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Analysts raised target prices on a clutch of US financials today. Morgan Stanley got a TP bump to $221 from $218. M&T Bank moved to $251 from $246. PNC Financial climbed to $273 from $267. All three follow strong Q2…
Corporate insiders across US markets have been filing a wave of sell transactions this month. The pattern points to executives taking profits after strong recent gains. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson led the list. He filed…
Q2 reporting kicks off in earnest tonight. NFLX reports after the close, with investors focused on subscriber growth and ad-tier momentum. ISRG also reports today. Options positioning into both names is call-skewed,…
Q2 earnings season is heating up. Options traders are positioning fast ahead of major results this week. NFLX reports on July 16. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float. That low bearish conviction in the stock…
NFLX and ISRG kick off the week today, Thursday July 16. Netflix reports Q2 results after the close. Investors are watching subscriber growth and ad-tier momentum. Intuitive Surgical holds its earnings call the same…
Analysts raised targets across financials and healthcare on Tuesday, with Goldman Sachs seeing the sharpest jump. The average consensus target for GS rose to $1,085 from $1,037. That is a near-$50 increase. Goldman…
A wave of significant insider selling has hit US markets this month, with filings landing as recently as July 14 and 15. The biggest story sits at DELL. Silver Lake Group — a 10% board-level owner — filed sales…
Short sellers made notable moves this week across a range of US stocks. Data as of July 14 shows some sharp increases in bearish positioning. Space Exploration Technologies saw the biggest mid-to-large cap jump. Its SI…
PYPL lit up markets Wednesday. Stripe and Advent International reportedly tabled a $53 billion joint takeover bid. The stock jumped nearly 15% in premarket. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float — exposed…
Tomorrow brings one of the busiest reporting days of the season. NFLX drops Q2 results after the close on July 16. The streaming giant carries a $310 billion market cap. Short interest sits at just 2.4% of free float —…
Analyst activity on Tuesday pointed in two clear directions: cybersecurity names are in favour, while bank stocks face fresh scrutiny. Cybersecurity gets a boost CrowdStrike saw its consensus target price nudge higher…
RH chairman and CEO Gary Friedman filed to sell over $18 million in company stock this week. The trades happened between July 6 and July 8. Friedman unloaded shares across multiple transactions at prices ranging from…
Short sellers moved fast this week. SPCX, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. trading vehicle, saw SI % of Free Float rocket from 3.7% to 26.3% in just seven days — a 22-point jump. That is one of the biggest…
The biggest single-stock story today is PYPL. A reported $53 billion joint bid from Stripe and Advent International sent the stock up nearly 15% in premarket. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float. Bears are…
Conagra Brands kicks off earnings today, July 15, reporting Q4 2026 results at 9:30am ET. The consumer food giant faces pressure from commodity costs and shifting demand. Tomorrow is the busiest day of the week.…
Analysts pushed target prices higher on several names Tuesday. SanDisk led the pack with the biggest consensus upgrade. Its average target price rose to $2,144 from $2,112. That is a $248 billion market cap company now…
Filings from the past week reveal a wave of insider selling — and one notable cluster of buying. Carlos Slim Exits PBF Energy Billionaire Carlos Slim has filed nine sales of PBF Energy shares totalling $98M. Trades ran…
Short sellers had a busy week. The biggest mover was SPCX, Space Exploration Technologies, where short interest as a percentage of free float jumped from 3.65% to 26.27% — a gain of nearly 23 percentage points in just…
PYPL jumped nearly 15% in premarket trading today. Stripe and Advent International reportedly proposed a joint $53 billion acquisition. Short interest sits at just 6.2% of free float. Bears caught on the wrong side…
PYPL is the loudest options signal of the day. Stripe and Advent International reportedly proposed a $53 billion joint acquisition. The stock surged nearly 15% in premarket. That kind of gap forces call buyers to chase…
