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Walmart tops the list of stocks hedge funds hate to short (WMT:NASDAQ)

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Jan. 14, 2026 4:38 PM ETWalmart Inc. (WMT) StockSPY, AAPL, IVV, GOOG, AMZN, SCHW, MSFT, ORCL, HD, PG, MA, JPM, SPGI, LLY, CVX, GD, MS, APH, CB, AON, VOO, RTXBy: Kim Khan, SA News Editor
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BofA estimates that 85% of total market short interest comes from hedge funds.

Here is their list of the S&P 500 (SPY) (IVV) (VOO) stocks least shorted by hedge funds:

  1. Walmart Inc. (WMT), percentage of float short 0.59%

  2. Amazon.com, Inc. (

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