Stocks with a market value of $500 million or more, ranked by the ORTEX Short Score, which combines short interest as a percentage of free float, cost to borrow, utilization of the lendable supply and days to cover. A high score means the short side is crowded and expensive to hold, not that a squeeze will happen.
US stocks with a market value of $500 million or more, ranked by the ORTEX Short Score (short interest as % of free float, cost to borrow, utilization and days to cover).
| Ticker | Company | Short interest (% of free float) | Days to cover | Cost to borrow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVCM | EverCommerce Inc. | 16.1% | 26.8 | 78.56% |
| HTZ | Hertz Global Holdings | 73.3% | 9.9 | 100.26% |
| BRVE | Braveheart Bio | 49.0% | – | 9.73% |
| SPTX | Seaport Therapeutics | 21.1% | – | 6.04% |
| LCID | Lucid Group | 64.4% | 14.8 | 14.97% |
| CRML | Critical Metals Corp. | 36.5% | 7.2 | 53.10% |
| ANL | Adlai Nortye Group Ltd. | 11.6% | 9.8 | 6.40% |
| CGX | Cineplex Inc. | 19.0% | 18.6 | 2.45% |
| DMAC | DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. | 19.3% | 34.4 | 1.06% |
| QUBT | Quantum Computing Inc. | 33.6% | 18.0 | 9.32% |
| WB | Weibo Corporation | 17.6% | 20.6 | 2.00% |
| OGG | Osisko Gold Group Inc. | 17.8% | – | 2.51% |
| IEP | Icahn Enterprises L.P. | 20.2% | 25.3 | 1.18% |
| QUIT | AchieveRx, The Quit Company | 24.7% | 23.5 | 1.53% |
| TCGL.F | TechCreate Group Ltd. | 6.2% | – | 18.71% |
| ACHV | Achieve Life Sciences | 24.7% | 23.0 | 1.28% |
| PBLS | Parabilis Medicines | 15.8% | – | 2.12% |
| EZPW | EZCORP | 23.3% | 29.6 | 0.54% |
| CADL | Candel Therapeutics | 23.8% | 15.6 | 0.83% |
| SLS | SELLAS Life Sciences Group | 27.5% | 14.2 | 7.71% |
| PSTL | Postal Realty Trust | 15.2% | 20.2 | 0.83% |
| HROW | Harrow | 24.9% | 21.4 | 0.78% |
| CRVS | Corvus Pharmaceuticals | 24.5% | 18.8 | 0.47% |
| ZBIO | Zenas BioPharma | 23.1% | 23.9 | 1.08% |
| MAIN | Main Street Capital Corporation | 10.5% | 11.9 | 5.12% |
The top 25 of 3,051 stocks. See the full ranked list in Short Extremes
Stocks with a market value of at least $500 million, ranked by the ORTEX Short Score, which combines short interest as a percentage of free float, cost to borrow, utilization of the lendable supply and days to cover. A high score means the short side is crowded and expensive to hold, not that a squeeze will happen.
A sharp rise in a heavily shorted stock as short sellers buy back shares to limit losses, which pushes the price higher still.
Short interest divided by average daily trading volume: roughly how many days of normal trading it would take for every short seller to buy back their shares. The higher the figure, the longer short sellers would take to close their positions; readings above about 10 days are usually considered high, and they leave the shorts more exposed if the price rises.
Source: ORTEX. Some figures are limited on the free view; live data and full history are part of ORTEX Advanced.
