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KODK reports today with a familiar tension on the register: short sellers rebuilt positions sharply through late October, yet options traders remain skewed toward the upside, leaving the two camps pulling in opposite…
EVERTEC reports Q3 results on November 4 with a stock that has gained 15% over the past month but gave back 4.5% on November 3, the session immediately before the print. Options positioning is broadly neutral, offering…
Par Pacific Holdings reports Q3 earnings on November 4 against an uncomfortable backdrop: the stock has fallen 15% over the past month to $71.28, underperforming most refining peers, even as short sellers have been…
MOS enters its Q3 earnings release on November 4 with short interest at its highest level in at least a year, shares down 13% over the past month, and a cluster of analyst target cuts that have left the consensus…
Analysts cut ratings on PayPal and Marriott on Wednesday, while Gartner won an upgrade that lifted its consensus to a majority buy. PayPal was downgraded, with the consensus shifting one notch toward sell. The average…
INN heads into its November 4 earnings release with a stock up 17% over the past month yet trading at a price-to-book of just 0.71x, leaving bulls and bears arguing over whether the rally reflects genuine recovery or a…
ADUS reports Q3 results on November 4 with the stock up 14% in the past month and options traders showing no particular anxiety about the outcome. The lending market tells a relaxed story. Availability is exceptionally…
MTDR reports Q3 results today with short sellers at their most committed position since early October, even as the stock drops sharply into the print. Short interest has climbed to nearly 12% of the free float, up 13%…
SLR Investment Corp. reports its Q3 results today with a notable insider buying pattern sitting behind a stock that remains well below the levels at which those purchases were made. The clearest signal heading into the…
PRIM has moved sharply against the grain of its closest construction and engineering peers. The stock closed at $79.57, up 15.1% over the past week, while the median move across its nearest correlated names was…
Navigator Holdings reports third-quarter results today, November 4, with the stock down 15% over the past month and an activist investor quietly reducing its position ahead of the release. The ownership story is the…
GPRK reports Q3 results today with a shareholder register that looks nothing like a typical small-cap oil producer heading into earnings. The most striking pre-print development is not the options market or short…
CNK reports Q3 results on November 6, with the two most active signals ahead of the print pointing in the same direction: short sellers are reducing exposure, and the Street's most recent move was a target…
Douglas Emmett, the West Los Angeles office and residential landlord, reports Q3 results on November 4 with short sellers at their most committed position in at least a year and the stock lagging a broader peer…
Short interest in CAR rose 7.2% in a single session on November 2, reversing part of the week's earlier retreat, and now stands at 13.5% of the free float. That one-day uptick, after bears had covered roughly 750,000…
Innospec Inc. reports Q3 results on November 4, with options positioning flashing its most bullish signal in months even as the stock trades roughly flat on the week. The sharpest signal heading into the print is in…
DiamondRock Hospitality heads into its Q3 earnings print today with short sellers quietly adding pressure even as the stock reaches its highest levels in over a year. Short interest has climbed to 7% of the free float,…
SVM reports fiscal Q2 results on November 5 against a backdrop of sharp price weakness, rising short positions, and a borrow market that remains comfortably open. The stock has fallen 26% over the past month to CAD…
BlueLinx Holdings heads into its Q3 earnings release with short sellers building positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock drops sharply into the report. Short interest has become the defining feature…
CORT has dropped 30% over the past month to $81.93, and short sellers have been adding exposure through the decline. Short interest now covers 8.1% of the free float, up roughly 1.6% over the past week, with the…
