Why the "130% shorted" posts are often wrong
Data sites update a company's share count from its quarterly report. A company selling new shares every day can be far ahead of that number. In our CENN sample, sites showed about 2.5 million shares while the company's own filing said 37.6 million. Every "percent shorted" number built on the old count was about 15× too high.
The filings that tell you this are public. They are just long, scattered and easy to miss. DilutionCheck pulls them together.
What every report checks
Share-sale programs
At-the-market offerings, shelf registrations (S-3) and prospectus supplements (424B5): how much the company can sell and how much it already has.
Real share count
The latest count from the company's own filings, compared with the count most data sites still show.
Reverse splits
Past splits, and any split already approved but not yet done, including the ratio range.
Authorized shares
How many shares the company is allowed to issue, and whether that ceiling was raised.
Private placements
Shares sold directly to investors, the price they paid and when they closed.
Insider trades
Form 4 buys and sells by officers, directors and big holders.
Each report lists its sources with links to the SEC, so you can check every number yourself.
Pricing
10¢ per report. Good for checking the day's hyped tickers.
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It doesn't tell you to buy or sell anything, predict prices or give personal advice. Every reader gets the same facts from the same filings. What you do with them is your call.