Short Interest Sector Focus: Healthcare Sector

As of the close of business on Monday, 2/13, we captured the Top 10 Highest Short Interest % stocks within the Healthcare sector.

The average short interest for stocks within the Healthcare sector stands at 2.72%. Therefore, the below stocks are showing a more pessimistic outlook than their peers within the respective sector.

• Senseonics Holding   SENS   20.4%
• Surgepays Inc   SURG   18.94%
• Invitae Corp   NVTA   16.2%
• Vapotherm Inc   VAPO   14.72%
• Rite Aid Corp   RAD   14.19%
• Conmed Corp   CNMD   14.17%
• Penumbra Inc   PEN   11.88%
• Cel-sci Corp   CVM   11.33%
• Brookdale Senior L    BKD   10.07%
• Envista Hldgs Corp   NVST   10.03%

Short Interest is the percentage of a stocks' outstanding shares being sold short, which is utilized as a gauge for stock price sentiment. When short interest increases, this is generally considered a negative "bear" market indicator, whereas when short interest decreases, this is generally considered a positive "bull" market indicator.

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