Whirlpool Corporation
NYSEWHR enters the back half of August with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace, the Street trimming targets across the board, and options traders the most defensively positioned they've been in months — a rare alignment of bearish signals on a stock already down sharply on the year. The short interest story is the sharpest angle this week. Bears have added meaningfully: short…
WHR short interest hits 24.1% of float, up 20% in one week amid analyst downgrades and margin concerns.
WHR enters the back half of August with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace, the Street trimming targets across the board, and options traders the most defensively positioned they've been in months — a rare…
Whirlpool delivered a post-earnings jolt that has left a crowded short base nursing losses — the stock gained nearly 19% on August 3rd and is now up 16% on the week, trading at $44.62. The short positioning story has…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
Whirlpool heads into its Q2 2026 earnings report today carrying one of the most crowded short positions in the consumer durables universe. Short interest has built to 22% of the free float — up more than 8% over the…
Whirlpool heads into the back half of May with short sellers rebuilding aggressively after a brutal earnings print — and the Street sharply revising its view of the stock downward. The most striking development this…
Short sellers piled into WHR this week, pushing short interest to 21.2% of free float — its highest recent level — while borrowing costs tripled from where they stood a month ago. Options traders are reading the same…
Short sellers are as committed to WHR as they have been all year, with 20% of the free float sold short heading into today's Q2 earnings release. The bear camp is not crowded in a panicked way — but it is persistent.…
Whirlpool heads into its Q1 2026 earnings — scheduled for May 7 — with one of the most heavily shorted setups in the appliance sector and a cost-to-borrow that has tripled in a week. Short interest is the dominant…
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