Short sellers have been busy this week. BRVE — Braveheart Bio — tops the US short interest rankings with a staggering 226% of free float shorted. That figure jumped +36.5 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are piling on fast.
Wolfspeed remains a prime target at 82% SI % FF. Chips lead bearish options flow this week, with NVDA and AMD also drawing heavy put activity. Wolfspeed's stock has crashed 55% in three months. Short sellers show no sign of backing off.
HTZ sits at 68% SI % FF. Hertz added another 1.6 points in a week. The rental car giant has shed 64% in three months. Availability is zero — there are no more shares left to borrow.
LCID — Lucid Group — holds at 50.7% SI % FF, ticking up 1 point. Bears remain committed to the EV underdog.
On the flip side, CHWY saw shorts cover sharply. SI fell 3.5 points to 74%. Bearish options flow still targets Chewy, but the covering suggests some unease among short holders.
GME short interest slipped to just 0.9% FF. The meme era squeeze threat is essentially gone. MMED — MiniMed Group — is the week's sharpest new mover, jumping 11 points to 38.5% SI % FF.
CROX and BBY also saw meaningful short builds. Crocs climbed to 12.8%, and Best Buy hit 9.3%, both up around 2 points week-on-week ahead of a busy earnings season.
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