Squeeze Report — October 16, 2026
The squeeze screen is bifurcated: a cluster of consumer and energy names (KSS, ULCC, BKV) hold live but late-stage setups into earnings, while biotech's crowded unwind leaves mechanically high short interest (ORIC, BEAM, VSTM) looking like traps, not fuel. The edge today is in names where the borrow is still cheap but the catalyst is hard-dated.
Today's top short-squeeze candidates
- #1GLOBGLOBANT S.A.80
31% of float sold short · 13.2 days to cover · +4% over 20 days
SI 31%DTC 13.2$39.23+4% 20dTechnology - #2CAKECheesecake Factory Incorporate79
22% of float sold short · 7.3 days to cover · +22% over 20 days
SI 22%DTC 7.3$116.59+22% 20dConsumer Cyclical - #3IBRXImmunityBio, Inc. Common Stock79
108% of float sold short · 8.9 days to cover · +18% over 20 days
SI 108%DTC 8.9$10.00+18% 20dHealthcare - #4TNGXTango Therapeutics, Inc.79
37% of float sold short · 12.5 days to cover · -3% over 20 days
SI 37%DTC 12.5$22.70-3% 20dHealthcare - #5BKVBKV Corporation77
Top-decile squeeze metrics are muddied by convertible-arbitrage hedges from the $500M notes, leaving Q3 earnings as the real test.
SI 34%DTC 6.1$22.30-2% 20dEnergy - #6NOGNorthern Oil and Gas, Inc.77
21% of float sold short · 9.0 days to cover · +2% over 20 days
SI 21%DTC 9.0$25.75+2% 20dEnergy - #7ENOVEnovis Corporation77
19% of float sold short · 5.8 days to cover · +9% over 20 days
SI 19%DTC 5.8$19.35+9% 20dHealthcare - #8IEPIcahn Enterprises, L.P. Common76
49% of float sold short · 22.4 days to cover · -6% over 20 days
SI 49%DTC 22.4$6.64-6% 20dEnergy - #9CRKComstock Resources, Inc.76
32% of float sold short · 9.1 days to cover · +4% over 20 days
SI 32%DTC 9.1$13.50+4% 20dEnergy - #10VSXYVictorias Secret & Co.76
14% of float sold short · 6.0 days to cover · +17% over 20 days
SI 14%DTC 6.0$90.53+17% 20dConsumer Cyclical - #11FRPTFreshpet, Inc. Common Stock76
Short interest is still building into Nov 4 earnings, where historical moves of ~8.8% exceed the ~6.5% implied, but insiders are selling.
SI 17%DTC 7.8$67.65+10% 20dConsumer Defensive - #12TALTAL Education Group76
40% of float sold short · 6.8 days to cover · +7% over 20 days
SI 40%DTC 6.8$12.54+7% 20dConsumer Defensive - #13REPLReplimune Group, Inc. Common S75
High short interest meets 93rd-percentile ATM IV—any squeeze is already priced and likely to fade into Nov 5 earnings.
SI 26%DTC 10.8$11.75-9% 20dHealthcare - #14YOUClear Secure, Inc.75
Short interest is collapsing (-29% MoM) and options imply zero event risk, so this squeeze is already over.
SI 14%DTC 5.1$45.02+12% 20dTechnology - #15HRBH&R Block, Inc.75
Short interest rose into the Sep 30 settlement while price gained 7.8%, putting shorts in a mark-to-market squeeze ahead of the FINRA release.
SI 15%DTC 8.0$48.31+8% 20dConsumer Cyclical
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