POET Technologies Inc.
NASDAQPOET Technologies heads into its August 12 earnings with short sellers entrenched at elevated levels and the borrow market tightening noticeably — a combination that makes the upcoming print one of the more charged setups in the small-cap semiconductor space. The dominant story this week is the lending market, which has grown materially tighter over the past month. Availability has…
POET cost to borrow surges 146% in one week to 0.52%, rising from near-zero lows as short interest climbs to 19.9% of float.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumPOET Technologies heads into its August 12 earnings with short sellers entrenched at elevated levels and the borrow market tightening noticeably — a combination that makes the upcoming print one of the more charged…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
POET Technologies now trades at $8.31 — down 5% on the week and 23% over the past month — with short interest entrenched above 20% of the free float and a borrow market that is telling a more complicated story than the…
POET Technologies enters the July 4 holiday weekend with short sellers adding to already heavy positions, the borrow market tightening sharply, and a stock that has fallen another 14% on the week to $8.76 — even as a…
POET Technologies opened June with a sharp reversal of the short-covering trend that dominated the prior two weeks — bears are back, and they moved fast. Short interest has rebuilt aggressively. It climbed 39% over the…
POET Technologies enters the back half of May caught between two opposing forces: short sellers continuing to cover, and insiders who quietly sold into the recent price spike. The short-side unwind remains the dominant…
POET Technologies has spent the past week unwinding the extreme short-side pressure that defined mid-May — but with the stock down 8.5% on Tuesday alone to $13.35, the unwind is not yet a clean story. The short…
POET Technologies pulled back 8% on Tuesday to $13.07, giving up ground after a week that saw short sellers begin to unwind — but the lending market remains far too tight for bears to declare victory. Short interest…
Three independent signals have converged on POET Technologies this week. Short interest, lending availability, and options positioning are all flashing at or near extremes simultaneously. Since the previous article…
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