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Iron Mountain is a data-storage and records-management REIT navigating a notable turnaround week: the stock added 2% to close at $115.34, recovering the ground lost in the prior period when it lagged close peers, and…
International Paper fell 0.9% on the week to $33.38 while its closest packaging peers posted a median gain of 2.2%, a gap that frames what has become the central question for the stock: why is the market pricing this…
Intel has done something it failed to do after its Q3 print: emerge from an earnings test without the stock falling further. Short sellers quietly unwound positions through the week, and the stock closed Wednesday at…
Illinois Tool Works reported its third-quarter results on October 27, and the clearest market reaction since is not in the share price but in the lending market, where short sellers have been pulling back at an…
IDEX Corporation reported on October 28 and the market appears to have taken the numbers in stride, with the stock recovering to $233.21, up nearly 1% on the day and roughly flat on the week after a rough patch through…
Huntington Bancshares stands out among its regional banking peers this week, not for its price performance but for a short interest build that has run well ahead of anything seen in the group. Among the most closely…
Home Depot shares closed at $318.50 on Tuesday, down a fraction on the day but up just over 1% on the week, as the home improvement giant approaches its November 17 earnings date with short sellers quietly rebuilding…
Highwoods Properties has just reported Q3 results, and the immediate read from the lending market is that short sellers are easing off slightly but far from retreating. Short interest slipped a fraction on the day of…
HP Inc. heads into its November 24 earnings date with an unusual split: short interest is building at its fastest monthly pace in recent data, yet options traders have turned notably more optimistic. The short interest…
Geron Corporation heads into its November 4 earnings report with short sellers adding positions into a stock that has already lost nearly 9% over the past month. Short interest has climbed sharply this week, rising…
Freeport-McMoRan emerges from its Q3 earnings week with analysts revising their numbers lower, the stock down 4% on the week but finding its footing, and the post-print picture now clearer than it was during two weeks…
Franklin Electric reports Q3 results today against a backdrop of unusual options caution, a mild short squeeze in the lending market, and a peer group pulling in opposite directions. The most striking signal this week…
Ford enters its Q3 earnings release with short interest falling faster than almost any comparable week this year, even as the stock itself continues to lag most of its peers. Among the closest auto peers, short…
FirstEnergy reported Q3 results on October 28, and the week's most telling detail is not what the earnings said but where short interest stood going in: 5.5% of free float, the highest level in at least a year, while…
First Financial Bancorp. reports Q3 results today against a backdrop where options traders and short sellers are reading the situation very differently. The clearest bullish signal is in options. The put/call ratio has…
First Citizens BancShares enters the week after its Q3 results with the stock up 11% and analyst opinion sharply divided, a gap that captures the core tension in the thesis. The most important analyst move came from JP…
FFIV delivered quarterly results after the close on October 28, after spending weeks watching short sellers quietly exit the trade. The stock edged up 0.6% over the past week, a muted gain against a peer group that…
FAST is a fastener and industrial supply distributor with a $59 billion market cap, and it is drawing notably more short attention this week: short interest has jumped 16.5% in seven days to 38.6 million shares, the…
ExxonMobil pulled back 2.5% on Tuesday to close at $179.91, giving up some of October's sharp gains with Q3 results due before the open on Thursday. Short sellers have added modestly to their positions this week.…
Euronet Worldwide posted its Q3 results on October 27 and the market's reaction was brutal: the stock fell 7.7% on the day to $59.01, extending a week-on-week loss of nearly 11% and putting the stock squarely in focus…
