AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
NASDAQASTS utilization hits 94.35%, near 52-week peak of 100%, as available shares to borrow tighten to just 7.57% of short interest—making shorts harder to cover.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumAST SpaceMobile enters the back half of September with its most striking weekly short-building episode in months — bears added roughly six million shares in a single week while the stock dropped 4%, and the borrow…
Snapshot as of 19 Sept 2026
AST SpaceMobile has swung back into its most familiar position — stock up on the week, borrow market nearly locked, and a 21% short float that shows no sign of retreating. The lending market re-froze faster than it…
AST SpaceMobile enters September with a new tension: availability has finally thawed from its near-frozen state, yet short sellers are quietly adding back positions into the 10% weekly price decline. The lending market…
AST SpaceMobile ends the week in a state of productive tension — short sellers have now trimmed over 12 million shares from their peak position, yet the borrow market has barely thawed, leaving a 20% short float on a…
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