Highest Borrow-Fee Stocks Today: July 13, 2026 — Hard-to-Borrow Rates
JZ carries the market's highest borrow fee at 679.9% annualized on July 13, 2026, one of just 4 stocks in Tapeboard's hard-to-borrow-or-extreme tier today.
TL;DR: As of 10:50 PM ET on July 13, 2026, JZ carries the highest IBKR borrow fee in Tapeboard's market-wide ranking at 679.9% annualized. BJDX ranks second at 645.1%, and ELPW is third at 380.5%.
The costliest name to borrow on a market-wide basis is JZ at 679.9% annualized as of July 13, 2026. Fees on today's list span 0.3% to 679.9% annualized; the median is 0.3%. Ultra-high, triple-digit borrow fee readings like these typically flag distressed or nearly un-locatable shares rather than a conventional short squeeze setup — short interest, price momentum, and volume all need to line up before scarcity in the lending pool becomes an actual squeeze signal.
Today's Hard-to-Borrow Rate Table
| Rank | Symbol | Annualized Borrow Fee | Rebate Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JZ | 679.9% | −676.3% |
| 2 | BJDX | 645.1% | −641.5% |
| 3 | ELPW | 380.5% | −376.9% |
| 4 | ABCCF | 29.3% | — |
| 5 | AIMUF | 6.5% | −2.6% |
| 6 | ALPP | 5.2% | −1.6% |
| 7 | ALCUF | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| 8 | GRPN | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| 9 | ABBB | 0.3% | 3.3% |
| 10 | AHII | 0.3% | 3.3% |
| 11 | AAPT | 0.3% | 3.4% |
| 12 | AATV | 0.3% | 3.4% |
| 13 | ABTI | 0.3% | 3.4% |
| 14 | ACBD | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| 15 | ADLI | 0.3% | 3.9% |
| 16 | AFGVY | 0.3% | — |
| 17 | AIDA | 0.3% | 3.4% |
| 18 | AISXF | 0.3% | 3.4% |
*Source: IBKR Securities Lending rates as compiled by Tapeboard, July 13, 2026 10:50 PM ET. Market-wide ranking across all IBKR-tracked securities. Not investment advice.*
Borrow-Fee Tiers
Tapeboard categorizes annualized borrow fees as normal (under 2%), elevated (2-10%), hard-to-borrow (10-50%), and extreme (above 50%). On July 13, 2026, 4 names on today's market-wide list fell in the hard-to-borrow or extreme tier.
The top of today's list illustrates why these tiers matter: JZ, BJDX, and ELPW all sit well above the extreme threshold, while ABCCF lands in the hard-to-borrow band. The rest of the list — AIMUF and ALPP in the elevated tier, and the remaining names clustered near the 0.3% floor — shows how quickly fees drop off outside the small group of names where lendable shares are genuinely scarce.
What a High Borrow Fee Signals
An annualized borrow fee is the stock-loan cost a short seller pays to hold a short position open. A high fee reflects scarcity in the lendable share pool — it does not, by itself, predict a squeeze. Names with triple-digit fees are often distressed, very-low-float, post-reverse-split, or recently IPO'd stocks where shares are almost impossible to locate; a high cost-to-short is not the same as squeeze potential. Borrow fee is weighted 25% in Tapeboard's composite squeeze score, alongside short interest, price momentum, and volume — see the methodology for the full weighting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which stocks have the highest borrow fees today?
As of July 13, 2026, JZ has the highest annualized borrow fee at 679.9%, followed by BJDX at 645.1% and ELPW at 380.5%.
What is considered a high stock borrow fee?
Tapeboard classifies annualized borrow fees as normal (under 2%), elevated (2-10%), hard-to-borrow (10-50%), and extreme (above 50%). Fees above 50% typically indicate very limited share availability in the lending pool.
Where do these borrow rates come from?
Tapeboard compiles IBKR Securities Lending borrow fees daily and refreshes them each evening across the full market universe. These rates are daily snapshots, not real-time intraday feeds, and may differ from rates at other brokers.
Data and Methodology
Borrow fee data comes from IBKR's Stock Loan Availability feed, updated daily each evening across the full market universe. Rebate rate figures are sourced from IBKR Securities Lending data where available. See today's full squeeze analysis for the 7-factor composite ranking, or the hard-to-borrow leaderboard for the live pillar.
This post is for educational and informational purposes only and is not investment advice. Borrow fees reflect securities-lending conditions reported in IBKR's daily data; they are not real-time intraday rates and may differ from rates at other brokers. A high borrow fee does not constitute a buy or sell signal. Short selling carries unlimited downside risk. Editor: Marcus Reilly.