Top 10 Specialty Finance Stocks with Highest Short Interest: SFI, CYS, TAL, CISG, HTS, AGM, TWO, AYR, RRR, NCT (Dec 29, 2011) CHINA ANALYST
Below are the top 10 Specialty Finance stocks with the highest short interest as a percentage of total shares outstanding. Stocks with very low market caps are excluded. Significant Short Covering can cause these stocks to rise sharply. One Chinese company (CISG) is on the list.
iStar Financial Inc. (NYSE:SFI) has the 1st highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 24.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 19.86, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS) has the 2nd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 15.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.58, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
TAL International Group, Inc. (NYSE:TAL) has the 3rd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 10.0% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.42, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. CNinsure Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:CISG) has the 4th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 7.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.09, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE:HTS) has the 5th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 5.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 5.04, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AGM) has the 6th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 7.42, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE:TWO) has the 7th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 3.59, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Aircastle Limited (NYSE:AYR) has the 8th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 7.45, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:RRR) has the 9th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 5.35, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE:NCT) has the 10th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 3.9% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 4.24, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
