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Short sellers have added to their positions in CW at an unusually fast pace, with shares short climbing 21% over the past week to around 967,000, the highest level recorded in at least a year. That puts short interest…
CMI reports Q3 results on November 4, trading at $500.09 after sliding 3.3% over the past week, a move that looks notably soft against a median gain of 0.7% for its closest industrial peers. The most striking feature…
Charles River Laboratories International reports Q3 results on November 4 with short sellers pulling back sharply even as the stock trades well above where most analysts set their targets. The most notable shift in…
CVS Health Corporation reports Q3 results on Wednesday with short sellers in full retreat, yet the options market is sitting closer to its most defensive posture of the past year. Short interest has fallen 28% over the…
BSAC short sellers have pushed their position to its highest level in at least a year, with shares short climbing 27% over the past week to roughly 1.05 million, a move running well above the stock's typical weekly…
ATO gained just 0.1% over the past week, while its closest gas utility peers posted a median gain of 1.9%. OGS added 0.8%, SR rose 3.2%, and SWX climbed 2.1% over the same period. That underperformance stands out for a…
Options positioning is the sharpest signal into COR's November 4 results, with put demand running well above its recent norm despite a stock that has largely been left alone by short sellers. The put/call ratio closed…
Allstate reports Q3 results on November 4, having added 15% in the past month and now trading at $259.87, above the $269 consensus price target that was already trimmed aggressively through October. The stock's…
ATI closes at $165.59, down 12% over the past month, with short interest at its highest level in at least a year and a string of analyst target cuts landing in the days before Tuesday's results. Short interest has…
Albemarle, the world's largest lithium producer, reports third-quarter results on Wednesday against a backdrop of a stock that has lost 15% over the past month and now trades at $91.00, less than 60% of the consensus…
AFL enters Wednesday's earnings release with short sellers cutting positions at a pace well outside the norm, while its closest insurance peers are mostly treading water. Short interest in Aflac has fallen 12.3% over…
Lumen Technologies heads into its November 3 earnings report with options traders distinctly more bullish than usual, even as short sellers maintain a meaningful presence in the stock. The clearest signal is in the…
BETA Technologies reports on November 3 with a positioning picture that has shifted meaningfully since the last note ten days ago: short sellers have added back positions over the past week, the stock has recovered…
STGW gained 17% over the past week to close at $10.47 on Friday, one of the sharpest moves in its peer group, and three analysts responded the same morning by raising their price targets to $12.00. The analyst move is…
Astera Labs enters its November 3 earnings report with short sellers pulling back sharply, even as the stock itself absorbed a punishing session on Friday. Short interest has fallen to its lowest level in at least a…
CIFR carries the heaviest short position in its peer group into Monday's earnings report, with 20.8% of free float sold short against a peer median closer to 10 to 12%. Close correlates HUT and KEEL both fell roughly…
ADT gained 43% over the past week while its closest correlated peers fell a median 6.2%, a divergence that has nothing to do with operating momentum and everything to do with the $7.4 billion Thrive Holdings…
Shopify reports Q3 results on November 3, arriving at the print after a rough week that has pushed the stock down 6.6% to $157.49, a sharper fall than the median decline of around 2.5% across its closest peers. The…
Suncor Energy sits at the less-crowded end of the integrated energy trade heading into its November 4 results. Short interest amounts to 1.6% of the free float, well below the levels seen at closest peers such as…
EchoStar has watched its short book shrink for a third consecutive week, with short interest now at 15.4% of free float, down from 17.4% a week ago and well off the 19.6% cited in notes from earlier this month. The…
