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Repligen shorts sit elevated as May earnings loom

Repligen Corporation heads into its May 14 Q1 earnings with shorts rebuilding from their April peak and a notable divergence opening up between the options market's easing caution and still-elevated bearish positioning…

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QUALCOMM Jumps 24% in a Week as Shorts Retreat

QCOM enters the first week of May having just posted one of its biggest weekly gains in years — a 24% surge to $186.55 that has left short sellers nursing losses and options traders scrambling to reprice risk. The…

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Brink's beats Q1, but short sellers aren't convinced

BCO entered its Q1 2026 earnings release today with one of the sharpest short-selling buildups seen in the past two months — and despite a genuine beat on both revenue and profit, the question now is whether that…

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PBI Beats and Hikes Dividend as Shorts Dig In

Pitney Bowes just delivered its strongest earnings quarter in years — and short sellers are not convinced. Q1 2026 results, released after the close on May 5, beat on both lines. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.47, ahead of…

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Pfizer shorts rebuild after Q1 beat

Pfizer delivered a Q1 beat but the stock ended the week almost flat — and short sellers spent the week adding to positions at a pace that has been building steadily since early April. Short interest is the story that…

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PESI Misses Hard — Shorts Hold Steady Into the Print

Perma-Fix Environmental Services walked into its Q1 2026 earnings day carrying a short book at 7.4% of the free float. That's a meaningful position for a micro-cap nuclear waste cleanup firm. The print itself was ugly:…

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RVTY beats on Q1, but analysts pare targets as shorts retreat

Revvity posted a clean earnings beat on May 5, and the market responded — the stock jumped 6.7% on the day and ended the week up 8.4% to $92.30. The setup now is a classic post-earnings tension: a short base that was…

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OHI: A Divided Street, a Tightening REIT Market

Omega Healthcare Investors heads into the week off its earnings call with analysts pulling in opposite directions and options traders adding a layer of caution that warrants a closer look. The stock edged down 2.7% on…

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OIS Drops 14% on Q1 Miss as Street Trims Targets

Oil States International enters the week in rough shape. The stock fell 14% on May 5 after a Q1 earnings print that showed net income collapsing to $1.1 million from $3.2 million a year ago — barely beating EPS…

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NVAX earnings beat meets a fully tapped borrow market

NVAX just delivered one of its cleaner earnings surprises in recent memory — Q1 revenue of $139.5M crushed the $78.3M consensus estimate, and a loss of $0.06 per share came in $0.17 better than expected. The stock…

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Street Lifts Targets as Neurocrine Q1 Print Impresses

NBIX closed the week at $135.06, up 5.4% in five sessions, as a clean Q1 earnings release on May 5 triggered a wave of analyst target increases the following morning — a rare show of broad post-results conviction. The…

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MYGN Posts a Slight Miss, Holds Guidance

Myriad Genetics heads into the post-earnings stretch with the stock trading close to multi-year lows, still loss-making at the operating level, and the Street in a cautious but not dismissive mood — a setup defined…

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Morgan Stanley Eyes Earnings as Insiders Cash Out

Morgan Stanley enters its May 14 earnings week with a clear theme: insiders are selling into strength while the Street broadly cheered last month's results. The most striking signal of the past three weeks has been…

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