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A wave of insider selling swept through US markets last week. Filings disclosed over $900 million in combined exits across several high-profile names. CRWV led the pack. Director Jack Cogen filed $186 million in sales…
WOLF sits at the top of the most-shorted list. Short interest hit 130% of free float — a staggering level. Availability has collapsed to zero. That means no new shares are available to borrow. Cost to borrow stands at…
A heavy earnings week is under way. Ulta Beauty reports Q1 2027 results after today's close. Dollar General holds its earnings call this morning — the discount retailer trades at a $24.4B market cap with 3.9% of float…
Ahead of a busy earnings slate, options markets are flagging sharp sentiment swings across several high-profile names. LUNR — Intuitive Machines — is the most striking signal today. Every bearish metric has escalated…
Ulta Beauty kicks off the week today, reporting Q1 2027 results after the close. Short sellers hold 5.2% of the free float. Watch for consumer spending signals. Dollar General holds its Q1 2027 earnings call this…
DELL led the target price upgrades this session. The consensus average target rose to $482.86, up from $469.45. Eighteen analysts hold Buy ratings on the stock. Dell's market cap sits at $136.8 billion. MU also drew…
Insider filings this month paint a split picture. Heavy selling dominates the headlines, but Bill Gates is quietly going the other way. Gates Keeps Buying Waste Gates filed on May 18 that he added more than $85M worth…
Short sellers turned up the heat last week on two mid-cap names. WOLF saw its short interest jump 15.8 percentage points in seven days. Bears now hold 130% of the free float — a striking overshoot that signals heavy…
Anthropic filed its S-1 today, setting the stage for one of the most anticipated public offerings in years. Analysts say the filing could open the IPO floodgates. Alphabet sits at the centre of the story — it holds…
The biggest story of the day is Anthropic's S-1 filing. The Claude AI maker is heading to public markets, and analysts say it could open the floodgates for other AI listings. GOOGL and AMZN are the two biggest…
A busy stretch of corporate reporting begins today, June 2, with several high-profile names set to deliver results through Sunday. Today and Tomorrow Ulta Beauty reports Q1 results after the close today. The beauty…
Citigroup analysts made contrasting calls on Monday. They cut Accenture from Buy to Hold. The target price fell sharply — from $215 to $195. That is a 9% drop in the price target. Accenture trades near $115 billion in…
Insider selling dominated filings this week. Three standout names — WMT, TWLO, and RL — saw a combined $400M+ hit the tape. The Walton Family Holdings Trust filed $250M+ in Walmart sales across five transactions…
Short sellers have found fresh targets. Wolfspeed leads all US stocks with a staggering 130% short interest as a percentage of free float. That figure rose nearly 16 percentage points in a single week. Availability…
Auto stocks are in the spotlight after Citigroup's double upgrade. GM got a new target of $131 and Ford was lifted to $19. Both moves followed easing fears over US auto tariffs. Analysts are now more comfortable with…
Options traders are leaning bullish across major US names heading into June. Expiry calendars show dense near-term activity. Wall Street is pressing bets despite bubble-talk growing louder. TSLA has the most crowded…
Today kicks off a busy earnings week. ULTA reports Q1 FY2027 results today (Monday, June 2) after the close. The beauty retailer has faced margin pressure. Analysts will watch for any guidance update on consumer…
Citigroup made bold moves across three sectors in one session. The bank raised its target on GM to $131 from $108. It also lifted Ford to $19 from $13. Both upgrades follow easing trade war fears on US auto…
Short sellers are piling into a fresh set of targets. Data as of May 29 shows some sharp moves over the past week. WOLF leads the charge. Wolfspeed's short interest hit 130% of free float — up nearly 16 percentage…
Biotech headlines Monday's session. Moderna reported strong 5-year cancer vaccine data and expanded its CEPI partnership — yet the stock fell. That price-vs-news disconnect echoes the sentiment split flagged this week…
