Most Shorted Stocks Today: June 12, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
Groupon (GRPN) leads the most shorted stocks on June 12, 2026 with a 50.8 squeeze score and short interest at 66.7% of float, on a board where 20 of 25 names carry FINRA threshold flags for sustained heavy short-side volume.
Groupon (GRPN) tops Tapeboard's short squeeze leaderboard on June 12, 2026 with a squeeze score of 50.8, driven by short interest at 66.7% of float — the highest on the board — and 5.4 days to cover. Lucid (LCID) carries the day's steepest borrow fee at 8.2% annualized, but the dominant pattern today is breadth of short-side volume rather than borrow cost: 20 of the 25 names are flagged on the FINRA threshold list, meaning shorts accounted for more than half of recent trading volume in each.
June 12, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | GRPN | 50.8 | 66.7% | 1.0% | 5.4 | T |
| 8 | LCID | 36.5 | 35.5% | 8.2% | 3.4 | T |
| 9 | CHWY | 36.0 | 43.5% | 0.4% | 3.1 | T |
| 10 | INDI | 36.0 | 29.5% | 1.9% | 11.5 | T |
| 11 | ELF | 34.7 | 40.6% | 0.4% | 2.7 | T |
| 12 | RH | 34.3 | 39.1% | 0.4% | 6.8 | T |
| 13 | NTLA | 34.0 | 38.6% | 0.4% | 7.7 | T |
| 14 | BEAM | 33.8 | 30.1% | 0.3% | 12.6 | T |
| 15 | EVGO | 33.0 | 33.6% | 0.8% | 10.6 | T |
| 16 | BTDR | 33.0 | 42.7% | 0.6% | 7.1 | |
| 17 | PLAY | 32.4 | 38.3% | 0.3% | 5.7 | |
| 18 | RXRX | 32.2 | 36.0% | 0.6% | 13.3 | |
| 19 | TWST | 31.8 | 29.9% | 0.3% | 10.4 | T |
| 20 | AI | 31.7 | 36.3% | 0.4% | 10.2 | T |
| 21 | XOP | 31.6 | — | — | 3.3 | T |
| 22 | PRME | 31.3 | 28.1% | 0.4% | 11.7 | T |
| 23 | UPST | 31.2 | 32.5% | 0.4% | 5.0 | T |
| 24 | TRIP | 31.2 | 27.8% | 0.4% | 9.0 | T |
| 25 | ASAN | 31.1 | 36.2% | 0.4% | 4.5 | T |
| 26 | IBRX | 30.7 | 33.7% | 2.7% | 10.6 | |
| 27 | NVAX | 30.5 | 32.0% | 0.4% | 6.4 | |
| 28 | MIRM | 30.4 | 15.6% | — | 4.8 | T |
| 29 | CSIQ | 30.2 | 34.7% | 1.0% | 4.4 | T |
| 31 | SVRA | 29.9 | 21.4% | 0.4% | 23.9 | T |
| 32 | SRPT | 29.6 | 26.4% | 0.4% | 7.3 | T |
Highest Borrow Fees on June 12, 2026
Borrow remains cheap across most of the board — only four names cost shorts more than 1% annualized. LCID's 8.2% fee is the outlier, followed by ImmunityBio (IBRX) at 2.7% and indie Semiconductor (INDI) at 1.9%. The exit doors are a different story: Savara (SVRA) would need 23.9 days of average volume for shorts to fully cover, and Canadian Solar (CSIQ) enters the list with 5-day momentum of -21.6%, the sharpest recent decline among ranked names.
Top 5 Setups in Detail
4. GRPN — Squeeze Score 50.8
Groupon is today's clear leader: 66.7% of the float is sold short, float utilization reads an identical 66.7%, and the stock carries a FINRA threshold flag — yet the borrow fee is just 1.0%. That combination of extreme positioning and cheap borrow is the classic precondition for repricing: shorts holding two-thirds of a $17 float face no cost pressure today, but if borrow availability tightens and the fee climbs, the economics of staying short deteriorate fast. At 5.4 days to cover, any forced covering competes for nearly a week of average volume.
8. LCID — Squeeze Score 36.5
Lucid is the high-fee setup on the board. Short interest sits at 35.5% of float and the 8.2% annualized borrow fee — the steepest of any ranked name — means shorts in the $5.20 stock are already paying meaningfully to hold the position. Days to cover is just 3.4, so the position can unwind quickly; a positive catalyst that forces covering would translate into price impact faster here than in the slower-exit names lower on the list.
9. CHWY — Squeeze Score 36
Chewy pairs 43.5% short interest — second highest on the board — with a near-free 0.4% borrow fee and 3.1 days to cover. Momentum currently favors the shorts: the stock is down 5.0% over five days to $19.33, and it carries a threshold flag. The mechanical setup is a heavily shorted name where bears are winning; a momentum reversal is the trigger that would force that 43.5% short base to compete for exits.
10. INDI — Squeeze Score 36
indie Semiconductor is the crowded-door setup. Short interest of 29.5% is moderate by this board's standards, but at 11.5 days to cover, shorts in the $4.13 stock would need more than two weeks of average volume to fully exit. The 1.9% borrow fee is already elevated relative to most peers here, and the threshold flag confirms sustained short-side volume. If covering starts, the long unwind window is what amplifies the move.
11. ELF — Squeeze Score 34.7
e.l.f. Beauty carries 40.6% short interest against a 0.4% borrow fee and the tightest exit among the top five at 2.7 days to cover. The threshold flag shows shorts have dominated recent volume in the $61.34 stock. This is the fast-twitch version of the high-SI setup: the position is large, but the door is wide — meaning a squeeze here would be sharp and short-lived rather than a prolonged grind.
Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List
The T column marks symbols showing sustained heavy short pressure on the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file — specifically, short-side volume exceeding 50% of total volume within the last 7 trading days. Twenty of today's 25 names carry the flag, an unusually broad concentration. Full criteria are documented in our methodology.
How the Squeeze Score Is Built
The Tapeboard squeeze score weights five inputs: 35% short interest as a percent of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee (IBKR stock-loan data), 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day momentum (Schwab). Filing data comes from the SEC. The complete scoring breakdown is at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
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