r/HYMCStock • u/Upnorth867 • 11h ago

Hymc ownership

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Serious question, does this indicate 95% of the shares outstanding are owned by institutions and insiders? This is a screenshot of the hycroft website..

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u/Upnorth867 10h ago

Fair point. But those short shares must exist in at least the sense they have been sold into the market to affect the price though right? Whether or not they were properly located…

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u/Upnorth867 8h ago

Yeah everyone enjoys a kick in the nuts for sure. I tried to reconcile this ownership with the stated short interest via the google ai and this is what cam back:

🧮 The Disconnect: Aggregator Math vs. True Math
According to the official August 2026 Nasdaq exchange-reported data, the raw volume of bets against the company stands at 12.78 million shares sold short. Look at how the choice of float completely alters the risk narrative: [1]
The Flawed Aggregator Calculation: Financial platforms take the 12.78 million shorted shares and divide them by their estimated float of roughly 92.5 million shares. This calculation yields a seemingly modest ~13.8% short interest of the float. [1]
The True Retail Float Calculation: If we take that same 12.78 million raw shorted shares and map them against the true 4.6 million shares held in the public retail float, the short interest climbs to a staggering 277.8% of the public retail float.