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CAMT heads into its November 10 earnings report with short sellers maintaining elevated positions, borrow conditions easing, and the stock nursing a sharp weekly loss that has stretched the gap to analyst price…
Trane Technologies enters its October 29 earnings report with the analyst story shifting again, Goldman Sachs upgrading to Buy this morning while short positions have quietly climbed 31% over the past month. The…
Xcel Energy heads into its October 29 earnings with short interest at its most elevated level in months, even as the stock holds up better than its recent trend might suggest. The short-side move is the week's most…
Winmark Corporation reports after the close tomorrow with a stock down 8.5% over the past month, short interest that jumped nearly 7% in a week, and a borrow market that remains loose enough to suggest the bears are…
WMB heads into its October 29 earnings print with a notable rebuild in short positions over the past two weeks, even as the stock has pushed higher and the Street remains broadly constructive. The most striking…
Weyerhaeuser heads into its October 29 earnings print with short sellers adding exposure at a notable clip, options traders increasingly bullish, and a live index rebalance decision hovering over the stock. The most…
West Pharmaceutical Services arrives at its October 29 earnings date with two weeks to go, a Street that keeps revising up, and short sellers who spent the past month heading for the exit. The analyst story has moved…
WCC heads into its October 29 earnings report with the Street turning more constructive this week, even as the stock slipped 5.5% on the week to $362.94 and the broader industrial distribution peer group sold off in…
Wells Fargo reported its Q3 results on October 13 and fell 3.1% on the day, raising a new question: with the stock now down 10.6% over the past month to $80.74, does the Street's still-constructive consensus hold, or…
Watts Water Technologies heads into its November 4 earnings report with the stock off 3.1% on the week, options positioning unusually bullish, and a Street consensus that has consistently underestimated the company…
Waste Management heads into its October 27 earnings call with two bellwether firms trimming price targets in the same week, even as the stock edges higher. The analyst moves are the clearest signal this week. Morgan…
Walmart enters the final five weeks before its November 19 earnings date with the stock up nearly 5% on the week despite a small Tuesday dip, and with options positioning having shifted noticeably less cautious than…
Valero Energy has added another leg to a remarkable 2026 run, closing at $456.46 on Tuesday after gaining nearly 9% on the week, and the defining tension now is simple: the stock has moved faster than the analyst…
UnitedHealth Group has now reported Q3 results, and the question that defined this week's setup, whether the last-minute short build ahead of the October 13 print was informed caution or pre-earnings noise, is…
United Therapeutics heads into its October 28 earnings report with shorts making their most aggressive repositioning of the quarter, even as the stock edges marginally higher on the week. The short interest story is…
RTX Corporation closes the final stretch before its October 20 earnings print at $183.02, down another 2% on Tuesday, with options traders visibly more defensive and short sellers quietly adding to positions over the…
MMM enters its October 20 earnings report with a quietly building tension: options positioning has turned notably more bullish than usual, yet borrowing costs have more than doubled over the past month, hinting that at…
Thermo Fisher Scientific enters its October 21 earnings release with the Street turning more explicitly bullish, two bellwether upgrades landing on the same morning and the stock within striking distance of consensus…
Teleflex arrives at mid-October with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, an analyst cutting its target on the day of publication, and earnings three weeks away, a combination that puts the stock's 24% gap to…
Axon Enterprise heads into its November 3 earnings report with an unusual split: options traders have turned the most bullish they have been all year, while short sellers have spent the past month steadily adding to…
