WOLF is the headline short story right now. Short interest in the struggling SiC chipmaker sits at 85.2% of free float — and it jumped nearly 7 percentage points in just seven days. Borrowing costs are low at 4%, meaning bears have room to keep pressing. With shares down nearly 49% over three months, the pain trade is stacking up fast.
BYND remains a short-seller favourite. SI stands at an eye-watering 880% of free float — yes, eight times the float — with a cost to borrow of 89.5% APR and zero availability. That's a powder keg for a squeeze.
GALT (Galectin Therapeutics) is climbing the most-shorted table. SI hit 68.9% of FF, up sharply, while availability is just 11.9%. The short score hit 90.3. Bears are paying 14.3% to borrow.
CXW (CoreCivic) saw the sharpest weekly jump among mid-caps — SI leapt from 2.3% to 10.0%, a near-fourfold surge in a week.
On the other side, CHWY shorts retreated hard. SI fell from — a 12-point drop — flagging a potential short cover rally in the pet retailer. also saw bears exit, with SI down 8.6 points to 30.3%.
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