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Hubbell Incorporated reports third-quarter results on October 27, and the electrical components maker arrives at that date looking notably steadier than most of its sector peers despite modest recent share-price…
HLT pulls into its October 27 Q3 report having given back ground this week, with the stock down 2.4% on Friday to $349.63, below the $359 level it held just days ago. Short interest has drifted marginally higher over…
ABEV reports Q3 results on Wednesday with short sellers retreating at the fastest pace in over a year, a shift that stands out given how bearish the Street has been on the Brazilian brewer. Short interest has fallen…
Analyst consensus target prices shifted upward on several names Friday, with two financial heavyweights leading the moves. AXP drew the largest target bump in absolute terms. The average analyst price target rose to…
IQV arrives at its October 27 earnings report with analysts in an unusually constructive mood, while short sellers and options markets both signal limited conviction in either direction. The clearest setup signal is in…
Short sellers have built their largest position in TransUnion in over a year, even as the stock has climbed 10% this past week to $81.48. Short interest now stands at 7.4% of the free float, up 42% over the past month.…
Options positioning on MPLX has shifted more cautious than at any point in recent months, even as short sellers hold steady and the borrow market remains loose. The put/call ratio jumped to 0.56 on October 23, more…
GWRE gained 11.9% over the past week, outpacing a median gain of roughly 8.8% among its closest software peers. BRZE led the group with a 51% weekly surge, while APPN added 16.7% and ASAN rose 10.4%. PATH lagged at…
Xylem makes water technology equipment and software for utilities, industrial customers, and municipalities. It reports third-quarter results on October 27 with its shares at $108.74, up 4.5% over the past week, well…
Marathon Petroleum sits in the middle of a refining sector sell-off, but its positioning ahead of Monday's earnings is notably cleaner than most of its closest peers. Among the most correlated refiners, PBF dropped…
HCA Healthcare reports Q3 results on October 27 against a backdrop of slowing revenue momentum and a stock that has quietly recovered 7% over the past month to $469.03, even as the operating picture has become more…
EQT closed at $55.63 on Friday, up 9.5% over the past month, as the company prepares to report third-quarter results on October 27. The most notable shift since the October 20 preview print is in options. The put/call…
Options traders are hedging more aggressively into Tuesday's fiscal Q4 print than at any point in the past year, even as Visa closed Friday at $407.92, up 12.7% over the past month. The clearest signal is the put/call…
Invesco reports third-quarter results on October 27, carrying a stock that has dropped 9% over the past month to $28.06 while a cluster of Wall Street target-price revisions pulls in opposite directions. Options…
Ternium S.A. reports third-quarter results on October 27, and the options market has turned notably more cautious in the days before the print, even as the borrow market remains almost entirely relaxed. The sharpest…
Extra Space Storage enters its 27 October earnings print with options positioning still heavily skewed toward puts, even after retreating from the 52-week extreme recorded earlier this week. The put/call ratio eased to…
CNC has rallied 11% over the past month to $70.17, but a modest pullback of 1.5% on Friday and a slight uptick in options hedging suggest traders are not going into Tuesday's Q3 report without some protection in…
Encompass Health has drifted to the bottom of its peer group on price momentum, down 3% over the past week against a median gain of roughly 0.5% for its closest healthcare services peers, including ENSG and ADUS. The…
Among the major cruise operators heading into Tuesday's print, RCL is one of the lighter-shorted names in the group. Short interest at CCL and NCLH runs closer to their respective highs, while Royal Caribbean's short…
RNR is the clear laggard among its closest reinsurance peers this week, gaining just 0.4% against a median advance of roughly 4.5% across the group. ACGL rose 3.4%, EG climbed 6.9%, and CB added 3.2%, while RNR shed…
