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The most striking open-market buy in the recent filing window came from Kenneth Dart, the billionaire main shareholder of EVO. Filings reported on 26 August showed he bought more than $715m worth of Evolution AB shares…
First BanCorp. reports Q3 results this morning, a Puerto Rico-focused regional bank trading at $27.34, up 2.4% on the week but just below peers that gained a median of 3.2% over the same period. The most striking data…
Enterprise Financial Services Corp reports Q3 results today with the debate firmly centred on whether the credit deterioration flagged last quarter has stabilised or deepened. The Street is divided on exactly that…
EGBN walks into its Q3 earnings release today with two sets of market participants pointing in opposite directions: short sellers have spent six weeks building a meaningful position, while options traders are betting…
CBSH gained 1.3% over the past week, lagging well behind the median move of roughly 3% for its closest regional bank peers. UCB led the group at 6.3%, FNB and HOMB each added around 3.6%, and even the more sedate CFR…
Cathay General Bancorp reports third-quarter results today, and the regional lender arrives at the print carrying its heaviest short position in at least a year. Short interest has risen sharply since mid-September,…
CVB Financial Corp. reports Q3 results today with the positioning picture largely unchanged from yesterday's preview: short interest edging higher into the print while options remain firmly call-skewed, an unusual…
CCNE reports Q3 results today with the stock up 3.2% on the week to $34.54, a quieter arrival than yesterday's note captured, as close peers gained 1.3% to 3.3% over the same period, leaving CCNE roughly in line with…
BANR reports its third-quarter earnings this afternoon, and the options market has made its lean clear. The put/call ratio dropped to 0.58 at the start of this week, nearly 2.4 standard deviations below its 20-day…
BANF reports Q3 results Thursday with options traders leaning more bullish than at almost any point in the past year, a rare alignment with an already-relaxed short-selling picture. The call-side tilt in options is the…
Alaska Air Group carries 10.2% of its free float sold short into Wednesday's Q3 results, with that position up roughly 6% over the past month even as it trimmed about 1.5% on the week. The stock closed at $33.54 on…
Waste Connections is the least shorted name in its closest peer cluster heading into Thursday's print, yet it carries more short interest than it has at any point in at least a year. Among the sector's most correlated…
Southern Copper Corporation has been the steadiest name in a copper peer group that suffered a rough week, falling just 1.3% while the median peer dropped 8.4%. Freeport-McMoRan lost nearly 5% on the week. Ero Copper…
Shinhan Financial Group, South Korea's largest financial conglomerate, reports third-quarter earnings on Sunday, October 26, with the stock down 13% over the past month to $69.82 and options activity turning more…
Molina Healthcare, a government-sponsored managed care insurer serving roughly 5 million Medicaid and marketplace members across 21 states, reports third-quarter results today with its options market telling a…
CACI International arrives at its fiscal first-quarter print on October 22 with the stock up 3.2% over the past week to $623.38, trailing a peer median of roughly 5.3%, while short sellers have added positions at the…
United Rentals gained 3.3% over the past week to close at $1,068.98, while the median across its closest equipment-rental peers fell 2.4%. That gap is the tension entering today's Q3 print. The outperformance is…
Globe Life enters its Q3 earnings release with short sellers holding the largest position in at least a year, even as the rest of the positioning picture remains relaxed. Short interest has risen 9% over the past month…
Southwest Airlines reports third-quarter results today, Wednesday, October 22, with the stock outperforming almost every airline peer over the past week while short sellers continue to reduce their positions at the…
ROL carries the highest short interest in its peer group into Thursday's Q3 print, with 5.95% of the free float sold short. The closest US comparables, RSG, WM, and WCN, gained between 6% and 10% on the week. Rollins…
