Short sellers made bold moves last week. Wolfspeed tops the charts with 87% SI of free float — and that's not all. Bears added another +7.6 percentage points in just seven days. Availability sits at zero, meaning there are no shares left to borrow. This chip stock has shed 41% in three months. With a sky-high short score of 74.5 and 6.4 days-to-cover, a squeeze scenario cannot be dismissed.
Replimune also saw a sharp jump. SI leapt from 26.2% to 38.1% of free float — a +11.9pp weekly rise, the biggest among mid-caps. Availability is abundant at over 810%, so shorts can keep piling in.
Biotech Galectin Therapeutics holds a ORTEX short score of 90 — near the maximum. SI sits at 68.5% of free float with 24.6 days-to-cover. The stock has rallied +60% in three months, yet short sellers are not backing down.
Elsewhere, 1-800-Flowers.com is heavily shorted at with 27 days-to-cover. EPS momentum has cratered in one month, giving bears fresh ammunition.
On the macro front, the iShares MSCI Mexico ETF grabbed attention. Short interest surged 24% in one week to 7.7% of float, as Mexico faces currency headwinds and trade uncertainty with both the US and China.
Michael Burry's comments flagging AI chip competition for NVIDIA added social buzz, though NVDA itself remains very lightly shorted at just 1.3% of free float.
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