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HSBC Heads Into Q1 Print on a 16% Rally

HSBC reports first-quarter results on May 5 riding its strongest month-long price run in recent memory — a 15.8% surge to $91.86 — that now puts the real question on whether the numbers can justify the move. The…

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EXPD Options Traders Turn Cautious Before Q1 Print

Expeditors International of Washington heads into its May 5 Q1 2026 results with options positioning markedly more defensive than at any point in recent memory. The clearest signal is the put/call ratio, which has…

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Earnings PreviewCPT

CPT Options Traders Brace Ahead of Q1 Print

Camden Property Trust walks into its May 1 Q1 results with options traders more defensively positioned than at any point in recent memory. The clearest signal is in the put/call ratio, which jumped to 1.34 on April 30…

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Earnings PreviewBAC

Bank of America Bulls Back in Charge Ahead of Q2 Print

Bank of America heads into its May 4 Q2 earnings report having recovered sharply from April's tariff-driven selloff, with the analyst community firmly behind the rally. The price recovery is the dominant story. BAC…

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Earnings PreviewCIB

Bancolombia Heads Into Q1 Print With Bears in Retreat

CIB arrives at its May 5 earnings call in a notably different posture than it did three months ago — short sellers have been covering aggressively, the borrow market is loose, and the options market is tilted decidedly…

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Earnings PreviewITUB

Itaú Unibanco Heads Into Q1 Print With Bears in Retreat

ITUB approaches its May 5 earnings release with short sellers pulling back and the stock posting its best monthly gain in recent memory. The most notable shift in positioning is on the short side. Short interest…

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AMETEK Bulls Eye Margin Quality as Tariff Risk Clouds the Print

AMETEK heads into its Q1 2026 earnings today with investors more constructive than cautious — and the data largely backs that confidence up. Options positioning is the clearest tell. The put/call ratio has eased to…

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AIG Heads Into Q1 Print With Analysts in Retreat

AIG enters its Q1 2026 earnings call with a notable analyst consensus shift as the backdrop — and a stock trading nearly 14% below where it started the year. The dominant pre-earnings signal is clear: Wall Street has…

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AFG Options Point to Unusual Bull Conviction Ahead of Q1 Print

American Financial Group heads into its May 1 Q1 earnings release with options traders signalling an unusually bullish lean — a contrast that cuts against the cautious macro backdrop facing property and casualty…

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AEM Beats on Both Lines as Gold Tailwind Drives Record Quarter

Agnico Eagle Mines reports today with the numbers already in — and the headline print lands cleanly on the bull side of the debate. Q1 adjusted EPS came in at $3.40, beating the Street's $3.26 consensus. Revenue of…

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Japan Post Trims Aflac Ahead of Monday Print

Aflac heads into its May 4 Q1 earnings call with the most notable pre-print signal coming not from short sellers or options traders — but from its own largest non-institutional stakeholder trimming its position. Japan…

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GRDN: Wall Street Initiates, Options Sour Before May Earnings

Guardian Pharmacy Services is collecting analyst buy ratings while options traders load up on puts. The divergence sharpens with earnings just one week away. B of A Securities initiated coverage on April 27 with a Buy…

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CUE Borrow Market Tightens as Short Squeeze Plays Out

Short sellers in CUE — Cue Biopharma — have retreated sharply. They left behind a lending market under real strain. Short interest collapsed 83% in one week, falling to just 1.1% of free float. That rapid exit drove…

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Cable One Hits Earnings After a Brutal Week

CABO walks into its Q1 2026 results tonight having shed more than a fifth of its value in a single week — a collapse that makes the print feel less like a catalyst and more like a reckoning. The stock closed Wednesday…

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TDOC shorts retreat as Q1 earnings loom

Teladoc Health enters its May 21 earnings date with a notable shift under the hood: short sellers have been covering meaningfully over the past month, even as the stock trades near multi-year lows at $5.95. The short…

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Wingstop's Same-Store Miss Sends Analysts Scrambling

WING enters the post-earnings period carrying a 10% single-week decline and a wave of analyst target cuts — the Street is still bullish in aggregate, but the numbers underneath that consensus are moving fast. The…

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