Short sellers have been busy in recent days. The biggest headline movers are micro-cap names, but mainstream meme stocks are also shifting.
AMC Entertainment leads the notable retreats. Its short interest fell 5.5 percentage points in one week to 10.95% of free float. That is a sharp cover for bears on a stock with a devoted retail fanbase. BBBY shorts also trimmed exposure, with SI dropping 1.6pp to 14.68%.
On the other side, GME shorts crept higher. Short Interest rose to 15.0% of FF, up 1.4pp on the week. Bears remain cautious — GameStop holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet now, raising squeeze risk.
RIVN shorts nudged up too, hitting 18.2% of FF. With Rivian burning cash and EV sentiment mixed, bears see room to push.
The biggest short interest explosion came from smaller names. ASBP — Aspire Biopharma — saw SI rocket from 59% to 1,726% in one week. surged from 85% to . These are extreme short-versus-float readings, driven by low floats and heavy lending.
On the high-score list, RUM — Rumble — carries a short score of 93 with 24.4% of FF shorted and a CTB of 28%. Availability sits at just 0.3% — bears who want in will struggle to find shares to borrow.
LUCK — Lucky Strike Entertainment — tops the short score table at 93.8 with 32 days to cover. A squeeze here could be painful for shorts.
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