🇺🇸 Short selling in United States, Q4 2018

From 15 Oct 2018 to 31 Dec 2018, 2,856 United States companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was Turtle Beach Corp at 53.23% on 15 Oct 2018. 18 companies appeared in the data for the first time. 60 left it. Figures are disclosed positions from official FINRA data.

← Q3 2018 Q1 2019 →

Cite this page

Plain

Short position data for Short selling in United States, Q4 2018: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2018. https://howshorted.com/us/review/2018-q4/

Wikipedia

<ref>{{cite web |title=Short selling in United States, Q4 2018 short position data |url=https://howshorted.com/us/review/2018-q4/ |website=HowShorted |publisher=howshorted.com (data: FINRA) |date=2018-12-31 |access-date=2026-10-13}}</ref>

BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-short-selling-in-united-states-q4-2018-2018-12-31,
  title        = {Short selling in United States, Q4 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/review/2018-q4/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

Bristow Group, Inc.+23.51pp to 35.56%
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.+16.21pp to 18.05%
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC+15.37pp to 34.74%
PETMED EXPRESS INC+11.52pp to 39.25%
Energous Corp+10.09pp to 33.31%

Biggest falls of the quarter

FILANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.−23.52pp to 11.80%
Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.−16.80pp to 1.50%
TESARO, Inc.−14.23pp to 11.80%
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC−13.08pp to 6.37%
Oragenics Inc.−12.76pp to 3.62%

Changes compare each company's last figure of the quarter with its first; companies with a single report in the quarter are counted but not ranked. Where disclosure thresholds apply the figures are floors, not a census. Nothing here is investment advice.