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EchoStar Heads Into Earnings with Bears Fading but Not Gone

EchoStar reports on August 3 with short sellers still holding a meaningful position — but the six-week cover trade has fundamentally changed the character of that bet. The short-side story is one of retreat, not…

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VMI Lags Its Peers After Earnings Hit

Valmont Industries enters August with an unusual problem: its closest peers are surging while it sits nearly 17% below where it traded a month ago. The stock closed Friday at $481.70, down about 1% on the week and…

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SOLS Short Interest Doubles as Earnings Loom

Solstice Advanced Materials heads into its August 5 earnings event carrying a short interest position that has nearly tripled in a month — while the stock itself has shed a third of its value over the same period. The…

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PSKY Bears Hold Firm as August 3 Print Looms

Paramount Skydance Corporation enters its August 3 earnings report with the stock off 19% over the past month, short sellers still pressing, and options markets notably less hedged than usual — an unusual combination…

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Analysts Rally Behind RAL as Stock Slides Into Next Print

Ralliant Corporation enters its August 11 earnings date in an unusual position: the Street just raised targets across the board, yet the stock has fallen 12% in a month and dropped nearly 6% this week alone. The…

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BTC Mini Trust Dips on the Week Despite a Bullish Month

BTC — Grayscale's Bitcoin Mini Trust — enters August with a split personality: down 2% on the week, up 7% over the past month, and carrying almost no short interest at all. The most interesting thing about this product…

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SIMEPROP Diverges From Peers Ahead of August Earnings

SIMEPROP is drifting lower while most of its Malaysian property peers push higher — a divergence that sharpens focus on the August 26 earnings release. The peer gap is the clearest tension this week. SIMEPROP closed…

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Haesung DS: Valuation gap widens as earnings loom

A195870 — HAESUNG DS Co., Ltd. — trades at a striking discount to analyst expectations, with next earnings due in under three weeks and the stock still nursing heavy monthly losses despite Friday's violent bounce. The…

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FFM: BlackRock's Big Bet Meets a Stubborn Short Position

FFM heads into August with two competing forces pulling in opposite directions: a major institutional buyer adding aggressively to its stake, and a short position that — despite easing — remains near its highest level…

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ASML Gives Back the Recovery — Valuation Gap Widens Again

The ground ASML clawed back after its Q2 beat is gone. The Amsterdam-listed shares dropped 8.2% on the week to close at €1,434 — reversing most of the recovery that last week's note described as "closing, not…

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Samsung After the Surge: What the Valuation Says Now

Samsung Electronics closed July 30 at KRW 191,000 — but the question that now matters is whether the post-earnings re-rating has actually closed the gap, or merely narrowed it. The previous two ORTEX notes framed the…

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BioAge Labs Crashes 58% as BGE-102 Trial Data Disappoints

BIOA enters August as one of the week's most dramatic single-stock stories — down 58% in five sessions and 64% in a single day, a collapse that rewrites the entire investment thesis around its lead drug BGE-102. The…

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SIRI Falls 4% After Earnings as Analysts Lift Targets

Sirius XM closed out the week at $29.61, down 4.4% on Friday after delivering its Q2 results on July 30 — a reaction that lands squarely in line with the company's recent pattern of selling off after prints. The…

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BANC Drops 10% Post-Earnings While Peers Hold Steady

Banc of California enters August with a sharp disconnect between its own price action and the broader regional banking peer group — the stock fell 10% on the week to $19.15 while close peers FNB, FBK, and LOB each…

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