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PINS fell 13.3% over the past week to $19.36, a steeper drop than every one of its closest peers, after Q3 results landed below Street estimates and fourth-quarter guidance pointed to growth well short of…
CI slipped 2.8% over the past week, a shade weaker than the median decline of around 2.3% for its closest managed-care peers. ELV fell 4.5% and CVS dropped 3.4%, so the sector selloff was broad, but UNH and CNC held up…
Vistra Corp. reports Q3 results on November 5, and the most striking positioning signal ahead of the print is not from short sellers or options traders: it is the CEO buying his own stock in size at prices the market…
US Foods Holding Corp. reports Q3 results on Thursday with short sellers at their most committed in over a year and options traders piling into downside protection at a rate that stands out even against the stock's own…
GoDaddy reports Q3 results on November 5, a week after the stock posted its biggest one-day gain in recent memory. The options market snapped defensive on October 30, the same session the stock closed up 10.7% to…
NET has given back a significant portion of its 2026 gains, falling 20% over the past month to $280.70, with a bruising 14% drop in the past week alone. That move is roughly four times the median decline among its…
Advanced Drainage Systems enters its November 5 results with short interest at a relatively modest 4.1% of the free float, sitting near the middle of its peer group rather than at an extreme, yet the position has grown…
Veeva Systems fell 3.1% over the past week to $312.96, a softer outcome than its closest health-tech peers, whose median was roughly flat. Among that group, CERT rose 6.7% and DH gained 3.7%, while DOCS dropped 2.6%…
James Hardie Industries heads into its November 5 quarterly results with short sellers building positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock has rallied. The most striking feature of the current setup is…
Huntington Ingalls Industries reports Q3 results on November 5, arriving on the back of a 16% weekly rally that has left the stock well ahead of its closest defense peers and reset the terms of what the market is…
Targa Resources reports third-quarter results on November 5 against a backdrop of rising analyst conviction and a stock that has climbed 15% in the past month alone, closing at $314.99 on Friday. The Street has been…
Reinsurance Group of America reports Q3 results on Thursday after the close, arriving at $264.73 with a 4.7% gain over the past month but a more muted 0.3% rise over the past week, trailing the median 1.2% gain across…
ArcelorMittal reports third-quarter earnings on 5 November, and the approach has been marked by a sharp repositioning in the lending market. Short interest jumped 77% over the past week to roughly 1.38 million shares,…
DUK has added 11.5% over the past month to close at $127.39, a run that has carried the stock above several analyst price targets and leaves it trading at a forward P/E near 18x. That premium is the central tension…
Live Nation Entertainment enters its November 5 results with short sellers more active than at any point in recent months, even as a majority of analysts maintain targets well above the current price. Short interest…
SUZ is the most shorted name in its immediate peer group right now. Short interest has risen to roughly 12.9 million shares, up 24% over the past week and 14% over the past month, the highest level recorded in at least…
SGI short interest has climbed to 10% of free float, its highest level in at least 30 days of tracked history, even as the stock's closest correlated peers have moved sharply in the other direction. The median peer…
Toyota Motor reports quarterly results on Thursday with its lending pool effectively exhausted, availability has dropped to 2.7%, the lowest reading in at least a year, meaning only one share remains available to…
SO has gained 12% over the past month to $93.71, yet lagged its closest peer group into the November 5 results, rising just 0.9% on the week against a peer median of roughly 2%. DUK added 1.9% on the week, EXC rose…
SPG heads into its November 5 earnings report with short sellers holding a modest but quietly growing position, while the stock itself has outpaced its retail REIT peers over the past week. Short interest in Simon…
