Friday, April 15, 2011

Top 10 Personal Services Stocks with Highest Short Interest: CSTR, COCO, NTRI, JTX, STRA, BPI, NFLX, AM, CAST, ESI (Apr 15, 2011)

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Below are the top 10 Personal Services stocks with the highest short interest as a percentage of total shares outstanding, UPDATED TODAY before 4:30 AM ET. Short Squeeze and Short Covering can cause these stocks to rise sharply. One Chinese company (CAST) is on the list.
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR) has the 1st highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 38.6% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 13.59, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ:COCO) has the 2nd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 31.0% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.42, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRI) has the 3rd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 23.6% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 17.7, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE:JTX) has the 4th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 22.8% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 8.32, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Strayer Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:STRA) has the 5th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 20.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 11.08, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.
Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE:BPI) has the 6th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 20.2% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 24.47, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has the 7th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 19.8% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 1.79, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. American Greetings Corporation (NYSE:AM) has the 8th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 19.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 32.84, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Chinacast Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CAST) has the 9th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 17.0% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 6.63, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI) has the 10th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 16.8% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 9.95, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.

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