Bears Pile Into Hertz While Wolfspeed Shorts Stay Trapped

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Two names stand out for very different reasons.

HTZ leads the charge on the bearish side. Hertz short interest jumped to 76.7% of free float — up 6.3 percentage points in just seven days. Shares to borrow are essentially gone, with availability at zero. The rental car company remains a favourite target for bears.

WLFC saw the sharpest weekly surge. Willis Lease Finance short interest more than doubled, rising from 7.1% to 18.6% of free float in one week. That's an 11.5 percentage point spike — a significant move for a $1.4B aviation leasing firm.

WOLF remains deeply underwater for bulls. Wolfspeed sits at 80.6% short interest with zero borrowable shares. Cost to borrow stands at 7.2%. The semiconductor company's stock has rallied 162% over three months — a painful squeeze environment for bears still holding.

On the squeeze side, SNSE carries the highest ORTEX short score at 99. Sensei Biotherapeutics has 118% of its float sold short. That's a classic squeeze setup.

Canadian National Railway (CNR) caught the eye of ORTEX News today. Short interest plummeted 30% in a single day to just 0.48% of float — its lowest level in months.

LUCK carries a short score of 96 with 47 days to cover. Lucky Strike Entertainment looks vulnerable to a squeeze.

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