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Short sellers have continued to exit ABEV in the days since the previous ORTEX preview. Positions have dropped a further 8.8% in a single session to 81.8 million shares, down 43% over the past month, the lowest level…
Short interest in IQV has fallen to its lowest level in at least a year, now running at 1.8% of the free float after dropping a further 5.5% on October 26 alone and shedding 17% over the past month. The borrow market…
Xylem heads into its October 30 results after a brutal two-day move, with the stock down 14% on Tuesday alone and now off 12% on the week, a sharp reversal from the $108.74 it held when the last preview was published…
EQT reports Q3 results today with short sellers in retreat and options markets at their least defensive in months. Short interest dropped nearly 5% in a single session on October 26, pulling the position down to 3.6%…
Extra Space Storage reports today with its put/call ratio still running well above normal, even after retreating from the 52-week extreme hit earlier this month. The PCR closed at 1.72 on Monday, holding close to last…
Encompass Health reports third-quarter results tonight, with the inpatient rehabilitation operator carrying a notable jump in short interest into the print and a put/call ratio that has run well above its recent…
RenaissanceRe Holdings reports third-quarter results today, October 28, with the stock down 3.7% over the past week while its closest reinsurance peers gained a median 1.3%. That price gap has widened a divergence…
Waste Management collects trash for roughly half of America, and it reports third-quarter results today against a backdrop where the short position built ahead of the print has already begun to unwind. Short interest…
Short interest in WPC rose 17% over the past week to 4.5% of the free float, a move 1.7 standard deviations above the company's typical weekly shift. That acceleration is the sharpest single signal going into Tuesday's…
VTR short sellers added positions sharply in the final days before the Q3 print, reversing a monthlong retreat that had cut the short book nearly in half. Short interest rose 18% in a single session on October 26 and…
Universal Health Services reports its Q3 results today after what appears to have been a false start on October 23, and the positioning picture has changed meaningfully from the bullish tilt that defined the lead-up to…
Tenet Healthcare has fallen 3.8% over the past week, a sharp contrast to the median gain of 3.2% across its closest hospital peers. UHS added 1.9% and HCA gained 2.3% over the same period, while Ardent Health rose…
Sun Communities reports Q3 results today having given back most of last week's pre-earnings rally, with the options market now showing its first meaningful defensive tilt since early October. The stock dropped 4.1% on…
CenterPoint Energy reports this morning with two of its most-watched signals pulling in opposite directions: short sellers cut positions over the past week while options traders made their biggest move toward downside…
Range Resources reported Q3 earnings on October 27 after a session that already priced in a great deal of good news, and the stock has now gained 29% over the past week to close at $56.38, more than ten times the…
Public Storage is heading into Thursday's Q3 results having gained 3.5% on the week, fractionally behind the median of 3.7% for its closest peers. EXR added 3.8% and CUBE rose 4.0% over the same period, leaving PSA…
PPG Industries reports third-quarter results today, with the coatings maker's shares up 4.4% over the past week against a median of roughly 1% for its closest specialty chemicals peers. That relative strength makes the…
ONEOK, the Tulsa-based natural gas gathering and processing company, releases Q3 results today after weeks of steady short-side retreat. Short interest has fallen to 3.68% of free float, down roughly 21% from a month…
Nomura Holdings is the least shorted name in its immediate peer group, but short interest has climbed 28% over the past month to around 1.07 million shares, the highest level since a brief spike at the end of…
S&P Global gained 2.5% over the past week, a respectable move in isolation but well behind the median 7% advance posted by its closest peers. MSCI rose 9.6%, MORN added 9.5%, and NDAQ climbed 12.4% over the same…
