Earnings season is set to get into full gear and these are the top twenty-five S&P 500 stocks with the largest change in $ short interest. While the change in short interest of certain stocks like Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) are primarily momentum and value based, other changes in short interest may be an increase of short exposure in anticipation of weaker than expected earnings. The S3 Black App Screener Tool allows you to sort for changes in short interest prior to earnings announcements.
| S&P 500 Stocks
(in $ millions) |
Ticker | Earnings
Date |
Short Int.
4-1-18 |
Short Int.
4-12-18 |
Short Int.
Change |
Short Int.
Change % |
| Facebook Inc | FB | 4-25-18 | $4,778 | $5,249 | +$471 | +9.86% |
| Hess Corp | HES | 4-25-18 | $1,437 | $1,817 | +$379 | +26.39% |
| AT & T Inc | T | 4-25-18 | $6,330 | $6,680 | +$350 | +5.53% |
| Ebay Inc | EBAY | 4-25-18 | $1,086 | $1,359 | +$274 | +25.19% |
| Starbucks Corp | SBUX | 4-26-18 | $1,857 | $2,112 | +$256 | +13.79% |
| Amazon.com Inc | AMZN | 4-26-18 | $5,865 | $6,104 | +$239 | +4.08% |
| Visa Inc | V | 4-25-18 | $2,886 | $3,123 | +$238 | +8.24% |
| McDonald’s Corp | MCD | 4-30-18 | $1,117 | $1,347 | +$230 | +20.58% |
| Netflix Inc | NFLX | 4-16-18 | $5,796 | $6,007 | +$210 | +3.63% |
| Microsoft Corp | MSFT | 4-26-18 | $4,732 | $4,930 | +$198 | +4.19% |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 4-27-18 | $2,500 | $2,686 | +$187 | +7.47% |
| United Parcel Svc | UPS | 4-26-18 | $1,141 | $1,325 | +$184 | +16.10% |
| Suntrust Banks Inc | STI | 4-20-18 | $678 | $857 | +$178 | +26.30% |
| Schlumberger Inc | SLB | 4-20-18 | $1,468 | $1,620 | +$152 | +10.39% |
| Halliburton Inc | HAL | 4-23-18 | $997 | $1,126 | +$128 | +12.86% |
| Edwards Lifesciences | EW | 4-24-18 | $418 | $537 | +$119 | +28.34% |
| General Electric Co | GE | 4-20-18 | $2,040 | $2,155 | +$115 | +5.65% |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 4-26-18 | $1,417 | $1,529 | +$111 | +7.84% |
| Boeing Co | BA | 4-25-18 | $2,181 | $2,285 | +$104 | +4.76% |
| Citigroup Inc | C | 4-13-18 | $1,433 | $1,531 | +$98 | +6.82% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | LLY | 4-24-18 | $815 | $912 | +$97 | +11.865 |
| Altria Group Inc | MO | 4-26-18 | $1,042 | $1,138 | +$96 | +9.26% |
| General Motors Co | GM | 4-26-18 | $1,146 | $1,238 | +$92 | +8.07% |
| Equity Residential | EQR | 4-24-18 | $517 | $608 | +$92 | +17.79% |
| Mattel Inc | MAT | 4-19-18 | $819 | $904 | +$85 | +10.41% |
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