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ServiceNow gained 7.9% over the past week, almost exactly in line with the median of its closest software peers, but beneath that tidy symmetry sits a more complicated picture: short interest has risen to 15.1% of the…
HomeTrust Bancshares heads into its Q3 earnings release tomorrow with short interest at a six-week high and the borrow market quietly tightening, an unusual setup for a regional bank that has largely outperformed its…
Phillips 66 enters its October 28 earnings date with options traders having turned notably more bullish over the past week, even as short sellers quietly added to positions. The clearest shift is in options. The…
Enphase Energy arrives at its October 26 report with bears still heavily positioned but showing the first signs of retreat, while options traders have moved more defensively this week than at any point in recent…
Marathon Petroleum is the relative winner in a week when refining stocks broadly fell, and the positioning data behind that outperformance is worth examining closely. Among its closest peers, VLO dropped 5% on the week…
Prologis bounced 2.7% on Tuesday but is still down 4.6% on the week, and the most interesting development is not the price action but the analyst moves that followed the Q3 print. Raymond James upgraded PLD to…
Nebius Group has now lost 17% in a single week to close at $171.45, and the most pointed development is not the price action itself but the analyst move that landed this morning. Piper Sandler's James Fish lowered his…
Huntington Ingalls Industries sits in the middle of its defense peer group this week, with peers leading on short positioning and weekly price performance alike. Among its closest correlates, NOC gained nearly 11% on…
Kinder Morgan gained 0.4% over the past week while its closest midstream peers broadly retreated, with WMB dropping 5.7% and ET falling 4.5% in the same period. That divergence is notable given the backdrop. Most…
Meta Platforms fell 9% over the past week, more than twice the median decline of 4.1% among its closest correlated peers, a divergence that makes the company's own positioning worth examining carefully right now. Among…
BankUnited reported Q3 results on October 21, with short sellers pulling back sharply into the print and options positioning flipping to its most call-heavy stance in months. The clearest story in the lending market is…
TRGP enters the week with a curious split: short sellers have quietly added to positions over the past five days even as a broad wave of analyst upgrades pushes the Street's price targets higher. Short interest has…
Tesla has held up better than most of its closest peers in the week since Q3 results, closing at $373.71 after a 1.5% gain on Tuesday, while the peer group fell a median 2.4% over the same stretch. RIVN dropped 7.0% on…
FN fell 16.9% over the past week, a steeper drop than the median 11.7% decline posted by its closest peer group, which included COHR down 20.1% and TTMI off 17.7%. The optical contract manufacturer now trades at…
Nicolet Bankshares enters the week having just reported Q3 results, with Piper Sandler moving swiftly to raise its price target and short sellers quietly adding exposure over the past month, even as the options market…
A. O. Smith makes water heaters and water treatment equipment, and right now the stock sits at the intersection of a deteriorating analyst consensus and short interest that has climbed to its highest level in at least…
GM just reported its Q3 results and the market's response has been brutal: the stock fell 6.8% on Tuesday and is down 8.2% on the week, closing at $77.09. The question now is whether the analyst community's…
TRNO enters its November 3 earnings date with a modestly bearish lean in positioning, even as the stock trades roughly 11% below the consensus analyst target and the fundamental bull case around coastal infill…
H rose 8.1% over the past week to $176.15, outpacing most of its closest peers but doing so against a backdrop where short interest has climbed nearly 20% over the past month, a combination that sharpens the setup…
Apple Hospitality REIT has gained 7.7% over the past week to close at $17.82, outpacing the median weekly move of around 5.6% across its closest hotel REIT peers. The rally has come without any meaningful short…
