Biggest short-interest movers, November 3, 2026: Huron Consulting leads the builds, TAG Immobilien tops Europe

US

Short sellers added most to Huron Consulting (HURN): short interest rose 2.1 points in a session to 7.7% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year, and is up 2.4 points on the week.

The largest cover was in AXT (AXTI), where short interest fell 2.2 points to 19.5%, while the stock lost 11.8% over the week.

Across the 2183 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 1075 and fell in 1093.

Biggest short-interest builds: US

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Huron Consulting Group Inc.	HURN	7.7%	+2.1 pts	+2.4 pts	2.5	0.43%
Pitney Bowes Inc.	PBI	15.2%	+1.6 pts	+1.6 pts	12.2	0.44%
Seaport Therapeutics, Inc.	SPTX	20.8%	+0.86 pts	+0.50 pts	16.4	6.23%
Flowserve Corporation	FLS	7.4%	+0.86 pts	+0.66 pts	5.3	0.51%
Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.	REYN	15.6%	+0.86 pts	+0.56 pts	7.6	0.39%
Pulse Biosciences, Inc.	PLSE	15.7%	+0.83 pts	-0.72 pts	8.7	1.12%
Quantinuum Inc.	QNT	20.2%	+0.75 pts	+0.02 pts	3.0	0.79%
Icahn Enterprises L.P.	IEP	37.1%	+0.74 pts	+1.6 pts	12.3	1.19%
Gold.com, Inc.	GOLD	18.3%	+0.74 pts	+0.87 pts	8.3	0.49%
Century Aluminum Company	CENX	15.0%	+0.72 pts	+0.99 pts	4.9	0.45%

Biggest short-interest covers: US

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
AXT, Inc.	AXTI	19.5%	-2.2 pts	-0.73 pts	1.1	0.39%
Kailera Therapeutics, Inc.	KLRA	14.8%	-1.9 pts	+0.57 pts	7.5	0.94%
The Brink's Company	BCO	13.0%	-1.6 pts	-0.29 pts	10.4	0.41%
Verastem, Inc.	VSTM	15.2%	-1.6 pts	-1.0 pts	2.8	0.48%
TIC Solutions, Inc.	TIC	21.3%	-1.4 pts	-1.5 pts	15.3	0.33%
Hexcel Corporation	HXL	6.2%	-1.4 pts	-0.10 pts	3.1	0.42%
QXO, Inc.	QXO	11.5%	-1.3 pts	-0.21 pts	5.4	0.67%
ChronoScale Holdings Corporation	CHRN	18.7%	-1.3 pts	+5.2 pts	5.0	22.58%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	LVS	7.5%	-1.1 pts	+0.62 pts	3.1	0.44%
The Simply Good Foods Company	SMPL	10.0%	-1.1 pts	-1.4 pts	3.3	0.51%

Europe

Short sellers added most to TAG Immobilien (TEG): short interest rose 0.51 points in a session to 7.1% of free float, against a one-year high of 8.3%, and is up 0.60 points on the week.

The largest cover was in Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche (DAN), where short interest fell 0.62 points to 6.0%.

Across the 1069 European stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 352 and fell in 369.

LEG was 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
TAG Immobilien AG	TEG	7.1%	+0.51 pts	+0.60 pts	21.7	0.83%
Enagás, S.A.	ENG	5.2%	+0.51 pts	+0.31 pts	12.5	0.66%
Nanobiotix S.A.	NANO	5.1%	+0.48 pts	+2.2 pts	9.5	10.10%
LEG Immobilien SE	LEG	9.4%	+0.47 pts	+2.4 pts	12.9	0.99%
Eni S.p.A.	ENI	2.7%	+0.46 pts	+0.99 pts	5.8	0.68%
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA	NAS	3.8%	+0.42 pts	+1.3 pts	4.4	1.69%
Ayvens	AYV	8.9%	+0.38 pts	+0.28 pts	11.8	0.66%
Aurubis AG	NDA	11.7%	+0.38 pts	+0.25 pts	20.9	1.98%
Pan African Resources PLC	PAF	9.5%	+0.37 pts	+0.11 pts	28.6	1.24%
Theon International Plc	THEON	13.5%	+0.37 pts	+1.5 pts	24.0	8.93%

Biggest short-interest covers: Europe

Company	Ticker	SI % free float	1-day change	1-week change	Days to cover	Cost to borrow
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.	DAN	6.0%	-0.62 pts	-0.16 pts	5.4	0.82%
J Sainsbury plc	SBRY	9.0%	-0.54 pts	-0.62 pts	16.0	0.60%
CaixaBank, S.A.	CABK	0.6%	-0.50 pts	-0.44 pts	2.8	0.93%
Pennon Group Plc	PNN	12.4%	-0.50 pts	-2.4 pts	11.5	0.66%
Aena S.M.E., S.A.	AENA	0.9%	-0.44 pts	+0.03 pts	5.2	0.68%
Infineon Technologies AG	IFX	0.1%	-0.42 pts	-0.42 pts	0.3	0.61%
Grainger plc	GRI	5.3%	-0.41 pts	-0.27 pts	13.4	0.55%
Whitbread plc	WTB	6.4%	-0.38 pts	-0.67 pts	15.2	0.55%
BT Group plc	BT.A	5.9%	-0.35 pts	-0.35 pts	17.9	0.57%
Kingfisher plc	KGF	10.4%	-0.32 pts	+0.27 pts	29.5	0.58%