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Intuitive Machines has clawed back 3.5% on the week to $15.06, a meaningful reversal from the 10% drop flagged a week ago, yet the structural bear case is barely dented. Short interest remains the defining fact about…
VFS enters the week with a quiet price tape but a lending market that has tightened considerably, cost to borrow has risen nearly 25% over the past month and the ORTEX short score keeps grinding higher, a combination…
F&G Annuities & Life enters the final stretch before its November 5 earnings report having shed 17% over the past month, with the stock closing at $20.72 on Tuesday after a near-6% single-day fall, and the Street's…
OABI dropped 11.6% on October 6 to close at $4.35, a sharp single-day move that arrived the same morning two analysts raised their price targets, creating one of the starker divergences between Street conviction and…
RXO has become a different stock since Monday. C.H. Robinson Worldwide agreed on October 5 to acquire the freight broker in an all-cash deal valued at $5.3 billion, and that single fact now dominates every data point…
Mobileye Global enters its October 22 print with two fresh target cuts from bellwether firms landing within 24 hours of each other, extending a weeks-long pattern of analyst capitulation on a stock already down 13%…
Ivanhoe Electric heads into the final weeks of Q3 reporting with a freshly trimmed analyst target, short interest locked in at a meaningful level, and retail attention spiking to an unusual extreme. The most…
Corebridge Financial enters the week with two reinforcing signals pointing in the same direction: a major shareholder buying in size through a pre-arranged plan, and three analyst target upgrades clustered within 48…
SGHC enters the final stretch before its November 3 earnings with a sharp disconnect: options traders are the most bullish they have been all year, yet the stock has shed 18% over the past month to close at $11.43. The…
Apollo Global Management heads into its November 3 earnings with a stock that has fallen 13% over the past month to $115.95, yet carries an analyst consensus pointing to targets well above current levels. The most…
IREN heads into the week of October 7 with the brief relief in its lending market already reversing, short interest climbing back toward its recent highs, and November earnings 30 days away. The most important…
Sweetgreen heads into its November earnings with a sharp divergence: short sellers are adding to already-heavy positions while the analyst community has just delivered its most constructive run of upgrades in…
Dutch Bros enters the week of its next earnings report with short interest near a multi-month high, analysts still slashing targets, and a stock off 16% in a month, yet options positioning is the most call-heavy it has…
BITO enters October with a notable shift in short-side positioning: after reaching peak pressure in early September, the bearish crowd has been pulling back sharply, even as the ETF itself grinds higher. Short interest…
Sportradar heads into its November 4 earnings with short sellers rebuilding positions and the lending market tightening sharply, even as the stock manages a modest weekly recovery. The positioning story is the most…
Rocket Lab enters the first full week of October with a notable change in character: the stock is up 7.7% on the week to $75.06, short interest has quietly rebuilt, and a fresh Citigroup initiation has added…
Core & Main enters the final stretch before its December earnings with short sellers adding modestly and the Street still largely bullish but walking back price targets after a guidance cut that landed badly in…
IonQ heads into its November 4 earnings report with a familiar tension: a stock up 9.5% over the past month, shorts that still won't budge, and options traders who just turned notably more cautious. The positioning…
Ryan Specialty Holdings heads into its October 29 earnings date with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, analysts cutting price targets, and the stock still down sharply on the year. Short interest has climbed…
APA heads into November earnings with short sellers quietly retreating, options traders tilting bullish, and the Street raising targets even as it withholds full conviction. Short interest at nearly 7% of free float…
