Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed and GameStop saw the biggest short interest jumps among liquid US stocks.
Wolfspeed sits at 52.7% SI % FF — up nearly 3 percentage points in seven days. The chipmaker has struggled badly. Its stock is down over 57% in the past year. Bears are not backing off.
GameStop climbed to 16.3% SI % FF, up 2.5 points week-on-week. Social media chatter around the meme stock remains loud. With short sellers adding positions, a squeeze setup is growing.
AMC Entertainment also drew fresh bearish interest. SI % FF rose to 16.6%, up 1.7 points. Cinema stocks face continued pressure from streaming competition.
The wildest action came from Skycorp Solar Group (ticker: PN). Cost to borrow exploded to — up from just 27% a week ago. Short shares jumped 6,000% in seven days. Utilization hit 94%. Zero availability remains. A violent short squeeze is a real risk here.
Vital Farms also caught bearish attention. SI % FF hit 38.1%, up 2.6 points. The egg producer faces margin pressure amid volatile food prices.
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