Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Chewy is one of the biggest short-side stories this week. Its SI % of FF jumped from 65.95% on 8 October to 91.27% by 15 October. That 25-point swing in seven days is the largest absolute move among mid- and large-cap stocks tracked by ORTEX. With a short score of 59 and 10.1 days to cover, positioning here has tightened sharply.
Hertz sits at 73.2% SI % FF, up from 71.7% last week. Short sellers show no sign of backing off the car-rental firm, which carries a cost to borrow of 7.3%.
On the retail side, DICK'S Sporting Goods saw its SI % FF jump from 13.3% to 18.3% in a single week. That is a 38% relative increase. Consumer credit data shows GM delinquencies running 1.2 standard deviations above their own history, per ORTEX Alt Data. That reading may be adding broader pressure on consumer-exposed shorts.
SailPoint is a fresh short target in software. Its SI % FF rose from 27.5% to 33.5% in one week. holds an ORTEX short score of 96, the highest among named mid-caps, with a cost to borrow of 92.9%.
On the unwind side, Groupon saw shorts pare back by 6 points to 63.4% SI % FF. Tesla stays lightly shorted at 2.5% SI % FF, reflecting limited bearish appetite ahead of its Q3 earnings print on 21 October. ORTEX Alt Data shows German car registrations running 269% above the same quarter last year, a dataset that leads Tesla revenue by 43 days with a strong fit.
1-800-Flowers remains one of the most structurally shorted names at 79% SI % FF, with 31.4 days to cover.
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