5 Most Shorted Stocks in 2022

2. Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72

Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is an electric vehicle manufacturing company. It is based in Austin, Texas.

Deutsche Bank’s Emmanuel Rosner has a Buy rating on Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares as of September 16. The analyst also placed a $400 price target on the stock.

Tesla, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) short interest throughout August was 2.9%. Until this year, the company was infamously referred to as the most shorted stock in the world, based on the total value of its stock position.

Our hedge fund data shows 72 hedge funds long Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) in the second quarter, and 80 hedge funds long the stock in the previous quarter. Their total stake values were $7.2 billion and $11.2 billion, respectively.