September Short Interest Rises Across Five Securities

Several stocks and exchange-traded funds reported higher short interest in September, though short positions remained a small share of outstanding shares in the reports. TDK’s short interest rose 144.8%, while TryHard Holdings’ climbed 340.3%; both had short-interest ratios of about 0.1 days. Among the ETFs, short interest increased 338.7% for the FT Vest 20+ Year Treasury & Target Income ETF, 356.7% for the Thornburg International Equity ETF, and 110.7% for the VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF. TryHard also carried a consensus Sell rating, while the reports described recent institutional buying in several of the ETFs.