Short sellers are piling into a wide-ranging group of names, with the latest Benzinga Pro data showing elevated bearish positioning across 10 stocks spanning energy, crypto, AI and enterprise software.

PATH stock is heavily shorted. See the chart and price action here. 

Venture Global (NYSE:VG) sits at the extreme top of the list, while CleanSpark (NASDAQ:CLSK), Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) and a handful of high-growth and thematic names round out the most crowded short trades heading into June.

High-Short-Interest Standouts

Below are the top 10 most heavily shorted stocks (market caps above $2 billion, average 14‑day volume above 5 million and free floats above 5 million) based on data from Benzinga Pro as of May 28, 2026:

Ticker

Company Name

Short % of Float

VG

Venture Global, Inc.

86.10%

CLSK

CleanSpark, Inc.

45.84%

LCID

Lucid Group, Inc.

44.55%

PCT

PureCycle Technologies, Inc.

39.88%

FLNC

Fluence Energy, Inc.

38.19%

SOUN

SoundHound AI, Inc.

38.06%

FIG

Figma, Inc.

36.89%

BTDR

Bitdeer Technologies Group

36.28%

SATS

EchoStar Corp. 

36.10%

PATH

UiPath, Inc.

35.14%

Closer Look

Venture Global’s 86.10% short interest is the defining data point of this screen, nearly double the next name on the ...