Below are the top five companies in the Health Care Facilities industry as measured by the short interest ratio. A higher short interest ratio may indicate the potential for a sizeable short squeeze.
Emeritus (NYSE:ESC) has a short interest ratio of 38.6 based on average daily volume of 131,000 shares and 5.1 million shares short. That equates to 12.9% of the 39.3 million shares outstanding.
HealthSouth (NYSE:HLS) has a short interest ratio of 13.1 based on average daily volume of 865,000 shares and 11.3 million shares short. That equates to 12.1% of the 93.6 million shares outstanding.
VCA Antech (NASDAQ:WOOF) has a short interest ratio of 12.8 based on average daily volume of 491,000 shares and 6.3 million shares short. That equates to 7.3% of the 86 million shares outstanding.
Amsurg (NASDAQ:AMSG) has a short interest ratio of 12.3 based on average daily volume of 155,000 shares and 1.9 million shares short. That equates to 6.2% of the 30.9 million shares outstanding.
LCA-Vision (NASDAQ:LCAV) has a short interest ratio of 9.2 based on average daily volume of 106,000 shares and 979,000 shares short. That equates to 5.2% of the 18.7 million shares outstanding.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of LCAV and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 20, 2010 at $7.50. The stock has fallen 30.3% since the alert was issued.