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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Billionaires Love These Heavily Shorted Stocks

Some heavily shorted stocks are being loved by billionaires. Curious about them?  Insider Monkey presents the "Billionaires Love These Heavily Shorted Stocks". We have identified five stocks that have at least 30% of their outstanding shares shorted, but are also loved by billionaires. The first is J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), which had 24 notable hedge funds - 13F filers - owning the stock as of 3Q, but still has 33% of its outstanding shares shorted. Sales for Penney are expected to be down in FY2013 on the back of reduced traffic and the absence of coupons.

The retailer also expects to see restructuring charges of $1.19 per share in FY2013, with an expected loss per share of $0.85. Penney still trades well below its peers on a P/S basis at 0.3x, versus Kohl's at 0.5x and Macy's at 0.6x. This discount is for good reason, though, as analysts do not expect the business to show signs of recovery until FY2014.