Biggest short-interest movers, October 30, 2026: Hilton Grand Vacations leads the builds, A2A tops Europe

US

Short sellers added most to Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV): short interest rose 2.2 points in a session to 17.9% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year, while the stock gained 7.1% over the week.

The largest cover was in Wolfspeed (WOLF), where short interest fell 2.1 points to 86.5%, while the stock lost 4.1% over the week.

Across the 2185 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 903 and fell in 1264.

PRG and AXTI were 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
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.	HGV	17.9%	+2.2 pts	+1.4 pts	8.1	0.52%
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.	MCB	8.6%	+1.9 pts	+2.9 pts	6.0	0.47%
PROG Holdings, Inc.	PRG	12.3%	+1.7 pts	+3.5 pts	6.3	0.48%
AXT, Inc.	AXTI	23.3%	+1.5 pts	+2.7 pts	1.5	0.43%
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated	JLL	4.4%	+1.4 pts	+1.7 pts	3.9	0.43%
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.	BOOT	8.7%	+1.3 pts	+1.6 pts	2.8	0.47%
Braveheart Bio, Inc.	BRVE	38.0%	+1.2 pts	-2.2 pts	15.1	8.35%
QXO, Inc.	QXO	13.2%	+1.2 pts	-1.6 pts	6.1	0.67%
TIC Solutions, Inc.	TIC	22.8%	+1.1 pts	+0.41 pts	16.8	0.19%
Ashland Inc.	ASH	14.3%	+1.0 pts	+1.3 pts	11.1	0.49%

Biggest short-interest covers: US

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Wolfspeed, Inc.	WOLF	86.5%	-2.1 pts	+2.0 pts	5.7	1.89%
ChronoScale Holdings Corporation	CHRN	19.4%	-1.1 pts	+5.8 pts	5.3	22.27%
MasterBrand, Inc.	MBC	11.4%	-1.0 pts	-0.62 pts	7.9	0.44%
Avis Budget Group, Inc.	CAR	29.9%	-0.98 pts	-3.9 pts	11.3	0.27%
Perella Weinberg Partners	PWP	12.2%	-0.98 pts	+0.27 pts	4.3	0.48%
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.	HE	8.7%	-0.97 pts	-0.81 pts	4.2	0.42%
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	SFM	13.3%	-0.96 pts	-2.3 pts	3.4	0.54%
Lakeland Financial Corporation	LKFN	10.6%	-0.93 pts	-1.1 pts	10.7	0.43%
ICON Public Limited Company	ICLR	2.4%	-0.91 pts	-0.71 pts	1.6	0.47%
Exzeo Group, Inc.	XZO	15.2%	-0.87 pts	-1.8 pts	6.1	1.35%

Europe

Short sellers added most to A2A (A2A): short interest rose 1.1 points in a session to 4.0% of free float, against a one-year high of 5.7%.

The largest cover was in Renault (RNO), where short interest fell 0.93 points to 20.2%, while the stock gained 6.7% over the week.

Across the 1064 European stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 325 and fell in 384.

CPR, OET and LEG 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
A2A S.p.A.	A2A	4.0%	+1.1 pts	+1.1 pts	7.5	0.72%
Genmab A/S	GMAB	2.2%	+0.94 pts	+0.85 pts	5.9	1.33%
Vonovia SE	VNA	3.6%	+0.77 pts	+0.88 pts	7.3	0.75%
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.	DAN	6.7%	+0.64 pts	+0.53 pts	5.9	0.85%
Grenergy Renovables, S.A.	GRE	3.8%	+0.57 pts	+0.50 pts	5.1	0.70%
Davide Campari-Milano N.V.	CPR	14.4%	+0.55 pts	+4.2 pts	13.1	0.83%
Gaztransport & Technigaz SA	GTT	4.3%	+0.55 pts	+1.3 pts	10.2	0.76%
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp.	OET	3.8%	+0.52 pts	+2.2 pts	8.1	1.76%
LEG Immobilien SE	LEG	8.4%	+0.49 pts	+2.5 pts	10.9	0.98%
KION GROUP AG	KGX	3.3%	+0.47 pts	+0.64 pts	6.0	0.60%

Biggest short-interest covers: Europe

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Renault SA	RNO	20.2%	-0.93 pts	-0.87 pts	18.1	0.78%
JD Sports Fashion Plc	JD.	7.3%	-0.49 pts	-0.43 pts	13.4	0.56%
Getlink SE	GET	4.5%	-0.45 pts	-0.06 pts	16.9	0.64%
Greggs plc	GRG	6.0%	-0.40 pts	-1.0 pts	11.8	0.97%
NKT A/S	NKT	8.1%	-0.39 pts	-1.8 pts	26.7	0.78%
Pennon Group Plc	PNN	13.4%	-0.38 pts	-1.8 pts	12.6	0.67%
Fluidra, S.A.	FDR	3.9%	-0.36 pts	-1.6 pts	9.2	0.69%
Chemring Group PLC	CHG	13.5%	-0.35 pts	-0.49 pts	28.7	0.56%
Idorsia Ltd	IDIA	10.6%	-0.35 pts	-0.22 pts	20.4	1.40%
Redcare Pharmacy NV	RDC	8.2%	-0.35 pts	-0.17 pts	19.6	7.69%