9 Large-Cap Dividend Stocks Being Targeted by Short Sellers

Short squeeze opportunities arise when a stock becomes highly shorted. As there are fewer short sellers to sell the stock, any move up can trigger a short squeeze in which short sellers must close out their positions, which puts even more upward pressure on the stock price. We searched for potential short squeeze opportunities by screening large-cap dividend stocks (paying dividend yields above 2%) for those that have seen significant increases in short selling month-over-month.Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the top six stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research.Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month. To access a complete analysis of this list's recent performance, click here.... Read more