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Columbia Financial reports today with short sellers holding one of the larger positions in the regional banking space, though the borrow market tells a more complex story than the headline figure suggests. Short…
Nexa Resources, the Luxembourg-registered zinc and copper miner operating primarily in Brazil and Peru, reports third-quarter results today, and the lending market is flashing a signal worth noting. Short interest…
DXC Technology heads into its October 30 earnings report with a striking contradiction: a stock that nearly halved analyst targets over summer, yet surged 47% in a month, now sitting with one of the highest short…
Gaming and Leisure Properties reports third-quarter results on October 30 with options traders showing the most defensive positioning seen in months, even as the short-selling community remains relatively modest in…
VOYA closes Thursday at $98.39, roughly flat on the week while closest peers CRBG, EQH, and CASS each fell between 0.8% and 6.9%. That underperformance against the peer group is the sharpest immediate fact heading into…
Bright Horizons Family Solutions heads into its November 2 earnings report with options positioning sharply more defensive than usual, even as short sellers show little conviction. The clearest pre-earnings signal is…
Forum Energy Technologies reports Q3 results on October 30 against a backdrop where short sellers have been cutting exposure even as company insiders have been quietly selling into the stock's strength. The most…
STAG Industrial rose 2.1% over the past week, well above the median gain of roughly 0.1% for its closest industrial REIT peers, putting it among the stronger performers in the group heading into Thursday's Q3…
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust reports Q3 results on October 30 with short interest near a one-month high and options traders repositioning dramatically in the other direction. Short sellers have added to positions steadily…
ASBH reports its first earnings as a public company on October 30, a print that arrives just as the stock stands on the edge of potential inclusion in several major indices. ORTEX forecasts an 83% probability of ASBH…
IVR heads into its October 30 earnings release with short sellers at their most aggressive in months, making this print a direct test of whether the bearish case has merit. Short interest has risen sharply and quickly.…
Among the North American trucking names most closely correlated with TFI International, short positioning is meaningfully more crowded elsewhere. ODFL fell 7.3% on Wednesday and has dropped 8.2% over the past week.…
Short sellers have built their largest position in INGM in at least a year, with shares short rising 30% over the past month to 3.1% of the free float. The move accelerated in the final two weeks of October, with the…
Alphatec Holdings reports third-quarter results on October 30 with the most telling signal coming not from the options market but from inside the company. CEO Patrick Miles paid $1.01 million out of pocket in September…
CROX heads into its Q3 2026 earnings release having already delivered the day's most dramatic price move in the footwear sector. The stock closed at $150.26 on October 29, up 25.5% on the day and 24.2% on the week, a…
First Business Financial Services reports Q3 results on October 30 with a notable divergence in signals: shorts have been building steadily, yet the stock has climbed 6% over the past month and analysts remain firmly…
Grupo Televisa TLEVISA CPO reports its Q3 2026 results today against a backdrop of steady short positioning and a stock that has shed nearly 9% over the past week, trading at MXN 8.06. Short positioning is present but…
Short interest in TBBK has climbed sharply into Thursday's earnings release, rising 12.5% over the past week to 8.3% of the free float. That weekly move is roughly 2.4 standard deviations above TBBK's typical…
Monolithic Power Systems reports Q3 results after the close today with short sellers at their least committed in over a year. Short interest has fallen to 3.3% of the free float, its lowest level in the data series…
CubeSmart heads into its October 30 earnings report with short sellers holding a modest position and options traders leaning defensively, while the analyst community has spent the past month trimming targets even as…
