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FLWS. Again, confirmed short interest vis ORTEX

FLWS. Again, confirmed short interest vis ORTEX

Based off of NAV, liquidation value (hidden assets in their acres for Harry and David's, and FLWS has 20 businesses in 1), DCF, and EPV, FLWS is undervalued. Don't take my word for it, even yahoo finance says its 4.88 average (high of $6 valuation on there of 2). Yahoo finance tends to be pessimistic when price has been down this long.

I used some AI (claude opus cuz im fancy) to calculate potential, but basically, the fundamentals show that if it were sold for parts it would be $12-$18 per share. Worst case scenario, thats a 209% profit (from $3.88). Price to book is .87.

I posted about this a few months ago, saying all we need is volume. Well, volume has been here the last 3 days, and it already hit 5.21 intraday on Monday and closed near $5. Heres ORTEX data from either Monday or yesterday. This shows 15 days to cover. Confirms 104% short interest (not everyone trusts fintel.io).

Im in for 1000 shares in my brokerage and 650 in my rollover IRA at around $4.29 cost basis. I was in, in october until like feb/march and got out. Back again, because with a brand new c-suite exec team, I'm cautiously optimistic for earnings on May 7th. If there's an earnings surprise...well...we've seen what 7 million volume can do...

u/No_Yogurtcloset7776 — 6 hours ago
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AVIS Squeeze is Officially Over

Writing this since I don't want to see others get burned. Was one hell of a ride up (sadly I was late to the party) but its clearly now being offloaded by SRS and Pentwater at this level. Yesterdays sloppy action showed a ton of distribution (look at that volume) and soon its going to be retail hands only. And then the institutional shorting begins and with this squeeze in particular, its will be violent due to the positioning being mainly two holders (who will likely be out and potentially be shorting by then) and not as much retail with gains they can play with.

For all the likely hate by optimistic traders: I understand why you (and all of us) want to see it continue. I love seeing shorts burned (like a lot). I have worked at some of the biggest hedge funds and private equity funds before quitting for a new career and trading on my own. PM's love getting both sides of a trade since it makes twice the use of the research done.

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u/IWillMakeYouBlush — 16 hours ago

FLWS - low float, under book value

The most important part for a set up for tomorrow 4/22:

Had a 10% drawdown today after it's 20% run up yesterday. --It's now on the REG SHO SSR list and cannot be shorted at the bid for tomorrow.

FLWS has been beaten down and hyped a bunch in the past. I skipped all those plays but I've done some digging and really like the past quarters set up for a squeeze play from here:

$193m cash on hand - nearly = todays MC of 256m

Book value per share should be $4.22 considering cash and assets

Recently announced instacart nationwide partnership

Slashed marketing expenses by $25m and delivered a massive EPS beat last quarter

Fintel shows 104% of the available float shorted after you consider the institutional lock up

52% ownership by insiders and they're not selling.

EPS goal of >$1/share by EOY

Next EPS is May 7th. If you consider they probably got their highest order period over valentines day and pre-orders for Easter or Mothers days then this has a good chance to deliver yet another surprise beat.

Low gamma on the options chain so not much to fight the market maker delta hedging on.

With ~9m shares actually available for the float that means relatively low buying and holding volume can make this move

as a risk/reward squeeze set up getting in under book value of $4.22 seems like a solid play. Also saw another analysis pegging their book value at $4.52

Beyond the 52% insider control, the largest institutional holder (Fund 1 Investments) has locked up over 5.3 million shares (~14.6% of Class A), severely compressing the active liquidity shorts need to cover

FLWS is carrying only ~$123M to $147M in long-term debt against their $193M in pure cash. Because they aren't facing a liquidity crisis, management is under zero pressure to kill a potential squeeze with a surprise At-The-Market (ATM) share offering

NFA - trade your own plan

Disclaimer: My average is now $3.5 after adding at $4 today. Will sell if it collapses below $3

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u/TherealCarbunc — 1 day ago

$FJET created an extremely low float just like $NMAX upon IPO.

NMAX is closed as a “mini” IPO giving its small offering of just 6% of the total company. Insider holders then mean the tradable float is somewhat non-existent. This structure is rare and creates a stock structure that’s easy to squeeze.

The only other recent IPO with shares locked up and a very similar IPO offering structure is FJET. Which also happens to sit within the Space theme.

Could easily follow NMAX here, very easily.

Look how explosive the previous pops have been.

Worth a watch if it starts to break over todays high, that's what I'm waiting for. Worth having on watch.

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u/Stonkgang_ — 15 hours ago
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$LCID has 150m tradable float. Saudi arm own 222m. Same shit as $CAR

Isn’t LCID the same? It has a tradable float of 152m shares, yet Ayar Third Investment company, owned by Saudi Arabias public fund, owns shares, warrants and convertibles to the tune of 222m shares. Uber then discloses a stake of 33m shares… Yet only 152 are tradable.

Meanwhile over 43m shares are short.

So far the Saudi investment arm have invested £9bn and the market cap is £2bn

Do we really think they’re going to stand for this?

Anybody want to help dig into this, hence the discussion flair.

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u/Stonkgang_ — 1 day ago

SqueezeFinder - April 21st 2026

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    Juice Target: 27.1
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    Price: 10.64 (+0.7%)
    Breakdown point: 9.6
    Breakout point: 12.0
    Mentions (30D): 0 🆕
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    Price: 47.48 (+15.2%)
    Breakdown point: 40.0
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u/Squeeze-Finder — 2 days ago
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$FLWS Sorry guys I realize I posted this to myself only .. Forgot to hit r/Shortsqueeze Was $4.25 and Calls at .60 .. now $1.20+

Follow me and let me know when I post to myself only 😂

u/TallLiving2974 — 2 days ago

Robinhood's Short Interest Charts

I want to make sure I'm reading these charts right. The black line is the float which is the amount of shares available to short and the green is the percent of float shorted. So it's better to have the black line below the green like this chart right? Thoughts?

u/munkeymoney — 2 days ago

$FBGL Squeeze Setup: 4M Float, 31.7% SI, 254% CTB, No Usable Dilution at all!

$FBGL took some off high short interest Singapore penny name with 4m float

- October 12, 2026: Initial deadline to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Rule.

no approved Reverse split and no upcoming vote, has 31.7% SI with 254% ctb and F-1 has no EFFECT form so unusable with nothing else on file.

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u/Dat_Ace — 16 hours ago

$FCHL is either the best opportunity right now or the worst

Was looking around and saw someone mentioned fchl. It dropped 90 percent the past week and there’s 0 shares to short. They just closed a 5 million dollar public offering and the market cap is 250k. With a market cap that low it could really fly and destroy the shorts really quick. What do u guys think?

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u/PatientAd9855 — 2 days ago

HTZ squeeze just needs a little juice!

TLDR - Avis is in a massive technical squeeze and is pulling HTZ along with it. Just needs a little more flames to the fire to trigger a squeeze on an already heavily shorted stock. Earnings on 5/8 will be very good and could finally do it. Squeee coudl put it $10-15 and maybe higher for a brief time..

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u/originalpjy — 1 day ago

Is this the kind of setup you look for for a short squeeze?

148% short float

2,597.75% borrow rate?

So more shares are short then exist?

u/PhysicalRestaurant73 — 3 days ago

$IMTE all set up completed - pls enjoy

$IMTE

As I posted before, IMTE is in a good position and fly in no time.

IMTE was non compliance company under (1) delinquent = delay of 20F with governance control, (2) 2025 1H financilas delay, (3) minimum bid price.

However, this changed. they lifted (1) and (2) after their submitting Form3 on 4/7. now only pending is (3).

This is super good news.

This company received "delisted determination letter" for (1) and (2) and received "delisted notifications" for (3).

(3) has still leading time and mild "warning" while (1)/(2) were critical and almost they were about to be delisted.

They finally resolved such situation.

I originally thought the company would announce 6K. But they did not. Meanwhile, their price level was 25% up from the bottom and now completely settled for the next big pump.

No one sells now. There was only 4k shares to be traded yesterday. Nothing. Good or bad ? In order book, 30k sales are showing right above he price but never sold off for days. I think these sell orders are not serious sell, but a sign to flip up.

No one wants to sell. But no one wants to buy. What if whales come ?

Whales can easily eat them all and push this higher with small cost. Magnificent squeeze are right away.

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u/Nick-7-7 — 2 days ago

$ONCO is a sex robot play which is being accumulated by hedge funds

Yep, this is my Gemini gem response...could have issues with data or sources, so make of that what you will. I own $ONCO and I will add, trim, or close as I see fit. Not financial advice for anyone whatsoever, do you own research and make your own trades.

TLDR: $ONCO is being bought up by a hedge fund while at the same time, they are buying Realbotix, a "companionship and intimacy" humanoid robot company, i.e. they could end up making sex robots for all the neck beards out there.

Stock: Onconetix, Inc. ($ONCO)

Subject: Tactical Valuation Analysis: Institutional Accumulation and M&A Potential Post-Realbotix Integration

Executive Summary

Onconetix ($ONCO) has undergone a fundamental structural pivot, evolving from a clinical-stage biotechnology firm into a diversified "AI + Bio" entity following its definitive agreement to acquire Realbotix LLC. Despite a significant decline in market value over the previous year and a defensive 1-for-5 reverse stock split in late March 2026, recent aggressive institutional accumulation by HRT Financial LP indicates a significant disconnect between the company’s current market capitalization and its underlying asset value. With the balance sheet cleared of major legacy debt and a new focus on commercially viable humanoid robotics, $ONCO represents a compelling acquisition target for larger AI aggregators or technology conglomerates.

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Institutional Dynamics: The HRT Blocking Stake

The primary catalyst for the current bullish thesis is the rapid accumulation of equity by HRT Financial LP. In mid-April 2026, the fund executed high-volume transactions to secure a dominant position in the post-split float.

  • Concentrated Ownership: Following transactions on April 14 and 15, HRT Financial increased its holdings to 197,052 shares.
  • Equity Control: The March 25 reverse split reduced the total shares outstanding from approximately 3.6 million to 0.7 million. Consequently, HRT Financial now controls approximately 27.5% of the total equity.
  • Strategic Position: By crossing the 10% beneficial ownership threshold, HRT is now classified as an insider. This nearly 30% "blocking stake" allows the fund to influence board-level decisions regarding mergers or liquidations, suggesting a non-passive intent aimed at asset monetization.

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Operational Pivot: Realbotix and AI Humanoid Scaling

The acquisition of Realbotix LLC has fundamentally altered the company’s revenue model, shifting focus toward immediate hardware commercialization and enterprise AI services.

  • Production Milestones: Realbotix has confirmed expectations to deliver 19 AI humanoid robots and corresponding AI implementations through May 2026, marking a transition from development to a functional supply chain.
  • Technical Validation: In March 2026, a Realbotix humanoid was featured as a live endpoint in Ericsson’s world-first 6G over-the-air trial at its Plano, Texas headquarters. This demonstrated the hardware's capability for high-speed, low-latency interaction in enterprise environments.
  • Proprietary Vision: The delivery of the Vinci AI Vision System to Ericsson allows robots to recognize returning users and recall previous conversations. This patented eye-tracking technology positions Onconetix as a leader in human-centric robotics, offering a U.S.-manufactured platform that competes with higher-cost alternatives.

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Intellectual Property and Financial De-risking

While the company's legacy biotech operations caused past financial strain, recent corporate actions have significantly improved its profile for potential acquirers:

  • Debt Resolution: A September 2025 settlement with Veru, Inc. successfully satisfied $8.8M in promissory notes through a combination of cash and equity, removing a primary barrier to a clean acquisition.
  • Diagnostic IP: Through its subsidiary Proteomedix, the company retains the Proclarix prostate cancer test (EU-approved). Furthermore, a September 2025 agreement with Immunovia allows the licensee to use Proteomedix IP for pancreatic cancer testing, providing a stable stream of royalties and manufacturing-related payments through 2032.

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Takeover Rationale: The "Stalking Horse" Scenario

At a market capitalization currently below $1M, $ONCO is trading at a fraction of the cost required to develop its AI vision and robotics assets independently.

  1. Horizontal M&A: Enterprise AI firms (e.g., SoundHound AI or BigBear.ai) could view $ONCO as a "bolt-on" to gain immediate hardware capability and an established U.S. manufacturing footprint.
  2. Strategic Exit: HRT Financial’s 27.5% stake acts as a catalyst for a sale. With the balance sheet de-risked and the Realbotix integration nearing completion, the company is positioned for a strategic buyout by a technology conglomerate seeking an undervalued entry into the humanoid robotics sector.

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Risk Summary

The primary risks involve maintaining the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement and managing the liquidity of a low-float stock. However, the presence of a 27.5% institutional anchor and the delivery of revenue-generating hardware in Q2 2026 suggest that the downside is increasingly capped by the liquidated value of the company's intellectual property.

TLDR: $ONCO is being bought up by a hedge fund while at the same time, they are buying Realbotix, a "companionship and intimacy" humanoid robot company, i.e. they could end up making sex robots for all the neck beards out there.

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u/value1024 — 2 days ago

$WEN $700k Bet - Memes are coming back and CAR is the fuel

CAR is gunna kick start a short squeeze mania, I’m now long 3 names and just added Wendy’s. The pinnacle of memes.

Which also is cash flow positive, trades below EV and hoards of cash.

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u/Stonkgang_ — 3 days ago

$POET will be going higher with recent GOOGL/MVRL news

Wolfpack will close their short position, which will surge the price.

The deal between GOOGLE/MRVL deal is on(likely). POET demands will surge.

Have posted POET 2 months back, no one bats an eye but we shall see, lets gooooo!!

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u/Fun-Journalist2276 — 3 days ago