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Markets face a packed schedule of earnings over the next seven days. No significant IPOs appear on the calendar, making it a pure earnings-driven week. Tomorrow — Friday, May 30, the reporting season kicks off quietly…
Piper Sandler's James Fish made two eye-catching calls on Thursday. He upgraded DELL and F5, Inc. to Buy while dramatically lifting price targets on both. Dell's new target sits at $497, up from $167 previously — a…
Insiders filed a wave of large sell orders this week. Ralph Lauren's founder and Executive Chairman, Ralph Lauren, disclosed a $99.7M sale of RL shares on May 28. The trade occurred on May 26 and covered 263,654…
WOLF is the most extreme short story in US markets right now. Short interest sits at a staggering 131% of free float as of May 28. That jumped nearly 20 percentage points in just seven days. The silicon carbide…
Short sellers are making waves into the long weekend. Wolfspeed remains the most extreme short in the market. Its short interest hit 131% of free float this week — up nearly 20 points. The distressed chipmaker…
No IPOs are on the calendar this week. Earnings season rolls on with a cluster of notable names reporting between today and Thursday. Today (Friday, May 29): GCO — Genesco — kicks things off with Q1 2027 results at…
Analyst target prices moved higher across several names on Thursday, with storage giant NTAP drawing the biggest upgrade in average price target — jumping to $158.63 from $121.27. That is a $37 lift. NetApp carries a…
Five executives at DIOD filed sales this week, making it one of the most notable insider clusters of recent days. CEO Gary Yu, CTO Francis Tang, and three senior vice presidents all reported selling shares on May…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed stands out above all — SI % of FF hit 131% of free float. That jumped nearly 20 points in seven days. The chipmaker is deeply distressed, and bears show no sign of…
Johnson & Johnson is drawing fresh call interest today. The FDA approved a new TREMFYA indication for psoriatic arthritis. Short interest sits at just 0.9% of free float. That low short base makes a sharp call-driven…
Two big pharma stories are driving markets today. JNJ won a new FDA approval for TREMFYA in psoriatic arthritis, adding to its label and lifting options activity on the call side. Short interest sits at just 0.9% of…
Today's options market carries a clear political edge. TSLA headlines are driven by California Governor Gavin Newsom's public jab at Elon Musk. He suggested Tesla and SpaceX "would be nothing" without the state. That…
Today brings the first earnings activity of the week. UVV (Universal Corporation) held its full-year earnings call this morning. GCO (Genesco) also kicked off Q1 results today. Tomorrow — Saturday — sees Biofrontera…
Wall Street delivered a mixed bag of ratings this week. The headline move was a downgrade of EPAM Systems, the IT services group with a $5.3 billion market cap. Analysts cut it to a lower tier, with the consensus…
Short sellers sharpened their teeth this week. Wolfspeed leads the pack with a staggering 134% SI % of FF — up 26 percentage points in just seven days. The semiconductor maker is in deep trouble. Availability sits at…
The week ends with a tug-of-war in tech. MongoDB delivered a strong Q1 beat and raised its FY27 outlook. Analysts lifted targets in response. But short sellers are not backing down — they added positions into the…
Today brings several earnings calls. Universal Corporation and Genesco both report this morning, May 29. Tomorrow, Friday May 30, sees results from Uflex and Biofrontera. The week's heaviest slate lands Monday through…
NetApp dominated analyst activity today. Its average target price jumped twice in quick succession — first to $121.27, then to $134.27. That puts the storage giant up roughly 14% in analyst expectations within hours.…
Insider filings from the past two weeks reveal a split market. Some of the biggest names are buying. Others are quietly heading for the exits. Bill Gates goes big on waste. The Microsoft co-founder filed purchases of…
Short sellers made decisive moves this week. Data through May 27 shows some striking jumps across mid-cap names. WOLF tops the table. Wolfspeed's SI % of Free Float hit 134%, up from 108% just seven days earlier — a…
