Looks like the company is trying its best to start a short squeeze. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/compucredit-holdings-corporation-announces-tender-210000481.html "CompuCredit Holdings Corporation Announces Tender Offer to Purchase up to 8,250,000 Shares of Its Common Stock" ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire -08/15/12)- CompuCredit Holdings Corporation (CCRT) ("CompuCredit") today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for up to 8,250,000 shares of its outstanding common stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. As of August 14, 2012 there were approximately 23.7 million shares of Common Stock outstanding (including approximately 1.7 million loaned shares). *** http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=CCRT+Key+Statistics float 6.68 million float 6.68 + 1.7 on loan = 8.38 million shares very close to the 8.25 million buyback amount. I have no position, but I am thinking it might be a good short candidate once the tender deadline passes: "The Tender Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on September 12, 2012," 10-Q as at 30 June 2012: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464343/000146434312000023/form10q.htm