Short sellers turned aggressively bearish on the rental car sector this week. HTZ saw its short interest jump 10.85 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 84.3% of free float. Peer CAR (Avis Budget) also climbed, rising 6.6 points to 36.1%.
CHWY added 5.8 points to reach 75.6% of free float. Short availability there is high at 460%, meaning bears can still pile in easily.
WOLF remains the single most-shorted US stock by this measure. SI stands at 118.8% of free float. Its short score is 76. The semiconductor firm has rallied 162% over three months. Zero shares are available to borrow.
PCT (PureCycle Technologies) holds a short score of 84 and SI at 45.6%. It also rose 84% in three months — short pressure is building against the rally.
On the squeeze side, shorts covered hard in pharma. MDGL shed 10 points of SI to 13.9%. dropped 9.7 points to 12.9%. (CoreWeave) fell 8.2 points to 20.7% — a notable retreat from AI bears.
LUCK (Lucky Strike Entertainment) tops the short score table at 96. It carries 47 days to cover and a cost to borrow of 27.8%. That combination screams squeeze risk.
Hedge funds are also raising bets against critical minerals companies, per FT reporting — a theme worth watching.
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