5 Most Heavily-Shorted U.S. Bank Stocks
NEW YORK (
) -- Want to know which banks investors are betting against? Take a look at the short interest ratio, which divides average trading volumes by outstanding short interest.
TheStreet
compiled the following results using
Bloomberg
data, focusing on banks in the S&P 500. Here's what we found.
5.
People's United Financial
(PBCT) - Get Report
is fifth-most shorted, with a ratio of 2.61. SunTrust shares are down 11.72% year to date.
4.
U.S. Bancorp
(USB) - Get Report
is fourth-most shorted, with a ratio of 2.70. U.S. Bancorp shares are down 7.37% year to date.
3.
Comerica
(CMA) - Get Report
is third-most shorted, with a ratio of 3. Shares are down 42.77% year to date.
2.
M&T Bank Corp.
(MTB) - Get Report
is second-most shorted, with a ratio of 3.05. M&T Bank shares are down 18.66% year to date.
1.
Zions Bancorp
(ZION) - Get Report
leads the pack in this category of dubious distinction, with a ratio of 5.45%, nearly double the 2.82% ratio
. Shares are down 37.96% year to date.
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Written by Dan Freed in New York
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