Over 1,800 companies report this week. Tuesday is the standout day. Palantir and Arm Holdings both post Q1 results. Investors will watch AI contract growth at Palantir and smartphone chip volumes at Arm. Lyft and Marriott also report Tuesday. Later in the week, Uber joins the queue. Analyst targets at the mega-cap level are shifting higher. Alphabet and Amazon both received upward revisions after strong prints. Intel and targets also moved up on AI chip demand optimism.
A weaker dollar is feeding through to prices. Associated Press flagged today that import costs are rising for US consumers. Companies like Coca-Cola and Philip Morris face margin pressure as input costs climb. The dollar's decline is a running theme across sectors this week.
Short sellers are not standing still. Wolfspeed leads the most-shorted table at 50% of free float. Scholastic saw the sharpest weekly jump — SI rose 8.2 percentage points to 21.9%. IonQ heads into Tuesday's earnings with bears dug in and options flow turning cautious. Short score sits at 71 with 6.5 days to cover.
Morgan Stanley upgraded TKO Group ahead of Q1 results. French defence group Thales reports Monday. Stockholm-listed Nyfosa also posts Monday morning. European names are active heading into the week.
Avis Budget (CAR) saw 51 insiders file sales totalling $1.75 billion over 14 days. No offsetting purchases were filed. That is the largest insider cluster of the week by a wide margin.
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