EQPT heads into its first earnings report as a public company with short sellers moving aggressively in one direction and the stock running hard the other way.

[EQPT](/s/us/eqpt) heads into its first earnings report as a public company with short sellers moving aggressively in one direction and the stock running hard the other way.

Short interest has climbed fast and is now genuinely elevated. At 11.1% of the free float, EQPT ranks among the more heavily shorted recent IPOs in the equipment rental space — and that position has grown nearly 24% in the…