Biggest short-interest movers, October 22, 2026: Hemab Therapeutics leads the builds, NV Bekaert tops Europe

US

Short sellers added most to Hemab Therapeutics (COAG): short interest rose 2.3 points in a session to 21.1% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year, and is up 2.4 points on the week, while the stock gained 7.1% over the week.

The largest cover was in Levi Strauss & (LEVI), where short interest fell 2.5 points to 9.2%, while the stock gained 3.4% over the week.

Across the 2183 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 993 and fell in 1171.

BKV 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
Hemab Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.	COAG	21.1%	+2.3 pts	+2.4 pts	10.4	2.32%
Pagaya Technologies Ltd.	PGY	16.6%	+1.9 pts	+1.5 pts	5.6	0.58%
BKV Corporation	BKV	38.6%	+1.4 pts	+3.9 pts	6.2	0.52%
First Busey Corporation	BUSE	8.1%	+1.2 pts	+2.0 pts	8.4	0.39%
USA TODAY Co., Inc.	TDAY	29.6%	+1.1 pts	+2.6 pts	11.4	0.48%
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.	SPB	20.7%	+0.99 pts	+1.5 pts	12.5	0.41%
Mission Produce, Inc.	AVO	12.0%	+0.96 pts	+0.94 pts	5.8	0.57%
Parabilis Medicines, Inc.	PBLS	13.5%	+0.94 pts	-0.02 pts	10.6	1.50%
Olin Corporation	OLN	15.4%	+0.94 pts	+1.3 pts	3.5	0.48%
Argan, Inc.	AGX	10.9%	+0.90 pts	+1.5 pts	4.5	0.50%

Biggest short-interest covers: US

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Levi Strauss & Co.	LEVI	9.2%	-2.5 pts	+0.51 pts	1.6	0.50%
Chewy, Inc.	CHWY	86.7%	-1.9 pts	-4.5 pts	3.6	0.39%
InnovAge Holding Corp.	INNV	8.5%	-1.9 pts	+0.50 pts	3.9	0.37%
Wolfspeed, Inc.	WOLF	83.8%	-1.7 pts	-0.04 pts	5.5	1.85%
Globant S.A.	GLOB	29.7%	-1.1 pts	-0.87 pts	13.7	0.60%
Strive, Inc.	ASST	22.7%	-1.0 pts	-2.5 pts	1.9	1.04%
Pulse Biosciences, Inc.	PLSE	16.5%	-0.99 pts	+0.92 pts	7.9	1.22%
GPGI, Inc.	GPGI	19.9%	-0.88 pts	-0.61 pts	18.3	0.72%
TIC Solutions, Inc.	TIC	22.3%	-0.88 pts	-0.04 pts	16.0	0.37%
Biglari Holdings Inc.	BH	24.0%	-0.81 pts	-0.51 pts	1.8	1.16%

Europe

Short sellers added most to NV Bekaert (BEKB): short interest rose 1.3 points in a session to 1.4% of free float, against a one-year high of 5.5%, while the stock gained 2.7% over the week.

The largest cover was in Okeanis Eco Tankers (OET), where short interest fell 2.7 points to 1.8%, while the stock lost 4.1% over the week.

Across the 1056 European stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 351 and fell in 349.

LEG, CPR and RAND were also among the biggest builds in the previous edition.

Biggest short-interest builds: Europe

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
NV Bekaert SA	BEKB	1.4%	+1.3 pts	+1.3 pts	10.3	0.78%
LEG Immobilien SE	LEG	4.9%	+1.2 pts	+2.7 pts	5.5	1.18%
OVH Groupe S.A.	OVH	1.4%	+1.1 pts	+1.1 pts	2.7	2.82%
Davide Campari-Milano N.V.	CPR	9.4%	+0.81 pts	+1.8 pts	10.3	1.02%
Viscofan, S.A.	VIS	4.1%	+0.73 pts	+0.73 pts	19.3	0.59%
Breedon Group plc	BREE	15.8%	+0.54 pts	+0.82 pts	40.1	0.57%
Randstad N.V.	RAND	5.6%	+0.50 pts	+2.3 pts	8.2	0.81%
Vistry Group PLC	VTY	23.6%	+0.46 pts	+0.86 pts	22.7	1.23%
thyssenkrupp AG	TKA	1.6%	+0.41 pts	+0.05 pts	5.4	0.68%
Aroundtown SA	AT1	3.8%	+0.38 pts	+0.38 pts	8.9	0.88%

Biggest short-interest covers: Europe

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp.	OET	1.8%	-2.7 pts	-1.7 pts	3.8	1.67%
Tenaris S.A.	TEN	0.6%	-0.99 pts	-0.99 pts	1.7	0.76%
Iveco Group N.V.	IVG	3.5%	-0.84 pts	-0.85 pts	5.3	0.82%
Crédit Agricole S.A.	ACA	2.1%	-0.76 pts	+0.24 pts	3.1	1.15%
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.	DAN	6.1%	-0.55 pts	-0.79 pts	3.8	1.37%
Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A.	JMT	0.9%	-0.48 pts	-0.05 pts	1.8	0.39%
Gerresheimer AG	GXI	9.3%	-0.46 pts	-0.52 pts	19.0	5.18%
J D Wetherspoon plc	JDW	7.3%	-0.44 pts	-2.2 pts	14.5	1.25%
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.	BESI	0.2%	-0.42 pts	-0.43 pts	0.3	0.57%
Pan African Resources PLC	PAF	11.1%	-0.42 pts	-0.26 pts	26.1	1.08%