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Medtronic (MDT) was the least shorted S&P 500 (SP500) stock as a percentage of float in May, with 0.62% of its shares sold short.
The medical device maker recently raised its dividend payment, marking 48 consecutive years of growth in payouts and increasing its dividend yield further above 3%, more than double the benchmark index’s sub-1.5% yield. However, the Ireland-based med-tech set its fiscal 2026 earnings guidance below expectations despite posting a double beat with its Q4 FY25 financials.
Alphabet (GOOG)(GOOGL) had a short interest of 0.63% of its float in May, with shares rising around 11% in the past month. The tech giant touted its AI investments at its annual developer conference last month, stating that it has released more than a dozen AI models and 20 features since last year’s conference.
Apple (AAPL) was the third least shorted S&P 500 stock in May, with a short interest representing 0.64% of the float. The iPhone maker’s shares dropped 5% in the past month, during which it reported fiscal second-quarter results that topped estimates and increased its return to shareholders, including a new $100B share buyback program.
Here are the top 20 least shorted S&P 500 stocks as a percentage of float, as of May:
- Medtronic (MDT) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.62%
- Alphabet (GOOG) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.63%
- Apple (AAPL) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.64%
- Amazon.com (AMZN) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.65%
- Philip Morris International (PM) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.72%
- Chubb (CB) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.74%
- The Coca-Cola Company (KO) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.75%
- The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.75%
- Mastercard Incorporated (MA) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.75%
- S&P Global (SPGI) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.78%
- Microsoft (MSFT) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.79%
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.8%
- RTX (RTX) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.82%
- The Home Depot (HD) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.83%
- Waste Management (WM) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.83%
- Lockheed Martin (LMT) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.84%
- AbbVie (ABBV) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.9%
- Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.9%
- STERIS (STE) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.92%
- Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB) – Short Interest as a % of float: 0.93%
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