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The big shorts
6.37k followers • 14 symbols Watchlist by Yahoo Finance
This basket consists of stocks with large short positions against them.
Curated by Yahoo Finance
Some of the most famous, or infamous, trades in the hedge fund business include shorts. This is when the fund manager bets on the price of a stock going down. Analysts at Goldman Sachs have identified these stocks as being among the most heavily shorted stocks in the market.
How did we choose these stocks?Each of these stocks was chosen by the Yahoo Finance editorial staff.
Who made these selections?Yahoo Finance is the most-read business website in the US, garnering roughly 75 million unique visitors every month. The site has extensive coverage of both consumer technology and the business of tech companies.
How are these weighted?The stocks in this watchlist are weighted equally.
Performance
| Watchlist | Change today | 1-month return | 1-year return | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The big shorts | +0.42% | -4.29% | -9.17% | +11.39% |
| ^GSPC | +1.26% | -1.43% | +23.92% | +5413.75% |
14 symbols
| Symbol | Company name | Last price | Change | % change | Market time | Volume | Avg vol (3-month) | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 116 | -0.24 | -0.21% | 4:01 pm GMT-4 | 28.02M | 18.03M | 523.60B |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | 59.82 | +0.11 | +0.18% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 14.21M | 18.74M | 482.14B |
| PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | 164.46 | +0.62 | +0.38% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 5.58M | 6.32M | 388.15B |
| CVX | Chevron Corporation | 160.25 | -0.48 | -0.30% | 4:01 pm GMT-4 | 11.66M | 8.09M | 295.34B |
| DIS | The Walt Disney Company | 113.66 | +1.04 | +0.92% | 4:01 pm GMT-4 | 7.41M | 11.40M | 208.49B |
| ABT | Abbott Laboratories | 105.9 | -0.02 | -0.02% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 3.61M | 5.65M | 184.23B |
| GE | General Electric Company | 164.11 | +1.47 | +0.90% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 3.97M | 8.67M | 179.64B |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 336.75 | +1.31 | +0.39% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 1.98M | 2.37M | 164.69B |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | 165.71 | +1.02 | +0.62% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 3.40M | 4.64M | 152.22B |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | 30.9 | +0.39 | +1.28% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 36.79M | 49.72M | 131.54B |
| T | AT&T Inc. | 16.85 | +0.03 | +0.18% | 4:01 pm GMT-4 | 24.02M | 37.46M | 120.82B |
| BA | The Boeing Company | 179.79 | +0.94 | +0.53% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 5.42M | 7.83M | 110.37B |
| TGT | Target Corporation | 158.04 | -0.08 | -0.05% | 4:00 pm GMT-4 | 3.80M | 3.77M | 73.11B |
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