Short Sellers Are Hammering These 10 Stocks — One Is 86% Short
Posted On May 28, 2026
Short sellers are piling into a wide-ranging group of names, with the latest Benzinga Pro data showing elevated bearish positioning across 10 stocks spanning energy, crypto, AI and enterprise software.
- PATH stock is heavily shorted. See the chart and price action here.
Venture Global (NYSE:VG) sits at the extreme top of the list, while CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK), Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) and a handful of high-growth and thematic names round out the most crowded short trades heading into June.
High-Short-Interest Standouts
Below are the top 10 most heavily shorted stocks (market caps above $2 billion, average 14‑day volume above 5 million and free floats above 5 million) based on data from Benzinga Pro as of May 28, 2026:
| Ticker | Company Name | Short % of Float |
| VG | Venture Global, Inc. | 86.10% |
| CLSK | CleanSpark, Inc. | 45.84% |
| LCID | Lucid Group, Inc. | 44.55% |
| PCT | PureCycle Technologies, Inc. | 39.88% |
| FLNC | Fluence Energy, Inc. | 38.19% |
| SOUN | SoundHound AI, Inc. | 38.06% |
| FIG | Figma, Inc. | 36.89% |
| BTDR | Bitdeer Technologies Group | 36.28% |
| SATS | EchoStar Corp. | 36.10% |
| PATH | UiPath, Inc. | 35.14% |
Closer Look
Venture Global’s 86.10% short interest is the defining data point of this screen — nearly double the next name on the …
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