5 Best High Short Interest Stocks to Buy Now

2. Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI)

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Float Shorted: 52.6%   

Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI) stock has offered investors returns exceeding 67% over the course of the past six months. It is placed second on our list of 10 best high short interest stocks to buy now. The firm is headquartered in Missouri and sells respiratory products used by healthcare companies. Some of the products it sells include aluminum oxygen cylinders, oxygen regulators, pneumatic nebulizers, and portable suction equipment, among other disposable products. 

The share price of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI) has been surging ever since the US government released new recommendations on the use of masks in public spaces and revealed that the Delta variant of the virus was as contagious as chickenpox. 

Out of the hedge funds being tracked by Insider Monkey, Chicago-based firm Citadel Investment Group is a leading shareholder in Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI) with 44,400 shares worth more than $210,000.