🇺🇸 Short selling in United States, Q1 2021

From 15 Jan 2021 to 31 Mar 2021, 3,880 United States companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC at 62.20% on 15 Jan 2021. 91 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, Q1 2021: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 31 Mar 2021. https://howshorted.com/us/review/2021-q1/

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  title        = {Short selling in United States, Q1 2021 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
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  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 31 Mar 2021; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2021}
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Biggest rises of the quarter

Vislink Technologies, Inc.+17.90pp to 35.36%
XERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC+16.96pp to 27.99%
Hyperscale Data, Inc.+14.97pp to 28.97%
Beam Global+11.75pp to 22.78%
EXPAND ENERGY Corp+11.02pp to 12.86%

Biggest falls of the quarter

GameStop Corp. Class A−73.29pp to 15.29%
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC−53.16pp to 9.04%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.−43.55pp to 18.23%
The Macerich Company−31.84pp to 20.71%
Tanger Inc.−25.62pp to 24.94%

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.