Top 10 Small Cap Stocks with Highest Short Interest: AMED, FSYS, NTRI, SYNA, ATHN, PETS, ATPG, SQNM, BBBB, EBIX (Sep 06, 2010)

Below are the top 10 Small Cap stocks with the highest short interest as a percentage of total shares outstanding. Short Squeeze and Short Covering can cause these stocks to rise sharply.

Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMED) has the 1st highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 41.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 32.88, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSYS) has the 2nd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 41.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 21.32, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRI) has the 3rd highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 39.4% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 20.14, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) has the 4th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 34.6% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 21.87, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN) has the 5th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 34.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 10.4, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.

PetMed Express, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETS) has the 6th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 33.7% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 29.39, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:ATPG) has the 7th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 32.5% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 2.13, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) has the 8th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 32.2% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 7.27, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) has the 9th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 32.0% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 34.73, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume. Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX) has the 10th highest short interest in this segment of the market. Its short interest is 31.1% of its total shares outstanding. Its Days to Cover is 30.78, calculated as current short interest divided by average daily volume.