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CROX beats and raises — but shorts are quietly building

Crocs enters the post-earnings session in a paradox: the company just delivered one of its cleaner beats in recent memory, yet short sellers spent the past month steadily pressing harder. That tension — a stock up 26%…

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ACR shorts rebuild while peers bleed

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. heads into the final days of April in a curious position: the stock has gained while most of its mortgage REIT peers have fallen, yet short interest rebuilt sharply across the week. The…

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Can-Fite's Pancreatic Cancer Data Lands on a Bruised Stock

Can-Fite BioPharma delivered the most significant clinical readout of its recent history today — but the stock heads into the weekend carrying a month of losses and a market cap of just $6.4 million, making every data…

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ACCO Brands enters earnings with shorts at a 30-day high

ACCO Brands heads into its Q1 2026 results today with short sellers at their most aggressive in over a month — and options traders flipping sharply bullish, a split that makes the print worth watching closely. The…

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ITGR shorts creep higher as options turn defensive

Integer Holdings heads into the final day of April with short sellers quietly adding pressure and options traders the most cautious they have been all year. The clearest tension this week is between a stock that has…

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SIMO Rockets 53% After Sales More Than Double

Silicon Motion Technology just delivered the most dramatic quarter in recent memory — Q1 revenue of $342 million, more than double the $166 million posted a year ago, and net income up 243% to $66.8 million. The stock…

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DRH Shorts Jump 16% as Earnings Land Today

DiamondRock Hospitality Company heads into its Q1 2026 earnings release — due after the close today — with short sellers rebuilding positions sharply and options traders swinging decisively bullish, setting up a split…

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RBOT Options Alarm Contrasts With Short Seller Retreat

Options traders just flashed the most bearish signal on record for RBOT. Yet short sellers are heading for the exits. The divergence on Vicarious Surgical makes this one worth watching ahead of a May 11 earnings…

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SIMO Calls Surge as Options Demand Hits 4-Sigma

Silicon Motion Technology just delivered a 47% earnings pop. Now options traders are repositioning — and the data shows just how extreme the move has been. The stock closed at $217.50 on April 29, up 46% on the day.…

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EXE Options Pessimism Peaks as Shorts Cover

Expand Energy is sending mixed signals. The put/call ratio just hit a 52-week high. Yet short sellers are actively covering. And analysts remain firmly bullish. The PCR reached 1.94 on April 29 — the highest level in…

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ATER Borrow Market Seizes as Cost to Borrow Hits 292%

Aterian short sellers just hit a wall. The cost to borrow exploded to 292% APR — up from 3.3% a week ago, a 8,869% surge. The lending pool is now fully exhausted. Availability has collapsed to zero. Every share in the…

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CTO Call Buyers Take Over as Short Sellers Exit

CTO Realty Growth heads into earnings with an unusual alignment: options traders are piling into calls while short sellers are cutting positions. The stock is up 5.3% over the past week, trading at $20.43. The put-call…

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Naigai Tec Trims Short Bets Ahead of May Results

Naigai Tec Corporation heads into its May 12 earnings report with short sellers quietly reducing exposure — a subtle but consistent signal over the past two weeks. Short positioning has eased meaningfully since…

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Localiza Falls 10% as Brazilian Transport Names Slide

RENT3 — Localiza Rent a Car — enters its May 7 earnings week down 10.5% on the week and 4.5% on Wednesday alone, closing at BRL 45.20. The stock is caught in a broad selloff sweeping Brazilian ground transport, and the…

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SBEC Sugar: Losses Narrow but Full-Year Test Looms

SBEC Sugar Limited heads into its full-year results with a narrowing loss trajectory and a tightly concentrated ownership structure that gives the micro-cap sugar producer very little margin for error. The most…

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