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Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) short interest & options flow

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HRI enters the back half of the week in a very different position than it started: a 24.5% one-week rally to $156.06 has caught shorts offside, prompted a wave of analyst target upgrades, and flipped the options market decisively toward calls. The mechanics of the short unwind are straightforward. Short interest fell 7% over the past week to 9.4% of free float, roughly 3.1 million…

Latest pulse10 Sept 2026

HRI upgrades to Overweight by JP Morgan as Tami Zakaria raises target to $175 from $165, implying 21% upside to consensus; stock at $144.79, down 1% today but up 5% weekly.

$168.14+1.44% 1d+32.26% 1w+21.51% 1mClose: 2 Nov 2026
Short interest % of float
Dropping
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Cost to borrow
Low
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Availability
Rising
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Market cap
$5.55B
Next earnings
9 Feb 2027
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Key data as of 4 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of Herc Holdings Inc. (HRI) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 2, 2026

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