Most shorted stocks, week of October 19, 2026: Chewy tops the US list, Volvo Car leads Europe

US

Chewy (CHWY) is the most shorted US stock above $2B, with 86.5% of its free float sold short, or 3.7 days of average volume to buy back; that has moved -5.0 pts on the week.

The biggest weekly build on the list was BKV (BKV), up 3.5 points to 39.1%, the highest reading in at least a year.

The median US stock above $2B has 5.5% of its float sold short; 424 names are above 10% and 77 above 20%. Biotechnology accounts for 3 of the 15 most shorted.

Most shorted stocks: US

Rank	Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
1	Chewy, Inc.	CHWY	86.5%	-5.0 pts	3.7	0.39%
2	Ondas Inc.	ONDS	44.4%	-0.16 pts	4.7	3.61%
3	RH	RH	40.2%	+0.58 pts	6.4	0.57%
4	Comstock Resources, Inc.	CRK	39.9%	+0.25 pts	10.2	0.50%
5	BKV Corporation	BKV	39.1%	+3.5 pts	6.2	0.53%
6	Tango Therapeutics, Inc.	TNGX	38.1%	+0.72 pts	10.3	0.54%
7	Icahn Enterprises L.P.	IEP	35.2%	+0.59 pts	16.1	1.55%
8	SailPoint, Inc.	SAIL	34.9%	+1.1 pts	5.4	0.86%
9	Celcuity Inc.	CELC	34.8%	-0.13 pts	5.4	0.43%
10	Upstart Holdings, Inc.	UPST	34.2%	-0.19 pts	7.2	0.65%
11	Avis Budget Group, Inc.	CAR	33.8%	-0.46 pts	12.1	0.27%
12	Transocean Ltd.	RIG	33.7%	+0.64 pts	7.7	0.46%
13	Shift4 Payments, Inc.	FOUR	33.0%	+0.27 pts	7.4	0.89%
14	Vera Therapeutics, Inc.	VERA	32.7%	+0.07 pts	9.4	0.41%
15	CleanSpark, Inc.	CLSK	32.0%	+0.17 pts	4.6	0.53%

Europe

Volvo Car (VOLCAR B) is the most shorted European stock above $2B, with 23.5% of its free float sold short, or 15.2 days of average volume to buy back; that has moved +0.10 pts on the week.

The biggest weekly build on the list was AUTO1 (AG1), up 0.97 points to 21.2%, against a one-year high of 21.5%.

The median European stock above $2B has 1.1% of its float sold short; 43 names are above 10% and 5 above 20%.

Most shorted stocks: Europe

Rank	Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
1	Volvo Car AB (publ.)	VOLCAR B	23.5%	+0.10 pts	15.2	6.49%
2	Rémy Cointreau SA	RCO	21.4%	-0.59 pts	53.9	1.43%
3	AUTO1 Group SE	AG1	21.2%	+0.97 pts	50.1	1.31%
4	Saipem SpA	SPM	21.1%	+0.75 pts	17.3	0.69%
5	Renault SA	RNO	21.1%	-0.49 pts	19.9	0.81%
6	Verisure plc	VSURE	17.8%	+0.91 pts	27.7	0.97%
7	Aeroports de Paris SA	ADP	17.8%	-0.38 pts	41.6	1.15%
8	Elekta AB (publ)	EKTA B	17.6%	-0.74 pts	45.5	0.88%
9	Ocado Group plc	OCDO	17.4%	-0.98 pts	25.2	0.62%
10	Fraport AG	FRA	16.4%	-0.16 pts	45.4	0.75%
11	Deutsche Wohnen SE	DWNI	16.0%	+0.00 pts	43.4	0.81%
12	Vusion S.A.	VU	15.7%	+0.85 pts	33.2	22.16%
13	H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ)	HM B	15.2%	+0.09 pts	30.3	1.10%
14	Buzzi S.p.A.	BZU	14.5%	-0.86 pts	15.8	0.76%
15	Valeo SE	FR	14.4%	+0.36 pts	37.5	0.72%