Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Short sellers grew bolder across several liquid names this week. The biggest mover among stocks worth over $1 billion was CHWY. Its short interest jumped 21 percentage points in seven days to 89.4% of free float. Bears are clearly not buying the recovery story.
MMED (MiniMed Group) sits at the very top of the large-cap short table. SI hit 95.4% of free float with a cost to borrow of 197%. Availability is effectively zero at 0.0001%. That combination makes a squeeze mechanically possible but very costly to trigger.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) also remains deeply shorted at 86.1% of free float. No shares are available to borrow. Days to cover stands at nearly 11. The semiconductor company has shed 17% over three months.
SKYD (Skydance) saw a sharp 20-point rise in SI to 64.8% of free float in seven days. Availability is thin at just 20%. That makes it one to watch for squeeze potential.
TSLA sits at the opposite end. Short interest is just 2.5% of free float. ORTEX alt data flags German car registrations running 269% above the same quarter last year, a dataset with a strong fit to Tesla revenue 43 days ahead. Bears are not pressing the trade here.
MDT (Medtronic) caught attention too. SI tripled in a week from 2.9% to 9.4% of free float. For a $119 billion healthcare giant that is an unusually sharp move.
CPI hit a record September high of 336.94 this year, adding pressure on consumer names. CHWY and DKS (Dick's Sporting Goods, up 4.8 points to 18.3%) are both in the crosshairs.
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