Short sellers stepped up pressure across several sectors this week. The latest ORTEX data, as of April 24, reveals notable moves in semiconductors, education, and consumer names.
WOLF — Wolfspeed — saw the sharpest SI jump among liquid stocks. Its short interest hit 47.0% of free float, up from 39.5% just seven days earlier. The chipmaker continues to attract heavy bearish conviction amid profitability concerns.
SCHL — Scholastic Corporation — posted the biggest weekly leap. SI surged from 13.1% to 21.6%, an 8.5 percentage point spike. That kind of move in a week signals fresh positioning, not just routine drift.
Ski-resort operator MTN — Vail Resorts — saw shorts add 5.5 points, pushing SI to 21.9%. Nuclear play SMR — NuScale Power — crept up to 22.0%, while fast-food chain WEN — Wendy's — sits at 31.1%, up 4 points.
Design software firm — Figma — also drew new shorts, rising nearly 5 points to .
On the meme-stock front, GME and AMC both saw slight short covering, down around 0.5 points each. TSLA remains lightly shorted at just 2.5%, little changed.
Among highest short-score large-caps, EVCM — EverCommerce — leads with a score of 92, while RUM — Rumble — carries 26% SI and near-zero borrow availability.
ORTEX Market Intelligence content is generated by AI from a snapshot of ORTEX's proprietary data. Content is informational only and does not constitute investment advice.
