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EAT heads into its August earnings date with a familiar tension: shorts are retreating faster than the stock can climb, while options traders remain structurally defensive despite the rally. The short interest story is…
BYD heads into its July 23 earnings print with options traders flipping decisively bullish — even as the stock slips, insiders sell, and the Street stays cautious. The starkest signal this week is in the options…
BRK.A heads into the final stretch before its August 7 Q2 results with one notable development: the short position that had been quietly building all month has sharply reversed, even as the stock itself slips back from…
Baxter International heads into its July 30 earnings release with short sellers pulling back sharply and options traders turning more bullish — an unusual combination for a stock the Street is still divided on. The…
Barrick Mining heads into its August 10 earnings with the stock under modest pressure, down 2% on the week and nearly 9% over the past month — but the short data offers no sign of meaningful bearish conviction behind…
BNS enters the back half of July with bears firmly in retreat — short interest has collapsed by more than a quarter over the past month while the stock climbs to levels last seen years ago. The lending market tells the…
Bank of America has cleared the Q2 hurdle that defined the setup of the past two weeks, and the market's verdict is unambiguous — the stock added 1.9% on results day to close at $60.62, with a wave of target upgrades…
Avery Dennison enters its July 22 earnings release with short sellers paring back exposure even as the stock loses ground — a quietly interesting divergence ahead of what the Street views as a pivotal print. The most…
AutoNation enters its July 23 Q2 earnings print with short sellers quietly backing away and a freshly raised price target from Barclays landing just days before the release. Short interest has drifted lower this week,…
Autoliv reports Q2 results on July 17 with short sellers at their most aggressive position in weeks — yet options traders are showing none of the usual pre-earnings anxiety. The short-side build is the clearest tension…
Asbury Automotive Group heads into its July 28 Q2 earnings report with short sellers pulling back, the options market leaning constructively, and the Street in a holding pattern — a setup that looks more opportunistic…
ArcBest Corporation heads into its July 29 earnings report with a wave of analyst upgrades at its back, a stock up 4% on the week, and short sellers who have quietly been adding to positions through the month. The…
Applied Materials has snapped out of its three-week consolidation, gaining 7.4% on the week to $595.70, as a wave of analyst target upgrades collides with an options market that remains unusually defensive. The analyst…
AAPL closed Tuesday at $314.86, now sitting just below the Street's consensus mean price target of $315.79 — a one-day slip of 0.8% that flips the stock back into target-discount territory after briefly trading through…
AON spent last week riding analyst upgrades — this week, a fresh downgrade from Piper Sandler has introduced the first real friction heading into the July 29 earnings print. The Piper move is the standout. Paul Newsome…
AIG heads into its July 31 earnings print on the back foot — a fresh downgrade on Tuesday morning landing just as the stock gave back ground, crystallising a week where the Street's earlier optimism has begun to…
American Express enters its July 24 Q2 earnings print with the Street turning more constructive — and bears quietly standing down. The most notable move this week came from JPMorgan, which upgraded AXP to Overweight…
AMZN has done something the prior two notes said it couldn't quite manage: it has broken above the $246–$250 band that capped every rally attempt since June, closing Tuesday at $247.49 with Q2 results now 16 days…
ALL enters the final two weeks before its July 29 earnings report with the Street divided — UBS just stepped to the sidelines while JP Morgan raised its target to a new high, and options traders are sitting at the most…
Alliant Energy enters its July 30 Q2 print with short interest now above 10% of the free float — a new threshold crossed this week — even as the most active analyst on the name just raised his target. The short-side…
