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Today kicks off a busy stretch of corporate earnings. TFC (Truist Financial) reports Q2 results this morning, offering an early read on US regional banking health. The week's marquee event arrives Tuesday. GOOGL…
Analysts trimmed targets on several major names today. NIKE saw the sharpest consensus move, with the average target price falling to $51.12 from $51.36. The stock carries a $51.3B market cap. Short interest sits at 6%…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish this week on two very different names. HTZ saw its short interest hit 70.8% of free float — up 11 points in just seven days. Availability of shares to borrow has fallen to…
The week's dominant theme is earnings. Alphabet reports Q2 results on Wednesday after the close. It carries a $2.2 trillion market cap and bears are largely absent — short interest is just 1.46% of free float. Options…
Pre-earnings options activity is shaping up as a key theme this week. Alphabet and Intel both report. Traders are positioning hard ahead of both prints. Alphabet carries a $2.2 trillion market cap. Its short interest…
Today brings TFC — Truist Financial — to the earnings stage. The bank held its Q2 2026 call this morning, setting the tone for a busy week in financials. Tuesday sees AMSF AMERISAFE drop Q2 results after the bell.…
Analysts reshuffled ratings across several large-cap names on Thursday. Two moves stand out. Corning received an upgrade from analysts, pushing consensus to a more bullish stance. The average target price now sits at…
Silver Lake Group filed this week to reveal it sold over $213 million worth of DELL shares. The private equity firm, which holds a board seat, offloaded nearly 500,000 shares on July 9 at around $452 each. The filings…
Short sellers made big moves this week. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX's listed entity) — saw the sharpest SI jump among large caps. Short Interest as a % of Free Float leapt from 3.7% to 26.6% in just…
Two names are dominating short interest talk. HTZ Hertz now has 70.8% of its free float sold short — up from 59.7% just one week ago. Zero shares are available to borrow. That's a textbook squeeze setup if sentiment…
Short interest signals are flashing red across several high-profile names this week. Earnings season and Middle East tensions are shaping where traders are placing hedges. SPCX saw the sharpest short interest jump of…
Today kicks off a busy week for earnings. TFC Truist Financial is first out of the gate, releasing Q2 results this morning at 8am ET. The biggest event of the week lands Tuesday, July 22. GOOGL Alphabet reports Q2…
Analyst activity on Thursday leaned bullish. Target price upgrades dominated, with financials and industrials seeing the most action. PGR earned the day's only outright upgrade. Progressive's rating moved higher as…
Filings this week reveal a wave of C-suite selling across US stocks, while one Chinese CEO made a blockbuster bet on his own company. RH CEO Leads the Sellers Gary Friedman, Chairman and CEO of RH, filed disclosures…
Short interest data as of July 15 reveals sharp moves in several names over the past week. HTZ is the week's biggest mover. Hertz short interest jumped from 59.7% to 70.8% of free float in just seven days. That's a…
ISRG reported a Q2 beat but stock fell after hours. Management flagged China as a growing headache. Domestic robotic competition is rising. Policy-driven pricing pressure is squeezing margins. The stock had already run…
Barclays made the boldest call of the day. Analyst Ramsey El-Assal upgraded PYPL from Sell to Hold. The new target price is $55. That is a 31% jump from the old $42 target. The upgrade reflects shifting sentiment on…
Silver Lake Group filed this week disclosing it sold $266 million worth of DELL shares. The sales ran from June 12 through July 9, offloading over 626,000 shares at around $451–$453 each. Silver Lake holds a board seat…
Short sellers got busy this week. SPCX (Space Exploration Technologies) saw the most dramatic move — SI % of free float rocketed from 3.65% to 26.63% in just seven days. That's a +23 percentage point jump. Bears are…
NFLX reports Q2 after the close today. Subscriber growth and ad-tier revenue are the numbers to watch. ISRG also drops results today — robotic surgery volumes have been strong all year. UNH has already reported Q2. A…
