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Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation heads into its October 30 earnings report with a split signal: short sellers have been quietly covering through October while options traders have swung to their most defensive posture of…
Penguin Solutions has gained 22% since last week's earnings print, yet the short position has barely moved, leaving a meaningful 12.9% of the float still committed against a stock that has now more than doubled over…
Liberty Energy reports Q3 results on October 21, one week away, and the setup is unusual: short sellers have been quietly adding exposure into a stock that options traders are treating as a call-heavy opportunity,…
Carvana heads into its October 28 earnings print with short sellers rebuilding positions, the stock down 13% over the past month, and analysts trimming targets while holding their buy ratings. Short interest is the…
PUMP heads into its October 28 earnings report with short interest at a one-month high, a stock down 23% over the past month, and analysts still calling the name a buy at prices more than double where it trades…
Snap heads into its November 4 earnings report on a 12% weekly gain, yet the positioning data tells a more complicated story beneath the surface. The stock closed at $6.49 on Tuesday, up 14% over the past month, after…
Invitation Homes heads into its October 28 earnings with three brokers cutting price targets in two days, even as the stock recovers modestly from a difficult month. The analyst moves are the sharpest signal this week.…
Innovative Industrial Properties enters its October 30 earnings report with short sellers adding conviction at a notable pace, even as analysts send fresh, mixed signals and the stock trades near a month-long…
Alcoa has now printed its Q3 results and the stock is trading at $41.49, down 4% on the week and 14% over the past month, shifting the question from what the earnings would show to what the market makes of them…
The Trade Desk arrives at its October 19 earnings report with options traders at their most aggressively bullish in a year, a $12 stock facing a Street that has been slashing targets, and a short position covering…
FB Financial Corporation has now printed Q3 results, and the market's reaction tells a clear story: the bears who built positions ahead of the number have been rewarded, at least for one session. The stock fell 4.2% on…
Johnson Controls International heads into its October 27 earnings release with a busier-than-usual week of analyst activity and a stock that has quietly gained 7% over the past month, yet slipped back 1.4% this week to…
Acushnet Holdings Corp. heads into its November 5 earnings report with a freshly trimmed analyst target, shorts quietly retreating, and retail attention running unusually high. The most immediate development came this…
FTV heads into its October 28 earnings with a striking divergence: short sellers piled in hard over one week, yet options traders remain overwhelmingly bullish and the borrow market shows no stress. The short interest…
VVV heads into November earnings with the short position meaningfully larger than it was a week ago, analysts still cutting targets, and a stock trading nearly 30% below where the most bullish voices on the Street are…
Waste Connections reports Q3 results on October 21, and the week's most striking feature is not the short interest itself but the contrast between a stock slipping quietly lower and a peer group that has spent the week…
Dream Finders Homes heads into its October 30 earnings release carrying 26% of its free float sold short, a level that has climbed almost 20% in a single week, against a stock that has lost a quarter of its value over…
Permian Resources heads into its November 5 earnings date with a striking contradiction at its core: short sellers have sharply rebuilt positions over the past week while analysts are simultaneously lifting targets and…
SPCX is caught in an uncomfortable split: the stock has shed nearly 9% in five sessions to $156.54, yet the bears who should be benefiting keep closing their positions. That disconnect, between a falling stock and a…
TEAM heads into its October 29 earnings with analysts raising targets in unison, short sellers retreating, and an index addition probability hanging over the stock. The analyst bid is the clearest signal this week.…
