Short sellers turned noticeably more aggressive this past week. Two names led the charge in SI momentum.
PURR — Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. — saw the sharpest move. Short interest jumped nearly 10 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 27.2% of free float. Bears are clearly skeptical of the crypto-adjacent strategy play.
RDDT saw short interest climb from 13.8% to 17.4% in a week — a 3.6pp rise. Reddit's $22B market cap makes this one of the more notable large-cap short builds lately. Availability remains ample at 275%, so shorts can still add.
WOLF stays in extreme territory. Wolfspeed's SI stands at 78.3% of free float. Zero shares are available to borrow. With a 7-day DTC and the stock down 65% in three months, the squeeze setup is structurally tight.
Elsewhere, ORTEX flagged LEU — Centrus Energy — with utilization hitting 100% and zero shares left to borrow. UAMY hit the same ceiling for a fifth straight month. Both names are now essentially un-shortable for new entrants.
PAYC also drew fresh bearish attention. Short interest rose 3.2pp to 11.5% over the past week on the $10B payroll software firm.
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