Meta Platforms sees largest enhance in brief curiosity of any U.S. inventory this yr, S3 says
Meta Platforms, which dropped 2.3% on Monday, has seen the most important enhance in brief curiosity of any U.S. inventory this yr, in keeping with S3 Companions, which focuses on monitoring the exercise of brief sellers, who try to revenue from a decline in an organization’s inventory worth.
Meta’s notional brief curiosity has soared 75%, or $11 billion, to this point in 2025, S3 stated in a notice Monday. The quantity of Meta’s shares bought brief as a proportion of the overall excellent has jumped 38% in current weeks, and 35% to this point in 2025, the researcher stated.
The second-largest enhance in year-to-date notional brief curiosity was in Palantir, which rose $2.8 billion, S3 stated.
“META’s 30% YTD inventory worth achieve accounts for roughly half of the rise in brief curiosity notional, with the rest pushed by new shorts. Causes for shorting META embody Heavy AI and Metaverse spending, Commerce/Tariff Dangers, Development Slowdown, Increased Valuation and Weakening Advert Market,” S3 stated.
— Scott Schnipper
Palo Alto Networks jumps 5% after earnings beat
Shares of Palo Alto Networks jumped greater than 5% in prolonged buying and selling after the chipmaker’s quarterly outcomes topped Wall Avenue estimates and issued better-than-expected steerage for the primary quarter and full yr.
The outcomes come weeks after Palo Alto introduced plans to purchase Israeli id safety supplier CyberArk for $25 billion, its heftiest deal ever.
Palo Alto additionally stated its founder and Chief Know-how Officer Nir Zuk is retiring.
— Yun Li