Short sellers made aggressive moves last week. Three names stand out as the biggest movers in short interest data through May 28.
WOLF tops the list. Short interest hit 131% of free float — up nearly 20 percentage points in just seven days. Availability is zero. There are simply no shares left to borrow. That makes it one of the most crowded short trades in the US market right now.
CHWY saw SI % FF jump from 53% to 61% in a week. Bears are betting against the pet retailer hard. Despite the high short load, availability is 541% of SI — shorts can still find stock to borrow.
TEM — Tempus AI — climbed from 23% to 30.5% SI % FF. With availability at just 26%, borrow is becoming scarce. That's a setup worth watching for a squeeze.
GRND saw a sharp jump too. SI rose from 2.3% to 12.9% in a week. That's a fivefold increase. New short interest in the dating app stock is notable.
WING also moved — from 13% to . Wingstop earnings are in focus.
On the flip side, short sellers covered in SHAK, where SI dropped 5.3 points to 12.8%.
Meanwhile, NVDA and AVGO remain lightly shorted at just 1.3% and 1.1% FF respectively, with massive borrow availability — as Jensen Huang's Computex keynote fuels continued bullish sentiment.
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