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GM closed Tuesday at $82.01, up 2.2% on the day and nearly 2% on the week, yet still nursing a 6.6% loss over the past month. With Q3 results due October 20, the stock is approaching a well-watched print in a…
Lear Corporation enters its October 26 earnings with a notable split in signals: the Street has turned more cautious in the past two weeks, yet short sellers have been quietly covering for the past month. The most…
TFI International enters its October 23 Q3 earnings window with a sharp short-interest build and a stock down 15% over the past month, yet the lending market is signalling far less conviction than the headline numbers…
Dana Incorporated enters its October 28 earnings report with options markets at their most defensive reading of the past year, even as short sellers pull back and the borrow market stays comfortably loose. The clearest…
TRV enters its October 16 earnings release with the Street divided, the stock a touch softer on the month, and an institutional base that remains largely undisturbed. The most interesting tension is not in the lending…
lululemon athletica enters October with its short book finally shrinking, yet the stock continues to slide, a split signal that puts the focus squarely on whether the bear thesis is losing conviction or simply…
Leidos Holdings heads into its November 3 results with analysts trimming targets and the stock down 12% over the past month, creating a widening gap between where the Street thinks the shares should trade and where the…
Western Union heads into its October 30 earnings date with short interest entrenched at historically elevated levels, borrow costs rising sharply over the past month, and options traders skewed unusually bullish, a…
EVR enters its October 21 earnings report down 10% over the past month, even as the stock clawed back nearly 4% this week to close at $268.08. The tension heading into the print is straightforward: analysts who cover…
SAIA heads into its October 29 earnings report with options traders unusually bullish, analysts split on direction, and short sellers quietly trimming. The stock closed at $341.65 on Tuesday, up 1.6% on the week but…
The most interesting thing about FDN this week is not where shorts are, but where they are going: out. Short interest in the First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund has been grinding lower for most of the past two…
Nomura Holdings enters the October 27 earnings window with short sellers pulling back sharply, a shift that stands in contrast to the stock's softer month even as the lending market moves decisively in the bulls'…
VLA enters the week in a difficult spot: a pipeline setback has driven the stock down 13% over the past month, and the borrow market shows no sign of short sellers backing away. Availability in the lending pool remains…
Monolithic Power Systems enters its October 30 earnings window trading at $1,473.69, up 8.7% on the week and 20% over the past month, with the Street firmly bullish and short sellers in retreat. The positioning picture…
Argan, Inc. has had a strong week, with the stock up 11% to $419.64, but the rally is happening against a backdrop of meaningful short interest, a JP Morgan target trim, and an insider who sold $3.3 million worth of…
TLT ends the week with short interest creeping back up and the options market flashing its most call-heavy reading in twelve months, a split signal that captures the wider confusion around the long end of the Treasury…
CACI International heads into its October 15 earnings report with a fresh analyst downgrade, rebuilding short interest, and a stock that has dropped nearly 4% in a single session. The most consequential move this week…
Werner Enterprises heads into its October 27 earnings report with the stock down 18% over the past month, three analyst target cuts landing in three days, and short sellers steadily rebuilding positions, a setup that…
Union Pacific enters its October 22 earnings report with a familiar tension: analysts who raised targets aggressively after Q2 are now quietly pulling them back, even as the stock holds up better than most of its…
Textron enters its October 29 earnings window with the short-unwind story from last week showing early signs of stalling, while the Street's most recent analyst move points directly at valuation risk. The most notable…
