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FBP analysts lift targets as shorts quietly retreat

First BanCorp. heads into its May 6 Q1 earnings call with a cleaner short book, a freshly upgraded rating, and options traders just starting to hedge — a setup that reads more constructive than cautious. The short…

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Finning heads into Q1 results with shorts quietly building

FTT enters its May 12 earnings week with an unusual combination: a strong YTD price run, a fresh analyst upgrade, and a short position that has jumped sharply while remaining too small to threaten the stock. The most…

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FISI Posts Strong Q1 But Shorts Have Been Building

Financial Institutions, Inc. enters May with a fresh earnings beat in the books and a notable contradiction in its positioning data: a genuinely strong Q1 print has done little to shake out a short position that has…

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Fifth Third Bancorp: Shorts Retreat as Analysts Lift Targets

FITB heads into May with short sellers pulling back sharply — just as the Street responds positively to a solid Q1 print. Shorts have been unwinding with conviction. Short interest in Fifth Third has dropped 8.2% over…

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TRAK shorts fade as earnings loom

ReposiTrak enters its May 14 earnings window with a notable contradiction: the stock has surged 9% in a week and 24% over the past month to $8.87, while a meaningful short position has been slowly unwinding from its…

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FDBC insiders steady as shorts retreat

Fidelity D & D Bancorp heads into the final day of April with a clear insider-buying story running against a backdrop of modest short-side retreat. The most striking feature of the positioning data is how little short…

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FedEx Insiders Sell Into the Rally

FedEx heads into its June earnings window with one striking tension: a 13% stock recovery over the past month has been met by a wave of insider selling across the executive suite. The insider activity is the clearest…

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FSCR: A Quiet Stock With Little to Say Right Now

Federal Screw Works is a micro-cap automotive parts name trading on the OTC Pink market at $8.16 — down about 1.3% on the week and nearly 12% over the past month. The honest starting point for this note is a data…

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FAST Stares Down a Premium Valuation After Q1 Stumble

Fastenal Company heads into the final trading day of April with a stretched valuation, a soft Q1 earnings reaction, and short sellers nudging their positions higher — a muted but notable setup for a stock that commands…

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FMBL: A Quiet Bank With One Story Worth Watching

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach heads into its May earnings date with a fresh Q1 print already on the table, a short-score that just dropped sharply, and a borrow market that has loosened dramatically over the…

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FMCB Rallies to Record Highs as Insiders Cash Out

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp heads into the final day of April with a striking contrast: the stock has climbed to its highest level in at least three months while a cluster of insiders trimmed positions on the way…

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FARM Heads Into Earnings With Shorts in Retreat

Farmer Bros. Co. reports quarterly results on May 1 with one of the more unusual short-interest patterns of recent weeks: a stock where bears have been quietly retreating into what could be a pivotal print. The most…

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Fairfax Heads Into Q1 Results With Shorts in Retreat

FFH reports Q1 2026 results today, after the close, with the stock having pulled back 5% on the week — yet the short-selling community has been moving in the opposite direction, steadily covering rather than…

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FICO shorts rebuild even as earnings lift the stock

Fair Isaac Corporation rallied 7.6% on the week to close at $1,043.57, lifted by a Q2 earnings beat that pushed the stock up nearly 3% the day after results. What makes the setup interesting is that short sellers used…

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FTI Consulting heads into Q1 earnings with shorts in retreat

FTI Consulting reports Q1 2026 results this morning, and the setup is notably cleaner than recent history suggested it might be. Short sellers moved decisively out of the stock in the run-up to the print. Short…

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OPY into earnings: shorts pile in as the stock defies them

Oppenheimer Holdings heads into its Q1 2026 results — due this morning — with one of the most striking divergences in its recent history: short sellers have nearly doubled their bets against the stock over the past…

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FTI Foodtech: Thin Data, Thin Market

FTI — FTI Foodtech International Inc. — is a micro-cap trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, and right now the story is defined more by what's absent than what's moving. The price data is stale by more than eight…

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