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NASDAQCAR reports this morning with short sellers reversing course — after weeks of retreating, they have rebuilt positions sharply in the final days before the print. The most important development since the July 25 preview is a clear change in short-seller direction. SI had been falling steadily through most of July, but jumped 16% in the past week to 14.3% of the free float — reversing…
CAR short interest drops 22% in a week to 15.1% of float, reversing June buildup as stock surges 11% on the day.
CAR reports this morning with short sellers reversing course — after weeks of retreating, they have rebuilt positions sharply in the final days before the print. The most important development since the July 25 preview…
CAR heads into its July 28 earnings report with a sharply divided market — short sellers retreating, analysts still largely bearish, and the stock down 16% over the past month. The most striking positioning shift is in…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
CAR enters July with a striking internal contradiction: short sellers pulled back sharply over the week, yet options traders are the most defensive they have been in months. The stock dropped 22% on the week to…
Avis Budget Group heads into the back half of May with short sellers still committed but the mechanics of that bet becoming steadily cheaper to maintain. Short interest remains elevated at 14.4% of the float — a…
Avis Budget Group reported Q1 results on May 20 and the short-interest picture heading into the print has barely shifted — bears remain dug in at 14.6% of the float, even as the borrow market continues to loosen from…
Avis Budget Group enters its May 20 earnings with one of the most dramatic short-interest unwinds of the year — yet the stock has still halved in a month, leaving shorts and bulls both nursing losses. Short interest…
CAR enters its May 20 earnings window in a very different posture than it held three weeks ago — and the speed of the reversal is the story. Short interest has collapsed. From a peak of roughly 27% of the free float in…
Short sellers are retreating from CAR at speed. Short interest has fallen 36% in a single week to 17.3% of free float. That unwind is the dominant story — but the analyst community is moving in the opposite…
Pentwater Capital dumped over $120 million of CAR stock in a single day. That's the story behind a dramatic unwinding in short interest — even as the lending market stays completely tapped out. On April 23, Pentwater…
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