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Tarsus Pharmaceuticals carries a relatively light short position compared with several of its closest Nasdaq peers heading into Thursday's earnings release. Short interest at 13.9% of free float is meaningful, but ARVN…
Short sellers have been building their position in RPRX steadily over the past month. Shares short now total around 12.7 million, equal to 3.0% of the free float, up roughly 10% over the past 30 days and 2.2% on the…
Bristow Group, a helicopter and aviation services company serving offshore oil and gas operators, reports quarterly earnings on November 4 with short sellers building their largest position in at least a year. Short…
Accel Entertainment reports Thursday evening with its shares up 6% on the week but still trading at $11.86, well below the analyst consensus target of $15.57. Short sellers have been quietly reducing exposure. The…
Procore Technologies reports Q3 results today with options traders positioned more defensively than at any point in recent months, even as the stock has outperformed its software peers through October. The options…
Triple Flag Precious Metals heads into its November 4 earnings release as a company whose ownership story is more compelling than its positioning data. Elliott Investment Management's presence dominates the picture.…
Sprout Social heads into its November 6 earnings report with options traders positioned more bullishly than usual, even as the stock trades well below the analyst consensus target. The clearest pre-earnings signal is…
IGIC reports Q3 results today with options positioning at its most bullish in months and a concentrated, loyalist shareholder base that has barely flinched. The clearest pre-earnings signal comes from options. The…
PSTL heads into its November 4 earnings release with a genuinely elevated short position and a month of building bearish conviction, yet the lending market tells a more relaxed story. Short interest is the most…
MQ fell 1.3% over the past week while its closest payment-processing peers gained a median of 5.8%. FIS added 8.9%, FISV 7.4%, and PYPL 6.9% across the same period. The gap is stark. MQ closed Monday at $17.80, then…
Curaleaf Holdings heads into its November 5 Q3 results riding the sharpest weekly move in its peer group, up 19% over the past week and 11% on Monday alone, raising the question of whether the stock has run ahead of…
SKY reports fiscal second-quarter results on November 4 with one clear message from the lending market: short sellers have been covering, not adding, ahead of the print. Short interest has fallen sharply over the past…
TALO goes into Tuesday's earnings release with short sellers at their least committed position in over a year. Short interest has fallen to 5.0% of the free float, down 11% over the past month, reaching its lowest…
Denali Therapeutics reports Q3 results on November 5 with an unusual split in its positioning data: options traders are more defensive than they have been all year, while the short-selling crowd has quietly reduced…
ASH heads into its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings today with a meaningful short position building against a stock that has quietly recovered, and an activist on the register with a point to prove. Short sellers have…
Ferroglobe PLC heads into its November 4 Q3 earnings release with options markets flashing an unusually bullish signal, even as the stock has struggled over the past month. The standout in the data is not short…
Short sellers have built a substantial position in SYRE ahead of Thursday's quarterly results. Around 16.2% of Spyre Therapeutics' free float is currently sold short, a level that has held remarkably steady over the…
Directors at LMB spent September buying shares in the open market, a cluster of discretionary purchases that now frames today's earnings release with an unusual degree of insider conviction. Three directors made…
Sixth Street Specialty Lending reports Q3 results on November 4 with short sellers pulling back meaningfully but the lending market still signalling enough friction to keep the setup interesting. The sharpest move in…
AMC reports today with a striking ownership story developing in the background: three separate Schedule 13G filings landed in the past week alone, with Peconic Partners disclosing a fresh 6.3% stake (56.4 million…
