Post Time:Dec 07,2010Classify:Industry NewsView:412
Below are the top five companies in the Metal & Glass Containers industry ranked by the lowest short interest ratio. A low short interest ratio may indicate that there are only a few people who are bearish on the stock.
Ball (NYSE:BLL) has a short interest ratio of 1.9 based on average daily volume of 751,000 shares and 1.4 million shares short. That equates to 1.6% of the 88.3 million shares outstanding.
Owens-Illinois (NYSE:OI) has a short interest ratio of 1.9 based on average daily volume of 1 million shares and 3.4 million shares short. That equates to 2.1% of the 163.6 million shares outstanding.
Crown Holdings (NYSE:CCK) has a short interest ratio of 1.9 based on average daily volume of 995,000 shares and 1.9 million shares short. That equates to 1.2% of the 159.3 million shares outstanding.
Silgan Holdings (NASDAQ:SLGN) has a short interest ratio of 3.2 based on average daily volume of 527,000 shares and 1.7 million shares short. That equates to 2.2% of the 76.8 million shares outstanding.
Aptargroup (NYSE:ATR) has a short interest ratio of 3.8 based on average daily volume of 149,000 shares and 560,000 shares short. That equates to 0.8% of the 67.1 million shares outstanding.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Ball in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on July 14, 2010 at $55.42. The stock has risen 24.2% since the Uptrend alert was issued.
Source: http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=339lAuthor: shangyi