Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
The biggest earnings week of the autumn is here. Over 800 companies report globally. The three names traders are watching most closely are Tesla, Netflix, and General Motors.
Tesla reports on 21 October. German car registration data tracked by ORTEX Alt Data leads Tesla's revenue by 43 days. That dataset is running 269% ahead of the same quarter last year, with all three months of the quarter now in. GM reports a day earlier on 20 October. Its own leading dataset, also German car registrations, is up 133% year-on-year across all three months. Both are readings from the data, not forecasts of the print.
Options markets are already pricing in optimism. Tesla's options flow is 56% bullish, despite the stock sitting 21% lower year-to-date. Netflix stands at 66% positive. leads the table at 68% bullish flow.
Analysts upgraded Applied Materials and Palo Alto Networks today. AMAT's consensus target lifted to $627.83. Oilfield services names moved the other way. SLB and Baker Hughes both had price targets trimmed, reflecting softer sentiment in energy services.
The MSCI World ranking cut-off falls on 19 October. Fabrinet faces a 49% deletion probability, up sharply from 8% yesterday. Forced selling of $826M is in play across the MSCI World and MSCI USA if it falls through. Xero sits just 1.4% above its exit line with a 73% deletion probability and $393M of forced selling. Zalando faces a 54% chance of surviving, sitting 3.4% below its own line.
UK new car registrations hit 538,867 in Q2 2026, the largest second-quarter total in six years. The picture is mixed elsewhere. Renault reports on 22 October. Austrian car data leads its revenue by 32 days and is running 6% ahead year-on-year. Dutch car data, another leading indicator for Renault, is running 19% below.
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