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STE is the least crowded name among its closest medical device peers heading into Tuesday's results, with short interest having fallen sharply while several correlated stocks carry heavier bearish positioning. Short…
HUBS short sellers have been cutting positions fast ahead of Wednesday's earnings, even as the analyst community tilts more defensive than it has in months. Short interest has fallen 14.4% over the past week to 7.3% of…
Wayfair enters its November 4 earnings report with short positioning that has pulled back sharply from last week's levels, even as the co-founders continue to reduce their personal stakes at a steady clip. Short…
FNF short interest has climbed to its highest level in at least a year, rising 23% over the past month to reach 4.4% of the free float, with the bulk of that move arriving in the second half of October. The borrow…
PAYC enters its November 4 earnings report with short sellers having built positions steadily over the past month, even as analysts scramble in the opposite direction. Short interest has risen 21% over the past 30 days…
American Homes 4 Rent reports Q3 results on November 4, a single-family rental REIT trading at $31.60 and sitting roughly 13% above where a board director was buying shares just six weeks ago. The most newsworthy item…
Corpay arrives at its November 4 earnings release with short sellers having retreated sharply over the past week, even as the one-month picture tells a different story. Short interest in Corpay fell 9% over the past…
CDE has lost 27% over the past month, closing at $13.10 on October 30, yet the short interest picture tells a different story from the price action. Short interest at 8.5% of free float is meaningful but has barely…
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), a global infrastructure partnership owning transport, utilities, and data assets worth roughly $17 billion, reports Q3 results on November 4. Short interest has more than…
Among nitrogen fertilizer producers heading into this earnings cycle, CF Industries now carries a lighter short position than it did two weeks ago, a notable reversal from the steady rebuilding documented through…
Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of FanDuel and one of the world's largest online betting operators, reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, November 4, against a backdrop of sharply rising short interest…
NRG Energy reports Q3 results on November 4 with its stock at $96.06, down roughly 1% on its last session and off more than 1% over the past month, even as the utility sector has been broadly firmer. The most striking…
Chunghwa Telecom heads into its November 4 earnings release with options traders making one of their most bullish bets of the past year. The call-side dominance in the options market is the clearest signal in the…
Woodside Energy Group reports its quarterly results on November 4 with positioning broadly constructive, though the lending market and options activity suggest investors are not rushing to take sides. The borrow market…
SSL short interest has climbed sharply in the run-up to the November 5 earnings date, rising 19% over the past week to 6.45 million shares, and up 34% over the past month. That acceleration is the dominant positioning…
Tenaris reports its Q3 results on November 4 with positioning that is notably relaxed rather than charged, despite a stock trading up nearly 10% over the past month. The borrow market is about as uncrowded as it gets.…
QGEN closed at $50.22 on Friday, flat on the week, while its closest peers gained a median of 2.7% over the same period, a gap that reflects how thoroughly the EQT-led consortium's €9.7 billion bid has replaced the…
Zimmer Biomet fell 4.1% over the past week, a steeper drop than the median decline of 1.7% among its closest peers. Stryker shed 5.0% and Globus Medical lost 4.1%, so the orthopedic space broadly weakened, but ZBH…
WTS has pulled back 3.1% over the past week to $347.60, underperforming every one of its closest peers: GRC fell 2.5%, FELE dropped 3.0%, while GHM and TEX both gained ground. Among this peer group, WTS carries the…
UL reports results on Tuesday with short sellers showing no conviction against the stock, a picture that has shifted only modestly since the previous preview published four days ago. The most notable change is a 15%…
