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 $ROOT HAS 50% SHORT INTEREST, THE NEXT BIG SQUEEZE – FBN

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“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: