Bears Pile In: Hertz, Wolfspeed Lead the Watch List

Short sellers pushed harder into several US names last week. The data through 29 October shows clear winners and losers in the short book.

HTZ remains one of the most squeezable names on the market. Short interest hit 73.5% of free float. Cost to borrow stands at a punishing 150% APR. Available shares to borrow have dropped to zero. That combination makes a forced unwind increasingly likely.

WOLF sits at 88.6% of free float. Shares available to borrow have also run dry. The semiconductor stock has shed 7% over three months and is drawing heavy attention in social trading communities alongside NVDA.

Among the week's biggest movers, DFH (Dream Finders Homes) saw short interest jump 8.9 percentage points to 42.2% of free float in just seven days. Homebuilders are firmly back in the crosshairs.

LQDA (Liquidia Corporation) added 8.1 points to reach 26.6%. The pharma stock features in the latest ORTEX news flow, grouping it with other names drawing fresh short positioning.

CBRS (Cerebras Systems) rose 5.2 points to 20.1% of float. The AI chipmaker has drawn options heat this week alongside MU and NVDA, per ORTEX news.

On the other side, PCRX (Pacira BioSciences) saw short interest fall 9.1 points to 9.6%. Shorts covered aggressively. SVRA (Savara) dropped nearly 11 points in a week.

EVCM (EverCommerce) carries the highest short score in the screener at 97. With 15% of float short, 23 days to cover, and a cost to borrow above 87%, it remains one to watch.