🇺🇸 Most shorted US stocks of 2018
In 2018, 3,039 United States companies carried disclosed short positions across 24 report dates (12 Jan 2018 to 31 Dec 2018). The year's highest single reading was Helios and Matheson Analytics at 98.96% on 28 Feb 2018. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official FINRA data.
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League table at end of 2018
| # | Company | Short % (31 Dec 2018) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turtle Beach Corp | 44.92% |
| 2 | Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. | 39.25% |
| 3 | PETMED EXPRESS INC | 39.25% |
| 4 | J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | 38.75% |
| 5 | Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | 38.73% |
| 6 | Lannett Company, Inc. | 38.43% |
| 7 | Bristow Group, Inc. | 35.56% |
| 8 | LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 34.74% |
| 9 | Trupanion, Inc. | 34.21% |
| 10 | B&G Foods, Inc. | 33.74% |
| 11 | Gogo Inc. | 33.66% |
| 12 | RH | 33.49% |
| 13 | Energous Corp | 33.31% |
| 14 | Viking Therapeutics, Inc. | 33.31% |
| 15 | LA JOLLA PHARMACEUTICAL CO | 32.69% |
| 16 | Brinker International, Inc. | 32.26% |
| 17 | Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | 32.09% |
| 18 | Carbo Ceramics Inc. | 31.64% |
| 19 | iRobot Corporation | 30.84% |
| 20 | FHC Holdings Corp | 30.60% |
| 21 | TherapeuticsMD, Inc. | 29.49% |
| 22 | Hibbett, Inc. | 29.16% |
| 23 | GameStop Corp. Class A | 29.15% |
| 24 | Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. | 28.59% |
| 25 | Medicines Company (The) | 28.51% |
Top 25 of 2693 companies with disclosed positions on 31 Dec 2018.
Biggest rises of 2018
- Turtle Beach Corp+42.12pp to 44.92%
- Viking Therapeutics, Inc.+28.66pp to 33.31%
- Redfin Corporation+27.63pp to 27.63%
- Verastem, Inc.+23.75pp to 26.24%
- Trupanion, Inc.+20.24pp to 34.21%
- Battalion Oil Corporation+19.02pp to 25.66%
- BlueLinx Holdings Inc.+18.70pp to 19.50%
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.+18.05pp to 24.03%
- LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC+17.26pp to 34.74%
- MGP Ingredients, Inc.+17.20pp to 26.47%
Biggest falls of 2018
- TOP Ships, Inc.−72.72pp to 3.06%
- Helios and Matheson Analytics−42.42pp to 1.41%
- Upbound Group, Inc.−40.23pp to 8.55%
- BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS Corp−27.62pp to 26.86%
- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.−24.02pp to 32.09%
- Wabash National Corp.−21.62pp to 5.47%
- MBIA Inc.−18.75pp to 20.11%
- TENET HEALTHCARE CORP−17.70pp to 10.26%
- Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.−16.70pp to 6.12%
- GREENBRIER COMPANIES INC−16.35pp to 15.50%
Changes compare each company's disclosed level at the end of 2018 with its last disclosed level of 2017; a company entering the register during the year rises from 0.00 (undisclosed is not the same as zero short interest). Nothing here is investment advice.