NEW YORK, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of March 13, 2026, short interest in 3,657 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 16,179,628,406 shares compared with 15,794,218,322 shares in 3,629 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 27, 2026. The mid-March short interest represents 2.42 days compared with 2.64 days for the prior reporting period. Short interest in 1,649 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 3,792,945,487 share ...

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Summary of Key Points Core Viewpoint - The total short interest in Nasdaq securities has decreased slightly, indicating a potential shift in market sentiment towards these securities as of the latest reporting date. Group 1: Nasdaq Global Market - As of February 27, 2026, short interest in 3,629 Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 15,794,218,322 shares, down from 15,834,216,597 shares in the previous reporting period [1] - The average short interest represents 2.64 days, an increase from 2.25 days in the prior reporting period [1] Group 2: Nasdaq Capital Market - Short interest in 1,653 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market was 3,685,699,100 shares at the end of February 13, 2026, compared to 3,724,995,849 shares in the previous period [2] - This represents an average daily volume of 1.65 days, up from 1.43 days in the prior reporting period [2] Group 3: Overall Nasdaq Securities - Total short interest across all 5,282 Nasdaq securities was 19,479,917,422 shares as of February 27, 2026, down from 19,559,212,446 shares in the previous reporting period [3] - The average daily volume for all securities is 2.37 days, compared to 2.02 days in the prior reporting period [3] Group 4: Short Sale Definition - A short sale is defined as the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale consummated by the delivery of a borrowed security [4]

Summary of Key Points Core Viewpoint - The total short interest in Nasdaq securities has increased, indicating a growing bearish sentiment among investors as of February 13, 2026 Group 1: Nasdaq Global Market - Short interest in 3,595 Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 15,834,216,597 shares, up from 15,574,683,465 shares in the previous reporting period [1] - The average short interest represents 2.25 days compared to 2.58 days in the prior reporting period [1] Group 2: Nasdaq Capital Market - Short interest in 1,654 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market reached 3,724,995,849 shares, a decrease from 3,614,991,067 shares in the previous period [2] - The average daily volume for this segment increased to 1.43 days from 1.08 days [2] Group 3: Overall Nasdaq Securities - Total short interest across all 5,249 Nasdaq securities was 19,559,212,446 shares, compared to 19,189,674,532 shares in the previous reporting period [3] - The average daily volume for all Nasdaq securities was 2.02 days, slightly down from 2.05 days in the prior period [3] Group 4: Short Sale Definition - A short sale is defined as the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale completed by delivering a borrowed security [4]

There is a poster on X claiming that $GME short interest is ~700% of shares outstanding. I believe he does some clever reverse engineering to discover how markets are made.He claims buy volume and short sell volume track together as part of the evidence to start his theory off. This is market making and is true for just about all stocks. I explained operational shorting by market makers/dealers in my Final Stop GameStop post.As I said then “This mechanism affects all stocks, not just GameStop. Nothing so si ...

Quarterly Metrics - The company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 85 cents, exceeding the analyst consensus estimate of 66 cents [1] - Quarterly sales reached $3.337 billion, reflecting a 6.9% year-over-year increase, surpassing the expected $3.301 billion [1] - Active customers totaled 21.3 million as of December 31, 2025, marking a 0.5% year-over-year decrease [1] - Total net revenue, excluding the impact of exit from the German market, grew 7.8% year over year [1] U.S. and International Revenue - U.S. net revenue amounted to $2.9 billion, up 7.4% year over year [2] - International net revenue reached $395 million, increasing by 3.7%, with constant-currency growth of 1.3% [2] - Repeat customers accounted for 79.1% of total orders delivered in the fourth quarter, slightly down from 79.4% in the previous year [2] - Average order value was $301 in the fourth quarter, compared to $290 in the same quarter last year [2] Profitability and Cash Position - Quarterly gross profit totaled $1.010 billion, an increase from $941 million [3] - Adjusted EBITDA was $224 million, compared to $96 million a year ago [3] - The company ended the quarter with cash and equivalents of $1.476 billion [3] Outlook - The company expects mid-single-digit year-over-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2026 [4] - Gross margins are projected to be in the 30%–31% range, likely toward the low end [4] - Adjusted EBITDA is anticipated to be between 4.5% and 5.5% of net revenue [4] Short Interest - The company has a short float of 16.69 million shares, representing 21.44% of its publicly traded float, indicating a high level of short interest among investors [5] - Wayfair shares were down 10.66% at $81.72 at the time of publication [5]

Group 1 - The short interest in XLK has increased significantly, rising from approximately 6.5 million shares in November to over 18 million by late January, nearly tripling in two months [1] - The rise in short interest in XLK indicates that hedge funds are using it as a vehicle to hedge against or bet against the concentration of AI-heavy stocks that have driven market gains [2] - Institutional investors are not bearish on technology as a whole, but are hedging against concentration risk associated with a few mega-cap AI stocks that have generated outsized returns [3] Group 2 - Targeted shorting is often a reflection of risk management rather than outright bearish bets, with days-to-cover ratios for XLK remaining low at about 1 to 1.6 days, indicating calculated institutional hedging [4] - The current sentiment from short sellers suggests that while the broader Nasdaq trade remains intact, there is emerging skepticism towards the AI-led leadership that has been driving market performance [5]