MarketWatch – Our database of 13F filers comes in handy for identifying stocks which are widely owned by the hedge funds and other investors we track. This is also true for a number of areas, including heavily shorted stocks.
Using data from Fidelity and our own 13F database, here are the five most widely owned stocks among hedge funds with market capitalizations of at least $2 billion which also feature at least 20% of the total shares outstanding held short.