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Short sellers moved aggressively into several names this week. The biggest mover was SHAZ. SharonAI Holdings saw its SI % FF jump 38 points in seven days. It now sits at 50.7% of free float. Availability is nearly zero…
US futures jumped Wednesday after a sharp sell-off triggered by the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady. The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 futures all climbed as traders reset positions overnight. Kroger…
KR kicks things off today, June 18. Kroger reports its Q1 fiscal 2027 results before the open. The busiest day is Monday, June 23. FDX drops its Q4 2026 numbers after the close — a closely watched print given ongoing…
Micron Technology dominated Wednesday's analyst activity. The consensus target price rose to $945.60 from $911.85 — a $34 jump driven by multiple upward revisions. The chipmaker carries a $1.15 trillion market cap and…
Applied Materials insiders filed $107M worth of sales this week. CEO Gary Dickerson led the way, disclosing he sold 83,000 shares worth $49M on June 15–16. AMAT CTO Omkaram Nalamasu added another $21M in sales.…
Short sellers are piling into a handful of names this week. Wolfspeed tops the list with a staggering 100.9% SI % FF. That figure rose 8.6 percentage points in seven days. Availability has collapsed to zero. Bears are…
Semiconductor and software names dominated options desks Wednesday. Trump's confirmation that AAPL will build chips alongside INTC sparked a flurry of activity across the chip complex. INTC carries a market cap near…
The Dow dropped over 500 points after the Fed signalled future tightening. Investor sentiment sits firmly in the "Fear" zone on the greed index. Markets are on edge. KR Kroger reports Q1 earnings today, adding another…
Analysts are turning more bullish on memory chips. The consensus target on MU rose to $926.85 from $911.85 this week. Micron carries a $1.15 trillion market cap. Short interest sits at just 3.3% of free float — bears…
Fresh filings this week reveal a sharp split in executive sentiment across US markets. SMMT CEO Robert Duggan filed on June 12 that he bought $50M worth of Summit Therapeutics shares at $13.12 apiece. That's a striking…
Short sellers turned notably aggressive this week. Three names stand out from the noise. CAR — Avis Budget Group — saw short interest jump to 47.5% of free float, up 7 percentage points in just seven days. That is a…
The chip sector is driving the biggest stories today. SK Hynix has shipped next-generation HBM memory samples to major customers — a direct positive for NVDA and MU. Analysts piled on. Micron's average consensus target…
Today brings two high-profile reports. KR Kroger holds its Q1 2027 earnings call this morning. Across the Atlantic, NXR Norcros reports full-year 2026 results in an early call. Tuesday goes quiet, but Wednesday picks…
Analyst activity picked up sharply on June 18, with Micron Technology and Jabil grabbing the most bullish attention. Micron saw its consensus target price jump twice in a single session. The average target moved from…
The hottest insider story this week: QBTS CFO John Markovich sold $7.7 million worth of D-Wave Quantum shares across six separate transactions. The sales ran from June 2 to June 15. That's 300,000 shares offloaded at…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish on CAR this week. Avis Budget Group's SI % of Free Float jumped to 47.5% from 40.4% in just seven days — a 7-point spike. That makes it one of the biggest single-week moves…
Short sellers are making aggressive moves. CAR (Avis Budget Group) now has 47.5% of its free float sold short, up from 40.4% last week. Bears are clearly betting on more pain for car rental. AI play CBRS (Cerebras…
Today, KR Kroger kicks off the week with its Q1 2027 earnings call at 8am ET. The grocery giant faces investor scrutiny over margin trends and consumer spending shifts. Also today, Norcros holds its full-year earnings…
Analysts took aim at INTU on Wednesday. The consensus rating on the $77 billion tax software giant dropped to a downgrade. The average target price slipped to $488, down from $491. Intuit has faced pressure amid…
Insiders made bold moves this week. The filings paint a mixed picture — one CEO going all-in while a tech heavyweight heads for the exit. Summit Therapeutics CEO goes big. Bob Duggan, Chairman and CEO of SMMT, filed on…
