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UNM short interest has climbed to 5.2 million shares, 3.1% of the free float, the highest level recorded in the data and a 24% increase over the past month, with the rate of accumulation accelerating sharply in the…
SYY has clawed back 1.9% over the past week to trade at $82.90, but the foodservice distributor remains the laggard in its peer group. PFGC gained 4.6% over the same period, USFD added 2.7%, and DLTR led the basket…
SKM short interest has more than halved over six weeks, and the borrow market has swung from moderately tight to exceptionally loose, a combination that reframes the positioning story heading into the November 4…
Short interest in Regal Rexnord has fallen to its lowest level since at least late August, dropping 15% over the past week to 4.1% of free float, a meaningful retreat that puts bearish positioning well below where it…
Prudential Financial arrives at its November 3 earnings with the most persistent bearish pressure coming not from short sellers, who have been trimming, but from a wall of analyst target cuts that leaves the consensus…
PGR gained 1.4% over the past week, a rare positive in a peer group that fell a median of roughly 2% over the same period. ERIE dropped 2.3%, ALL fell 1.2%, and HIG slid more than 5%. Progressive's lending market is…
Short sellers have built their largest position in PNW in at least a year, with 12.6 million shares now borrowed against the stock, equal to 10.6% of the free float. That figure has risen 27% over the past month, with…
PFE closed at $30.52 on Friday, up 1.9% on the day and 6.3% over the past month, with short interest falling 12% over the week to just 2.3% of the free float and borrow conditions effectively unlimited. The insider…
RVTY is the least crowded name in a peer group where short pressure has been far more aggressive, with short interest down 7.2% over the past week to 5.3% of free float. That compares to a week where ILMN shed 18.6% in…
Omega Healthcare Investors enters Monday's Q3 earnings release with short sellers sitting on a position that grew sharply through October but pulled back noticeably in the past week. Short interest fell about 4.6% over…
Short interest in LATAM Airlines LTM has nearly tripled over the past month, reaching its highest level in at least a year, while the borrow market has effectively closed. Among Latin American carriers, that…
Koninklijke Philips N.V. reports third-quarter results on Monday 3 November, and the options market has shifted noticeably more cautious ahead of the release, even as short sellers remain a minor presence in the…
International Paper reported Q3 earnings on October 28 and jumped 7.9% on the day, its shares now at $36.37 after a 9.6% gain over the past week. That move stands in sharp contrast to its closest packaging peers, where…
IFF reports Q3 results on November 3 with analyst sentiment clearly moving in one direction heading into the print. The most notable development in the run-up has been a string of upward target revisions. Oppenheimer…
Gartner fell 0.6% over the past week while its closest peers gained a median 3.1%. That divergence, combined with short interest still running at 9.3% of the free float, frames a print with clear tension between…
Short interest in FMS has climbed to its highest level in at least a year, rising 50% over the past month to 4.22 million shares, with the steepest jump arriving in the week of October 20 when the position grew 26% in…
Expeditors International of Washington has seen short sellers add positions at an unusually quick pace in the week before its November 3 earnings release. Short interest rose 11.6% over the past seven days to 3.5% of…
Options traders have moved more defensive on Entergy Corporation than at any point in recent months, even as short sellers hold a modest and uncrowded position ahead of the November 2 results. The put/call ratio…
OVV reports third-quarter results on November 3, and the most striking development ahead of the print is a sharp build in short interest against a stock that has rallied 23% over the past month. Short positioning has…
Eaton goes into Monday's Q3 results at $369.97, down 6% on Friday alone and 14.6% over the past month, while its closest peers moved sharply in the other direction. The peer divergence is the sharpest signal in the…
