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RIGD heads into Thursday's earnings print down 6% on the week and 5% on the month, but the short-selling community is showing no particular urgency to press that weakness. The positioning picture is one of striking…
LANXESS enters its November 5 earnings release with bears gaining ground and the stock at multi-year lows, a setup that makes the next print one of the more closely watched in the European chemicals calendar. The most…
RLI Corp. has extended its post-earnings gains, but the week's data shows short sellers quietly adding pressure even as the stock climbs to new highs. The stock closed at $63.76 on Wednesday, up 14.5% on the month and…
INIO delivered its Q3 results on October 28, and the immediate data story is a sharp reversal in short positioning against a backdrop where Wall Street's conviction, while still positive, has been visibly trimmed. The…
HBND, the Singapore-listed shares of Bank of China Limited, reported earnings on 29 October with the same featureless borrow market that characterised the pre-results note published just hours earlier. Nothing in the…
WAY diverged from its closest peers this past week, falling 2.7% to $28.02 while the median peer move was roughly flat. Among the most correlated names, PHR gained 2% on the week and VEEV slipped just 1.6%. CERT stood…
Hertz Global Holdings heads into its November 5 earnings date with borrow costs re-accelerating, short interest near a multi-month high, and options traders rotating toward calls for the first time in weeks. The borrow…
Ondas Inc. now has more than two-thirds of its free float sold short, the highest reading recorded against the current share count, yet the stock just delivered its strongest weekly gain since the summer. Short…
Moelis & Company enters its November 5 earnings date with short sellers pulling back sharply, even as the Street has spent October marking down price targets across the board. Short interest has dropped 16.4% over the…
MRVS.Y bounced 5.7% on Tuesday but remains down 23% on the week, with the lending market still fully seized ahead of its November 11 earnings date. The borrow picture is unchanged from the note published earlier today:…
FTA, the First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund, ends the week with its borrowing market in a more settled state than the frenetic pace of recent weeks suggested was coming. The short interest story has not changed…
SK, the Chilean industrial conglomerate, presents a divided picture this week: factor rankings that would satisfy most value screens sit alongside a pattern of insider-related selling that has pushed the stock steadily…
GameStop closes out the week in an uncomfortable equilibrium: the CEO is down tens of millions on a month of open-market buying, short sellers are trimming but not leaving, and the stock keeps drifting lower without…
Ryobi Limited enters its November 5 earnings date with the stock flat on the week and a valuation that continues to look cheap against its own assets, while short sellers show almost no interest in the name. The…
MSG Rangers Corp. completed its spin-off from MSG Knickerbockers on October 26 and immediately handed investors two things to watch: a sharp opening-day price drop and a borrow market that is already showing strain for…
JMKE heads into the final stretch of October with shorts unwinding sharply, a major ownership transition under way, and a mechanically driven buying catalyst on the near-term horizon. The most striking market-structure…
DPC Holdings PLC enters a pivotal two-week stretch with analyst targets falling sharply, index inclusion odds running high, and the stock down 31% over the past month despite a 10.7% bounce on Tuesday. The analyst…
Applied Aerospace & Defense heads into its November 11 results with short sellers rebuilding positions, analysts trimming targets, and a bruising month behind it. Short interest has climbed sharply over the past four…
BRAI enters the week in one of the most unusual lending setups on Nasdaq: a cost to borrow above 650%, a stock that swung 56% in a single session, and short interest that has more than doubled in a week, all against a…
Defiance's AIPO ETF enters the final days of October with a notable split: short positions are rebuilding fast, yet options traders have shifted in the opposite direction, unwinding a prolonged defensive posture. The…
