YDES Borrow Market Seizes as Stock Rockets 170%

Why this matters: Three lending-market signals fired on YDES simultaneously. Cost to borrow hit a record high. Availability collapsed. Short interest nearly quintupled in a week. All of it happened while the stock surged 170%.

A Borrow Market Under Extreme Stress

The cost to borrow YDES has hit 141.1% — an all-time record for the name. That is more than four times the level from one week ago, when CTB stood near 33%. For context, the stock spent most of August and early September in a tight range of 29–36% CTB. The move to 141% happened in two days: it jumped to 59.6% on September 24, then more than doubled again to 141% on September 25.

Availability tells the same story. At just 4.9%, only one share remains available to borrow for every twenty already lent out. A week ago availability sat above 66%. The collapse has been near-vertical.

Short Sellers Caught in the Rally

Short interest in YDES jumped 488% over the past week — from roughly 14,800 shares to 87,062. That build happened as the stock was already rallying hard. The stock closed at $7.11 on September 28, up 170% on the week and 24% on the day prior.

That combination — a large, fast-growing short position running into a stock moving violently higher — is precisely the setup that drives cost to borrow to record levels. Existing shorts face mounting losses. New shorts face a 141% annual borrowing cost just to enter the trade.

ORTEX's short score sits at 60.6, up from 54 two weeks ago. The utilization rank is in the 2nd percentile — meaning almost no other stock in the database has a tighter lending pool relative to its size.

What the Data Shows

• Cost to borrow: 141.1%, up 324% week-on-week — record high for YDES
• Availability: 4.9% — down from 66.7% one week ago; 52-week low is 2.4%
• Short interest: 87,062 shares estimated, up 488% in one week
• Price: +170% over the past week; +24% on September 28 alone
• ORTEX short score: 60.6 (rising); utilization rank: 2nd percentile
• Next earnings: December 1, 2026
• CEO insider buying: Three open-market purchases in early September at $3.67–$3.93; stock now trades at $7.11