Bears Pile Into Wolfspeed, Squeezers Eye Ibotta

Short sellers have been busy over the past week. WOLF (Wolfspeed) stands out as the most notable mover. Its short interest hit 88.6% of free float, up 4.8 percentage points in seven days. That is one of the highest readings among US mid-caps. Shares have fallen nearly 7% over three months. The ORTEX short score sits at 78. With availability at zero, there are no easy shares left to borrow.

SRZN (Surrozen) saw the biggest weekly jump of any name tracked: up 11.3 percentage points to 35.3% of float. LQDA (Liquidia) rose 8.1 points to 26.6%. CBRS (Cerebras Systems) added 5.2 points to 20.1%, notable given its recent IPO buzz.

On the other side, shorts covered hard in IBTA (Ibotta): SI fell 8.2 points to 37%. PCRX (Pacira BioSciences) dropped 9.1 points. SVRA (Savara) shed nearly 11 points.

HTZ (Hertz) remains heavily shorted at 73.5% of float, with a cost to borrow of 40%. EVCM (EverCommerce) tops the short score chart at 97, with availability near zero at just 0.6%.

LCID (Lucid Group) carries 65% SI, down nearly 60% over three months. The EV sector broadly stays in shorts' crosshairs as chip and AI-linked names remain volatile, per recent CNBC headlines flagging tech weakness.