🇺🇸 Most shorted US stocks of 2021

In 2021, 4,911 United States companies carried disclosed short positions across 24 report dates (15 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2021). The year's highest single reading was GameStop Corp. Class A at 88.58% on 15 Jan 2021. Figures are disclosed positions only, from official FINRA data.

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Short position data for Most shorted US stocks of 2021: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2021. https://howshorted.com/us/most-shorted/2021/

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@misc{howshorted-most-shorted-us-stocks-of-2021-2021-12-31,
  title        = {Most shorted US stocks of 2021 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/most-shorted/2021/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2021; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2021}
}

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League table at end of 2021

#	Company	Short % (31 Dec 2021)
1	FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC.	63.55%
2	HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC.	35.96%
3	FILANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.	34.02%
4	Blink Charging Co.	32.82%
5	Beyond Meat, Inc.	31.69%
6	Beam Global	30.09%
7	Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.	29.76%
8	Quince Therapeutics, Inc.	29.70%
9	Workhorse Group Inc.	29.35%
10	Arch Resources, Inc.	28.61%
11	INTERCEPT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	28.46%
12	BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS Corp	28.37%
13	Ocugen, Inc.	27.72%
14	Arcimoto, Inc.	26.41%
15	Citi Trends, Inc.	25.98%
16	Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.	25.50%
17	Safehold Inc.	24.16%
18	iRobot Corporation	23.93%
19	Rite Aid Corporation	23.89%
20	Vuzix Corporation	23.32%
21	PETMED EXPRESS INC	23.07%
22	INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	22.00%
23	Lemonade, Inc.	21.76%
24	Riot Platforms, Inc.	21.29%
25	G1 Therapeutics, Inc.	21.18%

Top 25 of 4310 companies with disclosed positions on 31 Dec 2021.

Biggest rises of 2021

FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC.+63.55pp to 63.55%
Ocugen, Inc.+24.65pp to 27.72%
Citi Trends, Inc.+21.87pp to 25.98%
Beam Global+20.84pp to 30.09%
Vinco Ventures, Inc.+20.15pp to 20.22%
SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.+19.91pp to 19.91%
Quince Therapeutics, Inc.+19.88pp to 29.70%
Romeo Power, Inc.+18.94pp to 18.94%
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS Corp+18.71pp to 28.37%
Biofrontera Inc.+18.65pp to 18.65%

Biggest falls of 2021

GameStop Corp. Class A−86.61pp to 11.07%
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC−51.93pp to 9.66%
AYTU BIOPHARMA, INC−43.16pp to 5.41%
The Macerich Company−41.54pp to 12.41%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.−37.35pp to 25.50%
Tanger Inc.−35.15pp to 12.79%
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.−32.64pp to 2.93%
EXPAND ENERGY Corp−28.87pp to 10.75%
Gulfport Energy Corporation−28.03pp to 1.22%
AMC Global Media Inc. Class A−25.59pp to 13.81%

Changes compare each company's disclosed level at the end of 2021 with its last disclosed level of 2020; 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.