490,198 -10.0 JKHY JACK HENRY 1,703,590 1,892,439 -10.0 IMOS CHIPMOS TECH 427,215 474,498 -10.0 ARAY ACCURAY INC 5,330,847 5,919,456 -9.9 FRGI FIESTA RESTAURAN 403,218 447,667 -9.9 IPCC INFINITY PROPERT 282,987 313,998 -9.9 THRM GENTHERM INC 1,423,719 1,579,326 -9.9 VLTR VOLTERRA SEMICON 769,226 852,882 -9.8 AUXL AUXILIUM PHARMAC 3,705,143 4,103,529 -9.7 LLTC LINEAR TECH CORP 5,146,744 5,699,250 -9.7 TCBI TEXAS CAPITAL BA 4,951,856 5,479,604 -9.6 MEOH METHANEX CORP 1,464,711 1,620,056 -9.6 APOL APOLLO GROUP-A 14,979,864 16,557,541 -9.5
*-- Data includes ETF positions.
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