BYND - Most Heavily Shorted Stocks - August 2019

We closely follow high Short interest stocks because the group often times presents good trading opportunities and contrarian investment ideas with potentially significant mispricing opportunities. There are many ways to analyze Short interest data, in some ways it's a backwards looking indicator as the stocks with the weakest operating and financial conditions already attract Short sellers who often times exaggerate the declines. The data can also be forward-looking if the trend in Short interest for a particular stock is diverging from the price action which could indicate an inflection point. Generally, high Short interest indicates