Best Buy
Percent short: 14.04
Industry: Retail
Comment: The big box electronics retailer continues to lose business to the online competition
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TripAdvisor
Percent short: 14.44
Ticker: TRIP
Industry: Retail
Comment: After Priceline bought Kayak, investors believe TripAdvisor will fall behind.
1-Year Return: +66%
Apollo Group
Percent short: 16.51
Ticker: APOL
Industry: For-profit education
Comment: For-profit schools are constantly in the headlines as a target for increased regulation.
1-Year Return: -60%
Federated Investors Inc.
Percent short: 17.68
Ticker: FII
Industry: Finance
Comment: The fund management company has absolutely crushed the shorts with huge 2012 returns.
1-Year Return: +50%
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Frontier Communications
Percent short: 22.29
Ticker: FTR
Industry: Telecom
Comment: Frontier was the fifth-worst-performing stock during President Obama’s first term.
1-Year Return: -9%
Advanced Micro Devices
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Percent short: 24.06
Ticker: AMD
Industry: Tech
Comment: The shift away from personal computing has driven down AMD’s stock down 60 percent this year.
1-Year Return: -56%
US Steel
Percent short: 25.3
Ticker: X
Industry: Manufacturing
Comment: Steel’s Q3 revenues came in -8% compared to the same period in 2011.
1-Year Return: -9%
Netflix
Percent short: 26.97
Ticker: NFLX
Industry: Tech
Comment: Rival Redbox just began operating a new video streaming service.
1-Year Return: +34%
Pitney Bowes
Percent short: 30.5
Ticker: PBI
Industry: Mail and document services
Comment: Pitney’s third-quarter profit fell 56%.
1-Year Return: -36%
Safeway
Percent short: 33.45
Ticker: SWY
Industry: Supermarket
Comment: Safeway’s Q3 revenues fell short of expectations.
1-Year Return: -11%
Gamestop
Percent short: 36.47
Ticker: GME
Industry: Retail
Comment: YOY videogame sales fell 11 percent in November.
1-Year Return: +8%
Percent short: 42.94
Ticker: JCP
Industry: Retail
Comment: Some analysts have taken an extremely bearish view of CEO Ron Johnson’s turnaround attempts.
1-Year Return: -43%
First Solar
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Percent short: 43.05
Ticker: FSLR
Industry: Energy
Comment: First Solar’s Q3 earnings dropped 55% on restructuring charges.
1-Year Return: -9%
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