Short sellers accelerated positions in several notable names this week. CHWY saw the biggest jump. Short interest hit 80.4% of free float on July 28 — up 14.2 percentage points in just seven days.
HTZ is close behind. Hertz short interest climbed to 84.1% of FF, a 7.5pp rise on the week. Bears show no signs of backing off the troubled car rental group.
GRPN also drew fresh shorting. Groupon's SI jumped 8.7pp to 74.4% of free float. Days-to-cover sits at 7.9, creating real squeeze risk if the stock rallies.
Sable Offshore was another notable new entry. SI surged from 32.6% to 44.5%, a gain of nearly 12pp in a week. Availability sits at zero — no shares left to borrow.
On the short-squeeze radar, WOLF — Wolfspeed — stays extreme. SI is 80.6% of FF with zero availability. The stock is up 162% in three months, squeezing bears hard.
FT headlines flagged a broader AI chip sell-off, with hedge funds demanding collateral and the Nasdaq 100 briefly entering correction territory. That backdrop rattled sentiment across tech and semiconductor names.
Meanwhile, LUCK holds the highest short score at 96. Cost to borrow runs 27.8% APR — a sign bearish conviction is expensive to maintain. Days-to-cover of 47 makes a squeeze very plausible.
Data sourced from ORTEX as of July 28, 2026. This is not financial advice.
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