Bears Pile Into Chewy, CoreCivic Surges on Short Bets

Short sellers are moving fast this week. Chewy leads all large-cap names. SI hit 95.6% of free float. That is a remarkable level for a $9.2B retailer. Availability sits at 477% — borrow is easy. Bears keep adding.

CoreCivic is the week's biggest mover. SI jumped from 2.4% to 10.2% in just seven days. That's a 7.9 percentage-point leap. The prison operator is now firmly in bears' crosshairs.

Wolfspeed remains deeply shorted at 82.9% of free float. The semiconductor maker has shed 44% over three months. Zero borrow availability signals extreme squeeze risk. Days to cover stands at nearly 5.

Tango Therapeutics SI climbed another 6.7 points this week to 64.3%. Borrow availability is near 4,000% — short sellers face no friction adding positions.

Replimune saw SI rise 8 points to 43.8%. The oncology biotech is drawing fresh bearish attention.

On the social-media radar, GME sits at 15.3% SI. Tesla remains lightly shorted at 2.5%. Strategy holds 8.8% SI with cheap borrow at 0.46%.

Campbell's is the consumer staples surprise. SI jumped 4.5 points to 26%. Bears are betting the soup giant keeps struggling.

This is not financial advice.