A heavy week for activist shorts: four new reports land
Weekly Wrap Up: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Short selling rarely stays quiet for long, and this week the loudest story was happening in a courtroom rather than on the tape. The research community is still digesting Andrew Left's conviction earlier this month, the first criminal trial to test the government's theory that social media commentary can cross into securities fraud, and a verdict that everyone publishing a report now has to think about. Against that backdrop, four new reports landed. Jehoshaphat Research went after apparel giant Gildan with a meticulous channel-stuffing case, and the shares fell sharply by Friday. Grizzly Research delivered the most dramatic move of the week, alleging French server maker 2CRSi fabricated much of its US revenue, and the stock roughly halved within hours. Two other targets, Rockpoint Gas Storage and Robo.ai, shrugged off their reports and finished higher, a useful reminder that the market does not always agree with a thesis on day one. There is a lot to unpack below.
Quick Hits
- Jehoshaphat Research targeted Gildan Activewear (GIL), alleging years of channel-stuffing and off-balance-sheet receivables that mask negative organic growth. Stock closed the week down 16.3%.
- Grizzly Research accused 2CRSi (2CRSI.PA) of fabricating most of its US revenue through an undisclosed related-party scheme. Stock closed the week down 43.0%.
- Dalrymple Finance flagged Rockpoint Gas Storage (RGSI) as an engineered exit, alleging Brookfield has pulled roughly $2.7B out of the company since its IPO. Stock closed the week up 2.6%.
- Shortfinder flagged Robo.ai (AIIO) in its systematic short rankings. Stock closed the week up 18.3%.
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Jehoshaphat Research on Gildan Activewear (GIL)
| Metric | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Close (Day Before) | $61.97 | — |
| Low (Report Date) | $46.55 | -24.9% |
| Close (Report Date) | $50.34 | -18.8% |
| Close (End of Week) | $51.89 | -16.3% |
Stock Price Impact
Gildan reacted hard. The shares opened lower on June 16 and sank to an intraday low of $46.55, down 24.9% from the prior close of $61.97, before recovering some ground to finish the session at $50.34, an 18.8% drop. The bounce continued into the back half of the week, with the stock closing at $51.89 and leaving it down 16.3% from where it started. For a large, widely held NYSE name, a double-digit single-day decline is a forceful market response and well beyond the muted reaction many blue-chip short reports draw. That investors clawed back several points off the lows points to some dip buying and disagreement with the thesis, but the report clearly reset how the market is pricing Gildan's earnings quality heading into its next print.
About The Company
Gildan Activewear is a vertically integrated manufacturer of basic apparel, including blank T-shirts, fleece, hosiery, underwear, and intimates, sold largely through wholesale distributors in the printwear channel. Headquartered in Canada and listed on the NYSE and TSX, the company competes on low-cost, large-scale production and is led by CEO Glenn Chamandy, a co-founder reinstated in 2024 after a proxy fight. Its customer base is highly concentrated, with close to half of sales running through three distributors and its single largest, S&S, accounting for roughly a third of 2025 net sales. In December 2025 Gildan closed its acquisition of Hanesbrands, roughly doubling its consumer and innerwear exposure and lifting leverage to about 3.3x. That deal makes the channel dynamics Jehoshaphat scrutinizes especially consequential.
Key Points from the Report
- According to Jehoshaphat, Gildan has spent years "stuffing" its distributor channel by pushing excess product at quarter-ends using extended payment terms, rebates, and incentives. The firm estimates roughly $510 million of unnecessary product sat in the channel at Q1 2026 and pegs true organic growth near -3% over three years, versus the roughly +1% Gildan reported.
- The report alleges the picture is obscured by financial engineering, with about $777 million of receivables, close to 40-45%, moved off balance sheet through receivables purchase agreements. Adding them back, Jehoshaphat calculates a true days-sales-outstanding of about 129 days in Q1 2026, against a 2000-2022 average of 57 days, and roughly 195 days at its largest distributor.
- Multiple sources describe a "locker program" in which Gildan ships product to customers who do not pay until they resell it, an arrangement the report likens to consignment, raising the question of whether shipments booked as sales lack economic substance. Jehoshaphat draws a comparison to the Sunbeam case.
- On governance, the report flags that CEO Glenn Chamandy faces a Revenu Quebec case alleging "misrepresentation" or "fraud" with $48 million demanded, alongside roughly $1.2 million a year paid to the CEO's companies under an aircraft agreement and the resignation of the three seniormost ethics and fraud compliance committee members after the 2024 board overhaul.
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Grizzly Research on 2CRSi (2CRSI.PA)
| Metric | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Close (Day Before) | $44.60 | — |
| Low (Report Date) | $25.00 | -43.9% |
| Close (Report Date) | $25.40 | -43.0% |
| Close (End of Week) | $25.40 | -43.0% |
Stock Price Impact
2CRSi suffered one of the most violent single-day reactions of the year. After closing at $44.60 the day before, the stock collapsed to an intraday low of $25.00 on June 18, a 43.9% wipeout, and never recovered, closing the session at $25.40, down 43.0%. It held there through the end of the week, finishing flat at $25.40 and locking in the 43.0% loss. A move of that magnitude is rare even among activist targets and signals that investors took Grizzly's fabrication allegations as a serious threat to the company's reported revenue base, not a question of valuation or sentiment. After a year in which the shares had risen roughly sevenfold on the AI and data center narrative, the report erased a large share of those gains in a matter of hours.
About The Company
2CRSi is a French technology group that designs, manufactures, and distributes high-performance, energy-efficient servers and data center infrastructure. Headquartered in Strasbourg and listed on Euronext Paris, the company is led by CEO Alain Wilmouth. Historically it routed the bulk of its sales through its Boston Limited subsidiary, which Grizzly says generated more than 83% of group revenue before being sold in June 2023. After that disposal, the growth narrative shifted to the United States, where 2CRSi reported large server contracts tied to data center operators. Over the past year its shares rose roughly sevenfold on surging revenue, recasting the company as a French champion of the AI and data center build-out. That reputation, built largely on its US contracts, is exactly what Grizzly Research set out to challenge.
Key Points from the Report
- After 2CRSi sold Boston Limited, which the report says generated more than 83% of group revenue, in June 2023, its US revenue jumped from roughly 3% of the prior year's total to the majority of group sales. Grizzly Research alleges that almost the entire revenue of 2CRSi is fabricated through an undisclosed related-party scheme.
- The report identifies the counterparty to 2CRSi's headline $610 million US contract, and a later $290 million order, as NewYork GreenCloud, a company it says was incorporated on the same day the contract was announced. 2CRSi's CEO appears as "Co-Founder & CEO" on NYGC's fundraising deck, and NYGC's website was, per the report, built and hosted by 2CRSi's own IT department.
- According to Grizzly, NYGC's founder is a veterinarian with no data center experience whose network of related entities is registered at the Plattsburgh, New York animal hospital he co-owns. Drawing on an interview with the founder, the report states NYGC will not have data center operations until at least 2028, has signed no customers, and lacks funding beyond debt, contradicting 2CRSi's claim that servers would ship as early as summer 2026.
- Technical experts cited by the report call NYGC's specifications, including a 1.02 PUE and a biomass-powered hyperscale AI campus, effectively impossible, and flag the same pattern of opaque, oversized contracts in 2CRSi's recent German, Canadian, and EU "ÆTHER" consortium announcements.
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Dalrymple Finance on Rockpoint Gas Storage (RGSI)
| Metric | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Close (Day Before) | $28.57 | — |
| Low (Report Date) | $27.68 | -3.1% |
| Close (Report Date) | $28.16 | -1.4% |
| Close (End of Week) | $29.31 | +2.6% |
Stock Price Impact
Rockpoint barely flinched. The stock dipped to an intraday low of $27.68 on June 18, just 3.1% below the prior close of $28.57, and recovered most of that by the close at $28.16, a slim 1.4% decline. By the end of the week it had pushed past where it started, finishing at $29.31, up 2.6%. That muted reaction is a notable contrast to the sharp drops seen elsewhere this week and suggests the market did not immediately embrace Dalrymple's thesis, perhaps reflecting the report's focus on capital structure and insider distributions rather than an accounting smoking gun. Newly public and thinly followed, Rockpoint may also simply lack the active short interest and trading liquidity that amplify reactions in more crowded names. The durability of the bull case will likely hinge on the next round of contract data.
About The Company
Rockpoint Gas Storage is described in the report as North America's largest independent pure-play natural gas storage provider, controlling roughly 280 Bcf of working capacity. Its depleted-reservoir facilities sit in two markets, the Countess and Suffield sites on Alberta's AECO hub and the Wild Goose and Lodi assets in California. The company earns most of its margin from three-to-five-year take-or-pay contracts, under which utilities pay for capacity whether or not they use it, supplemented by "optimization" trading and shorter-term seasonal storage. Brookfield Infrastructure took the company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2025, and it is the repackaged successor to Niska Gas Storage, with Tobias McKenna as CEO since 2020. Management markets the business as a predictable and growing YieldCo.
Key Points from the Report
- According to Dalrymple, the dollar value of newly signed contracts fell roughly 41% at the California facilities and 25% in Alberta in fiscal 2026, after two prior years of growth. The firm reads the drop as the same contract-renewal risk that undid predecessor Niska and argues the stable YieldCo thesis is already cracking.
- The report alleges the IPO pitch of "predictable and growing EBITDA" rests on a deliberately short, favorable data window. Including fiscal 2023 would show revenue falling about 34% and EBITDA dropping sharply, and 18 years of predecessor financials reveal a volatile, commodity-spread-driven model with no durable structural shift.
- Dalrymple alleges Brookfield has pulled roughly $2.7B out of Rockpoint through a debt-funded dividend recapitalization, pre- and post-IPO distributions, and share sales, and has pledged its remaining Class B shares to the Bank of Montreal as collateral for a margin loan, effectively monetizing its entire position within seven months of listing.
- Comparing the deal to Brookfield's 2018 GrafTech IPO, where Brookfield booked a 74% IRR while IPO buyers ultimately lost about 95%, the report applies a cyclically adjusted 6-to-8x EBITDA multiple to set a target of roughly C$9.54 to C$16.95 per share, implying 44% to 68% downside.
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Shortfinder Short Report on Robo.ai (AIIO)
| Metric | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Close (Day Before) | $2.52 | — |
| Low (Report Date) | $2.56 | +1.6% |
| Close (Report Date) | $2.98 | +18.3% |
| Close (End of Week) | $2.98 | +18.3% |
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