Short interest data through August 14 shows a week of big moves. Bears added heavily to several names while covering hard in others.
REPL saw the sharpest jump. Replimune Group's short interest leapt to 38.1% of free float, up from 27.4% just one week ago — a 10.75 percentage point surge. Biotech bears are circling.
SHOE (Shoe Station Group) followed close behind. SI climbed from 26.7% to 35.9% in seven days. That's a 9.3 point move on a small-cap retail name.
CXW — CoreCivic, the private prison operator — saw the most dramatic proportional shift. Short interest jumped from just 2.4% to nearly 10% of free float in a single week.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) holds the bleakest reading among sizeable names. SI sits at 85.6% — and availability is zero. Bears can barely add more even if they want to.
GALT (Galectin Therapeutics) is at 68.5% with a short score of 90. Cost to borrow sits at 14.3%. That's a combustible setup.
CHWY (Chewy) dropped from 75.7% to 63.4% — a 12-point cover in one week. Someone is exiting a large bet.
Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) also saw shorts retreat sharply, falling from 30.8% to 19.8%.
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