AMZN shares pushed higher Wednesday after a double beat. AWS growth accelerated, lifting the consensus analyst target to $297.62. It is the headline result from an enormous earnings week. Over 1,700 companies report between April 30 and May 6.
HSY opened the Thursday slate in the US. European heavyweights joined them — Schneider Electric ($179B market cap), Christian Dior, Air Liquide, and UCB all reported today.
QCOM and CVNA both received analyst upgrades. Qualcomm's consensus target jumped $10 to $160.59. Carvana's target moved to $437.95. Analysts also lifted HUM's target by $13 to $233.46.
Oil above $110 a barrel is reshaping options markets. PUMP — ProPetro Holding — is flashing the most bullish options signal of the week. Its options bearishness hit a 52-week low. The stock is up 81% year-to-date.
Wolfspeed remains the most aggressively shorted name. Its SI % of Free Float sits at 50.6% after a 7.3 percentage point jump in one week. Availability is near zero at 1.6%.
Figma saw SI climb 6.3 percentage points to 25.5% post-IPO. Bears are testing whether the debut rally holds.
On the squeeze side, Avis Budget saw short interest collapse 33 points. Covering was dramatic and fast.
TORO CEO Petros Panagiotidis filed $13.8M in purchases on April 22–23. That is a strong buy signal from the top executive. Against that, MLI CEO Gregory Christopher filed a $14.2M sale on April 29. The picture at the top is divided.
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