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Arista shorts retreat as Street raises targets

Arista Networks heads into the final session of June with bears quietly retreating and the analyst community lifting price targets in near-unison — a setup that looks more constructive than charged. The most striking…

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ESI Rallies Hard, Shorts Rebuild Into Earnings

Element Solutions Inc heads into its July 28 earnings date with an unusual combination: a 12.5% one-month rally paired with short sellers quietly adding positions into the strength. The tension in the positioning data…

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AAL Analysts Chase the Rally as Options Traders Turn Defensive

AAL closes out the first half of 2026 with a 12% gain on the week and a storm of analyst target raises — yet the options market is now flashing its most defensive reading of the past month. The analyst activity this…

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VEEV shorts retreat as options traders turn bullish

Veeva Systems heads into the back half of 2026 with shorts unwinding at pace, options sentiment near its most optimistic in a year, and the Street divided on whether the stock's 11% weekly rally has already priced in…

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Jefferies Upgrade Anchors a Constructive Week for Murphy USA

Murphy USA heads into its July 29 earnings with a fresh Street upgrade, a short position that spent the week unwinding, and options traders positioned more bullishly than they have been in months. The most notable…

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ESPR Shorts Rebuild Ahead of July Earnings

Esperion Therapeutics heads into its July 8 earnings print with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace and options traders turning more defensive — an unusual combination given the company's pending…

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IQV Rides a Sector Rally — But the Street Stays Selective

IQVIA Holdings heads into its July 22 earnings report having just delivered its best week in months, yet analyst sentiment tells a more complicated story beneath the surface. The stock surged nearly 13% on the week to…

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NCLH Shorts Rebuild Even as Analysts Raise Targets

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings enters Q2 earnings season with a striking split: short sellers rebuilding positions at a one-month pace rarely seen in the sector, while analysts are simultaneously lifting price targets…

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AbbVie Gives Back Gains, But Bulls Still Own the Room

ABBV has pulled back one percent on the day to close at $251.64, but that modest retreat comes after a stunning 7% weekly gain — and the underlying positioning still tells a bullish story heading into July 27…

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WPP's Sharp Sell-Off Leaves the Stock Trading Below Book

WPP has shed 16% over the past month and a further 10% this week alone, pushing the ad giant's price-to-book ratio below 1 — a level that signals the market is applying a discount to the company's net assets rather…

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SSTK Drifts Lower as Shorts Rebuild Ahead of July Earnings

Shutterstock heads into its July 28 earnings date with short interest quietly rebuilding, options traders turning modestly more defensive, and the stock down more than 6% over the past month — a setup that makes the…

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ServiceNow: Guggenheim Upgrades as Shorts Quietly Ease

ServiceNow heads into its July 22 earnings window with an unusual alignment: the Street is turning more constructive just as short interest posts its first meaningful weekly decline in a month. The most notable…

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PANW Surges 17% as Analysts Race to Catch Up

Palo Alto Networks posted one of its strongest weeks of the year, climbing 17% to close at $341.02 — a move that has left several analyst price targets looking stale almost the moment they were published. The analyst…

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Analysts Lift Targets as SNDR Shorts Quietly Rebuild

SNDR enters the final stretch before its July 30 earnings with an unusual split: the analyst community has turned visibly more constructive over the past month, yet short interest has edged higher and insiders have…

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TGTX: Shorts Add Into a 45% Rally, But Borrow Stays Cheap

TG Therapeutics enters the second half of 2026 with a striking contradiction at its core — short sellers are rebuilding positions into a stock that has just posted a 45% monthly gain, yet the borrow market remains…

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SMH shorts retreat as the ETF hits new highs

SMH closed June with a sharp reversal in the short story: the bearish build that defined the previous note has started to unwind, even as the ETF itself climbed to $655.89 — up 5.4% on the week and nearly 10% over the…

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CUBI shorts rebuild as JP Morgan lifts target

Customers Bancorp heads into its July 23 earnings with short interest climbing, options turning more defensive, and the Street lifting price targets — three signals pulling in different directions. The most notable…

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