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NEE Shorts Retreat After Strong Q1 Beat

NextEra Energy heads into the final trading day of April with an unusual combination on the table: short sellers are in retreat after a well-received earnings print, while the Street is quietly lifting targets and the…

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FNB Short Interest Doubles in Six Weeks Ahead of May Earnings

F.N.B. Corporation heads into its May 6 Q1 results with short sellers at their most aggressive in months — and the Street, for now, refusing to follow them. The scale of the short build is the defining feature of this…

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FMC heads into earnings with shorts retreating fast

FMC Corporation reports Q1 2026 results today with an unusual setup: a 4% drop on the day before earnings, yet a short base that has collapsed over the past week. The short-side story has shifted sharply. Short…

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FFDF: A Quiet Week for a Thinly Traded Community Bank

FFD Financial Corporation closed the week at $44.75, edging up 1.1% — a calm performance that reflects the stock's character as a lightly traded OTC community bank rather than any particular market event. The most…

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FFWC Enters Q1 Print With Borrow Costs Falling Fast

FFW Corporation heads into its Q1 2026 results — already released on April 29 — with the most notable data point being a dramatic collapse in borrowing costs, not any surge in short selling. The cost-to-borrow story is…

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EXPD options signal caution ahead of May earnings

Expeditors International heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings report with options traders the most defensively positioned they have been in months, even as the stock quietly outperforms a struggling peer group. The…

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Talisker shorts rebuild as drill program expands

TSK heads into the final week of April with an unusual split: short positions have more than doubled over the past month while the borrow market has grown considerably cheaper and looser, an unusual combination that…

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ETD shorts pare back sharply after tariff-peak anxiety

Ethan Allen Interiors enters the week having just printed Q3 results — and the most notable development isn't the earnings themselves, but a sudden, dramatic exit by short sellers. Short interest fell off a cliff…

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Insiders Buy as Miivo Treads Water

Miivo Holdings Corp. enters the final days of April with its most notable story coming from inside the building — not from the tape. The standout from the past three months is a coordinated cluster of insider buying in…

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Essex Steadies After a Bumpy April

ESS heads into its May 12 earnings call with a quietly improving price, a relaxed lending market, and a Street that remains divided on where the stock goes from here. The most striking number this week is the recovery…

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BONE Shorts Double, but the Float Is Far Too Thin to Squeeze

Boron One Holdings Inc. heads into the final days of April with a sharp price drop, a doubling of estimated short interest, and a lending market so sparsely used it barely registers. The week's most striking number is…

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EPD Rides Earnings Pop With Shorts in Retreat

Enterprise Products Partners heads into the back end of April with its strongest weekly gain in months, a fresh post-earnings lift, and a notable unwind in bearish positioning — all against a backdrop of rising analyst…

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EBF CEO Sells as Shorts Retreat Before May Earnings

Ennis, Inc. heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings report with the most notable insider signal of the past week coming from the top — not the Street. Chairman and CEO Keith Walters sold 23,176 shares on April 20 at $19.76, a…

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Enghouse shorts build as earnings loom

ENGH heads into its June 5 earnings call with short sellers quietly pressing their bets and the stock sitting near a multi-month low. Short interest has climbed steadily across April and is now a genuine story. SI has…

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EPC shorts hold firm ahead of next week's print

Edgewell Personal Care Company heads into its May 6 Q2 earnings report carrying the heaviest short interest load it has seen in months — and the stock just fell another 5% on the week, deepening a setup worth watching…

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ECPG Heads Into Q1 Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Encore Capital Group approaches its May 6 Q1 results with an unusual setup: short sellers have been cutting positions even as the stock gave back some of its strong monthly gains, leaving the market in a state of quiet…

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ECIA borrow costs surge as earnings catalyst looms

ECIA heads into the final weeks before its June 18 Q4 earnings with a striking and unusual lending setup: cost to borrow has rocketed more than 900% over the past month, while the stock itself posted a 83% weekly gain…

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Enbridge heads into Q1 earnings with shorts rebuilding

Enbridge closes the week at CAD 73.01 — up 3% on the week but 4% softer over the past month — and the contrast between a strengthening price and a quietly building short position makes this a more interesting setup…

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