Short sellers hold no meaningful grip on SCOR ahead of tonight's Q1 2026 results — and the lending market confirms it.
Short interest is negligible at just 0.52% of the free float, with borrow availability running at over 2,100% of current short interest. That figure means there are more than twenty shares available to lend for every one already borrowed — a completely unencumbered lending pool. The cost to borrow reflects this: at 0.56%, it has drifted lower over both the past week and month. The ORTEX short score of 28.6 out of 100 sits near the lower end of the range, consistent with a stock that bears have largely passed over. The stock itself closed at $6.78 on May 14, down roughly 3% on both a one-day and one-month basis, suggesting some quiet softness in price without any accompanying short-seller pressure.
The most distinctive feature of the SCOR ownership structure is how concentrated and strategic it is. Charter Communications and Liberty Broadband together hold close to 44% of shares, with both positions freshly reported as of late December 2025. WPP takes another 3.8%. That leaves a thin tradable float, which helps explain why short interest barely registers — there simply isn't much stock to borrow. The EPS surprise factor score ranks in the 86th percentile across the universe, meaning comScore has a strong track record of beating consensus estimates. That is worth watching into a print where analyst coverage remains sparse.
Formal analyst data is stale — all tracked price target changes date back to 2024, with targets that have progressively declined from the $25–$30 range to single digits. Those figures should not be treated as current guidance, and the mean target of $7.50 should be read cautiously against a stock trading at $6.78. The recent earnings history shows a wide range of outcomes: the stock fell more than 10% in one day after the November 2025 print, then bounced nearly 5% after the March 2026 release, recovering a further 7.5% over the following five sessions. That volatility — both directions — is notable for a micro-cap with a market value around $105 million.
Tonight's print is therefore less a test of short-side conviction — there is none to speak of — and more a question of whether comScore can again beat low expectations in a concentrated, thinly traded stock where a handful of strategic holders effectively set the floor.
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