Verbund AG, Austria’s second-largest power company stock, is seeing more investors betting against it, with short interest rising from 15% to 20% as its price keeps falling. Most analysts are negative on the stock, with two-thirds recommending selling and none suggesting buying. Even though Verbund has a high crowded score of 72, its squeeze score is lower at 62.5 after a 10% drop in price. In the past, even when the squeeze score was above 70, short sellers did not rush to buy back shares, showing that investors expect the stock to keep struggling rather than bounce back quickly.

Verbund AG is an Austrian company that generates power and sells power equipment.

it is the fourth-largest Austrian stock and the second-largest European stock in its industry. It is majority-owned by the Austrian government.

The short interest has risen from 15% to 20% as the stock has fallen to recent lows.

The crowded score is at 72, where it usually is. The squeeze score is lower at 62.5 as the stock has fallen 10%.

Were the stock to be flat or up, there could be a squeeze score above 70, where the crowded score is.

There does not seem to have been a squeeze in the past when the score was above 70, as the short interest did not go down.

Approximately 2/3 of analysts that cover the stock have Sell/UW recommendations, with the remaining recommending Holds. There are zero Buy/OW analyst recommendations at the moment.

The volatility has been relatively stable, both for realized and implied, so the crisis is a chronic situation, not an acute one.

Verbund remains a heavily shorted stock with weak analyst sentiment and a history of persistent bearish positioning. While its crowded score suggests it is popular short, prior trends indicate that short squeezes have not materialized. With no buy recommendations and a steady decline in stock price, Verbund’s struggles appear long-term rather than reactionary.

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