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A busy slate of corporate results kicks off today. The week ahead brings major names across healthcare, retail, and consumer staples. Ulta Beauty reports Q1 tonight after the close. The beauty retailer carries 5.2% SI…
Wells Fargo analyst Aaron Rakers swept through the storage sector with aggressive target price upgrades on Sunday. Seagate Technology received the biggest lift. Rakers raised his target from $700 to $900, a 29% jump,…
Insider filings from the past two weeks reveal a split market. Sellers are moving fast at the top end — while buyers are piling in at beaten-down names. The biggest seller story is CVS Health. Board member Larry…
Short sellers are moving fast. Wolfspeed leads all US stocks with SI at 130% of free float — up 15.8 percentage points in just one week. Zero shares are available to borrow. The SiC chipmaker's debt woes continue to…
DELL is the standout mover today. Three major banks lifted price targets — Morgan Stanley upgraded shares to Hold with a $448 target. Bernstein and Mizuho both went to $500. Analysts cite surging AI server demand. The…
Options markets are flashing notable signals across several names today. Analysts and traders appear to be repositioning ahead of key June expiries. ILMN grabbed attention after Guggenheim raised its price target to…
A busy earnings slate arrives this week. No major IPOs are on the calendar. Earnings dominate the agenda from today through Sunday. Today and Tomorrow Ulta Beauty kicks off proceedings. The cosmetics retailer reports…
DELL dominated analyst activity Monday. Three separate firms lifted their price targets on the server giant. Bernstein's Mark Newman raised his target from $280 to $500. Morgan Stanley went further, upgrading Dell from…
Semiconductor insiders filed a wave of sell orders last week, while Bill Gates quietly piled into waste management. NVTS insiders dumped $115M in five days. Director Ranbir Singh led the charge, filing $89.6M in sales…
NVIDIA is everywhere today. Hewlett Packard Enterprise launched a new AI server powered by NVIDIA's Vera CPU. Cadence Design Systems unveiled an AI chip design agent built in collaboration with NVIDIA. Super Micro…
A busy week of results kicks off today, June 1, with several high-profile companies reporting across consumer, healthcare, and tech. ULTA — Ulta Beauty — fires the first major shot tomorrow, Tuesday June 2, releasing…
Analysts upgraded their target prices across multiple sectors this week. The moves reveal a clear split between winners and losers. Three airline stocks received upward target revisions on the same day. DAL saw its…
Fresh filings reveal a wave of insider selling across US markets. The biggest names dominate the headlines. TWLO director Andrew Stafman filed on May 27. He sold 1 million shares at $184.14 each. Total value: $184…
WOLF tops the most-shorted list with a staggering 131% SI % FF. That figure jumped nearly 20 percentage points in just seven days. The chipmaker's availability has hit zero — meaning virtually no new shares are…
The week kicks off with two of the market's most-watched reports. Broadcom heads into its Q2 print on the back of a 12% rally. Analysts have been raising targets, with the consensus now at $482.31. Options activity…
A clutch of high-profile names report this week. The action starts Monday, with medical device giant MDT kicking off Tuesday morning. Medtronic carries a $94.8 billion market cap. Short sellers hold just 1.2% of its…
Analyst target prices are moving up across cybersecurity and semiconductors. Palo Alto Networks saw its consensus target rise twice in a single day. The average target hit $233.57, up from $230.82 just hours earlier.…
The Walton family trust filed this week to show it sold $254 million worth of WMT shares. The transactions took place May 22–26, shifting over 2.1 million shares across multiple filings. With Walmart stock near…
Short sellers made aggressive moves last week. Three names stand out as the biggest movers in short interest data through May 28. WOLF tops the list. Short interest hit 131% of free float — up nearly 20 percentage…
Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire Taylor Morrison Home for $72.50 per share in cash. The deal is the top-impact story of the past 24 hours. It gives Warren Buffett's firm direct exposure to US homebuilding. The…
