The latest short interest data was released this afternoon and while it shows that short interest as a share of market cap for the typical stock remains extremely low, as the following Goldman chart reveals…

… there are some notable exceptions.

So using an analysis we first conducted three weeks ago as a reference – when we laid out the most shorted Russell 3000 names – Goldman’s David Kostin has assembled the Russell 3000 stocks with the largest outstanding short interest as a share of float as of Jan 29, as well as the largest recent changes in short interest as a share of float.

The results are below:

Next, here are the Russell 3000 stocks with the largest INCREASE in short interest as a share of float between January 15 and January 29…

and finally, here are the Russell 3000 stocks with the largest DECREASE in short interest as a share of float between January 15 and January 29.