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OGE Energy Corp. carries more short interest into its October 28 earnings release than at any point in the past year, even as its closest utility peers trade with a broadly similar level of bearish positioning. Among…
NiSource, the Indiana-based gas and electric utility, reports third-quarter results on October 28 against a backdrop of steadily rising short positions and a fresh wave of analyst target trims that have left the…
Mid-America Apartment Communities reports third-quarter results after the close on October 28, arriving at a price of $119.78 after a 1.1% pullback on Friday and a 2.7% recovery over the week, broadly in line with…
Lennox International is the most shorted name among its closest building-products peers heading into Tuesday's October 28 earnings release, with short interest at 7.6% of free float, the highest level in at least a…
Labcorp Holdings reports Q3 results on October 28, carrying a 5.6% one-month price gain into the print and a Street that has been steadily raising targets all year. Options positioning has grown more defensive as the…
International Paper reports third-quarter earnings on October 28 with its shares trading at $33.19, down 7% over the past month and lagging most of its packaging peers, several of which gained 2% to 5% on the week…
IDEX Corporation arrives at its October 28 earnings report with options positioning having reversed sharply in just three trading sessions, from the most call-heavy reading in a year to a put/call ratio running more…
GSK plc, the British pharmaceutical group, reports third-quarter results on Wednesday with options positioning at its most call-heavy in nearly a year, a striking shift given the stock's flat month. Options traders…
Short sellers have cut their positions in GD to the lowest level in over a year, with short interest now at just 0.74% of the free float, down 32% over the past month. The retreat has been steady and consistent: shares…
FedEx reports its Q2 fiscal 2027 results on October 28, and the most striking pre-earnings signal is not in the short book: it is in options, where positioning has swung sharply away from hedging and toward upside…
Clean Harbors reports Q3 results on October 28 with options positioning showing a meaningful defensive tilt, even as the analyst community has turned more constructively bullish in the weeks before the print. The…
Boston Scientific makes medical devices for cardiac rhythm management, interventional cardiology and endoscopy. It reports third-quarter results on October 28 against a backdrop that has barely shifted since the prior…
Among the closest peers in insurance brokerage, short interest at AON is relatively modest. Short sellers hold roughly 2% of the free float, below the more contested positioning visible across the sector. Peers like…
Amphenol reports Q3 results on October 28 with one of its more interesting pre-earnings options setups in recent memory. The most striking shift is in the options market, where traders have moved away from the…
Allstate reports third-quarter results on October 28, a week after a wave of analyst target cuts left the stock trading above where much of Wall Street now thinks it belongs. The analyst picture is the clearest signal…
Agnico Eagle Mines has lost 14.5% over the past month, with the sharpest damage arriving in the past week, down 8.2% to $173.94, a move that tracks almost exactly with the median pullback across its closest gold-sector…
Short sellers added to positions in CoreWeave this past week. SI as a % of free float climbed 3.6 points to 24.8%. The AI cloud company remains highly watched heading into a busy earnings period for big tech. Hertz…
This is the busiest earnings week of the autumn. Microsoft reports Wednesday and Amazon follows Thursday. Together they account for more than $6.5 trillion in market cap. Intel also prints Thursday. Options traders are…
Options sentiment is skewing defensive ahead of a packed Big Tech earnings week. MSFT, AMZN, and META all report this week. Traders are bracing for moves in both directions. MU leads the negative options flow screen.…
The biggest earnings week of the autumn kicks off today. Over 1,500 companies report globally between Monday and Friday. Microsoft posts results on Wednesday after the close, with analysts watching cloud growth and AI…
