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title: "The 25 Most Heavily Shorted Stocks"
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description: "The S&P 1500's average stock has 5.7% of its equity float sold short, with Consumer Discretionary stocks leading at 8.7%. Avis (CAR) and Hertz (HTZ) are the most heavily shorted, each with nearly 50% of their floats sold short. Despite high short interest, these stocks are up over 30% year-to-date, contributing to an average YTD gain of 11.6% for the 25 most shorted stocks, outperforming the broader index."
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# The 25 Most Heavily Shorted Stocks

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The average stock in the S&P 1500 - which contains large-caps, mid-caps, and small-caps - has 5.7% of its equity float sold short. Overall short interest levels are currently subdued relative to history.

As shown below, Consumer Discretionary stocks are the most heavily shorted at 8.7%, followed by Communication Services and then Energy.

Technology stocks are shorted slightly less than the broad market, while Utilities and Financials are the least shorted sectors.

The table below lists the 25 most heavily shorted stocks in the S&P 1500 based on short interest as a percentage of float.

For each stock, we also include its two-year and year-to-date return along with its distance from its 52-week high.

Notably, two rental car companies -- Avis (CAR) and Hertz (HTZ) -- are the most heavily shorted with nearly half of their floats sold short.

Medical Properties (MPW), Kohl's (KSS), and Hims & Hers (HIMS) rank 3rd, 4th, and 5th with short interest levels at just over 30%.

All five of the most heavily shorted stocks are up more than 30% year-to-date, so the shorts have had a rough 2025 in these names.

Many of the other names on the list are down significantly on the year, but the overall average YTD move for these 25 stocks has been +11.6%, or a little over five percentage points stronger than the average YTD change for the remaining stocks in the index.

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