Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed saw the biggest jump. Its SI % of Free Float surged 21 points in seven days to 74.4%. That's a striking bet against the struggling chipmaker. Availability is zero — no shares left to borrow.
Carvana tells the opposite story. Shorts added positions, lifting SI % FF from 2.1% to 10.4%. That's an 8-point jump in one week on a $52B company. Yet availability sits at 312% — bears have plenty of room to pile in further.
Lyft also caught attention. Its SI % FF climbed to 29.2%, up nearly 5 points week-on-week. The ride-hailing stock has struggled under competitive pressure. Short sellers appear unconvinced by any recovery narrative.
Meanwhile, STAAR Surgical remains one of the most heavily shorted names on the market. Its SI % FF sits at 94.9%, with days-to-cover at over 7. Analysts have a negative target price view too.
On the news front, PayPal spiked after Anthropic named it in a small-business AI announcement. High-short-interest stocks reacting to surprise positive catalysts are prime squeeze candidates — worth watching closely.
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