Penny stocks with elevated short interest and squeeze setup for 2026-08-26. Frozen snapshot from market close that day; for the current session see the live scan.
| # | Symbol | Company | Price | Mkt Cap | Short Float | DTC | Readiness | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PLCE | Children's Place, Inc. | $2.6700 | 56.3M | 50.4% | 21.7 | 77 | Coiled |
| 2 | PROK | ProKidney Corp. Class A Ordinary Shares | $1.7400 | 320.1M | 24.4% | 18.7 | 77 | Igniting |
| 3 | PRME | Prime Medicine, Inc. Common Stock | $3.5800 | 507.5M | 34.6% | 13.8 | 74 | Igniting |
| 4 | BTCT | BTC Digital Ltd. Ordinary Shares | $1.8100 | 8.2M | 29.0% | 14.0 | 74 | Coiled |
| 5 | CCCC | C4 Therapeutics, Inc. | $4.2400 | 384.8M | 38.2% | 13.9 | 74 | Coiled |
| 6 | ALLO | Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock | $2.0400 | 648.9M | 34.7% | 11.9 | 73 | Coiled |
| 7 | IPSC | Century Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock | $2.1400 | 364.3M | 23.9% | 51.2 | 73 | Coiled |
| 8 | WHWK | Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock | $4.8400 | 195.8M | 18.8% | 10.4 | 73 | Coiled |
| 9 | EU | enCore Energy Corp. | $1.3700 | 211.7M | 21.5% | 9.3 | 72 | Igniting |
| 10 | SANA | Sana Biotechnology, Inc. Common Stock | $4.1600 | 885.0M | 25.7% | 18.0 | 71 | Coiled |
| 11 | OPTU | Optimum Communications, Inc. | $1.0800 | 336.2M | 13.0% | 13.1 | 70 | Igniting |
| 12 | GALT | Galectin Therapeutics Inc. | $4.1500 | 195.6M | 20.6% | 21.6 | 69 | Igniting |
| 13 | ALT | Altimmune, Inc. Common Stock | $3.1500 | 552.3M | 28.8% | 11.0 | 69 | Coiled |
| 14 | GEMI | Gemini Space Station, Inc. Class A Common Stock | $4.5400 | 493.1M | 23.1% | 6.0 | 69 | Igniting |
| 15 | CDZI | CADIZ, Inc. | $4.0300 | 250.6M | 17.6% | 15.4 | 68 | Coiled |
| 16 | RR | Richtech Robotics Inc. Class B Common Stock | $1.8500 | 339.9M | 25.5% | 9.6 | 68 | Igniting |
| 17 | RZLV | Rezolve AI PLC Ordinary Shares | $2.9100 | 1.02B | 25.6% | 3.8 | 67 | Coiled |
| 18 | DFDV | DeFi Development Corp. Common Stock | $4.5000 | 77.1M | 20.4% | 9.2 | 67 | Coiled |
| 19 | XRX | Xerox Holdings Corporation Common Stock | $2.9800 | 410.8M | 34.6% | 15.9 | 67 | Coiled |
| 20 | LRMR | Larimar Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock | $4.1700 | 396.8M | 21.8% | 11.2 | 66 | Coiled |
| 21 | CRDF | Cardiff Oncology, Inc. Common Stock | $0.9841 | 66.5M | 18.5% | 15.3 | 66 | Coiled |
| 22 | NA | Nano Labs Ltd Class A Ordinary Shares | $2.1000 | 42.9M | 10.7% | 74.6 | 66 | Coiled |
| 23 | WOOF | Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. Class A Common Stock | $2.7700 | 831.0M | 23.1% | 13.0 | 65 | Coiled |
| 24 | CMPX | Compass Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock | $2.4300 | 344.0M | 34.9% | 9.8 | 65 | Coiled |
| 25 | RXRX | Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A Common Stock | $3.4900 | 1.69B | 41.0% | 13.4 | 65 | Coiled |
This page is a frozen snapshot of the Short Squeeze Penny Stocks scan as it appeared on 2026-08-26. The tickers and rankings shown here are the ones that qualified on that date — they may differ entirely from what the live scan shows right now.
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Snapshot captured: 8/26/2026 9:15:00 PM