Bears are building positions into earnings season. Short interest and bearish options sentiment are rising fast on several high-profile names.
CoreWeave is drawing intense scrutiny. Short interest hit 33.1% of free float. That is up 4.8 percentage points in just one week. The AI cloud firm reports earnings soon. Bears are not waiting.
Chewy faces even more pressure. SI stands at 74.8% of free float — among the highest for any US mid-cap. It climbed another 4.4 points this week. Bearish bets on the pet retailer have accelerated heading into its next report.
Wolfspeed remains a standout extreme. Bears hold more than 103% of its free float short. That figure rose another 4.5 points in the past seven days. The chipmaker continues to bleed cash and bears show no sign of easing off.
Meta faces a different kind of pressure. The company reined in a new AI tool that automatically accessed public Instagram images following criticism. Despite its $1.47 trillion market cap, short sellers are watching AI governance risks closely.
UnitedHealth also sits in focus. Analysts flagged the healthcare giant alongside pharma names this week. Short interest there remains low at under 2%. But sentiment is shifting as earnings season kicks off with big financial names reporting now.
Bears are clearly circling AI-linked and high-growth names. Earnings results over the next two weeks will determine who is right.
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