Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
CHWY is this week's most dramatic short interest move. Its SI % of free float jumped 25 percentage points in seven days, reaching 91.3% as of 15 October. That is one of the sharpest single-week builds in the US market right now.
SKYD (Skydance) also saw a big move, up 15.3 points to 65%. CHRN rose 10.6 points to 47.3%, and energy storage name FLNC added 5.7 points to 38%.
Among the consumer names, DKS (DICK'S Sporting Goods) climbed 5 points to 18.3% short interest. SONO (Sonos) rose 5.5 points to 14.9%.
On the other side, MMED saw shorts cover hard, with SI dropping 73 points to 30%.
LCID remains the most heavily shorted popular name at 62.7% of free float. RIVN sits at 18.3%. TSLA is relatively light at 2.5%, despite reporting earnings on 21 October. ORTEX alt data shows German car registrations running 269% above the same quarter last year, a dataset with a 43-day lead on Tesla revenue.
GM's short interest is just 2.4%, but its auto-loan delinquencies are running 1.2 standard deviations above the peer group, a detail bears may be watching ahead of its 20 October earnings report.
PCG carries 1.45% SI, but its reactor output hit 10 standard deviations below its own history on 15 October.
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