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Earnings PreviewBBNX

BBNX Short Interest Drops 28% as Stock Surges 21% in a Week

BBNX has moved sharply ahead of its closest peers, gaining 20.6% over the past week against a median of roughly 4.4% for correlated health care equipment names. That divergence makes the short interest story here…

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Earnings PreviewINVX

JP Morgan Initiates Ahead of INVX Print

Innovex International heads into its October 29 earnings report with fresh analyst coverage and a stock that has rallied hard into the release. JP Morgan initiated coverage on October 27, one day before the print, with…

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Earnings PreviewBANC

BANC Bears Hedge Up Ahead of Q3 Print

Banc of California reports its Q3 results on October 28 against a backdrop of rising short interest, defensive options positioning, and a sharp FDIC data point that will set the tone for how the market reads the…

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Earnings PreviewMIR

Mirion Short Interest at a One-Year High Ahead of Earnings

MIR is the most crowded name in its immediate peer group as it reports today, with short interest at 18.1% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year. Closest peers AEIS and PLXS trade with no comparable…

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Earnings PreviewOWL

Blue Owl's 16% Short Interest Stands Out as Peers Rally

Short sellers have built a genuinely large position against OWL heading into tomorrow's Q3 print. Short interest hit 16.2% of the free float on October 26, up 13% over the past month, reaching 107.7 million shares.…

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Earnings PreviewCTO

CTO Realty Heads Into Results With Shorts Retreating

CTO Realty Growth reports its latest results on October 28 with short sellers pulling back sharply just ahead of the print, even as the stock has slid nearly 6% over the past month to $19.45. The clearest shift in…

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Earnings PreviewHBT

HBT Financial Options Bet Bullish Into Thursday's Print

HBT Financial heads into its October 30 earnings release with options traders making an unusually aggressive call on the upside. The clearest signal is the put/call ratio, which has collapsed to 0.25, well below its…

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Earnings PreviewPSN

PSN Rebounds Sharply but Short Sellers Aren't Convinced

PSN heads into today's earnings report riding a 14% weekly gain, yet short sellers have been quietly adding pressure throughout the rally. The stock closed at $50.73 on Tuesday, up nearly 18% over the past month and…

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Earnings PreviewTENB

Tenable Shorts Retreat as Stock Surges 25% Into Earnings

Tenable Holdings reports Q3 results today, October 28, after months of building stock momentum that has left short sellers nursing losses and analysts scrambling to revise targets higher. The stock gained 25% in the…

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Earnings PreviewGH

Guardant Health Analysts Lift Targets Before Q3 Print

GH gained 9.5% last week to $178.06, outpacing a peer median of 2.9%, with the move pulling the stock to within 12% of the consensus price target of $202.24. Short interest at 8.8% of the free float is meaningful but…

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Earnings PreviewBKR

BKR Closes the Gap With Peers Before Today's Print

Baker Hughes reports third-quarter results this morning having done something it failed to do ahead of last week's delayed print: close the performance gap with its oilfield services peer group. The stock gained 6%…

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Earnings PreviewUBSG

UBS Earnings Day: Insiders Sold Into Strength

UBS Group AG reports third-quarter results on October 28 with a clear insider signal in the backdrop: executives and board members sold a net CHF 15.5 million worth of shares over the 90 days to early September,…

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Earnings PreviewMC

Moelis Shorts Ease as Analysts Trim Targets

Among the independent advisory names heading into earnings today, MC carries one of the lighter short footprints in its peer group. PJT and EVR have both outpaced Moelis on the week, up 4.9% and 3.8% respectively…

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