Earnings, Short Bets, and Insider Signals Collide

Earnings in Focus

Adobe headlines today's reporting calendar with Q2 2026 results after the bell. Short interest sits at 4.8% of free float. Options traders are clustered around the June 12 expiry — a clear sign the market expects a sharp move either way. Homebuilder Lennar also reports today. Its 8.8% short interest makes it a watch for housing sentiment. Across the Atlantic, BT Group releases full-year FY2026 results this morning, with fibre rollout costs front and centre for UK investors.

Short Sellers Make New Bets

Bears made their boldest moves in AI and consumer names. Cerebras Systems saw short interest explode from 6.3% to 27.7% of free float in a single week. Birkenstock shorts climbed to 30.9%, with borrowing costs hitting 19.3% APR and availability near zero. Hertz remains the most-pressured name at 45% short interest. On the other side, Wolfspeed saw partial short covering — still near 100% shorted, but the direction is shifting.

Insider Signals Split

Robinhood insiders filed over $75M in purchases across late May and early June. Director Meyer Malka added $20M on June 9 alone. The opposite is true at Dell, where Silver Lake filed more than $490M in sales between June 2 and 9. CrowdStrike directors filed over $13M in sales on June 9.

Analysts Cut FedEx

FedEx took the sharpest analyst hit today. The consensus target fell from $382 to $321 — a 16% reduction. In fintech, coverage dropped at Fiserv and Global Payments, while Block picked up a fresh initiation near $90.