Activist Shorts

Activist Shorts Weekly W42 (excerpt)

2019-10-19

This week, we recorded four new activist short reports. On average, targeted stocks declined 2.9%. Below you can read what you should not miss this week in the short-selling world. We especially focus on J Capital's thesis on WTC. J Capital sees this ten-billion-dollar software company overstating its profit by more than …

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European Shorts, Activist Shorts

Muddy Waters disclosed a short in Corestate

2019-10-16

TL; DR: Corestate Capital Holding shares were down as much as 29% today, following a disclosure of a 0.5% short position by Muddy Waters Capital.* Muddy Waters Capital disclosed a 0.5% short in German real estate investment company, Corestate Capital Holding (market cap about €630m). Disclosed short position is dated 2019-10-15; Corestate Capital Holding's shares …

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Activist Shorts

Activist Short Selling in Q3 2019

2019-10-02

Busiest quarter in 2019 for activist short sellers: 49 major new short calls/campaigns in Q3;* Best short calls (>$1b initial mkt cap): QCM, ON.MI -65.3%; ShadowFall, BUR -50.6%; Kerrisdale, CDNA -39.6%; Best short calls (<$1b initial mkt cap): Emerson, 1573:HK -83.5%; White Diamond, SES -63%; Hindenburg, PRED -50.9%; Very active and all targets down: Spruce Point (4 shorts, avg. …

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