Top 3 Companies in the Distributors Industry With the Highest Short Interest Ratio (POOL, GPC, LKQX)

Published on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 11:33
By Robert Cotter in Fast Lane, GPC, LKQX, POOL, genuine parts, highest short interest, lkq, nasdaq:lkqx, nasdaq:pool, nyse:gpc, pool

Below are the three companies in the Distributors industry with the highest short interest ratio. A higher short interest ratio may indicate the potential for a sizeable short squeeze.

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL), Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC), and LKQ (NASDAQ:LKQX) are the three companies in the Distributors industry with the highest short interest ratio.

Pool has a short interest ratio of 10.89 based on average daily volume of 308,000 shares and 3.3 million shares short. That equates to 7.0% of the 47.6 million shares outstanding. Pool Corporation is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products. The Company's inventory includes a diverse range of products, from construction materials, replacement parts and fencing to pool care products and spas.

Following Pool is Genuine Parts with a short interest ratio of 4.50 based on average daily volume of 1.1 million shares.

Finishing up the top three is LKQ with a short interest ratio of 1.84 based on average daily volume of 842,000 shares.

By Robert Cotter
rcotter@fnno.com

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