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OSI Systems enters the final stretch before its October 23 earnings report with short sellers holding their ground and the Street trimming targets, even as bulls maintain their ratings. Short interest has eased…
NUE heads into its October 26 earnings report with a familiar tension: the stock has bounced 5.4% this week to $246.44, yet the three months behind it show insiders selling heavily and analysts steadily marking down…
Novavax has given back most of Monday's dramatic gain, and the short position that was briefly squeezed is quietly reasserting itself as the week closes. The stock ended Wednesday at $11.22, down from the $12.56 close…
Northrop Grumman enters the final two weeks before its October 20 earnings report down 8% on the month, with the Street divided and options traders showing less anxiety than they did a week ago, despite the stock…
NTRS heads into its October 21 earnings date with the Street divided, targets coming off recent highs, and a stock that has lost nearly 10% over the past month. The most telling development this week is the burst of…
Short interest in NYT has jumped 42% in a single week, reaching nearly 11% of free float, a level that marks a sharp break from where the stock has traded for months. The shift in short positioning is the story of the…
NCR Voyix heads into its November 5 earnings report with one of the most heavily shorted positions in its peer group, a stock down 27% in a month, and a set of correlated names that are moving sharply in the opposite…
Movado Group heads into the final stretch before its December earnings with a genuinely mixed short-side story: positions have been trimming for weeks, yet borrowing costs have spiked to a four-month high, pulling in…
McDonald's has drifted another 10% lower since last week's note, now trading at $230.88, and the analyst community has responded with a second wave of target reductions that shows no sign of stopping. The cuts this…
MKL heads into its October 30 earnings date with options traders betting heavily on the upside, a striking signal for a stock that has dropped 5.4% over the past month and faces a street consensus still well above the…
SR has clawed back most of September's losses this week, but the analyst community is quietly trimming its ambitions for the stock even as options hedging eases off its recent peak. The price recovery is real but…
KeyCorp reports Q3 results on October 20, and the setup is an unusual one: the stock has dropped 10.6% over the past month while options traders have moved notably more bullish, and a clutch of analysts have trimmed…
KBH has become one of the more bearishly positioned names in the homebuilder group, with short interest at a multi-month high, a freshly negative analyst consensus, and the stock down 16% over the past month. The short…
JPMorgan Chase arrives at its October 13 Q3 earnings print with short sellers continuing to exit and the brief borrow-cost spike flagged last week fully reversing, leaving the stock's clearest tension in what analysts…
Itron enters its October 27 earnings window with a familiar tension: short interest remains high by any measure, yet the bears have been quietly trimming for weeks while the stock has lost nearly 12% over the past…
Huntington Bancshares enters its October 22 earnings report in an awkward position: the stock is down 11% over the past month to $15.17, yet options traders have turned notably more bullish than usual at exactly the…
Hallador Energy enters the week on the wrong side of a sharp sector divergence. The stock closed Wednesday at $13.65, down nearly 8% on the day and 18% over the past month, while close peers TLN and VST each gained…
Haemonetics heads into its November 5 earnings date with short interest climbing sharply and options traders modestly more cautious, even as the Street remains broadly constructive on the name. The short-side story is…
Graham Corporation enters the week before its November 6 earnings with short interest at a one-month high, an analyst target cut landing on the same day the stock fell 4.5%, and options traders positioned more…
Goldman Sachs reports Q3 results on October 13 with a notable divergence at the heart of the setup: the stock has lost 14.6% over the past month and options traders are tilting more bullish than usual, yet the Street…
