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TLK heads into its July 29 earnings print with a sharp — and somewhat puzzling — spike in borrowing costs dominating the lending market picture. The standout in the data is a cost-to-borrow that has quadrupled in a…
PPG Industries heads into its July 28 Q2 earnings report with options traders more cautious than they have been in months — even as short sellers quietly retreat. The most notable pre-earnings signal is in options…
OMC heads into its July 28 earnings report as one of the more heavily shorted names in the advertising sector, with the short position sitting well above typical levels even as bears show some signs of fatigue. Short…
S&P Global arrives at its July 28 earnings release in a more complicated position than the one described in last week's trader note — the stock has reversed course, falling 5.4% over the past week to $426.40, wiping…
PHG reports second-quarter results on July 28 with options traders making an unusually bullish bet relative to recent history. The clearest signal heading into the print is in options positioning. The put/call ratio…
Jones Lang LaSalle heads into its July 28 earnings report with options traders making their most defensive posture in months — a sharp contrast to a lending market that shows almost no short-selling conviction. The…
Illinois Tool Works heads into its July 28 Q2 earnings report with the stock near a one-month high — yet options traders have quietly turned more defensive than they have been all summer. The clearest pre-earnings…
GSK heads into Tuesday's Q2 results with one notable shift since the last preview: options positioning has eased from its most defensive levels, even as the stock remains a relative underperformer against the broader…
FMX heads into its July 28 earnings release with call-heavy options activity and a borrow market that's extremely loose — a setup more notable for what's absent than what's extreme. The lending market signals almost no…
FirstEnergy Corp. reports second-quarter results on July 28 with the stock running near a multi-month high and analyst sentiment quietly shifting upward. The most notable signal heading into the print is on the analyst…
Hertz is now one of the most pressured names in the market. Short interest hit 75% of free float as of July 23. That's up nearly 5 percentage points in just one week. Chewy is close behind. SI % FF climbed to 72.4%, up…
Essex Property Trust heads into its July 28 Q2 earnings report with options traders taking a notably bullish stance — a sharp break from the caution that defined positioning just weeks ago. The clearest signal is in…
Equity Residential arrives at its July 28 earnings event with options positioning at its most relaxed reading in recent memory — a striking contrast to the analyst caution that has built around the stock over the past…
Enterprise Products Partners reports Q2 results on July 28 with the stock trading near its highest levels of the year, up more than 4% over the past month to $38.73, and positioning data showing no meaningful pressure…
Ovintiv arrives at its July 27 Q2 earnings report with short sellers still in place after a week of strong gains — and the stock now trading above most analyst price targets. The short book has barely moved. Short…
Edison International reports Q2 results on July 28 with options traders showing their most defensive positioning in weeks, even as the stock quietly grinds toward fresh highs. The clearest signal into the print is in…
ECL heads into its July 28 earnings release with options traders making one of their most bullish bets of the past year. The clearest signal heading into the print is in options positioning. The put/call ratio has…
DTE Energy heads into its July 28 earnings release with an unusually bullish options signal sitting in sharp contrast to a Street that has been quietly trimming price targets. The options market is sending its most…
Corning heads into its July 28 Q2 print having shed nearly a quarter of its value in a month, creating a sharp divergence between where the stock trades and where analysts think it belongs. The price action tells the…
KO heads into Monday's Q2 report having clawed back the ground it lost last week, with short sellers continuing to stand down and the analyst community raising targets almost in unison. The stock has recovered to…
