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Realty Income shorts rebuild quietly ahead of May earnings

Realty Income heads into its May 21 earnings report with short sellers slowly adding to positions and options traders the most defensive they've been in months — even as the stock drifts only mildly above where it…

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Rayonier Shorts Rebuild Ahead of Q1 Results

Rayonier heads into its Q1 earnings call — due May 7 — with short interest at a six-week high and a cluster of insider sells fresh in the rear-view mirror. Short interest has climbed steadily over the past month,…

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BofA's sharp turn puts RDN in focus ahead of Q1 results

Radian Group heads into its Q1 earnings call — scheduled for May 7 — with the most bullish analyst signal in months sitting alongside a cluster of insider selling and options traders firmly in call-buying mode. The…

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RGCO Beats on Earnings as Directors Keep Buying

RGC Resources just delivered a significant Q2 earnings beat — and the stock had already been building toward it all week. The headline numbers landed after the close on May 6: Q2 EPS of $0.84 against a $0.05 estimate,…

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TPC Surges 12% as Earnings Loom Tomorrow

Tutor Perini Corporation heads into its Q1 2026 earnings release — scheduled for after the close tomorrow, May 7 — having run 12% higher on the week and 26% over the past month, part of a broader and powerful bid…

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PKOH Beats on Revenue, Options Traders Turn Bullish

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. entered earnings week on the back of a 23% rally and exited it with a top-line beat — and options positioning so one-sided it stands out across the whole trading week. The stock closed at…

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OSUR Insiders Buy Into Earnings Miss

OraSure Technologies reported Q1 2026 results after the close on May 6 — a small revenue beat against an EPS miss — and the print lands at a moment when the stock's own leadership has been among its most active…

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OLP Misses on FFO as Options Mood Brightens

One Liberty Properties just printed its Q1 2026 results, and the headline is a small FFO miss against a revenue beat — the kind of report that rarely moves the needle dramatically but keeps the "prove it" burden firmly…

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Eversource Beats but Cuts Guidance

Eversource Energy enters the post-earnings window with a familiar tension: better-than-expected numbers, a lower full-year outlook, and a week of options positioning that had already flagged investor unease. Q1 results…

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NVEC beats on earnings, shorts ease but still watchful

NVE Corporation reported fiscal Q4 results after the close on May 6, delivering the clearest catalyst of a strong week. EPS came in at $1.02, up from $0.80 a year ago. Revenue hit $7.65 million, ahead of the prior-year…

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MUR Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Quietly Retreating

Murphy Oil reports Q1 results on May 7 as short sellers pare back positions and options traders edge more cautious — a setup that makes the earnings reaction less predictable than the relatively tame short print…

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MLR Misses on EPS but Holds Guidance — Shorts Retreat

Miller Industries just reported Q1 2026 results after the close on May 6, and the headline numbers disappointed: EPS came in at $0.05 against a $0.27 estimate, and revenue of $180.9 million missed the $181.1 million…

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MTRX Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Matrix Service Company reports fiscal Q3 results on May 7 with short sellers in full retreat — and options traders positioned more bullishly than at any point in recent memory. The most striking shift in positioning is…

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MGE Energy: Shorts Unwind as Earnings Loom

MGE Energy heads into its May 19 Q1 earnings date with short sellers at their lightest positioning of the past two months, while the options market shows the most call-dominant sentiment of the year. The short-selling…

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MAC Shorts Retreat as Options Turn Bullish

The Macerich Company enters the first week of May with one of the more dramatic short-cover stories in the retail REIT space — shorts down a third in a month, options pivoting decisively bullish, and the stock quietly…

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