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INSM Shorts Retreat as Analysts Hold Their Nerve

Insmed heads into its August earnings window with the most notable story sitting not in options or analyst desks, but in a sharp and sudden retreat of short sellers — even as insiders quietly sell into the rally. Short…

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JBHT Earnings Are Here — Now the Data Decides

J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported its Q2 results on July 15 with the Street more divided than at any point this year — and short interest having nearly doubled in a week to sit squarely between the bulls and the…

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HAL Gets a Pre-Earnings Upgrade as Stock Rebounds Off Lows

Halliburton heads into its July 20 Q2 earnings print with the stock staging a meaningful recovery — up nearly 5% on the week to $35.42 — and a fresh analyst upgrade landing just days before the release. The clearest…

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GPI Heads Into Earnings With Analysts Trimming Targets

Group 1 Automotive enters its July 22 earnings print with the Street in a quiet but deliberate retreat — every analyst action this week has been a target cut, and the stock's own month-to-date decline frames the…

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Goldman Sachs Clears $1,140 as Street Scrambles to Catch Up

Goldman Sachs delivered the quarter the bulls had positioned for, and the stock's 9% single-day surge on July 14 has left most analyst price targets immediately stale. The Q2 print triggered one of the sharpest analyst…

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GE Aerospace Q2 Print Arrives With Analysts Lifting Targets

GE Aerospace reports Q2 earnings Wednesday July 16, entering the print with analysts freshly raising targets, options positioning marginally more defensive than usual, and a stock that has recovered from last week's…

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Ford Heads Into Q2 Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Ford enters its July 27 earnings report with one of the more interesting repositioning stories in the auto sector: short sellers have materially covered over the past month, yet the stock has still lost ground,…

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FBP Heads Into Earnings With Analysts Racing to Raise Targets

First BanCorp. enters its July 22 earnings release with the Street notably more bullish than it was a month ago — a cluster of analyst upgrades and target raises arriving within days of each other has repositioned the…

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FITB Bears Hold Their Ground as Q2 Print Looms Thursday

Fifth Third Bancorp heads into Thursday's Q2 earnings report with short sellers still meaningfully positioned and a peer group sending mixed signals — the tension between a rebuilding bear case and a frictionless…

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EXPD Analysts Lift Targets as Stock Hits Near-Year Highs

Expeditors International is entering a busy stretch of analyst activity with the stock at $178.22 — up 7.5% on the week and more than 17% above where most of the Street was targeting it just two months ago. The analyst…

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EPR Shorts Rebuild Ahead of July Earnings

EPR Properties heads into its July 29 earnings print with short sellers noticeably more active than they were a month ago — yet the borrow market tells a far calmer story than the headline short interest figures…

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ETR Heads Into Earnings With Bulls in Control

Entergy Corporation enters its July 29 earnings report with options traders leaning bullish, short sellers retreating, and analysts broadly constructive — a rare alignment for a regulated utility that has become one of…

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eBay Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

eBay enters its July 29 earnings report with a notable divergence at its centre: short sellers have been covering aggressively while options traders have quietly turned more defensive, and the stock slipped 2.2% on…

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