Bears Pile In: DFH and Cerebras Lead This Week's SI Surge

Short sellers added aggressively to positions across several names last week. Two standouts are worth watching closely heading into November.

Dream Finders Homes saw the sharpest move among mid-cap stocks. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped nearly 9 points in seven days, reaching 42.2%. The homebuilder's bears are clearly reading the macro backdrop badly for housing.

Cerebras Systems drew fresh attention from shorts. SI rose to 20.1% of free float, up from 15% a week ago. The $12B AI chip maker is one of the most-discussed names on financial social platforms this week. Traders are split: bulls see an NVIDIA challenger, bears see a valuation problem.

Hertz remains one of the most shorted large US names at 73.5% of free float. Cost to borrow stands at 40%. Availability of stock to short is near zero. A squeeze risk here is real.

EverCommerce carries the highest short score in the screener at 97. Its cost to borrow has hit 75%, and only 0.6% of short interest has shares available to replace. That is a tightly wound position.

Voyager Technologies heads into Monday's earnings print with 27% of its float short. Options market tone is cautious.

Liquidia also saw SI climb 8 points to 26.6%, reaching a $4B market cap stock. That is a meaningful bet against a biotech with an active drug approval runway.

India's October car sales hit the lowest level since 2017, a reading that adds pressure to any auto-exposed names with emerging market exposure.