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HMC reports its June quarter on Friday, June 26, entering the print with short sellers pulling back and borrow conditions the loosest they have been in months. The clearest shift in positioning is the sharp unwind of…
Darden Restaurants reports its next earnings on June 25 with options traders displaying the most defensive positioning seen in months, even as the stock has rallied sharply and analysts continue to lift targets. The…
This week carries serious economic weight. FedEx and Carnival Corporation both report today. FedEx is a global trade barometer. Carnival gives a direct read on consumer spending health. Tuesday's main event is Micron…
FedEx and Carnival Corporation both report today, Monday June 23. FedEx drops Q4 2026 results after the close. Carnival releases Q2 numbers this morning at 9:30am ET. Both names carry broad economic weight — FedEx as a…
Analysts turned cautious on several major names this week. Two notable target price cuts stand out. ACN saw its consensus target slashed to $197.65 from $208.16. That is a drop of over $10. Accenture carries a $78.6…
Insider activity surged this past week. The story splits cleanly between heavy selling at the top and one bold buyer swimming against the tide. SMMT Chairman and CEO Robert Duggan filed on June 12 that he purchased…
Options markets are signalling anxiety ahead of a packed earnings calendar. Several names tied to this week's reporting slate are showing unusual positioning patterns. WOLF stands out as the most extreme case. Short…
AI name SHAZ (SharonAI Holdings) drew the sharpest short interest spike of the week. Bears pushed SI from 12.8% to 54.5% of free float in seven days. Borrow availability collapsed to just 5.3%. WOLF (Wolfspeed) remains…
FedEx and Micron Technology headline a packed earnings calendar this week, with both reporting on Monday June 23 and Tuesday June 24 respectively. Carnival Corporation kicks things off today, reporting Q2 2026 results…
Analyst target prices moved in opposite directions on Saturday. Downgrades hit retail and IT services. Gaming stocks caught a tailwind. Take-Two Interactive attracted an upward target price revision. The consensus…
Seven insiders at AMAT filed sales totalling over $107 million in the past month. CEO Gary Dickerson alone sold roughly $39 million worth of shares across several trades filed on June 17. The company's CTO and division…
Short sellers made bold moves this past week. SHAZ — SharonAI Holdings — saw the most dramatic shift. Its short interest jumped from 12.8% to 54.5% of free float in just seven days. That's a 41.7 percentage point…
4516 heads into the final week of June with an interesting split between its worsening price trend and a valuation picture that keeps getting cheaper. The stock's month-long drift is the central story. Shares closed at…
KCHOL heads into its July 31 earnings date with short sellers largely on the sidelines and the borrow market comfortable — leaving the story this week to valuation, analyst targets, and where Turkey's largest…
SALIX heads into the back half of June with a striking anomaly in its lending market: borrowing costs jumped more than fivefold in a single session, even as the broader lending pool remains unusually deep. The…
AFYA reports Q1 results on June 22 with analysts having spent the past six months steadily marking down their views on the Brazilian medical education operator — a setup that now sits in tension with cheap-looking…
FuelCell Energy heads into the week of June 21 with its stock up 36% in five days, a wall of analyst target revisions lagging well behind the price, and short sellers sitting on an 11.6% short interest position that…
ZNOG enters the week having lost nearly 10% in five sessions, pulling back to $0.50 after a strong prior month — and the data paints a picture of a stock where short sellers are retreating, not pressing. The borrow…
Short sellers are pressing their bets hard. Wolfspeed tops the conviction list with short interest at 103% of free float — a near-impossible squeeze setup with zero borrow availability. AI chip hopeful Cerebras Systems…
A busy earnings stretch kicks off Monday. Several high-profile names report between Tuesday and Thursday. FDX reports Q4 2026 results on Tuesday, June 23. Markets will watch closely for freight volume trends and margin…
