Wolfspeed sits at the top of the most-shorted table. Its short interest hit 98.2% of free float as of May 21. That is up nearly 5 percentage points in just seven days. Bears show no sign of backing down on the struggling chipmaker.
Chewy is another heavily bet-against name. Short interest stands at 53.1% of FF, up 2.5 points on the week. Pet retail faces a tough macro backdrop. Short sellers are adding pressure.
Columbia Sportswear saw one of the week's sharpest rises. SI jumped 3.6 points to 16% of FF. Tariff headwinds on apparel imports appear to be driving fresh bearish bets.
SharkNinja also drew new attention. SI climbed from 6.7% to 9.3% of FF in seven days — a near 40% relative increase.
On the other side, KalVista Pharmaceuticals saw bears retreat hard. SI dropped 8.5 points to 30.7% of FF. That is the biggest unwind of the week. and also saw meaningful short covering.
Among retail favourites, GameStop holds 15.8% and Strategy sits at 12.2%. Tesla and NVIDIA remain lightly shorted at 2.8% and 1.2% respectively.
FT Markets noted short seller Carson Block warning this week of an AI-driven financial crisis — a signal that macro-level bearish sentiment is alive and well.
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