Biggest short-interest movers, October 21, 2026: InnovAge leads the builds, LEG Immobilien tops Europe
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US
Short sellers added most to InnovAge (INNV): short interest rose 2.3 points in a session to 10.4% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year.
The largest cover was in Legend Biotech (LEGN), where short interest fell 2.4 points to 19.6%, while the stock lost 2.2% over the week.
Across the 2180 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 1022 and fell in 1138.
PLSE was also among the biggest builds in the previous edition.
Biggest short-interest builds: US
| Company | Ticker | SI % free float | 1-day change | 1-week change | Days to cover | Cost to borrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InnovAge Holding Corp. | INNV | 10.4% | +2.3 pts | +2.2 pts | 4.7 | 0.47% |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | LEVI | 11.7% | +2.1 pts | +2.7 pts | 2.0 | 0.52% |
| TIC Solutions, Inc. | TIC | 23.2% | +2.0 pts | +1.7 pts | 16.9 | 0.35% |
| Braveheart Bio, Inc. | BRVE | 39.0% | +1.1 pts | +2.8 pts | 11.2 | 9.86% |
| BKV Corporation | BKV | 37.2% | +1.1 pts | +1.7 pts | 6.1 | 1.50% |
| Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. | REYN | 14.0% | +1.0 pts | +1.1 pts | 6.1 | 0.38% |
| Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | PLSE | 17.5% | +0.91 pts | +2.1 pts | 8.1 | 1.20% |
| Ethos Technologies Inc. | LIFE | 13.4% | +0.86 pts | +0.58 pts | 2.3 | 1.25% |
| Lucid Group, Inc. | LCID | 64.3% | +0.78 pts | +1.7 pts | 9.6 | 13.12% |
| Quantinuum Inc. | QNT | 18.1% | +0.76 pts | +1.4 pts | 2.5 | 0.77% |
Biggest short-interest covers: US
| Company | Ticker | SI % free float | 1-day change | 1-week change | Days to cover | Cost to borrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legend Biotech Corporation | LEGN | 19.6% | -2.4 pts | +0.25 pts | 8.8 | 0.63% |
| Replimune Group, Inc. | REPL | 28.7% | -2.2 pts | -2.1 pts | 9.5 | 0.43% |
| Summit Therapeutics Inc. | SMMT | 27.4% | -1.3 pts | -0.52 pts | 5.9 | 0.72% |
| Fervo Energy Company | FRVO | 12.1% | -1.2 pts | -2.5 pts | 2.2 | 1.51% |
| ABIVAX Société Anonyme | ABVX | 8.1% | -1.2 pts | -1.1 pts | 5.3 | 0.50% |
| Strive, Inc. | ASST | 23.7% | -0.98 pts | -3.3 pts | 2.0 | 1.08% |
| Kardigan, Inc. | KARD | 10.5% | -0.93 pts | -0.12 pts | 8.2 | 2.77% |
| SharonAI Holdings Inc. | SHAZ | 12.5% | -0.92 pts | -0.63 pts | 1.3 | 2.00% |
| Medtronic plc | MDT | 3.7% | -0.80 pts | -6.4 pts | 1.3 | 0.51% |
| Power Solutions International, Inc. | PSIX | 24.0% | -0.80 pts | -1.0 pts | 4.3 | 0.56% |
Europe
Short sellers added most to LEG Immobilien (LEG): short interest rose 0.97 points in a session to 3.7% of free float, against a one-year high of 3.8%, and is up 1.6 points on the week, while the stock gained 6.6% over the week.
The largest cover was in InPost (INPST), where short interest fell 0.86 points to 1.5%.
Across the 1062 European stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 379 and fell in 355.
Biggest short-interest builds: Europe
| Company | Ticker | SI % free float | 1-day change | 1-week change | Days to cover | Cost to borrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEG Immobilien SE | LEG | 3.7% | +0.97 pts | +1.6 pts | 4.3 | 1.08% |
| Saipem SpA | SPM | 21.1% | +0.82 pts | +1.2 pts | 18.3 | 0.71% |
| Randstad N.V. | RAND | 5.1% | +0.77 pts | +2.0 pts | 7.7 | 0.81% |
| Davide Campari-Milano N.V. | CPR | 8.6% | +0.72 pts | +0.90 pts | 9.5 | 0.85% |
| CVS Group plc | CVSG | 6.2% | +0.61 pts | +0.73 pts | 8.9 | 0.69% |
| Stellantis N.V. | STLAM | 11.4% | +0.58 pts | +1.6 pts | 6.3 | 0.94% |
| Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A. | UNI | 3.4% | +0.52 pts | +1.7 pts | 7.1 | 0.84% |
| Rheinmetall AG | RHM | 2.2% | +0.51 pts | -0.01 pts | 5.1 | 0.63% |
| JD Sports Fashion Plc | JD. | 8.4% | +0.43 pts | +0.43 pts | 16.0 | 0.56% |
| Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. | JMT | 1.4% | +0.40 pts | +0.55 pts | 2.7 | 0.39% |
Biggest short-interest covers: Europe
| Company | Ticker | SI % free float | 1-day change | 1-week change | Days to cover | Cost to borrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| InPost S.A. | INPST | 1.5% | -0.86 pts | -0.46 pts | 0.1 | 1.41% |
| Scout24 SE | G24 | 0.4% | -0.73 pts | -1.1 pts | 0.8 | 0.69% |
| J D Wetherspoon plc | JDW | 7.8% | -0.46 pts | -2.3 pts | 15.6 | 1.26% |
| Bonesupport Holding AB (publ) | BONEX | 10.2% | -0.45 pts | -1.3 pts | 18.1 | 0.89% |
| Rightmove plc | RMV | 11.9% | -0.44 pts | -0.29 pts | 17.9 | 0.57% |
| Convatec Group PLC | CTEC | 4.7% | -0.42 pts | -0.65 pts | 9.3 | 0.64% |
| H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) | HM B | 15.0% | -0.38 pts | +0.25 pts | 27.0 | 0.99% |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | AFX | 13.0% | -0.38 pts | -0.86 pts | 29.6 | 2.05% |
| Demant A/S | DEMANT | 9.6% | -0.37 pts | -0.01 pts | 25.3 | 1.28% |
| RENK Group AG | R3NK | 8.9% | -0.35 pts | -0.61 pts | 11.4 | 1.52% |
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How this article was generated
- Generated
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:51
- Data as of
- 21 Oct 2026, 00:00
- Prompt version
- roundup-v1
- Data sources
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