Most Shorted Stocks Today: May 29, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
Groupon (GRPN) tops Tapeboard's most-shorted leaderboard on May 29, 2026 with a perfect squeeze score of 100 and 58.1% short interest, while GOVX carries an extreme 551.2% borrow fee.
On May 29, 2026, Groupon (GRPN) leads Tapeboard's daily short squeeze leaderboard with a squeeze score of 100, driven by short interest equal to 58.1% of its free float. The board skews toward biotech and clean-energy names, with one outlier — GOVX — carrying a borrow fee of 551.2%, by far the most expensive name to short on the list. Nineteen of the top 25 candidates also sit on the FINRA threshold list, a sign of sustained short-side volume.
May 29, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRPN | 100 | 58.1% | 0.8% | 4.9 | T |
| 2 | RH | 92.6 | 57.3% | 0.4% | 6.3 | T |
| 3 | TOPS | 90.3 | 45.0% | 30.4% | 1.2 | |
| 5 | GOVX | 84.7 | 13.6% | 551.2% | 1.0 | T |
| 6 | NTLA | 81.5 | 46.8% | 0.4% | 6.2 | T |
| 7 | RXRX | 79.9 | 36.8% | 0.9% | 14.4 | T |
| 8 | BEAM | 75.7 | 39.9% | 0.3% | 12.2 | T |
| 9 | CLSK | 73.7 | 45.8% | 0.3% | 4.1 | T |
| 10 | BTDR | 72.6 | 34.8% | 0.6% | 7.6 | |
| 11 | EVGO | 72.4 | 33.6% | 0.6% | 11.9 | T |
| 12 | IBRX | 71.3 | 34.2% | 2.5% | 10.4 | T |
| 13 | CRSP | 70.6 | 32.4% | 0.5% | 15.1 | |
| 14 | AI | 70.5 | 35.5% | 0.4% | 10.1 | |
| 15 | TWST | 70.2 | 34.2% | 0.3% | 11.3 | T |
| 17 | LCID | 67.7 | 37.9% | 14.0% | 2.6 | |
| 18 | PLAY | 67.2 | 34.4% | 0.4% | 5.2 | |
| 19 | ARCT | 66.6 | 28.8% | 0.5% | 16.0 | T |
| 20 | TRIP | 66.5 | 32.5% | 0.4% | 10.5 | T |
| 21 | KOD | 65.7 | 25.9% | 0.4% | 16.2 | T |
| 23 | INDI | 64.2 | 29.3% | 2.2% | 10.5 | T |
| 24 | CSIQ | 63.7 | 31.4% | 1.0% | 6.7 | T |
| 25 | NVAX | 62.0 | 27.7% | 0.5% | 9.1 | T |
| 26 | UPST | 61.9 | 32.0% | 0.4% | 5.3 | T |
| 27 | ASAN | 60.6 | 33.2% | 0.4% | 4.7 | T |
| 28 | SVRA | 60.6 | 15.9% | 0.4% | 22.3 | T |
Top 5 Short Squeeze Candidates Today
1. GRPN — Squeeze Score 100
GRPN holds the top score with 58.1% short interest, float utilization of 55.0%, and days to cover of 4.9. The borrow is cheap at 0.8%, so the squeeze fuel here is positioning, not carry cost — over half the float is committed short. With days to cover under five, any positive catalyst that forces concentrated covering would have to clear an unusually crowded exit. Shares last printed at $20.25.
2. RH — Squeeze Score 92.6
RH ranks second at 92.6 with 57.3% short interest and 6.3 days to cover, but at a $149.10 share price this is the rare high-SI setup on a larger, higher-dollar name. The 0.4% borrow fee means shorts pay almost nothing to hold the position, so pressure builds only if price action itself forces covering rather than fee escalation. Float utilization sits at 39.1%.
3. TOPS — Squeeze Score 90.3
TOPS scores 90.3 on a different profile entirely: a 30.4% borrow fee, the highest float utilization on the board at 65.5%, and just 1.2 days to cover on a sub-dollar stock at $0.909. This is a high-fee, tight-float micro-cap — expensive to short and quick to cover. It is not on the threshold list. A squeeze here would come from borrow availability tightening further against an already saturated float.
5. GOVX — Squeeze Score 84.7
GOVX is the cost-of-carry story at 84.7. Short interest is modest at 13.6%, but the 551.2% annualized borrow fee makes it the single most expensive name to short on the list, with days to cover of 1.0. The setup is mechanical: at that fee, shorts bleed every day they stay in, so any sustained bid can make holding the position untenable. Shares last traded at $2.07.
6. NTLA — Squeeze Score 81.5
NTLA rounds out the top five at 81.5 with 46.8% short interest, 6.2 days to cover, and a cheap 0.4% borrow fee — a high-SI biotech that is also threshold-flagged. Like GRPN, the squeeze potential is in the crowded positioning rather than the carry cost; covering pressure would build if a gene-editing catalyst forced shorts to reduce. Float utilization is 38.6%, price $14.00.
Highest Borrow Fees on May 29, 2026
Three names carry borrow costs far above the rest: GOVX at 551.2%, TOPS at 30.4%, and LCID at 14.0%. These are the stocks where the cost of staying short, not the size of the short position, is the dominant pressure — IBRX (2.5%) and INDI (2.2%) trail well behind. Everything else on the board borrows under 1.1%.
Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List
The T column marks names showing sustained heavy short pressure on the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file — more than 50% of recent trading volume printed short-side over the last seven sessions. Nineteen of today's top 25 carry the flag, including GRPN, RH, GOVX, and NTLA. A threshold flag does not predict direction; it confirms that short-side flow has been persistent rather than a single-day spike. Full scoring detail lives at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
How the Tapeboard Squeeze Score Is Built
The score weights five inputs: 35% short interest as a percent of float (Yahoo), 25% borrow fee (IBKR via iborrowdesk), 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day price momentum (Schwab). A name can rank highly on different strengths — GRPN through raw short interest, GOVX through borrow cost — which is why the leaderboard mixes high-SI larger caps with high-fee micro-caps. See /methodology/short-squeeze-score for the full breakdown.
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