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Trader NoteVSH

VSH Shorts Ease as Analysts Turn Bullish

Vishay Intertechnology enters the final stretch before its November 4 earnings with an unusual combination: a stock up 13% on the week, short interest still elevated at 13.5% of the float, and a fresh wave of analyst…

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Trader NoteVECO

VECO Shorts Creep Higher Into November Earnings

Veeco Instruments heads into its November 2 earnings report with a modest rebuild in short positioning, a 20% monthly price surge fading at the edges, and a 17-day-old analyst upgrade still the freshest signal on the…

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Trader NoteVLO

Analysts Chase VLO Higher as Earnings Loom in Two Weeks

Valero Energy heads into its October 22 earnings print with the stock up 9.4% on the week to $424.10, a meaningful leg higher that has now pushed the price well above where most analysts had recently set their targets,…

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Trader NoteLEU

Centrus Bears Dig In as Guggenheim Enters the Bull Camp

LEU heads into the final stretch before its November 6 earnings with short sellers holding firm at 30% of float, a fresh Buy initiation sitting well above the current price, and borrow availability that has been…

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Trader NoteTYL

Goldman Downgrades Tyler Technologies as Earnings Loom

Tyler Technologies heads into its October 28 earnings report with the Street turning more cautious and the stock still 9% below where it traded a month ago. The most significant development this week is a Goldman Sachs…

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Trader NoteTGT

Target Slips 8% in a Month While Shorts Quietly Build

Target Corporation heads into its November earnings window with a stock that has lost momentum fast, down 8.2% over the past month and 3.7% over the past week to close at $150.92, while short sellers have been quietly…

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Trader NoteSHW

Sherwin-Williams Drifts Lower Ahead of October Earnings

Sherwin-Williams heads into its October 20 results carrying a month of price weakness, a cautious analyst trim from UBS, and retail attention running at its highest level in months. The stock closed at $315.00 on…

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Trader NoteRBA

RBA Short Interest Climbs as Barclays Cuts Target

RB Global enters the final stretch before its November 5 earnings with short sellers adding positions and the Street trimming its view, even as the stock holds close to where a director was buying shares just weeks…

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Trader NoteBCO

Brink's Shorts Build as November Earnings Loom

BCO heads into its November 4 earnings report with short sellers having added meaningfully to positions over the past month, even as the stock trades well below where analysts think it should be. The most striking…

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Trader NotePNC

PNC Heads Into Earnings With Street Trimming Targets

PNC Financial Services reports Q3 results on October 15, and the dominant story this week is not short sellers, it is a broad wave of analyst target cuts arriving just as the stock trades 11% below its one-month…

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Trader NoteOXY

OXY Rallies 5% as Goldman's Upgrade Starts to Gain Traction

Occidental Petroleum has recovered sharply from the lows that greeted Goldman Sachs's October 1 upgrade, closing Wednesday at $58.21 after gaining 5.2% on the week, a notable shift in direction given the stock had…

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