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Market Cap

$571M

Float

29M

Short %

51.7%

of float

Days to Cover

9.07

Borrow Rate

0.68%

Interactive Brokers

Available (IB)

650K

Available (Schwab)

168K

Hard to Borrow

YES

Earnings

May 7

2026

3 ✅ Squeeze Score

4.5

out of 5

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Short % of Float

5/5

Days to Cover

4/5

Float Size

4/5

Borrow Pressure

3/5

Sentiment

4/5

Volume Trend

4/5

4 ✅ 21-Day Price Chart (Schwab)

5 ✅ Options Chain — May 15 Expiry

CALLS

Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV
$10.00	4.20	4.70	-	-	-	-
$11.00	2.70	3.90	-	-	-	-
$12.00	2.35	3.10	2.47	10	327	131%
$13.00	2.10	2.40	2.01	27	463	127%
$14.00	1.60	1.80	1.75	182	650	132%
$15.00	1.20	1.40	1.35	63	661	136%
$16.00	0.90	1.15	1.01	122	1,716	140%
$17.00	0.65	0.85	0.81	56	1,597	139%
$18.00	0.50	0.65	0.60	138	2,412	142%

PUTS

Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	Vol	OI	IV
$13.00	0.85	0.95	0.92	8	805	127%
$14.00	1.35	1.50	1.75	42	433	132%
$15.00	1.95	2.15	2.24	36	494	136%

6 ✅ Institutional Holders

Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
Pale Fire Capital SE CEO fund — NOT LENDING	26.24%	10,181,070	$142.6M
BlackRock Inc	7.59%	2,943,772	$41.2M
Continental General Insurance	7.55%	2,929,832	$41.0M
Vanguard Group	5.41%	2,098,092	$29.4M
Windward Management LP	4.99%	1,937,812	$27.1M
Morgan Stanley	3.11%	1,208,443	$16.9M

93%

Institutional

13.6%

Insider

222

Institutions

7 ✅ Borrow Tracker

Apr 29, 6:39 PM — Interactive Brokers

0.68%
Borrow Rate

650,000
Shares Available

Apr 29, 9:20 AM — Interactive Brokers

0.78%
Borrow Rate

600,000
Shares Available

Apr 29, 7:46 AM — Interactive Brokers

1.01%
Borrow Rate

600,000
Shares Available

Apr 28, 8:44 PM — Interactive Brokers

1.01%
Borrow Rate

450,000
Shares Available

Schwab

168,000
Shares Available

HARD TO BORROW
Status

🟢 >100K shares = Easy 🟡 10K-100K = Tightening 🔴 <10K = Squeezed 🚨 Zero = Recall Risk

8 ✅ Sentiment Analysis

Reddit Buzz Score

30.2

▼ Falling

45 → 30 this week

Sentiment Breakdown

36% Bull

36%

28% Bear

Top Subreddits

r/wallstreetbets20 r/shortsqueeze1 r/pennystocks1

Trend Summary

Buzz declining from 45 to 30 this week. WSB still has 90% of mentions. Sentiment split evenly between bullish and neutral positions.

9 ✅ Analyst Ratings

Consensus

BUY

2.33 / 5.00

3 analysts covering

Price Target Range

$10.00 Low $23.33 Mean $40.00 High

▲ Current: $14.24 (64% upside to mean)

📈

CEO Insider Buy

+17,250 shares — Mar 12, 2026

10 ✅ Fundamentals

Revenue $498M

Revenue Growth +1.8%

Gross Margin 90.8%

Operating Margin 4.9%

Profit Margin -16.8%

Cash $296M

Debt $350M

Current Ratio 0.975

P/E Ratio N/A

Forward P/E 7.96

Beta -0.044

Employees 1,734

11 ✅ Trading Log

Date	Action	Strike	Type	Contracts	Premium	P&L	Status
No trades recorded yet. Entries will appear here as positions are opened.