Short sellers remain heavily concentrated in the U.S. electrical components and equipment sector, with several clean-energy and power-technology companies ranking among the most heavily shorted stocks in the market, according to latest short-interest data.
By contrast, short interest remains muted across several smaller-capitalization names spanning construction and engineering, environmental and facilities services, and trading companies and distributors.
Here are the top 5 most shorted materials stocks, all with a market capitalization above $2 billion (as a % of shares outstanding)
Avis Budget Group (CAR): 24.95%
Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE): 24.97%
NANO Nuclear Energy (NNE): 25%.
Plug Power (PLUG): 25.36%.
Sunrun (RUN): 25.70%.
And here are the least shorted materials stocks, with a market capitalization above $2 billion:
ISUNQ (iSunQ): 0.55%
Agroz (AGRZ): 0.54%.
Avalon Holdings (AWX): 0.53%.
Euro Tech Holdings (CLWT): 0.53%.
Zeo Energy (ZEO): 0.51%.
More on short interest report
- Most and least shorted large-cap stocks
- PureCycle and MP Materials top materials stocks in short interest; Greif and ICL show minimal exposure
- Most and least shorted REIT stocks with over $2B market cap
- Under Armour tops the list of most shorted S&P 500 consumer discretionary stocks in December; Amazon among least shorted
- Most and least shorted mid- to mega-cap financial stocks