Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Short sellers made aggressive moves into two mid-cap names last week. MMED saw the biggest jump of any stock over $500M in market cap. Its short interest hit 102.9% of free float, up 24 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are borrowing shares worth more than the entire tradeable float.
WOLF is another target. Wolfspeed short interest climbed to 84.2% of free float, up 3.7 points over the week. The chip maker already carries a cost to borrow near 2% and days-to-cover above 11. Any squeeze would take almost two weeks of average trading volume to cover.
MDT was a surprise mover. Medtronic short interest tripled in a week, rising from 1.5% to 4.6% of free float. That is a large relative shift for a mega-cap medical device company.
EVCM carries the highest short score among names with a real following. Its cost to borrow is 78%, and shares available to borrow sit at just 1.3% of short interest. Short sellers here are deeply committed.
Bank earnings dominate this week's calendar. BAC, UNH and SCHW all report. Bears in those names will be watching closely.
Japan machine tool sales hit a 17-year August record in 2026, according to ORTEX Alt Data. That kind of industrial demand tends to ease pressure on cyclicals, but it has not stopped shorts building positions in sector-adjacent names like WNC, where short interest rose to 15.3% from 11.1%.
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