🇺🇸 Short selling in United States, Q4 2020

From 15 Oct 2020 to 31 Dec 2020, 3,855 United States companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was GameStop Corp. Class A at 97.68% on 15 Dec 2020. 119 companies appeared in the data for the first time. 44 left it. Figures are disclosed positions from official FINRA data.

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Short position data for Short selling in United States, Q4 2020: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Dec 2020. https://howshorted.com/us/review/2020-q4/

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  title        = {Short selling in United States, Q4 2020 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/review/2020-q4/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Dec 2020; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2020}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

Aptevo Therapeutics Inc.+20.42pp to 23.05%
The GEO Group, Inc.+13.78pp to 18.14%
Arcimoto, Inc.+12.14pp to 17.88%
Americold Realty Trust, Inc.+11.24pp to 14.79%
Fuel Tech, Inc.+11.06pp to 11.29%

Biggest falls of the quarter

XERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC−27.83pp to 10.37%
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.−23.72pp to 19.23%
Washington Prime Group Inc.−23.58pp to 13.24%
WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL INC−15.75pp to 9.19%
FHC Holdings Corp−14.28pp to 11.79%

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.