ORTEXORTEX News
Live short interest, options flow, and signals — free on ORTEX.Sign up free →
ORTEX Roundup

Biggest short-interest movers, November 5, 2026: Fervo Energy leads the builds, Ambu tops Europe

By ORTEX News · Edited by , Editor, ORTEX NewsUpdated 5 min readdata as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:00

Produced automatically from ORTEX data and published under the ORTEX News editorial standards set by Peter Hillerberg, Editor, ORTEX News. How we publish

ShareXLinkedInReddit
ORTEX chart of FRVO share price and short interest (% of free float), three months to November 5, 2026
ORTEX data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:00

US

Short sellers added most to Fervo Energy (FRVO): short interest rose 2.9 points in a session to 15.3% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year, and is up 4.1 points on the week, while the stock lost 13.3% over the week.

The largest cover was in Kailera Therapeutics (KLRA), where short interest fell 2.6 points to 12.9%, while the stock lost 9.2% over the week.

Across the 2165 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 1127 and fell in 1022.

BKV was also among the biggest builds in the previous edition.

Biggest short-interest builds: US

CompanyTickerSI % free float1-day change1-week changeDays to coverCost to borrow
Fervo Energy CompanyFRVO15.3%+2.9 pts+4.1 pts3.11.40%
BKV CorporationBKV39.2%+2.4 pts+2.0 pts6.10.52%
Kodiak Sciences Inc.KOD23.0%+1.9 pts+2.1 pts7.80.37%
Vistance Networks, Inc.VISN24.6%+1.8 pts+0.44 pts8.80.99%
Quantinuum Inc.QNT21.6%+1.7 pts+1.8 pts3.10.85%
Wolfspeed, Inc.WOLF88.9%+1.4 pts+0.06 pts7.42.03%
BullishBLSH16.2%+1.4 pts-0.52 pts4.80.70%
GPGI, Inc.GPGI20.7%+1.4 pts+0.97 pts18.20.68%
TIC Solutions, Inc.TIC22.6%+1.2 pts+0.99 pts14.50.37%
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.MDGL18.0%+1.2 pts+1.8 pts4.70.38%

Biggest short-interest covers: US

CompanyTickerSI % free float1-day change1-week changeDays to coverCost to borrow
Kailera Therapeutics, Inc.KLRA12.9%-2.6 pts-1.3 pts6.90.80%
Murphy USA Inc.MUSA6.2%-2.2 pts+0.40 pts3.60.45%
Valvoline Inc.VVV11.0%-1.6 pts-0.67 pts5.30.43%
Biglari Holdings Inc.BH25.6%-1.2 pts-1.3 pts1.91.23%
Ethos Technologies Inc.LIFE14.3%-1.1 pts-1.5 pts2.21.02%
Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB5.8%-0.94 pts-2.8 pts5.40.46%
Kardigan, Inc.KARD11.0%-0.86 pts-0.64 pts10.61.94%
Madison Air Solutions CorporationMAIR10.1%-0.83 pts-0.85 pts4.20.49%
Tango Therapeutics, Inc.TNGX39.3%-0.77 pts+0.34 pts10.50.55%
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.PFSI13.6%-0.68 pts+0.18 pts5.50.53%

Europe

Short sellers added most to Ambu (AMBU B): short interest rose 2.8 points in a session to 10.6% of free float, against a one-year high of 13.9%, while the stock gained 13.9% over the week.

The largest cover was in Ithaca Energy (ITH), where short interest fell 1.4 points to 0.1%, while the stock lost 18.5% over the week.

Across the 1071 European stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose in 368 and fell in 395.

Biggest short-interest builds: Europe

CompanyTickerSI % free float1-day change1-week changeDays to coverCost to borrow
Ambu A/SAMBU B10.6%+2.8 pts+2.8 pts24.30.82%
Dunelm Group plcDNLM4.5%+2.1 pts+2.2 pts11.30.60%
GN Store Nord A/SGN10.4%+2.1 pts+2.3 pts25.21.61%
Pandora A/SPNDORA4.8%+1.4 pts+0.67 pts12.10.67%
Ipsen S.A.IPN1.5%+0.81 pts+0.92 pts3.70.65%
freenet AGFNTN2.6%+0.81 pts+0.81 pts9.50.68%
Zalando SEZAL6.9%+0.80 pts+0.78 pts11.70.73%
OVH Groupe S.A.OVH0.8%+0.75 pts+0.71 pts0.82.92%
Renault SARNO21.0%+0.73 pts-0.18 pts19.50.78%
AyvensAYV11.1%+0.71 pts+1.6 pts13.70.68%

Biggest short-interest covers: Europe

CompanyTickerSI % free float1-day change1-week changeDays to coverCost to borrow
Ithaca Energy plcITH0.1%-1.4 pts-1.4 pts0.10.60%
PPI Public Property Invest AB (publ)PUBLI0.6%-1.2 pts+0.13 pts2.03.52%
Nordex SENDX15.5%-0.83 pts-0.83 pts11.10.67%
Solvay SASOLB11.1%-0.81 pts-0.81 pts16.80.84%
AUTO1 Group SEAG121.0%-0.76 pts-0.40 pts56.41.29%
International Workplace Group plcIWG8.7%-0.73 pts-0.93 pts9.40.55%
Saipem SpASPM20.8%-0.63 pts+0.32 pts16.70.71%
Bonesupport Holding AB (publ)BONEX5.1%-0.55 pts-1.1 pts5.90.90%
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp.OET3.8%-0.54 pts+0.52 pts7.21.60%
Koninklijke Philips N.V.PHIA0.3%-0.53 pts-1.0 pts1.20.66%

Stocks in this article

How this article was generated

Generated
6 Nov 2026, 12:36
Data as of
5 Nov 2026, 00:00
Prompt version
roundup-v1
Data sources
Short interestCost to borrow

ORTEX Market Intelligence content is generated by AI from a snapshot of ORTEX's proprietary data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. Content is informational only and does not constitute investment advice.