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Southern Copper Corporation trades at $200.51, down 4.2% on the week, with Q3 results nine days away and a Street consensus that sits roughly 12% below the current price. The analyst picture is the defining tension…
Celanese has gained 5.5% this week to $47.49, closing the gap to where insiders were buying in August and putting the November 2 earnings date into sharper focus. The short-side retreat that dominated last week's note…
EnerSys heads into its November 11 earnings date with a notable split in the data: short sellers have been cutting positions while the stock itself has fallen 6.2% on the week to $168.72, raising a question about who…
Lowe's heads into its November 18 earnings date with an interesting split: the stock is up 6% on the week, yet short interest has risen sharply over the past month, and the analyst community remains broadly bullish but…
Iron Mountain heads into its November 5 earnings report with a calm lending market, easing short interest, and an analyst community that has spent most of 2026 steadily lifting its price targets, yet the stock trades…
Three days from its Q3 earnings release, HIFS carries one of the most charged short-side setups in regional banking, with short interest still near its month-long high and the borrow market only partially recovered…
Fiserv has bounced 4.2% this week to $47.55, but the analyst community used the rally to sharpen its pencils rather than its enthusiasm, with three target cuts arriving in 48 hours and Bank of America reinstating…
Short interest in CHWY jumped sharply this week. Its SI % of free float hit 91.3%, up 25 percentage points in just seven days. That is the biggest single-week surge among US stocks with a market cap above $500 million.…
FFIV heads into its October 27 quarterly results having lost 8% in a week, against a security software peer group that has been hit even harder. The week's selloff is severe in absolute terms but looks measured…
NPO has dropped nearly 10% in a week, and options traders are now more defensively positioned than at any point in the past year. The options market is sending the clearest signal here. The put/call ratio has jumped to…
DIS heads into its November 11 earnings date with the Street quietly growing more constructive, short positioning at low levels, and options traders only mildly more cautious than usual. The most notable move this week…
Barrick Mining heads into its November 9 earnings with the stock down on the month, short positioning minimal, and a cluster of insider selling from the summer still fresh in institutional memory. The price tells the…
MNDY heads into its November earnings with shorts cutting exposure sharply, yet analysts have been moving to the sidelines just as fast, leaving the stock caught between two forms of capitulation. The positioning…
JSW has given back ground this week, falling 3.6% to PLN 32.85, reversing part of the bounce that followed last week's production-cut shock and leaving the stock down nearly 13% over 30 days. The price action reflects…
Iovance Biotherapeutics has given back 7% this week to $13.62, but the more striking development is what has happened in the short book: bears have now covered nearly 40% of their position from the September peak, and…
The week's biggest event cluster centres on autos and tech. Netflix kicks off Monday evening. General Motors and Tesla follow Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. ORTEX alt data adds an unusual angle: German car…
Options sentiment is tilting defensive ahead of a packed reporting calendar. Tesla reports on 21 October and General Motors one day earlier. Both are drawing heavy negative options bets. The ORTEX screening data shows…
UK battery-electric car registrations reached 147,185 in Q2 2026. That is the largest second quarter on record since data collection began in 2015, according to UK vehicle registration data tracked by ORTEX. The figure…
The week's biggest event hits Monday evening. NFLX reports Q3 results after the close on Monday October 20. Subscriber growth and ad-tier revenues are the key metrics to watch. GM reports Tuesday, October 20. German…
Analysts lifted ratings on AMAT and PANW in Friday's most notable calls. Both saw consensus upgrades, pushing average target prices higher across a broad analyst base. Applied Materials now carries a consensus target…
