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$FLWS most alike to $CAR - The same Fund most likely the culprit moving CAR.

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Apr 17, 2026 · 15:02

We're in the midst of an epic squeeze in $CAR following a 400% move in a matter of weeks. There's been a lot of speculation that the major fund responsible is Pentwater Management. They accumulated a huge position in the name just weeks before a buy algo begun squeezing this thing to high heaven.

A simple method intraday of the price action dropping below VWAP, shorts adding to their position, volume drying up and then the next pop. It's smart and we've seen this type of play many times before.

Now pent water has been notorious for this type of activist play (if that's what you want to call it) in the past. They target high short float names with enough cash and certain characteristics.

So I did some digging to look for footprints on what their next culprit may be. The reason I feel there will be another, or even a few, as the success of this CAR squeeze will have people bent over and shorts extremely concerned. A name would now only require a small squeeze to create outright panic.. Anyways.

So a LOT of people are aware that Pentwater is likely the culprit behind this move. What they may not be aware of is Pentwaters previous involvements in FLWS and their attempt at pushing for a sale of the company for $17.50 a share.

Its also the closest name structurally, with practically the same share float, high short interest, trades far below book value, plenty of cash, plenty of cash runway. Likely little reason to immediately dilute. These all provide margins of safety to an "investor" looking to take a huge stake.

Insiders also own a considerable amount >50% and a lot of the recent awarded shares are class B, meaning they're not easily dumped on the open market and have restrictions.

Then you have Fund 1, an activist name, weirdly accumulating an aggressive position.

Now look at the price action of CAR before the squeeze, same aggressive yank lower followed by consistent buying pressure. Intraday has also been trading in a very similar pattern.

We won't know if they're involved for another month as that's when the latest 13f filling from pent water is issued. However, and whilst this may be a "blue sky thought". Out of all the names in the top short list, FLWS looks exactly the same as CAR.