15 Most Crowded Hedge Fund Stocks That Are Targeted by Short Sellers

3. Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE:APO)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 90

Short Interest:  5.29%

Apollo Global Management, Inc. operates as a private equity firm. It focuses on investments in infrastructure, credit, private equity, secondaries, and real estate markets. According to a recent deal, the company plans to acquire Hav Energy LNG Holding AS, a maritime liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure platform. The financial details of this deal were not released.

JPMorgan recently maintained its Overweight rating on the stock after the release of its first quarter 2025 earnings. However, the firm lowered its price target from $161 to $151 due to the company’s lower-than-expected financial results.

Chairman and CEO Marc Rowan highlighted:

“In Asset Management, we generated record organic inflows, strong origination volume, and delivered solid investment performance across all major strategies. In Retirement Services, consistent with our longstanding approach of positioning the business to seize opportunity, we accelerated new business growth and invested conservatively to be able to redeploy into widening spreads.”

The company maintained its 2025 guidance, indicating mid-single-digit growth for spread-related earnings (SRE) and a 15% to 20% increase for FRE. With a significant $64 billion in dry powder, the firm is poised to deploy capital and boost future growth through proprietary origination.