25 Stocks With Short Squeeze Potential

A new year is upon us, and what better way to start 2026 strong than a short squeeze? The table below features the equity's amount of total available float tied up in short interest, how much short interest has increased in the last month, and how underwater these bearish bettors are.

This screen finds stocks where the shorts might be at a big loss and therefore likely to begin covering. Obviously, there are quite a few assumptions so these would be very rough estimates.

To estimate the return for the shorts, Rocky went back over the past year of short interest reports to find when the shorts were added. Then he used the average price over the prior two weeks and estimated the shorts were added at that average price. Below are stocks where significant shorts have been added and they could be at a big loss. 

Bear in mind, this data is from the most recent reporting period (12/15).

Highlights on the list include Applied Digital (APLD), Oklo (OKLO), data center maven IREN (IREN), and quantum computing maven Rigetti Computing (RGTI).