Chevron and Tesla topped the Americas large-cap list for most shorted stocks in March, according to the latest Shortside Crowdedness Report from active treasury and intelligent operations technology specialist Hazeltree.
The report also found LVMH and Toyota continued their hold as the top shorted large-cap stocks in their respective regions of EMEA and APAC.
The report is a monthly listing of the top 10 shorted securities in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions in the large-, mid-, and small-cap ranges. The data comes from Hazeltree’s proprietary securities finance platform data, which tracks approximately 15,000 global equities across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. The data is aggregated and anonymised from the contributing Hazeltree community, which includes approximately 700 asset manager funds.
Wayfair topped the list in the Americas mid-cap category, Wayfair topped the list, moving up from the last spot the prior month. In the small-cap category, eight securities led the list, including newcomers Air Transport Services, AMC Entertainment, Gogo, Model N Inc, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, and Trupanion, who joined Cheesecake Factory and Sabre, who moved up from 77 and 81, respectively, in the prior month.
In EMEA mid-cap category, French rail manufacturer Alstom was the most crowded security, while in the small-cap category, Irish video game company Keywords Studio plc was the most crowded security for the second consecutive month (99).
In the APAC mid-cap category, Yamaha was the most crowded security (99), while Furukawa Electric was the most crowded small-cap security for the second consecutive month.
