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KR has cleared its October 20 earnings hurdle, and the most telling move since the print is not in the stock price but in how the positioning picture has shifted. The pre-earnings build in short interest has begun to…
KSS is a stock where the bears are slowly retreating and the options market is starting to notice. Short covering has continued through this week, and the trend is now well-established. Short interest has fallen to…
KeyCorp just delivered its Q3 earnings and the market liked what it heard, pushing the stock up 4.5% on the week to $20.81, a move that beat the median gain of roughly 2.5% across its closest regional bank peers. The…
Johnson & Johnson has added another $4 since Sunday's report flagged a widening gap to analyst targets, and the more interesting question now is whether the post-earnings reset is complete or whether the recovery has…
JPMorgan Chase has given back a portion of its post-earnings gain, slipping from $339.72 to $335.26 over the past two days, and the options market has quietly rebuilt its defensive lean even as the fundamental story…
Intuitive Surgical reported its Q3 results on October 20, and the analyst response landed within hours: a wave of target revisions that split almost evenly between upgrades and trims, all while short sellers remain a…
Among its closest specialty chemical peers, IFF carries one of the lighter short positions this week. Short interest in International Flavors & Fragrances has fallen to 5.5% of free float, while PPG and SHW both gained…
IBM rose 4.8% over the past week to $241.92, a sharper move than the median of its closest correlated peers, which gained roughly 0.9% across the same period. That outperformance is notable against a mixed backdrop: KD…
Intel goes into Thursday's Q3 print with short sellers at their most committed level in over a year, the stock down 11% on the week, and a Street consensus that has moved from hostility to reluctant neutrality rather…
Integra LifeSciences reported earnings today, October 21, with the positioning that surrounded last week's note having shifted modestly in bears' favour: short interest has edged back from its mid-October peak,…
Insmed enters its October 29 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding positions at a pace that stands out against a peer group that has largely moved the other way this week. Short interest has climbed to 6.54% of…
INCY gained 7.4% over the past week to $116.62, outpacing the median move of its closest biotech peers, but the recovery arrives with options positioning at its most defensive in months and short interest still…
IEX dropped 1.7% over the past week to $233.16, underperforming the flat median of its closest industrial peers, even as options positioning reached its most call-heavy reading in a full year. The options market is the…
IDA gained 0.7% over the past week to $138.04, trailing a median gain of 1.6% across its closest peers, with LNT, XEL and SO each adding more than 1.9%. Short interest has pulled back sharply from its recent peak,…
Healthcare Services Group heads into the week after a quarterly earnings release with retail attention spiking to unusual levels, short interest quietly rebuilding, and the Street split between a recovery story and a…
Hasbro outran its peer group by a wide margin this week. Closest peer MAT gained just over 1% on the week, JAKK rose 4%, and the median across the correlated group was negative. Hasbro added 14.2% to close Tuesday at…
Hancock Whitney reported after the close on October 20, and the question now is whether the short interest built into that print begins to unwind or holds its ground. The Q3 earnings print arrived with short interest…
Halliburton reports Q3 results on October 22 with analysts moving in conflicting directions on the same day, creating an unusual split in Street sentiment right at the moment the numbers hit. The analyst activity today…
Genuine Parts Company fell 5.5% over the past week to close at $123.52, a sharp underperformance against a peer group that gained a median of roughly 1.3% across the same period. Closest comparable POOL rose 6.9% on…
GE Aerospace enters the post-earnings stretch with analysts cutting targets in unison, options traders still cautious, and a stock that gave back 3.7% on results day to close at $299.87. The analyst response to…
