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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