Saw this on the Global Crossing thread:
From The Wall Street Journal Largest Short Positions
Rank Jun. 15 May. 15 Change
1 Cisco Sys 58,345,253 63,655,639 - 5,310,386 2 Oracle Corp 35,313,290 35,460,517 - 147,227 3 Dell Computer 35,247,024 42,644,945 - 7,397,921 4 Global Crossing 33,926,671 28,169,059 5,757,612 5 Veritas Software 33,843,288 28,092,901 5,750,387 6 Mcleodusa Cl A 32,994,867 35,100,321 - 2,105,454 7 Globalstar Telecm 30,485,380 27,709,114 2,776,266 8 Intel 30,042,243 29,227,510 814,733 9 Nextel Com A 29,925,952 40,126,572 -10,200,620 10 Yahoo! 29,800,164 28,804,881 995,283 11 E*trade Group 29,195,763 31,279,323 - 2,083,560 12 JDS Uniphase 29,188,539 28,463,311 725,228 13 Microsoft 28,017,898 31,818,653 - 3,800,755 14 Amazon.com 23,837,907 25,759,433 - 1,921,526 15 WorldCom 23,098,798 27,878,269 - 4,779,471 16 Palm Inc 21,712,176 17,182,481 4,529,695 17 N T L 19,355,798 18,227,413 1,128,385 18 Internet Cap Grp 18,813,728 16,927,298 1,886,430 19 Ameritrade Hldg 18,053,421 18,966,839 - 913,418 20 Read-Rite 17,614,947 17,695,722 - 80,775 21 AT Home 16,639,941 21,009,527 - 4,369,586 22 Q U A L C O M M 15,456,428 12,803,460 2,652,968 23 Nextlink Comm Cl 15,236,329 11,493,112 3,743,217 24 C M G I 15,161,145 16,660,129 - 1,498,984 25 Metromedia Fiber 15,006,510 16,562,086 - 1,555,576
Largest Changes
Rank Jun. 15 May. 15 Change
1 Global Crossing 33,926,671 28,169,059 5,757,612 2 Veritas Software 33,843,288 28,092,901 5,750,387 3 Doubleclick 14,262,761 9,375,460 4,887,301 4 W P P Group Adr 5,470,217 598,341 4,871,876 5 Lernout & Hauspie 9,568,936 5,028,862 4,540,074 6 Palm Inc 21,712,176 17,182,481 4,529,695 7 Alkermes 8,859,153 4,401,591 4,457,562 8 Terra Networks Adr 5,636,534 1,850,990 3,785,544 9 Nextlink Comm Cl A 15,236,329 11,493,112 3,743,217 10 Sanmina 13,159,955 9,580,798 3,579,157 11 Conexant Systems 13,688,847 10,415,922 3,272,925 12 Globalstar Telecm 30,485,380 27,709,114 2,776,266 1 Nextel Com A 29,925,952 40,126,572 -10,200,620 2 Smurfit-Stone Cont 5,400,788 13,842,677 - 8,441,889 3 L M Ericsson Adr 9,818,110 17,249,711 - 7,431,601 4 Dell Computer 35,247,024 42,644,945 - 7,397,921 5 Rambus 9,674,350 15,682,424 - 6,008,074 6 Cisco Sys 58,345,253 63,655,639 - 5,310,386 7 WorldCom 23,098,798 27,878,269 - 4,779,471 8 AT Home 16,639,941 21,009,527 - 4,369,586 9 Microsoft 28,017,898 31,818,653 - 3,800,755 10 Jones Pharma 520,094 3,927,855 - 3,407,761 11 Outback Steakhous 15,776 3,290,912 - 3,275,136 12 Atmel 5,206,730 8,471,924 - 3,265,194
Largest Short Interest Ratios
The short interest ratio is the number of days it would take to cover the short interest if trading continued at the average daily volume for the month.
Jun. 15 Avg Dly Days to Short Int Vol-a Cover
1 Chromatics Color 3,076,306 59,213 52 2 Zoltek Cos 1,833,354 37,880 48 3 Amer Classic Voyag 1,564,793 32,754 48 4 Xeikon N V Adr 2,904,574 62,846 46 5 E M C O R Grp IN 1,521,010 36,261 42 6 Golden ST Lit Wts 4,044,431 96,982 42 7 Philly Cons Hlds 1,373,171 35,348 39 8 Source Media 3,283,756 94,701 35 9 A D V A N T A A 3,710,537 110,847 33 10 Open Text 2,957,872 89,294 33 11 Gardenburger 883,283 27,765 32 12 Closure Medical 677,756 21,839 31 13 Churchill Downs IN 837,796 27,278 31 14 Read-Rite 17,614,947 575,670 31 15 Res-Care 3,216,947 111,253 29 16 Circle.com 2,298,075 80,795 28 17 Action Perf Cos 5,675,441 207,027 27 18 Ventiv Health 1,474,654 53,948 27 19 Blue Rhino 1,030,071 38,050 27 20 Fpic Insurance Gro 2,321,761 87,522 27 21 Old Natl Bncp 1,225,267 49,322 25 22 Source Info Mgmt 3,684,836 152,813 24 23 Pioneer Std Elct 5,613,636 233,812 24 24 The Children's Pla 5,972,759 250,820 24 25 Tarrant Apparel GR 618,298 25,973 24 26 Coyote Network Sys 5,347,264 230,834 23 27 Possis Medical 2,171,700 95,474 23
a-Includes securities with average daily volume of 20,000 shares or more. n-New. r-Revised. Issues that split in the latest month are excluded. The largest percentage increase and decrease sections are limited to issues with previously established short positions in both months.
Largest % Increases
Rank Jun. 15 May. 15 %
1 Jason Inc 156,997 124 126,510.5 2 Generex Biotech 109,570 449 24,303.1 3 Cabot Microelectr 299,316 1,717 17,332.5 4 Hastings Entrtnmt 197,208 2,452 7,942.7 5 Amer Intl Petro IN 279,003 5,065 5,408.5 6 First Priority Grp 139,600 4,335 3,120.3 7 Team Comm Grp 114,830 5,991 1,816.7 8 Saba Software 407,779 21,965 1,756.5 9 Telcom Semicond IN 226,451 18,072 1,153.0 10 Z-Tel Tech 2,608,612 212,100 1,129.9 11 Direct Focus 327,205 30,616 968.7 12 W P P Group Adr 5,470,217 598,341 814.2 13 Serena Software 179,145 20,162 788.5 14 Tollgrade Commun I 176,731 20,893 745.9 15 Guilford Pharm 1,077,512 143,359 651.6 16 Macronix Intl Co A 296,173 45,745 547.4 17 Ziplink 197,798 32,053 517.1 18 Virologic 219,558 37,232 489.7 19 Firepond 406,856 75,749 437.1 20 Ijnt.Net 270,303 51,650 423.3 21 Centra Sftwr 140,685 27,025 420.6 22 Polycom 325,932 64,778 403.2 23 Micromuse 326,762 66,292 392.9 24 Witness Systems 222,511 45,977 384.0 25 Noven Pharmaceutic 425,618 89,426 375.9
Largest % Decreases
Rank Jun. 15 May. 15 %
1 Triple P NV 27 140,097 - 100.0 2 Saes Getters Adr 310 151,000 - 99.8 3 Outback Steakhous 15,776 3,290,912 - 99.5 4 Sunday Comm Ads 831 151,193 - 99.5 5 Cohesion Techs 1,144 136,391 - 99.2 6 St Assmbly Tst Ads 10,202 259,982 - 96.1 7 Rexall Sundown 35,294 803,823 - 95.6 8 Genset Adr 12,636 228,239 - 94.5 9 Rainmaker Systems 11,510 200,524 - 94.3 10 Fuji Photo Adr 7,418 109,238 - 93.2 11 Optibase Ltd 23,471 322,694 - 92.7 12 American Eco 54,599 742,519 - 92.6 13 Wire One Tech 23,184 287,759 - 91.9 14 Nexell Thrptc New 90,906 987,027 - 90.8 15 Magna Entertnmt A 32,958 347,991 - 90.5 16 Healthcentral.com 66,258 626,819 - 89.4 17 Latitude Comm 23,747 210,121 - 88.7 18 North Face Inc (The) 42,100 353,242 - 88.1 19 Extensity 32,049 263,428 - 87.8 20 Jones Pharma 520,094 3,927,855 - 86.8 21 Pioneer Gp The 50,857 381,502 - 86.7 22 Laser Photonics 24,806 166,036 - 85.1 23 Metalink Ltd 76,828 455,099 - 83.1 24 Audible 55,407 298,599 - 81.4 25 Coflexip Adr 33,515 175,896 - 80.9 |