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A busy week of earnings kicks off today with two small-cap reports. PowerFleet holds its Q4 2026 call at 8:30am ET on Sunday June 15. Comtech Telecommunications also reports Q3 2026 results at 8:30am ET the same…
Analysts moved target prices across several key sectors on Friday, with homebuilding and consumer staples taking the most bearish turns. Lennar saw its consensus target price trimmed to $89.50 from $90.14. The cut adds…
Short sellers moved fast this week. CBRS — Cerebras Systems — saw its SI % of Free Float rocket from 6.25% to 25.61% in just seven days. That is a +19.4 percentage point jump. Bears are clearly betting the AI chip…
Insider filings from the past week reveal a sharp split between sellers and buyers across US markets. TJX saw its heaviest insider selling in months. CEO Ernie Herrman filed sales totalling over $10.7M across June 3–5,…
Short sellers made aggressive new bets this week. Cerebras Systems saw the biggest move. Its short interest leapt from 6.25% to 25.6% of free float in seven days — a near four-fold jump as bears targeted the AI chip…
CrowdStrike is the week's focal point. The cybersecurity firm reports earnings on June 17. Options put skew is rising fast into that print. Board members filed $17.6 million in sales on June 9 — profit-taking after a…
CrowdStrike options are flashing the loudest signal this week. Put skew on the cybersecurity firm is rising with the June 18 expiry front and center — right after its earnings print on June 17. ORTEX data shows short…
The week ahead is packed with earnings from across sectors. Today — Sunday June 14 — marks the start of a busy stretch, with five confirmed reporting dates hitting before Friday's close. Tomorrow (Monday, June 16), LZB…
A busy earnings stretch runs through the week. Several high-profile names report between Monday and Thursday, with no major IPOs on the calendar. Tomorrow — Monday, June 15 AIOT PowerFleet holds its Q4 2026 earnings…
Analysts trimmed their target on GIS this week. The consensus average target fell to $37.00 from $37.56. That is a modest cut. But it signals ongoing caution on the food giant. Short interest stands at 9.3% of the free…
Three major stories dominated insider filings this week — a mega-sell at DELL, board exits at CRWD, and a rare executive buy at RYAN. Silver Lake Unloads Dell Silver Lake Group filed over $388 million in DELL sales…
Short sellers moved fast this week. Cerebras Systems saw the biggest jump — SI % of Free Float leapt from 6.25% to 25.6% in just seven days. That's a near-tripling of bearish bets on the AI chip firm. Rental car names…
Markets are navigating a busy week. Macro headlines are pulling in opposite directions. Oil slid to a three-month low after Trump signaled the US is close to an Iran deal. Stocks and government bonds gained on hopes…
Options markets are flashing warning signs on a cluster of high-short-interest names. News flow and ORTEX data point to concentrated bear activity across rental cars, biotech, and quantum computing. HTZ carries the…
A packed schedule of corporate results lands this week. Several names from retail, insurance, and tech are set to report. PowerFleet kicks things off today with its Q4 2026 earnings call at 8:30am ET. Comtech…
Analyst target price moves this week cut across sectors, with restaurants rising and grocers falling. Darden Restaurants collected the most bullish treatment. The consensus target price rose to $226.23 from $225.58. 18…
A cluster of significant insider selling hit filings this past week, with DELL, NVDA, CRWV, and WMT all showing notable activity. Silver Lake Group, a 10% board-level owner of DELL, filed over $670M in sales. The…
Short sellers made their biggest move of the week into CBRS. Cerebras Systems saw its short interest jump nearly 20 percentage points in just seven days — from 6.3% to 25.6% of free float. That's one of the sharpest…
The week's biggest insider story is Silver Lake's $435 million exit from DELL. The 10% owner sold shares across 408 transactions between June 3 and June 9. That is one of the largest insider disposals filed so far this…
A clutch of notable US names report this week. No major IPOs are on the calendar through June 20. Today and Sunday bring the first triggers. RF Industries and Quantum Corporation both drop Q2 and Q4 results…
