Here We Go Again: GameStop, 10 Most Shorted Stocks Back In Play - Investor's Business Daily

Thought the GameStop (GME) stock mania was game over? You need to pay attention to Reddit again.

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Nearly three-quarters of the 10 most shorted stocks in the S&P 1500 index, including GameStop, National Beverage (FIZZ) and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (SKT), are topping the S & P 500 in the past week, says an Investor's Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketSmith. The rally is coming following a major correction in many of these stocks swept up in a massive short-squeeze in January.

Video-game seller GameStop is the headliner.

GameStop Stock: Back In Play

Shares of GameStop continue to set the pace of the short-squeeze and attempted recovery.

The stock doubled in regular trading Wednesday to 91.70 as fans of the struggling retailer pile back in for no apparent reason. Such buying activity has a massive effect on a stock like GameStop as it's the most highly shorted stock on the S&P 1500.

More than 47% of GameStop's shares available for trading, or float, are controlled by investors betting it will fall. That's actually down dramatically from January, when more shares were shorted than existed. But it's still much higher than the average for most stocks of 4.5% of shares controlled by shorts.

When they're wrong, the shorts must buy back in to cut their losses. But it continues to be a battle. GameStop shares are up 99.6% in a week. The S&P 500 is down 0.2% in the past week.

Keep in mind, though, shares of GameStop are still down 81% from their Reddit-fueled high in January.

It's Not Just GameStop

Reddit traders are making another run at a number of other highly shorted stocks.

LaCroix seller National Beverage, still up 20.6% this year, is up the past week. It's the second most shorted short with 45% of shares available for trading in short sellers' control. Keep in mind, though, the stock is still 48% below its 52-week high.

But that's a small rise next to the one-week 14.5% gain in Tanger Factory Outlet. The shares are 41% shorted. And another shorted darling is AMC Networks (AMCX). The stock is up 6.2% this past week, adding to its 52% year-to-date gain.

Just remember, pushing stocks around as a group might be entertaining. But long-term investors know to stick with high-quality leading stocks to maximize their profits.

Highly Shortly Stocks Rising Again

Most of the most-shorted stocks are topping the S&P 500 the past week

Company	Ticker	Short Interest As A % Of Float	Stock 1-Week % Ch.*	% Stock From 52-Week High	Sector
GameStop	(GME)	47.5%	99.6%	-81.0%	Consumer Discretionary
National Beverage	(FIZZ)	45.2	0.8	-47.9	Consumer Staples
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers	(SKT)	40.5	14.5	-21.8	Real Estate
Ligand Pharmaceuticals	(LGND)	39.1	-1.7	-33.4	Health Care
Fulgent Genetics	(FLGT)	32.0	-22.0	-41.9	Health Care
AMC Networks	(AMCX)	31.5	6.2	-25.6	Communication Services
Zynex	(ZYXI)	31.0	2.4	-38.0	Health Care
World Acceptance	(WRLD)	30.5	1.5	-24.3	Financials
Tootsie Roll Industries	(TR)	29.7	5.9	-46.4	Consumer Staples
Viasat	(VSAT)	29.4	-6.2	-10.5	Information Technology
S&P 500			-0.2	-0.2

Sources: IBD, S&P Global Market Intelligence, * - bold denotes outpacing the S&P 500

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