October Short Interest For NYSE Stocks

Investing

Published: October 20, 2007 9:29 am

Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large increases and total short positions were in home builders, mortgage companies, and retailers.

Major telecom companies saw share sold short fall.

Largest Short Positions

Company Shares Sold Short

Ford (F) 171.8 million shares short

Countrywide (CFC) 79.8 million

Qwest (Q) 78.3 million

AMD (AMD) 75.9 million

Time Warner (TWX) 69.9 million

Best Buy (BBY) 64.9 million

EMC (EMC) 64.0 million

GE (GE) 62.3 million

Washington Mutual (WM) 59.2 million

GM (GM) 56.2 million

Micron (MU) 54.4 million

Home Depot (HD) 54.2 million

Altria (MO) 52.4 million

Sprint (S) 51.3 million

Largest Increases In Short Position

Company Increase In Shares Sold Short

Washington Mutual 12.5 million increase

EMC (EMC) 11.2 million

Target (TGT) 5.7 million

Pulte (PHM) 5.4 million

Beazer (BZH) 5.2 million

Time Warner 5.0 million

Largest Decreases In Short Position

Company Decrease In Shares Sold Short

Wells Fargo (WFC) 9.2 million decrease in shares short

Wachovia (WB) 8.4 million

McDonald’s (MCD) 6.6 million

AT&T (T) 6.1 million

Qwest (Q) 6.1 million

Ford (F) 5.8 million

Pfizer (PFE) 4.5 million

Kraft (KFT) 4.4 million

Merrill Lynch (MER) 3.8 million

GE (GE) 3.6 million

Data from NYSE and WSJ

Douglas A. McIntyre

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