Short sellers are loading up on several mid-cap names. The past week brought some notable moves worth watching closely.
WOLF tops the mid-cap movers. Wolfspeed saw its SI % FF climb to 59.7%, up 9 points in just seven days. Bears are pressing hard on the struggling chipmaker. Shares to borrow are virtually gone — availability sits at zero.
BDRX exploded higher. Biodexa Pharmaceuticals' short interest surged from 85% to a jaw-dropping 1,264% of free float in a single week. That level signals intense speculative pressure on a very thin float.
SOUN stays in the crosshairs. SoundHound AI holds 37.6% SI % FF. No shares are available to borrow — cost to borrow sits at 27.5%. A squeeze candidate if AI sentiment flips.
RUM is the platform play bears love. carries 24.4% SI % FF and a 30% cost to borrow. Availability is near zero at just 0.3%. Short score: 93.
CVNA saw fresh bets too. Bears added roughly 6.8 points to Carvana's short book this week, lifting SI % FF to 8.8%. Availability remains ample at 122%, so more shorts can pile in easily.
With US-China trade tensions easing and macro headlines pointing to inflation risk, any sentiment shift could trigger sharp squeezes in these heavily shorted, low-availability names.
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