Critical Metals Corp.
NASDAQAvailability for CRML has collapsed to just 3.8%. Only one share remains available to borrow for every 26 already lent out. That is the defining fact about this stock right now. Availability has dropped 75% in one week. The borrow pool is nearly exhausted. At sub-4% availability, establishing new short positions is extremely difficult…
CRML utilization hits 100%, matching its 52-week high—all available shares to borrow are lent out. Availability plunged 75% this week to just 3.8%, making shorts increasingly difficult to establish. Cost to borrow remains elevated at 21%.
Availability for CRML has collapsed to just 3.8%. Only one share remains available to borrow for every 26 already lent out. That is the defining fact about this stock right now. Availability has dropped 75% in one…
Critical Metals Corp. enters the week in a state of near-total lending lockdown — availability has collapsed to essentially zero while short interest keeps climbing, creating one of the more charged short-side setups…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
Why this matters: Cost to borrow CRML has more than doubled in a single week. The lending market, which briefly reopened ahead of earnings on June 25, has slammed shut again — and the squeeze is now tighter than it was…
Critical Metals Corp. arrives at its June 25 earnings release with bears still deeply entrenched — but the borrow market has shifted meaningfully since the last preview, and that shift deserves attention. The most…
Critical Metals Corp. enters today's earnings print with the borrow market still essentially closed, short interest holding near its highest levels in months, and the stock bouncing hard off yesterday's losses — a…
Critical Metals Corp. heads into its earnings release tomorrow with the borrow market near fully locked out, short interest running at nearly 18% of the float, and the stock down 9% on Tuesday alone — a setup where the…
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