Sunday, June 6, 2010

Top 10 Advertising Stocks with Highest Short Interest: SPMD, ARB, FMCN, LAMR, DGIT, HHS, VCLK, IPG, FORR, VCI (Jun 06, 2010)

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 06:54 AM PDT

Below are the top 10 Advertising stocks with the highest short interest as a percentage of total shares outstanding. Short Squeeze and Short Covering could happen if these stocks start rising rapidly. One Chinese company (FMCN) is on the list.

SuperMedia Inc (NASDAQ:SPMD) has the 1st highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 30.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 13.59, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Arbitron Inc. (NYSE:ARB) has the 2nd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 19.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 16.63, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:FMCN) has the 3rd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 10.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 4.4, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ:LAMR)has the 4th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 8.0% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 9.3, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. DG FastChannel Inc. (NASDAQ:DGIT) has the 5th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 7.9% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 7.82, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.

Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE:HHS) has the 6th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 5.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 19.01, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. ValueClick, Inc. (NASDAQ:VCLK) has the 7th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.9% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 2.59, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE:IPG) has the 8th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 4.8% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 4.62, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Forrester Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR) has the 9th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 3.9% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 5.96, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Valassis Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCI) has the 10th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 3.8% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 4.22, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.

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