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GGG enters its October 21 earnings release with one of the cleaner setups in the industrial machinery space: short sellers have been cutting positions for six straight weeks, options hedging has eased markedly, and the…
Goldman Sachs has reported Q3 results, and the immediate reaction from covering analysts is a fresh round of target reductions that continues a pattern in place for most of October. The analyst response to the print…
GILD has clawed back from last week's drop to $144.23, closing Tuesday at $147.92, yet the rebound arrives with a quiet but notable build in short interest that is worth tracking into the November 6 earnings date. The…
General Dynamics approaches its October 28 earnings report with analyst targets still moving lower, Longview's activist stake continuing to shrink, and options traders rotating toward calls rather than puts. The…
IT enters the final stretch before its November 3 earnings with a notable shift in the short book: what was an 11% short position as recently as last week has dropped to 9.6% of the free float, the biggest weekly…
BEN heads into its November 6 earnings date with short interest creeping higher, options traders at a defensive extreme, and the Street deeply split on whether UBS's bullish re-entry is early or exactly right. The most…
Flowserve Corporation heads into its October 28 quarterly results with shorts adding exposure and the Street trimming targets, even as options traders remain unusually bullish on the name. Short interest has climbed…
FAST reported its Q3 results today, and the positioning picture heading into the print has shifted notably since the earnings preview published earlier this morning: short sellers had already retreated ahead of the…
NextEra Energy heads into its October 21 earnings report with short interest resuming its climb, Morgan Stanley cutting its target for the third time in two months, and the stock trading 19% below the Street's mean…
ExxonMobil has now reported its Q3 numbers, and the market's reaction tells a cleaner story than the analyst community does: the stock closed at $174.08 on October 13, up 6% on the week and through the consensus price…
Essex Property Trust heads into its October 27 earnings release with a coordinated wave of analyst target cuts reshaping the Street's near-term view, even as the stock holds ground at $271.88. The most striking feature…
Entegris heads into its October 29 earnings report with fresh analyst firepower on the bull side and short sellers still adding to positions, a divergence that makes the next two weeks genuinely interesting. The…
OVV heads into its November 3 earnings date with a wave of analyst upgrades behind it, short sellers covering, and the stock up 8.4% on the week to $66.66. The analyst story is the clearest signal this week. Targets…
Emerson Electric heads into its November 4 earnings with analyst conviction building, short interest ticking up from a low base, and retail attention running well above its recent norm. The most interesting tension…
Eaton heads into its October 26 quarterly results with short sellers adding positions and analysts raising price targets, a rare combination that sets up an interesting pre-earnings dynamic. The stock closed at…
Dover Corporation reports Q3 results on October 21, and the setup heading into that print is more charged than the flat weekly price move suggests. The most notable shift this week is in short interest. Shorts have…
Dominion Energy heads into its October 30 earnings print with a merger agreement on the table, short interest rising sharply, and analysts trimming targets, a combination that gives the setup more texture than a…
Devon Energy enters its November 3 earnings window with the Street growing more constructive, short positions plateauing well below mid-September peaks, and options traders flipping to their most bullish posture in…
DAKT heads into the final weeks before its December earnings with short interest climbing steadily and an activist investor quietly reducing its position, two trends that sit in tension with a stock that has managed a…
Costco has crossed $950 for the first time since the September earnings day, but two quieter stories are worth watching alongside the headline price move: a 13-quarter unbroken decline in buyback capacity, and a…
