Below is a list of the 50 most expensive stocks to short as of March 17, ranked in descending cost. The stocks are expensive to short because they are expensive to borrow in the securities lending market.
The right-hand column is the change in cost-to-borrow over the prior week.
Name | Ticker | Change in cost-to-borrow (bps) |
DEARBORN BANCORP INC | DEAR | 52 |
CENTRAL PAC FINL CORP | CPF | 414 |
NEOPROBE CORP | NEOP | 1,698 |
EVERGREEN SOLAR INC | ESLR | 735 |
CHINA MEDIAEXPRESS HLDGS INC | CCME | 1,678 |
YRC WORLDWIDE INC | YRCW | 225 |
CHINA AGRITECH INC | CAGC | 1,395 |
MACATAWA BK CORP | MCBC | -1,335 |
PAB BANKSHARES INC | PABK | -345 |
SOMAXON PHARMACEUTICALS INC | SOMX | 1,541 |
GREEN BANKSHARES INC | GRNB | 486 |
ANCHOR BANCORP WIS INC | ABCW | 127 |
RESVERLOGIX CORP | RVX.TSX | 280 |
CHINA-BIOTICS INC | CHBT | -342 |
RADIENT PHARMACEUTICALS CORP | RPC | -143 |
CONNS INC | CONN | 1,170 |
TELESTONE TECHNOLOGIES CORP | TSTC | -712 |
CHINA SHEN ZHOU MNG & RES IN | SHZ | 646 |
PACIFIC ETHANOL INC | PEIX | 112 |
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODS INC | CBPO | 3,049 |
CASCADE BANCORP | CACB | 639 |
QUANTUM FUEL SYS TECH WORLDW | QTWW | 566 |
ST JOE CO | JOE | 1,217 |
ROYALE ENERGY INC | ROYL | 1,590 |
BSD MED CORP DEL | BSDM | -88 |
HOKU CORP | HOKU | 5 |
PRINCETON NATL BANCORP INC | PNBC | -595 |
CHINA GREEN AGRICULTURE INC | CGA | -285 |
LIFE PARTNERS HOLDINGS INC | LPHI | -47 |
ZENN MOTOR CO INC | ZNN.TSXV | 490 |
OLD SECOND BANCORP INC ILL | OSBC | 35 |
GREAT NORTHN IRON ORE PPTYS | GNI | 467 |
ADVANCED BATTERY TECHNOLOG I | ABAT | 3,262 |
CHINA PRECISION STEEL INC | CPSL | 167 |
FEIHE INTL INC | ADY | -264 |
INTEGRA BK CORP | IBNK | 109 |
BRITTON & KOONTZ CAP CORP | BKBK | -1 |
RUBICON TECHNOLOGY INC | RBCN | -188 |
HSW INTERNATIONAL INC | HSWI | 2,072 |
DARA BIOSCIENCES INC | DARA | -46 |
FIRST FED BANCSHARES ARK | FFBH | 91 |
LUCAS ENERGY INC | LEI | 624 |
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES IN | ASTI | -42 |
CASCADE FINL CORP | CASB | -14,296 |
STAR SCIENTIFIC INC | CIGX | -131 |
CELSION CORPORATION | CLSN | 189 |
URANIUM ENERGY CORP | UEC | -26 |
WORLD HEART CORP | WHRT | 173 |
CYBERDEFENDER CORP | CYDE | 207 |