Tech giants lead top 10 shorted securities list
03 February 2025 US
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Live Nation Entertainment and Apple tied for the most crowded securities in the US, according to Hazeltree’s December 2024 report.
The Shortside Crowdedness Report is a monthly listing of the top 10 shorted securities in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, split into large, mid, and small-cap categories.
Tim Smith, managing director of data insights at Hazeltree, says: “During the month of December, half of the most shorted Americas large-cap securities were tech names including tech titans like Apple, IBM, and AMD.”
The aggregated and anonymised data comes from the contributing Hazeltree community, which includes around 700 asset manager funds.
Hazeltree Crowdedness Score is a metric that grades securities on a scale of 1 to 99, highlighting those most targeted by investors and reflecting key demand and supply dynamics.
In the large cap category, Live Nation Entertainment and Apple topped the list as the most crowded securities in the Americas, with IBM and Chevron Corporation in second place.
“Noticeably absent from the list of top 10 securities was Tesla, which topped the list for most of 2024,” adds Smith.
Retail caught the eye in EMEA, with H&M returning to the top spot as the most shorted security in the large cap category.
Anta Sports, Renesas Electronics, and The Oriental Land Company emerged as the most crowded large-cap shorts in APAC.
Bloom Energy dominated the mid-cap category for the second consecutive month in the Americas, with Wolfspeed holding its place as the most crowded security for the fifth month in the small cap category.
Alstom was the most crowded security in the mid-cap category for EMEA, while Ibiden held the title in APAC.
The small-cap category saw a tie of SSP Group, Hays, Basic-Fit, and Alphawave IP Group as the most crowded securities in EMEA, with Mercari keeping its position in the same category for a second month in APAC.
The Shortside Crowdedness Report is a monthly listing of the top 10 shorted securities in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, split into large, mid, and small-cap categories.
Tim Smith, managing director of data insights at Hazeltree, says: “During the month of December, half of the most shorted Americas large-cap securities were tech names including tech titans like Apple, IBM, and AMD.”
The aggregated and anonymised data comes from the contributing Hazeltree community, which includes around 700 asset manager funds.
Hazeltree Crowdedness Score is a metric that grades securities on a scale of 1 to 99, highlighting those most targeted by investors and reflecting key demand and supply dynamics.
In the large cap category, Live Nation Entertainment and Apple topped the list as the most crowded securities in the Americas, with IBM and Chevron Corporation in second place.
“Noticeably absent from the list of top 10 securities was Tesla, which topped the list for most of 2024,” adds Smith.
Retail caught the eye in EMEA, with H&M returning to the top spot as the most shorted security in the large cap category.
Anta Sports, Renesas Electronics, and The Oriental Land Company emerged as the most crowded large-cap shorts in APAC.
Bloom Energy dominated the mid-cap category for the second consecutive month in the Americas, with Wolfspeed holding its place as the most crowded security for the fifth month in the small cap category.
Alstom was the most crowded security in the mid-cap category for EMEA, while Ibiden held the title in APAC.
The small-cap category saw a tie of SSP Group, Hays, Basic-Fit, and Alphawave IP Group as the most crowded securities in EMEA, with Mercari keeping its position in the same category for a second month in APAC.
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