What changed
Trimble Inc. ($TRMB) is the top short at -20.5% and 85 conf: earnings yield vs bonds is the main drag, illiquidity helps only slightly, short interest is not the story. Realty Income Corporation ($O) at -20.2% is different: short interest and illiquidity drag harder, earnings yield vs bonds is third. Bio-Techne Corporation ($TECH) at -19.3% keeps the earnings-yield problem but adds short interest and 60d volatility as negatives.
Pfizer Inc. ($PFE) at -17.2% and 84 conf: earnings yield vs bonds, 60d volatility, and illiquidity all stack against it. Molson Coors Beverage Company ($TAP) at -16.9% has the biggest short-interest hit here (-0.0656), plus earnings yield vs bonds; illiquidity is a rare positive. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($LYV) at -16.6% is the cleaner macro-duration short: earnings yield vs bonds and short interest down, 60d volatility down.
Dow Inc. ($DOW) at -16.5% and 83 conf: earnings yield vs bonds, short interest, and fwd/trail P/E all drag. The Mosaic Company ($M
Why it matters
Trimble Inc. ($TRMB) is the top short at -20.5% and 85 conf: earnings yield vs bonds is the main drag, illiquidity helps only slightly, short interest is not the story. Realty Income Corporation ($O)