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Sonoco Products Company heads into its Q3 print on October 21 with a notable split between what short sellers and options traders are signalling. Short interest has risen meaningfully into the print, making it the…
Simmons First National reports Q3 earnings on October 22 with the stock at $22.22, and a sharp overnight shift in options positioning has broken the calm that defined the run-up through last week. Options traders…
SEIC reports third-quarter results on October 21 against a backdrop that looks more constructive than cautious, with the Street lifting targets and short positioning modest despite a recent pickup. The most striking…
RLI Corp. heads into its Q3 earnings release today with options positioning at an extreme, call demand has surged to levels that stand far outside anything seen in recent months. The put/call ratio has collapsed to…
Polaris Inc. reports third-quarter results today against a backdrop of rising short interest, defensive options positioning, and a steady stream of analyst target cuts that have accelerated in the final hours before…
Plexus Corp. heads into its fiscal Q4 results tomorrow with options traders positioned more aggressively to the upside than at any point in the past year. The clearest pre-earnings signal is the put/call ratio, which…
Pegasystems reports Q3 results today after market close, with the most notable pre-print shift coming not from options or analyst desks but from short sellers quietly reducing exposure after months of heavy…
Manhattan Associates heads into its Q3 earnings report tonight with options traders meaningfully more cautious than they have been all month, even as the stock sits near all-time highs. The clearest signal is in the…
Intel reports Q3 results on October 22 having clawed back roughly $2 from Monday's low, but the stock at $92.03 remains 29% below its late-September peak and down 15% on the month, the weakest setup the company has…
Honeywell International heads into its October 22 Q3 print with analyst targets still moving lower, retail attention running unusually high, and the stock having recovered off its mid-week lows to close at $209.98. The…
HXL reports Q3 results today with short sellers pulling back even as the analyst community trims price targets across the board. The most striking feature of the positioning is the disconnect between short interest and…
Hancock Whitney reports after the close on October 20 with short sellers having added meaningfully to positions in the weeks before the print, even as the borrow market itself remains unbothered. Short interest tells…
First Financial Bankshares heads into its October 22 earnings report with options markets flashing an unusually sharp defensive signal, while the broader positioning picture remains more measured. The most striking…
F.N.B. Corporation heads into its Q3 print today with options positioning at its most bullish extreme of the past year, even as short sellers have not retreated and the stock has underperformed its closest peers. The…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market share purchases on September 8, disclosing trades made on September 4. Combined, he spent roughly $5.3 million buying 70,000 shares at an average…
East West Bancorp heads into its Q3 results today with one signal standing well apart from otherwise relaxed positioning: options traders have turned notably more bullish than at any point in recent memory. The…
CBSH reports third-quarter results today with the most meaningful tension sitting in the analyst community rather than in its lending or short-selling dynamics. The analyst picture is genuinely split. Morgan Stanley…
CSX heads into its Q3 earnings release on October 21 with the Street broadly constructive but quietly marking down expectations, a pattern worth watching against a stock priced at $47.88. The most telling pre-earnings…
BYD heads into its October 22 Q3 results with an unusual split: multiple analyst upgrades on the day before the print, yet the Street is still marking down price targets across the board. The standout pre-earnings move…
OZK reports Q3 earnings today with the most bearish options setup in the past year and short interest that has climbed steadily through October. The options market has swung to its most defensive posture on record. The…
