Short sellers piled into two names this week. Wolfspeed saw its SI % of FF jump 11.3 points to a staggering 114.9% — bears are betting hard on the troubled chipmaker. Hertz followed close behind, with SI % FF leaping 11.1 points to 48.4%, signalling deep scepticism over the car rental group's recovery.
CoreWeave also caught fresh attention from shorts. SI % FF climbed 7.4 points to 28.4%, despite the AI cloud company's mega-cap status. Availability sits at 316%, meaning there's still plenty of stock to borrow.
ORTEX flagged NuScale Power separately. Short interest in the nuclear firm surged 21% in one week to 26.2% of float. Nuclear scepticism persists even as SMR reports TVA partnerships.
On the squeeze side, Avis Budget saw a sharp 10.4-point drop in short interest. That unwinding could signal a forced cover — worth watching.
Social chatter continues to circle GameStop, which holds 13.7% SI % FF. Strategy sits at 12%, with Dave Portnoy publicly down big on Bitcoin — MSTR exposure remains a hot topic online.
Comcast short interest jumped 13.3% in a single day, per ORTEX, nudging SI to 3% of float as the stock trades near multi-year lows.
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