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INTU heads into its fiscal Q3 print today with short interest at a one-month high, borrow costs jumping, and software peers posting outsized weekly gains that Intuit has yet to match. The positioning picture has…
Intel has bounced 2.4% on the day to $110.80, but the week still shows an 8.1% loss — and the stock remains 26% above the mean analyst price target of $87.86. The valuation disconnect has been the persistent thread…
Incyte Corporation heads into the final stretch before its July 28 Q2 print with an unusual split in signals — short sellers are covering at the fastest pace in months, yet options traders are hedging more than they…
Humana has added another 5% this week, and the Street is finally starting to move — though the targets are still lagging badly behind the tape. The clearest story this week is the analyst pivot. Deutsche Bank's George…
Home Depot has now reported its Q1 numbers, and the immediate analyst response tells the story: broad target cuts, preserved ratings, and a stock that has recovered only fractionally from its pre-earnings lows. The…
HSY heads into the back half of May with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and a wall of analyst target cuts — yet the stock itself has barely moved. Short interest has climbed meaningfully in recent weeks. It…
WELL heads into Thursday's Q1 earnings call having just flashed its most bullish options signal of the past year — and that call-side rotation lands on top of an already-firm analyst consensus that has spent the past…
Hasbro delivered its Q1 results on May 20 with the stock responding positively — up 3.7% on the day to $97.18 — and the short position that had been building aggressively into the print showing no signs of rapid…
Harley-Davidson has just printed its Q1 earnings — and the setup that made the pre-event note compelling has now resolved, leaving a stock down 8% on the week trading at $23.36 with short sellers broadly flat and…
GS has given back last week's gains and then some, dropping nearly 2% to $928.74 as the bullish options sentiment that defined the prior note has quietly reversed course. Seven days ago this column noted that the…
Gilead Sciences heads into the back half of May nursing a 3.3% weekly decline and a 5.2% one-month loss — a drift that an upgrade this morning from Maxim Group has not been enough to arrest. The freshest piece of…
GE Aerospace has found a tentative footing after two weeks of steady selling, with short interest finally flattening and options sentiment returning to a neutral baseline — but the stock remains 4% lower on the week…
General Dynamics heads into the last week of May with a quiet but persistent re-engagement from short sellers — and fresh analyst target cuts adding a layer of caution to an otherwise subdued setup. The short-interest…
GAP enters its May 28 earnings report facing a collision of pressures: a 23% one-month price collapse, an elevated short position that has barely eased, and two fresh target cuts from analysts who still believe but are…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. enters the back half of May with a striking disconnect: shorts are bailing at speed while the analyst community spends its energy cutting price targets rather than raising them. Short sellers…
Flowers Foods has just delivered what the bears were betting on — a punishing Q1 print on May 14 that sent the stock down 7%, followed by a further leg lower that leaves it at $7.21, off 11% on the week and 15% over…
F5, Inc. enters the final stretch of its fiscal year with the stock up 8% on the week and 23% over the past month — yet the options market is sending its most defensive signal of the past 12 months. The clearest…
NextEra Energy enters its May 21 earnings call down nearly 5% on the week, with options traders posting their most defensive positioning in twelve months — a notable shift for a stock where analysts have been busy…
Exxon Mobil enters its May 27 earnings event having extended last week's sharp recovery, with shorts quietly retreating and analyst sentiment more constructive than at any point in the past month. The continuation…
Euronet Worldwide heads into the week of May 18 with a striking divergence: options traders have made the most aggressive bullish rotation in the past year, yet the stock keeps falling and shorts remain stubbornly…
