Citron Research's Left Calls Root 'The Next Big Short Squeeze' One of the most prolific and best-known short sellers in the world, Andrew Left of Citron Research, published a new report that claims heavily-shorted Auto-insurer Root Inc. could be the next big short squeeze. Left published the report on Thursday that said Root has "short interest as a % of float now between 44% and 79%. He said, "ROOT is now the most highly shorted stock with a market cap above $1 billion in North America." ANDREW LEFT SAYS https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ROOT&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); HAS 50% SHORT INTEREST, THE NEXT BIG SQUEEZE - FBN — FXHedge (@Fxhedgers) https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1375465892557942789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); "We believe Root is a misunderstood short," he said, calling the six-year-old company a "disruptive tech company" whose shares should be trading much higher. ROOT jumped 15% in Friday's cash session as of 1124 ET. To view Left's full report of Root read here: Tyler Durden Fri, 03/26/2021 - 11:45