Short sellers are piling into beaten-down names this week. Solid Biosciences saw the sharpest increase among mid-cap US stocks. Its short interest jumped nearly 8 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 39.6% of free float.
Five9 is another notable mover. SI rose from 11.1% to 13.7% over the past week. Bears are circling the cloud software firm as the AI disruption narrative intensifies.
Chewy remains one of the most heavily shorted large stocks on the market. SI stands at 81.3% of free float. Availability is high at 385% — meaning shares are easy to borrow and no squeeze looks imminent.
Hertz sits at 80.5% SI. Crucially, availability has hit zero. That is a warning flag for shorts — borrowing is effectively impossible right now.
EverCommerce carries the highest ORTEX short score at 96. Its cost to borrow is 60% APR. Days to cover stand at 23 — a potential squeeze candidate if sentiment shifts.
AMD is trending hard after missing lofty earnings expectations. Despite the 9% after-hours drop, SI is just 2.4% of free float. Short sellers have not been driving this selloff — it is purely a disappointed-bull story.
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