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FANG heads into its November 2 earnings report carrying a significant change to its ownership register, a 27% fall from the month's high, and a Street that remains broadly bullish but has grown more selective. The most…
Phillips 66 enters the final stretch before its October 28 earnings with an unusual split: short sellers are covering, the stock is up 6.4% on the week, and yet the most prominent analyst move of the week is a…
Verastem enters its November 6 earnings window with a genuinely split picture: a stock that has quietly recovered to $8.27, analysts uniformly bullish but priced well above where the shares trade, and a short position…
Marathon Petroleum heads into its October 27 earnings date with a remarkable disconnect: the stock is up 12% on the week and 14% over the past month, yet the analyst consensus price target is still playing catch-up…
The United States Brent Oil Fund BNO presents an unusual picture this week: the fund has climbed 10% over the past month while bearish positioning has roughly doubled over the same period, a rare divergence between…
GNRC heads into its October 28 earnings report with a fresh wave of analyst upgrades on one side and the most defensive options positioning seen all year on the other. The analyst story is the most newsworthy…
FTNT heads into its October 28 earnings date with a 21% one-month rally behind it, a consensus that remains firmly on hold, and a fresh initiation from Amerx this morning that sits well above where most analysts have…
Hyatt Hotels heads into its October 29 earnings with short sellers quietly retreating, analysts lifting targets, and retail attention spiking to its highest level in months. The clearest shift in positioning is the…
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust heads into its October 29 earnings release with short sellers building at the fastest pace in months and the stock trading well below where most analysts think it should be. The short…
Ameresco enters the final stretch before its November 4 earnings report with short sellers firmly in control, a CEO buying stock in the open market, and a Street that remains divided on how quickly the company's…
CVR Energy has gained 12.5% in a single week and 29% over the past month, a run so sharp it has left the Street's price targets scrambling to catch up and brought Q3 earnings squarely into focus. The analyst picture…
Icahn Enterprises L.P. trades at $6.65, down about 1.5% on the week, and the dominant fact about this stock is one that has nothing to do with short sellers or options traders. Carl Icahn is buying his own company,…
KTOS is in a confusing place: the stock has lost another 12% over the past month to $41.94, yet options positioning has swung to its most call-heavy reading of the past year, and analysts who covered the September…
BNY enters its October 15 earnings release carrying a 13% monthly price decline, elevated options defensiveness, and a fresh cluster of analyst target cuts, making this one of the more charged setups the custody bank…
Broadridge Financial Solutions heads into its November 4 earnings date trading 7% lower over the past month, while every close peer in its group has gained ground on the week. The peer divergence is the sharpest…
Ryanair enters its November 2 earnings window with one genuinely interesting anomaly: the cost to borrow its shares has tripled in a month while short interest remains negligible. That disconnect between a nervous…
AeroVironment is caught in an unusual split this week: short sellers are adding to positions at the fastest monthly pace in recent memory, yet options traders have stepped back from the defensive extremes that defined…
AG is caught in a broader silver miner sell-off, down 18% over the past month to CAD 23.75, with short sellers quietly reducing exposure and the lending market remaining among the loosest in the sector. The price…
FSLR enters its October 27 earnings with Goldman Sachs trimming its price target this morning, short interest still near a cycle high, and analyst consensus pointing sharply above current levels despite a month-long…
Mastercard arrives at the final three weeks before its October 29 earnings with the most notable development since last week's note being a clear shift in options positioning: the put/call ratio has pulled back…
