Weis Markets

WMK

Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid-Atlantic food retailer based in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, It currently operates 198 stores with over 23,000 employees in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Virginia, and Delaware. As of December 2017, The Weis family owns 65% of the company stock which has been listed on NYSE since 1965.

Weis Markets has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 9.83% is significantly above the average of the last 12 months (6.70%).