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Masco Corporation reports Q3 results today with short interest building steadily, even as options markets remain calmer than a week ago. Short interest has risen 9.6% over the past week to 4.4% of the free float,…
Short sellers have continued to build positions in JLL right up to today's Q3 earnings release, with shares borrowed climbing a further 13% in the past week to 1.37 million, equivalent to 2.9% of the free float. That…
Welltower dropped 5.8% on Tuesday to close at $226.72, the steepest single-day decline the stock has seen heading into this print, and the move comes after an earnings reaction that history suggests can cut deep. The…
The Hartford Insurance Group reports third-quarter results tomorrow with one data point that has shifted materially since the last two previews: short interest jumped 20% in a single week, a move 2.4 standard…
FMX, the Mexican beverage and retail conglomerate that operates Oxxo convenience stores and holds the Coca-Cola bottling franchise across Latin America, reports third-quarter results this morning with short sellers…
FirstEnergy is the most shorted name among its closest utility peers heading into today's Q3 print, with short interest at 5.5% of free float. Its neighbours are considerably cleaner: PPL, EXC, DUK, and AEP all carry…
Essex Property Trust reports third-quarter results today, and short interest in the West Coast apartment REIT has climbed to its highest level in at least a year, reaching 3.8% of the free float after a 4.8% one-day…
Enterprise Products Partners reports Q3 2026 results on October 29 with short interest nudging higher but still far too small to shape the outcome, leaving the quarter's debate squarely on NGL margins and distribution…
CMS Energy goes into Wednesday's third-quarter release with short sellers holding a position that has grown 20% over the past month, while the stock has lagged virtually every peer in its universe this week. Short…
Bio-Rad Laboratories reports Q3 results on October 29 with essentially no short-selling pressure in evidence, a contrast to several life science peers where borrow demand has been more meaningful. Among the closest…
Applied Industrial Technologies, a bearings and industrial components distributor reporting fiscal Q1 results on October 29, has dropped 10% over the past week to $297.58, a move that stands in sharp contrast to most…
Short sellers covered hard in several mid-cap names this week. IBTA saw the sharpest move among liquid stocks. Its SI % of free float dropped 7.9 percentage points in seven days, falling to 37.3%. SVRA shed 11.1 points…
The week's most important event is already underway. Microsoft and Alphabet report after the bell today, with Amazon and Intel following tomorrow. Options activity has spiked across the board ahead of these prints.…
This week is one of the busiest on the US earnings calendar. MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, and AAPL all report in the next seven days. That concentration of mega-cap prints is pulling options activity sharply higher across the…
Today and tomorrow are the busiest stretch of the season. Microsoft ($3.96 trillion market cap) and Alphabet both report after the bell today. Amphenol, eBay, and Chipotle Mexican Grill also release numbers this…
India's broadband network crossed a milestone that few predicted at this pace. Total subscribers reached 1.11 billion in September 2026, per data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). That figure…
Barclays cut its price target on NRG Energy from $204 to $163, a drop of more than 20%, while keeping its Buy rating. The stock's $19.7bn market cap makes the move one of the sharpest target reductions in today's…
Uber Technologies' President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market purchases on 8 September, disclosing he spent roughly $5.3 million buying UBER shares at around $75 to $76 apiece on 4 September. His…
Short sellers made their biggest moves this week in three mid-cap names. LQDA saw the sharpest jump among larger stocks. Short interest climbed to 26.7% of free float, up 8 percentage points in seven days. GRND was…
China ETFs pulled in $22.5B in the past week. That is the single largest geographic inflow of any region. The US was close behind at $20.4B, but the story of the week is the rotation into China. Over three months, the…
