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SHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST RANK THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF SHORT INTEREST IN THE RETAIL REITS INDUSTRY (PEI, NNN, WRI, CBL, EQY)


Apr 26, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Retail REITs industry as measured by the short interest ratio. A higher short interest ratio may indicate the potential for a sizeable short squeeze.
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE:PEI) has a short interest ratio of 16.7 based on average daily volume of 335,000 shares and 5.6 million shares short. That equates to 10.1% of the 55.4 million shares outstanding.

National Retail Properties (NYSE:NNN) has a short interest ratio of 13.6 based on average daily volume of 614,000 shares and 8.4 million shares short. That equates to 9.9% of the 84.6 million shares outstanding.

Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) has a short interest ratio of 11.8 based on average daily volume of 830,000 shares and 9.8 million shares short. That equates to 8.2% of the 120.5 million shares outstanding.

CBL & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a short interest ratio of 11.7 based on average daily volume of 1 million shares and 17.6 million shares short. That equates to 11.9% of the 148.1 million shares outstanding.

Equity One (NYSE:EQY) has a short interest ratio of 11.7 based on average daily volume of 373,000 shares and 4.4 million shares short. That equates to 4% of the 107.8 million shares outstanding.

SmarTrend currently has shares of CBL & Associates Properties in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on September 15, 2010 at $13.41. The stock has risen 33.9% since the Uptrend alert was issued.

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