Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Short sellers moved hard into CHWY this week. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 21.4 points in seven days to 89.4%. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves across any large-cap US stock right now.
MMED MiniMed Group sits at the top of the most-shorted table. Its SI % FF stands at 95.4%. The cost to borrow is 77%. Availability is nearly zero, making new short positions expensive to build.
WOLF Wolfspeed added 4.6 points over the week to reach 86.1% short interest. The semiconductor firm is down 17% over the past three months. Days to cover sits at 10.8, meaning any squeeze would be drawn out.
EVCM EverCommerce leads on short score at 95.6. Its cost to borrow is 84%, a level that signals strong bearish conviction and limited stock to borrow. SI % FF is 14.4%.
SKYD Skydance also saw a big build, up 19.6 points to 64.8% in a week.
On the other side of the debate, TSLA Tesla reports earnings on 21 October. Short interest is just 2.5% of free float. German car registration data, tracked by ORTEX Alt Data as a leading indicator of Tesla revenue (43-day lead, strong fit), is running 269% above the same quarter last year. That is a reading, not a forecast for the print.
GM General Motors also reports on 20 October. Its SI % FF is 2.4%. The same German car dataset, which leads GM revenue by 15 days, is running 133% ahead year-on-year through three months.
US core CPI fell to 2.6% in September, its lowest September reading in five years. Lower inflation generally eases pressure on rate-sensitive short targets.
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