M&A

Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights

View Table
Printer Friendly Version
Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights
Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights
Nasdaq and American Stock Exchanges (Mid-February 2000)
PublishedMarch 6, 2000
Institution Shares Sold
Short as of
2/15/2000
Unit Chg.
From
1/15/2000
Pct. Chg.
From
1/15/2000
Avg. Daily
Trading
Volume
Days
to
Cover*

Advanta Corp. Class A

3,830,034 26,786 0.7% 89,051 43.0

Associated Banc-Corp.

351,095 -191,269 -35.3 199,878 1.8

Astoria Financial Corp.

923,739 -283,078 -23.5 436,140 2.1

Bank Plus Corp.

532,600 -100 0.0 29,930 17.8

Bank United Corp.

1,797,958 658,755 57.8 395,869 4.5

Bridge View Bancorp †

14,000 -1,800 -11.4 1,000 14.0

Charter One Financial Inc.

1,408,213 540,117 62.2 606,023 2.3

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

3,917,565 174,951 4.7 418,035 9.4

Compass Bancshares Inc.

517,235 -68,295 -11.7 341,916 1.5

Credit Acceptance Corp.

1,054,089 -17,537 -1.6 92,792 11.4

Fifth Third Bancorp

4,692,856 -504,992 -9.7 892,179 5.3

First Sentinel Bancorp

55,287 -32,806 -37.2 163,598 0.3

Huntington Bancshares Inc.

2,325,867 230,628 11.0 930,498 2.5

Imperial Credit Industries

441,021 -3,334 -0.8 124,157 3.6

Keystone Financial Inc.

513,287 45,262 9.7 156,146 3.3

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

462,000 -81,077 -14.9 450,000 1.0

MidSouth Bancorp Inc. †

16,498 -4,530 -21.5 2519 6.5

Mortgage.com Inc.

604,507 262,966 77.0 341541 1.8

Net.Bank Inc.

2,766,634 2,137,493 339.7 629141 4.4

Northern Trust Corp.

3,414,093 -500,453 -12.8 1,124,378 3.0

Peoples Bank

683,938 92,978 15.7 129,908 5.3

Peoples Heritage Finan. Gr

3,442,403 398,364 13.1 795,274 4.3

Provident Financial Group

1,684,793 -527 0.0 177,523 9.5

Queens County Bancorp

266,209 -415,112 -60.9 107,075 2.5

Regions Financial Corp.

1,930,562 635,885 49.1 621,108 3.1

Republic Security Financial

271,996 61,752 29.4 240,909 1.1

Richmond County Financial

920,118 208,224 29.2 200,764 4.6

Roslyn Bancorp Inc.

1,031,608 -105,456 -9.3 407,628 2.5

SKY Financial Corp.

355,698 127,799 56.1 147,551 2.4

SouthTrust Corp.

718,380 -561,278 -43.9 870,814 0.8

Sovereign Bancorp Inc.

11,193,786 -698,938 -5.9 2,560,589 4.4

Susquehanna Bancshares

39,000 130 0.3 74,000 0.5

TrustCo Bank Corp. NY

388,354 -58,014 -13.0 64,789 6.0

United Bankshares, Inc.

130,000 -468 -0.4 65,000 2.0

Webster Financial Corp.

1,590,035 481,161 43.4 353,499 4.5

Westamerica Bancorp

539,441 35,849 7.1 174,251 3.1

WFS Financial Inc.

39,000 500 1.3 6,000 6.5

Zions Bancorporation

4,063,273 371,916 10.1 541,951 7.5

Bank-Related Totals

58,927,172 3,538,772 6.4% 14,963,424 3.9

Nasdaq Exchange Totals

2,618,936,228 205,307,533 8.5 1,742,580,000 1.5

AMEX Exchange Totals

184,161,492 20,941,910 12.8 49,533,000 3.7

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 holds constant 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 adjusted for stock split or dividend. R - Prior figures revised. Sources: New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and ILX Systems Inc. (s) Stock split or dividend in current month only. (r) previous month revised. (n) New York Stock Exchange. (q) Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Compiled by American Banker.
American Banker© 2000

M&A