5 Most Shorted Stocks in 2022

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1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 128

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is an information technology company and is one of the Big Tech names in the US. The company is mostly known for its smartphones and laptops under the iPhone and MacBook names.

Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi holds a Market Perform rating on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares, alongside a $170 price target.

The short interest percentage for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as of this August was 0.67%. This September, the company surpassed Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) as the most shorted US stock, with its $18.4 billion short interest, compared to Tesla’s $17.4 billion short interest.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had 128 hedge funds long its stock in the second quarter, with a total stake value of $1.4 billion.

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