Updated October 7, 2026. US stocks with the highest short interest — the share of freely traded stock that has been borrowed and sold by investors betting on a decline. 700 US stocks carry a known figure.
High short interest is not a sell signal. It shows that others are betting on a fall — not that they are right. If the stock rises, the short positions have to buy back, and those purchases can push the price up further. That is a short squeeze.
| Stock | Sector | Short interest | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramaco Resources, Inc METC.US | Basic Materials | 65.48% | Strong Sell |
| Lucid Group Inc. Common Stock LCID.US | Consumer Cyclical | 54.36% | Strong Sell |
| CleanSpark, Inc CLSK.US | Financial Services | 42.81% | Sell |
| Ondas Holdings Inc ONDS.US | Technology | 40.96% | Strong Sell |
| SoundHound AI Inc. SOUN.US | Technology | 40.47% | Strong Sell |
| Dutch Bros Inc. BROS.US | Consumer Cyclical | 39.78% | Strong Sell |
| Charter Communications, Inc CHTR.US | Communication Services | 38.75% | Strong Sell |
| Serve Robotics Inc. Common Stock SERV.US | Industrials | 38.59% | Strong Sell |
| Under Armour, Inc UAA.US | Consumer Cyclical | 37.40% | Strong Sell |
| 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc FLWS.US | Consumer Cyclical | 36.59% | Strong Sell |
This is how shorting works: whoever shorts has borrowed the stock and sold it — and to close the position again they must buy it back. So when short interest falls, shares are genuinely being bought back. Stock pages with short interest above 1% carry a chart of it day by day, along with the peak, the date of the peak, and the change over the last month.
Short selling is borrowing a stock, selling it, and hoping to buy it back cheaper. The half that matters most is the other one: to close the position you MUST buy the stock back. So when short interest falls, shares are genuinely being bought back.
Short interest is the share of a stock's free float that has been borrowed and sold by investors betting on a decline. At 9%, nine out of every hundred freely traded shares are sold short. Below 2% counts as low, above 10% as high, and above 20% is unusual.
As of October 7, 2026, 700 US stocks in our database carry a known short interest. The most shorted is Ramaco Resources, Inc at 65.48%.
No. High short interest means other investors are betting on a fall — not that they are right. In some cases it leads to a short squeeze, where the price rises sharply because the short positions are forced to buy back. Treat it as one data point among several, not a sell signal on its own.
Today's figure shows how many are betting against the stock right now. The trend shows which way it is going. Short interest that has been high and starts falling back means the professionals are buying shares back and closing their positions. Stock pages with short interest above 1% carry a chart of that trend.
Short interest comes from our data provider EODHD. The figure itself is reported about twice a month; we check it every trading day. We have stored the day-by-day trend since May 30, 2026, so the charts cover that period and grow longer each day. Figures above 100% of free float are filtered out as data errors.