# $TWNK - Large bullish play has my attention 👀

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**Created:** [9 June 2021 09:38 UTC](https://tribe.getbaraka.com/t/twnk-large-bullish-play-has-my-attention/342 "2021-06-09T09:38:01Z")
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### Author: ![ayushkbhatia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/tribe.getbaraka.com/ayushkbhatia/32/69_2.png) [@ayushkbhatia](https://tribe.getbaraka.com/u/ayushkbhatia)
#### Post date: [9 June 2021 09:38 UTC](https://tribe.getbaraka.com/t/twnk-large-bullish-play-has-my-attention/342/1 "2021-06-09T09:38:02Z")

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Last week, a friend of mine gifted me a box of Twinkies. Twinkies are an American snack cake, described as “golden sponge cake with a creamy filling”.

Here’s what they look like. They taste really nice. I’ll probably buy some more from Spinneys this weekend.  
 ![productimg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/baraka/original/1X/3b7956a73f6266dbaf8fc3a0548b51cf440e2596.jpeg)

I like investing in products that I consume on a daily basis, so I did some research on $TWNK. Here’s what I’ve come up with:

- Hostess was taken public after filing and emerging for bankruptcy in 2012. Since then it has has strong revenue growth over the past 20 quarters.

- The company is now highly profitable and it has weathered the pandemic well. Gross profit in the past 12 months has been $371 Million, up 39% compared to two years ago.

Best part? They’ve a large short interest. Meaning it’s a reddit friendly stock.

- Short interest is 20.77% of the float That’s higher than most meme tickers here (comparable to AMC GME, much higher than BB, WEN, etc). Furthermore, short interest has [increased 44%](https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/TWNK/short-interest/) since the start of January are we’re starting to see a number of pops this spring from [failed to deliver shares](https://sec.report/fails.php?tc=TWNK).

- The stock has very low volume right now (only an average of 1.2M shares traded per day). If a squeeze were to happen, at the current volume it would take shorts a month to cover.

- Additionally, 123.67% of all the float is held by institutions, and very little by retail meaning that any significant volume will send the stock flying.

What do you think about Twinkies? I see yummy profits ahead.