5 Short Squeeze Candidates To Watch: Progenity, Digital Brands Top List Again, SPAC AGC Joins Ahead Of Merger
5 Short Squeeze Candidates To Watch: Progenity, Digital Brands Top List Again, SPAC AGC Joins Ahead Of Merger
Potential short squeeze plays have gained steam in 2021 with new retail traders looking for the next GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) or AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE:AMC).
2021年，潜在的做空交易势头增强，新的零售交易员正在寻找下一个GameStop公司(纽约证券交易所代码：GME)或AMC娱乐控股公司(纽约证券交易所代码：AMC)。
A short squeeze can occur when a heavily shorted stock rises in value instead of falling. Short sellers could be looking to close out their position and can face a loss if they have to buy back the shares they initially borrowed at a higher price.
当一只严重做空的股票价值上升而不是下跌时，可能会发生空头挤压。卖空者可能正在寻求平仓，如果他们不得不以更高的价格回购最初借入的股票，他们可能会面临亏损。
Fintel Data: Data from Fintel, which requires a subscription, provides a look at some of the top shorted stocks and data that shows how likely a short squeeze is to happen.
Fintel数据：Fintel的数据需要订阅，它提供了一些顶级卖空股票的情况，以及显示空头挤压发生的可能性有多大的数据。
Here is a look at Fintel’s top five short squeeze candidates for the week of Oct. 25.
以下是10月25日当周Fintel排名前五位的做空候选者。
Progenity: Biotech Progenity Inc (NASDAQ:PROG) tops the short squeeze leaderboard for the second straight week. Fintel reports that 22.4% of the company’s float is short, in line with last week’s total. The company has a cost to borrow of 76.9%, up from last week’s 74.6%.
后代：生物技术Progenity Inc.(纳斯达克股票代码：PROG)连续第二周位居空头排行榜榜首。Fintel报告称，该公司22.4%的流通股是做空的，与上周的总数一致。该公司的借款成本为76.9%，高于上周的74.6%。
Shares rallied on news of a patent for a preeclampsia test being awarded. Fintel points to the company issuing new shares being a potential roadblock but for those shorting the stock, “it could end in tears for those betting big against it today.”
一项先兆子痫测试专利被授予的消息传出后，股价上涨。芬特尔指出，该公司发行新股是一个潜在的障碍，但对于那些做空该股的人来说，“对于那些今天大举做空该股的人来说，这可能会以泪水收场。”
Digital Brands: Direct-to-consumer brand company Digital Brands Group (NASDAQ:DBGI) comes in second on Fintel’s list for the second straight week. Fintel reports 18.8% of the company’s share float shorted, in line with the previous week. Shares have a cost to borrow of 34.7%. Raw short interest in the company is up over 970% in recent weeks.
数字品牌：直销品牌公司数字品牌集团纳斯达克股票代码：DBGI)连续第二周在Fintel榜单上排名第二。Fintel报告称，该公司18.8%的流通股做空，与前一周持平。股票的借贷成本为34.7%。最近几周，该公司的原始空头权益上涨了970%以上。
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Protagonist Therapeutics: Biotechnology Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX) ranks third on the list for this week. Fintel reports 12.4% of the company’s float short and a borrow fee of 16.9%. The figures rank on the lower end of the list, but Fintel reports that short interest is up 28% in the last reporting period.
主角治疗学：生物技术主角治疗学纳斯达克股票代码：PTGX)本周排名第三。Fintel报告称，该公司12.4%的浮动空头和16.9%的借款费用。这些数字在榜单中排名较低，但Fintel报告称，在上一个报告期内，空头利率上升了28%。
Altimeter Growth Corp: SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp (NASDAQ:AGC), which is bringing SE Asian company Grab public, ranks fourth on Fintel’s list. Grab is a leader in many segments in SE Asia including ride-hail, digital payments and food delivery.
高度计增长公司：空间高度计增长公司(纳斯达克股票代码：AGC)，这将带来东南亚公司抓斗在芬特尔的榜单上排名第四。Grab在东南亚的许多领域都处于领先地位，包括叫车、数字支付和送餐。
Fintel shows 35.3% of the company’s float short, the highest of this week’s top five short-squeeze candidates. The borrow rate on AGC shares is 13.1%. Fintel shows strong institutional ownership with shares owned up 254% in the recent quarter and the number of funds owning AGC shares up 22%.
Fintel显示，该公司35.3%的流通股做空，是本周五大空头候选者中最高的。AGC股票的借款利率为13.1%。Fintel表现出强大的机构所有权，最近一个季度持有的股票增加了254%，持有AGC股票的基金数量增加了22%。
Paltalk: Communications company Paltalk (NASDAQ:PALT) ranks fifth for the second straight week on Fintel’s short squeeze candidate list. Fintel shows 5.6% of shares floated, which is on the lower end. Paltalk has the highest borrow fee on the list at 131%. Fintel points to a float of 7.2 million non-shorted shares and points out that it would take only $50 million to snap up the remaining shares.
PalTalk：通信公司PalTalk纳斯达克股票代码：PALT)在Fintel的做空候选名单上连续第二周排名第五。Fintel显示，5.6%的股票流通股，处于较低水平。PalTalk的借款费最高，为131%。Fintel指出，有720万股非卖空股票流通股，并指出只需5,000万美元就可以抢购剩余的股票。