Top Financial Sector Short-Squeeze Plays

The bank holding company earned $10.6 million, or 14 cents a share, down from $11.2 million, or 15 cents a share, in the third quarter a year ago. The stock has a P/E of 19 and a yield of 6.6%.

TrustCo Bank also shows up in the Top Short-Squeeze Bank Stocks, a Stockpickr portfolio that also includes such stocks as First Commonwealth Financial(FCF Quote), with a short ratio of 18.3, F.N.B. Corp(FNB Quote), at an 18.2 short ratio, and First Citizens Banc(FCZA Quote), with a 4.8 short ratio.

Corus Bankshares(CORS Quote) is another stock with a high short ratio, at 32.2. This Chicago-based bank holding company recently completed a 2 million-share repurchase program it launched in April 2004.

A new 5 million-share repurchase program was authorized in late October. The stock has a P/E of 4 and a high yield of 9%.

Corus is owned by Markel, is an insurance company that is sometimes referred to as a "mini-Berkshire Hathaway." Markel also owns Fairfax Financial Holdings(FFH Quote), with a 6.5 short ratio, CarMax(KMX Quote), with a 10.5 short ratio, and General Electric(GE Quote), with a short ratio of 1.2.

The see the list of the top financial sector stocks with the highest short ratios, check out the Top Financial Short-Squeezes at Stockpickr.com.

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