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Jefferies Upgrade Caps a Bullish Week for CHRW

C.H. Robinson Worldwide heads into the back half of May with fresh analyst momentum, a stock that has clawed back from last month's post-earnings dip, and shorts that are quietly rebuilding — though not yet at levels…

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BMY Shorts Build as Anthropic Deal Adds a New Variable

Bristol-Myers Squibb heads into the back half of May with two competing stories pulling in opposite directions: a strategic AI deal with Anthropic announced today, and the fastest build in short interest the stock has…

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BAC Drifts Lower While the Street Holds Its Ground

Bank of America enters the final stretch of May with an uncomfortable dynamic: the stock has lost another 6% over the past month to close at $50.70, yet short sellers keep leaving and analysts refuse to budge from…

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AutoZone braces for earnings with shorts quietly building

AZO heads into its fiscal Q3 results on May 26 carrying a month's worth of short interest growth, a muted but rising put/call ratio, and a stock that has shed over 6% in the past month to $3,347. The most interesting…

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ATRO shorts rebuild as options traders turn defensive

Astronics Corporation enters the back half of May with an unusual combination: short sellers are quietly rebuilding positions after an earnings-driven unwind, while options traders have turned sharply more defensive in…

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Apple Slips Below $300 Again as Analysts Chase Targets Higher

AAPL closed Tuesday at $298.97 — just below the $300 threshold it briefly crossed last week — and the week's most interesting dynamic is the growing distance between an analyst community still raising targets and a…

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ADI pulls back after earnings — peers diverge on the week

Analog Devices reported its fiscal Q2 results on May 20 and now trades at $414.31 — a modest 1% pullback on the day that crystallises a familiar post-earnings pattern: the stock rallied hard into the print and is…

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AXP: Shorts rebuild as stock drifts from April highs

American Express heads into the week with a quietly interesting tension: short sellers have rebuilt positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock's fundamental story remains broadly intact. The price tells…

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ALK Shorts Hold Steady as the Stock Slides Further

Alaska Air Group enters the week of May 20 with a telling divergence: short covering that dominated the prior note has stalled, yet the stock keeps falling — down 6.5% on the week and 20% over the past month to…

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Agnico Eagle reverses hard as gold sector sells off

Agnico Eagle Mines has given back much of its recent rally in a matter of days — down 12% on the week to $173.40, erasing the gains that prompted last week's note on short sellers retreating. The reversal is…

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AMD Gaps Down From Peak — Analyst Targets Surge Past $500

AMD is caught between a wave of rapidly rising analyst price targets and a stock that keeps sliding away from them. The week's central tension is a widening gap between where the Street thinks AMD should trade and…

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MXL insiders sell into the rally as shorts flee

MaxLinear enters this week with one of the more striking short-covering stories in the semiconductor space — a stock that has more than tripled in a month, with short sellers retreating rapidly and options traders…

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Akamai gives back gains as options caution builds

Akamai Technologies has spent the week unwinding a slice of its extraordinary post-earnings rally, dropping 6.3% on Tuesday alone to close at $141.34 — and options traders are now more defensive than they have been in…

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MWC Insiders Sell as Q1 Profit Soars

Manila Water Company enters the back half of May with a peculiar tension: a strong earnings beat behind it and a quiet drumbeat of insider selling in its wake. Q1 2026 net income jumped 24% year-on-year, the clearest…

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Bpifrance's €163m exit shakes Technip Energies borrow market

Technip Energies heads into the final stretch of May with its lending market flashing an unusual signal — a near-sixfold jump in borrowing costs triggered almost entirely by one large block sale. The dominant story of…

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SOUN heads into earnings with the lending pool completely dry

SoundHound AI reports Thursday with its borrow market at an absolute extreme — every share in the lending pool is currently lent out, with zero availability — while short interest has been grinding higher for the past…

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CAPR Bears Press Hard Into Quarterly Setback

Capricor Therapeutics enters the post-earnings stretch under genuine pressure: short sellers have rebuilt positions aggressively after the May 12 quarterly print, insiders sold into strength, and borrow availability…

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