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3 SPACs That Short-Sellers Are Targeting

Are these beaten-down SPACs ripe for a short squeeze?

3 SPACs That Short-Sellers Are Targeting

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The company generated $621 million in adjusted net revenue in 2020, which is forecast to grow to $980 million this year. SoFi finished 2020 with nearly 1.9 million unique members.</p>\n<p>Years ago, SoFi was the subject of a sexual harassment scandal involving former CEO Mike Cagney, but the company largely put that in the past when it ousted Cagney and recruited former <b>Goldman Sachs </b>exec and <b><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TWTR\">Twitter</a> </b>COO Anthony Noto to lead the fintech specialist in 2018.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5a2cef326914858d8682e00440270373\" tg-width=\"700\" tg-height=\"474\"><span>Image source: Fisker.</span></p>\n<h2>Fisker: 17% of float</h2>\n<p>Founded by automotive design legend Henrik Fisker, <b>Fisker, Inc. </b>(NYSE:FSR) closed its merger with <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SPAQ\">Spartan Energy Acquisition</a> late last year. 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Just ask anyone betting that selling physical video games out of retail stores during a deadly pandemic is a terrible business to be in. At the ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/22/3-spacs-that-short-sellers-are-targeting/\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"CLOV":"Clover Health Corp","FSR":"菲斯克"},"source_url":"https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/04/22/3-spacs-that-short-sellers-are-targeting/","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2129382428","content_text":"It's certainly been a weird year to be a short-seller. Just ask anyone betting that selling physical video games out of retail stores during a deadly pandemic is a terrible business to be in. At the same time, the market for special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has cooled significantly in recent months, with investors shunning speculative stocks fetching lofty valuations. Seeing an opportunity to capitalize on the downtrend, short-sellers have been piling on to push prices down even further.\nShort-sellers borrow stock and then sell it, hoping that it declines so that they can buy it back at a lower price in order to return the shares that were borrowed. Here are three companies -- that have already closed their SPAC mergers or are preparing to -- that the shorts have been targeting and have the highest short interest as a percentage of float, according to recent data from short-selling analytics specialist S3 Partners.\nImage source: Getty Images.\nClover Health Investments: 28% of float\nVenture capitalist and SPAC enthusiast Chamath Palihapitiya is credited with helping spur the SPAC boom, launching his first SPAC back in 2017. Medicare provider Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) went public after closing its merger with Social Capital Hedosophia III earlier this year and was promptly targeted by activist short-seller Hindenburg Research in February.\nThe bearish investor released a damning report alleging that Clover Health engages in deceptive sales practices and was under investigation by the Department of Justice, which had not been disclosed to public shareholders when Palihapitiya was marketing the deal.\nThose allegations have attracted more shorts, and the high level of short interest has in turn attracted the attention of retail investors on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum, who often attempt to pile into heavily shorted stocks in an effort to create a short squeeze to generate gains.\nImage source: SoFi.\nSocial Capital Hedosophia V: 23% of float\nIncidentally, another Palihapitiya SPAC is also among the SPACs that have high short interest. Social Capital Hedosophia V (NYSE:IPOE) announced in January that it is taking fintech company Social Finance, known as SoFi, public in a deal that values the private start-up at $8.65 billion.\nWith a relatively large revenue base, SoFi is a bit less speculative than many other SPACs. The company generated $621 million in adjusted net revenue in 2020, which is forecast to grow to $980 million this year. SoFi finished 2020 with nearly 1.9 million unique members.\nYears ago, SoFi was the subject of a sexual harassment scandal involving former CEO Mike Cagney, but the company largely put that in the past when it ousted Cagney and recruited former Goldman Sachs exec and Twitter COO Anthony Noto to lead the fintech specialist in 2018.\nImage source: Fisker.\nFisker: 17% of float\nFounded by automotive design legend Henrik Fisker, Fisker, Inc. (NYSE:FSR) closed its merger with Spartan Energy Acquisition late last year. 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