Here's an updated list of short postitions.
List is sorted by the short position as a percentage of the shares outstanding, with 1% as the cut-off.
It also shows the % in yearly range for each stock.
Average for all biotechs on my list is 41.7%.
(Note that the short position doesn't seem to correlate at all with this number).
short%cap ShortInt Mkt Cap %InYrlyRng Title
23.9 6.586 $684 30.63 Cell Pathways, Inc.
22.4 2.128 $190 65.11 Gliatech Inc.
18.0 6.096 $2,089 78.77 Cephalon, Inc.
17.7 1.933 $82 16.36 BioTime, Inc.
16.7 8.804 $2,852 49.35 Alkermes, Inc.
16.5 1.87 $39 9.02 Zonagen, Inc.
16.0 4.767 $1,397 84.35 Alpharma Inc {D20}
15.4 2.635 $337 20 Coulter Pharmaceutical, Inc.
13.5 3.699 $211 30 Immune Response Corporation (The)
13.4 3.139 $545 29.36 Biomatrix Inc {D20}
13.1 3.822 $215 15.45 Hemispherx BioPharma, Inc. {D15}
13.1 9.536 $8,495 89.17 Sepracor Inc.
11.5 2.381 $629 39.65 Aviron
11.3 1.734 $439 10.89 EntreMed, Inc.
10.7 3.626 $366 26.48 Organogenesis Inc. {D15}
10.3 6.677 $3,160 55.48 Biovail Corp {D20}
10.3 2.72 $2,140 74.61 COR Therapeutics, Inc.
9.1 2.842 $2,749 46.03 ImClone Systems Incorporated
8.9 9.135 $5,035 83.67 Alza Corp {D20}
8.7 3.855 $4,452 49.69 IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation
8.5 0.854 $134 23.42 NeoTherapeutics, Inc.
8.4 2.299 $5,424 55.03 Affymetrix, Inc.
8.2 2.904 $464 26.15 Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
7.9 1.058 $222 45.37 Anesta Corp.
7.7 1.416 $937 72.01 CV Therapeutics, Inc.
7.6 6.437 $4,919 83.2 Genzyme General
7.3 1.846 $1,298 19.12 Enzo Biochem Inc
7.3 1.35 $1,508 76.57 United Therapeutics Corporation
7.0 2.245 $230 55.7 Vivus, Inc.
6.9 18.633 $9,970 56.53 Elan Corp plc {D20}
6.9 3.748 $7,613 56.32 Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
6.6 1.649 $581 35.53 Biopure Corporation
6.5 1.401 $562 25.51 Geron Corporation
6.4 1.01 $297 30.51 Laboratorio Chile S A
6.4 0.965 $254 9.42 ViroPharma Incorporated
6.2 1.635 $2,186 89.81 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
6.2 0.697 $144 22.42 OXiGENE, Inc.
6.0 1.849 $93 31.07 Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.
6.0 3.928 $2,482 59.8 Jones Pharma Incorporated
5.9 0.682 $112 48.58 Atrix Laboratories, Inc.
5.8 0.924 $968 61.63 Pharmacyclics, Inc.
5.7 2.532 $2,963 50.42 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
5.5 1.077 $3,241 45.9 Protein Design Labs, Inc.
4.9 2.676 $772 53.01 Bio-Technology General Corp.
4.8 2.893 $3,567 98.26 King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
4.7 0.445 $108 5.86 Chattem, Inc.
4.5 4.122 $11,116 74.22 Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4.4 5.099 $1,591 5.9 Quintiles Transnational Corp.
4.4 0.992 $973 31.58 Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.
4.3 1.316 $394 56.13 Columbia Laboratories, Inc. {D15}
4.3 1.12 $136 7.97 Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4.2 1.383 $994 25.96 SuperGen, Inc.
4.2 1.497 $869 63.32 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
4.2 0.962 $735 24.31 Pharmacopeia, Inc.
4.2 0.834 $429 77.16 GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4.1 1.581 $1,571 30.18 CuraGen Corporation
4.1 0.752 $274 59.58 Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4.0 2.311 $450 6.83 Covance Inc {D20}
4.0 7.237 $7,883 48.3 Chiron Corporation
4.0 0.938 $1,473 53.64 Invitrogen Corporation
4.0 0.621 $133 29.41 Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc.
4.0 0.443 $115 21.73 Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.9 1.23 $243 41.7 Genta Incorporated
3.9 0.528 $99 46.15 Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. {D15}
3.9 3.07 $2,667 88.31 ICN Pharmaceutical Inc New {D20}
3.7 0.506 $196 31.43 Genzyme Molecular Oncology
3.7 0.623 $639 38.53 Avigen, Inc.
3.6 0.878 $545 41.8 Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
3.4 5.327 $5,466 87.01 IVAX Corporation {D15}
3.4 1.069 $2,733 25.49 Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.3 2.125 $3,624 76.94 Andrx Corporation
3.3 1.098 $140 27.77 North American Vaccine, Inc. {D15}
3.2 0.678 $1,146 97.5 Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3.2 0.418 $530 27.33 Hyseq, Inc.
3.1 1.976 $3,076 74.71 Celgene Corporation
3.0 1.502 $936 44.85 Immunomedics, Inc.
3.0 0.595 $87 78 StemCells, Inc.
3.0 2.927 $4,260 71.03 Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc {D20}
3.0 0.762 $927 22.17 Gene Logic Inc.
3.0 1.316 $2,734 77.7 Quest Diagnostics Inc {D20}
3.0 0.385 $356 37.24 Collateral Therapeutics, Inc.
3.0 0.494 $219 42.05 AVI BioPharma, Inc.
3.0 0.444 $704 34.25 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.9 0.449 $305 36.19 ChiRex Inc.
2.8 1.315 $1,977 42.61 ICOS Corporation
2.8 7.743 $18,154 86.7 Cardinal Health Inc {D20}
2.7 0.846 $352 46.37 SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.7 0.408 $340 26.8 Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.6 0.879 $919 40.45 Cell Genesys, Inc.
2.6 0.891 $710 72 Bindley Western Industries Inc {D20}
2.6 0.672 $377 29.16 ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.6 2.17 $3,861 49.93 Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, plc
2.5 0.259 $1,362 54.44 Myriad Genetics, Inc.
2.5 0.439 $533 45.62 SangStat Medical Corporation
2.4 0.342 $192 11.11 Northfield Laboratories, Inc.
2.4 0.348 $829 64.66 Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
2.4 0.501 $98 53.06 InSite Vision Incorporated {D15}
2.3 0.669 $573 89.06 IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.3 0.584 $245 12.97 PAREXEL International Corporation
2.3 0.517 $108 16.25 MacroChem Corporation
2.3 1.086 $475 42.03 Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
2.2 0.987 $602 40.66 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.2 0.902 $204 23.33 Genelabs Technologies, Inc.
2.2 0.314 $65 28 CNS, Inc.
2.2 0.51 $396 22.77 NeoRx Corporation
2.1 0.373 $116 0.26 SafeScience, Inc.
2.1 0.282 $440 73.64 Biosite Diagnostics, Inc.
2.1 1.344 $364 25.44 XOMA Ltd.
2.0 0.686 $5,735 69.4 Qiagen N.v.
2.0 0.4 $65 5.83 Cel-Sci Corporation
1.9 0.738 $291 12.29 Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.9 0.186 $51 12.26 International Isotopes Inc.
1.9 4.005 $13,355 77.89 MedImmune, Inc.
1.9 0.438 $66 10.05 Aronex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.9 0.4 $182 41.24 Corvas International, Inc.
1.8 0.5 $303 59.78 Connetics Corporation
1.8 0.374 $572 34.5 Genome Therapeutics, Corp
1.8 0.657 $446 41.12 Targeted Genetics Corporation
1.8 0.143 $56 13.04 BioSource International Inc.
1.8 0.595 $688 92.95 Schein Pharmaceutical, Inc. {D20}
1.8 0.291 $436 47.64 Aphton Corp.
1.8 0.555 $92 16.92 AMBI Inc.
1.8 0.458 $752 45.29 ILEX Oncology, Inc.
1.8 1.059 $348 26.57 Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc.
1.8 0.223 $138 39.07 Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co.
1.8 0.52 $25 14.87 Technical Chemicals and Products, Inc.
1.7 0.56 $1,969 18.84 Maxygen, Inc.
1.7 0.244 $179 19.23 ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.7 8.556 $17,332 29.86 Immunex Corporation
1.7 0.887 $5,662 37.61 Celera Genomics {D20}
1.7 0.304 $332 48.92 Miravant Medical Technologies
1.6 0.358 $123 20 Repligen Corporation
1.6 1.434 $362 23.09 Techniclone Corporation
1.6 0.907 $1,475 79.72 Amerisource Health Corp {D20}
1.6 0.273 $322 49.06 Martek Biosciences Corporation
1.6 0.363 $84 19.45 Trega Biosciences Inc.
1.5 0.61 $4,882 57.28 Abgenix, Inc
1.5 0.831 $727 33.64 Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
1.5 2.234 $8,630 11.95 Biogen, Inc.
1.5 0.37 $449 13.21 Antigenics Inc.
1.5 0.487 $188 43.39 Inkine Pharmaceutical Company Inc.
1.5 0.242 $389 50 PathoGenesis Corporation
1.5 0.847 $47 17.07 Huntingdon Life Scncs Grp Pl {D20}
1.4 0.263 $177 47.08 Boston Life Sciences, Inc.
1.4 0.52 $325 24.57 Creative BioMolecules, Inc.
1.4 0.552 $1,862 54.3 Enzon, Inc.
1.3 0.068 $24 38.15 Atlantic Technology Ventures Inc.
1.3 0.845 $857 72.61 Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.3 0.987 $321 21.03 Nexell Therapeutics Inc
1.3 1.705 $2,239 8.07 Mylan Laboratories Inc. {D20}
1.3 0.26 $1,387 47.89 Aurora Biosciences Corporation
1.3 0.341 $420 44.63 OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1.3 3.328 $34,844 40.46 Genentech Inc {D20}
1.3 0.804 $1,523 98.7 Rexall Sundown, Inc.
1.2 0.256 $1,908 88.27 Techne Corporation
1.2 0.803 $4,262 67.76 QLT Inc.
1.2 0.257 $86 26.88 Discovery Laboratories Inc.
1.2 0.492 $474 40.12 Texas Biotechnology Corporation {D15}
1.2 0.632 $207 20.08 Pharmos Corporation
1.2 0.14 $76 8.02 Kendle International Inc.
1.2 0.29 $959 12.91 Sequenom, Inc.
1.2 0.294 $450 46.78 Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.
1.2 0.993 $7,443 87.17 Forest Labs Inc {D20}
1.2 0.174 $782 49.9 Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
1.2 0.079 $56 67.74 Advanced Magnetics, Inc. {D15}
1.2 1.183 $2,471 35.71 Biochem Pharma Inc.
1.1 43.6 $177,560 97.7 Pfizer Inc {D20}
1.1 0.151 $352 58.87 DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.1 11.376 $64,301 72.49 Amgen Inc.
1.1 0.09 $17 26.19 Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.
1.1 0.471 $80 9.83 Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.1 0.149 $243 39.17 VaxGen, Inc.
1.1 0.361 $326 43.33 ImmunoGen, Inc.
1.1 0.211 $481 22.13 Vical Incorporated
1.1 0.099 $23 8.53 Synbiotics Corporation
1.0 0.307 $1,498 97.23 Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation {D20}
1.0 0.171 $408 33.97 MGI PHARMA, Inc.
1.0 0.248 $420 50.44 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1.0 0.239 $1,316 88 Barr Labs Inc {D20}
1.0 0.196 $807 51.84 Corixa Corporation
1.0 0.228 $610 27.44 Genset
1.0 0.431 $1,286 81.79 Exelixis, Inc.
1.0 0.877 $836 60.52 SICOR, Inc.
1.0 0.129 $576 26.15 Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
