Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights
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| Published January 5, 2000 | |
| Institution | Shares Sold Short as of 12/15/1999 | Unit Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Pct. Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Avg. Daily Trading Volume | Days to Cover* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aames Financial Corp. | 2,095,699 | 9,700 | 0.5% | 192,654 | 10.9 |
| American Express Corp. | 6,578,813 | 608,961 | 10.2 | 1,615,900 | 4.1 |
| AmeriCredit Corp. | 1,397,407 | -177,537 | -11.3 | 254,922 | 5.5 |
| AmSouth Bancorp | 5,254,981 | -548,620 | -9.5 | 734,918 | 7.2 |
| Associate First Capital Corp. | 2,279,841 | -254,446 | -10.0 | 2,493,663 | 0.9 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 14,454,826 | 1,623,057 | 12.6 | 5,842,404 | 2.5 |
| BancorpSouth Inc. | 21,000 | -43,688 | -67.5 | 20,000 | 1.1 |
| BancWest Corp. | 732,000 | 510,155 | 230.0 | 196,000 | 3.7 |
| The Bank of New York Co. | 6,670,306 | -926,204 | -12.2 | 2,071,254 | 3.2 |
| Bank One Corp. | 8,272,267 | 262,242 | 3.3 | 6,154,663 | 1.3 |
| BankAtlantic Bancorp | 3,619,701 | -164,656 | -4.4 | 114,159 | 31.7 |
| Bay View Capital Corp. | 457,000 | -243,084 | -34.7 | 183,000 | 2.5 |
| BB&T Corp. | 2,082,801 | -1,320,072 | -38.8 | 314,409 | 6.6 |
| Capital One Financial Corp. | 3,026,654 | -826,655 | -21.5 | 1,040,490 | 2.9 |
| Capstead Mortgage Corp. | 324,000 | -9,068 | -2.7 | 190,000 | 1.7 |
| CCB Financial Corp | 225,000 | 43,175 | 23.7 | 89,000 | 2.5 |
| Centura Banks Inc. | 543,000 | 106,339 | 24.4 | 58,000 | 9.4 |
| Charter One Financial | 505,527 | Start | NM | 906,640 | 0.6 |
| Chase Manhattan Corp. | 5,135,275 | -735,627 | -12.5 | 3,125,172 | 1.6 |
| Citigroup Inc | 25,614,424 | -3,126,294 | -10.9 | 27,740,718 | 0.9 |
| City National Corp. | 488,255 | -399,829 | -45.0 | 118,209 | 4.1 |
| Colonial BancGroup, Inc. | 504,000 | -21,351 | -4.1 | 156,000 | 3.2 |
| Comerica Inc. | 661,674 | -319,433 | -32.6 | 602,745 | 1.1 |
| Commerce Bancorp Inc. | 642,464 | 110,516 | 20.8 | 58,550 | 11.0 |
| Commercial Federal Corp. | 843,735 | 25,957 | 3.2 | 160,563 | 5.3 |
| Countrywide Credit Industries | 1,396,312 | 215,338 | 18.2 | 642,240 | 2.2 |
| Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. | 378,000 | 203,484 | 116.6 | 125,000 | 3.0 |
| Dime Bancorp Inc. | 695,160 | -127,005 | -15.4 | 556,522 | 1.2 |
| Downey Financial Corp. | 107,000 | 27,165 | 34.0 | 34,000 | 3.1 |
| Finova Group Inc. | 1,772,177 | -507,062 | -22.2 | 316,418 | 5.6 |
| First American Financial | 1,247,703 | -368,582 | -22.8 | 149,486 | 8.3 |
| First Republic Bank | 48,000 | -2,360 | -4.7 | 17,000 | 2.8 |
| First Union Corp. | 10,964,237 | 249,374 | 2.3 | 2,283,986 | 4.8 |
| First Virginia Banks Inc. | 670,107 | 7,635 | 1.2 | 53,872 | 12.4 |
| Firstar Corp. | 5,680,745 | -1,916,102 | -25.2 | 2,011,086 | 2.8 |
| Golden State Bancorp, Inc. | 6,436,534 | -189,733 | -2.9 | 335,654 | 19.2 |
| Golden West Financial Corp. | 1,524,780 | 422,907 | 38.4 | 219,531 | 6.9 |
| Greenpoint Financial Corp. | 2,050,062 | -323,765 | -13.6 | 406,500 | 5.0 |
| Hibernia Corp. | 582,917 | -208,506 | -26.3 | 447,786 | 1.3 |
| Household International Inc. | 1,685,375 | -1,016,572 | -37.6 | 1,163,240 | 1.4 |
| Imperial Bancorp | 147,000 | 29,000 | 24.6 | 198,000 | 0.7 |
| KeyCorp | 2,308,697 | -130,629 | -5.4 | 1,082,931 | 2.1 |
| MBNA Corp. | 2,670,433 | -1,058,087 | -28.4 | 2,252,581 | 1.2 |
| Mellon Financial Corp. | 4,359,848 | 633,349 | 17.0 | 1,513,586 | 2.9 |
| Morgan (JP) & Co., Inc. | 2,781,465 | -564,640 | -16.9 | 1,112,781 | 2.5 |
| National City Corp. | 4,292,518 | -338,392 | -7.3 | 1,411,204 | 3.0 |
| North Fork Bancorp | 7,733,823 | 309,771 | 4.2 | 513,668 | 15.1 |
| Ocwen Financial Corp. | 772,083 | 156,154 | 25.4 | 229,113 | 3.4 |
| One Valley Bancorp | 135,000 | -26,693 | -16.5 | 28,000 | 4.8 |
| Oriental Financial Group | 119,000 | -1,000 | -0.8 | 8,000 | 14.9 |
| Pacific Century Financial | 283,000 | -140,000 | -33.1 | 146,000 | 1.9 |
| PNC Bank Corp. | 1,805,802 | -1,345,971 | -42.7 | 895,522 | 2.0 |
| Premier Bancshares | 176,000 | 55,664 | 46.3 | 23,000 | 7.7 |
| Providian Financial | 2,564,677 | 439,810 | 20.7 | 1,380,795 | 1.9 |
| Republic New York Corp. | 1,324,154 | 671,626 | 102.9 | 907,590 | 1.5 |
| State Street Corporation | 1,907,727 | 273,325 | 16.7 | 373,322 | 5.1 |
| Staten Island Bancorp | 311,000 | 126,906 | 68.9 | 91,000 | 3.4 |
| Summit Bancorp | 3,094,394 | 304,404 | 10.9 | 381,195 | 8.1 |
| SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 3,428,675 | -246,015 | -6.7 | 844,745 | 4.1 |
| Synovus Financial Corp. | 3,176,263 | -346,444 | -9.8 | 178,690 | 17.8 |
| TCF Financial Corp. | 2,296,390 | 393,505 | 20.7 | 239,986 | 9.6 |
| Triangle Bancorp Inc. | 56,000 | 855 | 1.6 | 20,000 | 2.8 |
| Union Planters Corp. | 3,509,313 | 188,888 | 5.7 | 288,972 | 12.1 |
| US Bancorp | 7,370,842 | -4,972,121 | -40.3 | 3,462,872 | 2.1 |
| Washington Mutual Inc. | 5,804,282 | -1,830,709 | -24.0 | 2,646,950 | 2.2 |
| Bank Related Totals | 203,822,145 | -2,538,163 | -1.2% | 83,426,857 | 2.4 |
| NYSE Related Totals | 4,001,292,624 | -59,764,436 | -1.5% | 908,678,356 | 4.4 |
Table limited to issues shorted at least 10,000 shares at either current or prior settlement date. - AMEX listing. * Number of days to cover short interest, assuming average daily trading volume holdsconstant and that all volume is used in settlement of short positions. Start - Rise from a prior base of zero. Clear - Prior short position falls to zero. New - Listed since last settlement date.
S - Figures adjustedfor stock split or dividend. R - Prior figures revised. (s) Stock split or dividend in current month only. (r) previous month revised. (n) New York Stock Exchange. (q) Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Compiled byAmerican Banker. Sources: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and ILX Systems Inc.American Banker © 2000