The lending market for UXIN is flashing signals worth watching. Cost to borrow jumped 164% in a week to 4.51% APR. That move is the standout — even as short positioning remains modest.
CTB hit 4.51% on May 19. A week earlier it sat at just 1.71%. The spike is sharp. It is not, however, unprecedented for this name — CTB briefly touched 6.93% on April 27 and 6.34% on April 28 before collapsing back to sub-1% levels in late April.
Availability currently stands at 150.5%. That is a tight-to-normal range. But the 52-week low in availability was 35.9% — meaning the lending pool has been far tighter before. The current reading suggests the CTB spike reflects demand volatility rather than a structurally constrained borrow market.
SI is just 0.29% of free float. That is a low absolute level. It does not tell a short-squeeze story.
What it does tell: short positions grew 14% in a week, from roughly 523,000 shares to 597,000. The one-month change is more modest at 5.8%. The recent acceleration is notable given the CTB backdrop.
The ORTEX short score has edged up consistently over the past two weeks — from 51.3 on May 8 to 54.0 on May 19. Still in the mid-range. But the direction is clear and steady.
The utilization rank sits in the 4th percentile — meaning UXIN's lending market is tighter than 96% of comparable names by that measure. That context matters. The DTC rank is at the 15th percentile.
Next earnings are scheduled for June 23. The stock is down 7.4% over the past week and 19.6% over the past month. Deutsche Bank initiated with a Buy and a $4.50 target back in December — the stock now trades at $2.38.
The CTB has spiked twice before — late April and early May — then collapsed. Watch whether the current level holds above 4% or fades again. A sustained move higher in both CTB and SI growth together would mark a genuine shift in the borrow market dynamic for this name.
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