ALUMINA IS AMONG THE COMPANIES IN THE ALUMINUM INDUSTRY WITH THE SMALLEST SHORT INTEREST (AWC, CENX, NOR, AA, KALU)

Below are the top five companies in the Aluminum industry ranked by the lowest short interest ratio. A low short interest ratio may indicate that there are only a few people who are bearish on the stock.

Alumina (NYSE:AWC - Snapshot Report) has a short interest ratio of 2.1 based on average daily volume of 141,000 shares and 303,000 shares short. That equates to 0% of the 610 million shares outstanding.

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX - Snapshot Report) has a short interest ratio of 2.5 based on average daily volume of 1 million shares and 4.3 million shares short. That equates to 4.6% of the 93.1 million shares outstanding.

Noranda Aluminum (NYSE:NOR - Snapshot Report) has a short interest ratio of 2.5 based on average daily volume of 206,000 shares and 518,000 shares short. That equates to 0.8% of the 66.8 million shares outstanding.

Alcoa (NYSE:AA - Analyst Report) has a short interest ratio of 3 based on average daily volume of 20 million shares and 61.6 million shares short. That equates to 5.8% of the 1.1 billion shares outstanding.

Kaiser Aluminum (NASDAQ:KALU - Snapshot Report) has a short interest ratio of 8 based on average daily volume of 155,000 shares and 1.2 million shares short. That equates to 6.5% of the 19.3 million shares outstanding.

SmarTrend currently has shares of Kaiser Aluminum in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on June 24, 2011 at $52.41. The stock has risen 6.6% since the Uptrend alert was issued.