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PDD Shorts Rebuild Ahead of May 19 Earnings

PDD Holdings heads into its May 19 earnings report with short sellers quietly adding pressure and the stock nursing a four-week slide — a setup that puts the quarterly print squarely in the spotlight. The short…

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Nexxen beats Q1 estimates, Needham raises target

NEXN just delivered its strongest first quarter on record — and the market is still deciding what to make of it. Q1 2026 results landed this morning: revenue of $86.84 million beat the $79.32 million consensus…

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i3 Verticals Shorts Rebuild After Steep Earnings Drop

IIIV enters the post-earnings period under visible pressure — the stock down 16% on the week, short sellers adding aggressively, and every analyst on the name trimming their target. The catalyst was earnings reported…

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QTUM Options Flash a Warning Into a Month-Long Rally

QTUM, the Defiance Quantum ETF, enters mid-May with its sharpest options hedge signal in months — even as the fund itself has just delivered one of its best monthly runs of the past year. The options story dominates…

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JP Morgan raises TALO target as shorts quietly unwind

Talos Energy heads into the back half of May with an interesting split in the data: the Street is nudging targets higher after a solid Q1 beat, yet the stock is down nearly 4% on the week and still carries a meaningful…

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SPOT Options Spike Signals Caution Ahead of Earnings

Spotify heads into its May 21 earnings call with options traders meaningfully more defensive than they have been all year — and that shift stands out against a week when the stock itself quietly recovered. The sharpest…

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PolyPid beats Q1 estimates as shorts retreat

PYPD reported Q1 2026 results this morning — and the short-selling community has already been voting with its feet ahead of the print. The most striking move this week is in short positioning. Short interest has…

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SRVR shorts retreat sharply as borrow conditions ease

SRVR, the Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF, enters the week with a striking short-interest reversal — positions have unwound more than 50% over the past week alone, with the lending market loosening…

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Truist Upgrade Pushes Sensata Back Into Focus

Sensata Technologies is back on the radar this week — lifted by an analyst upgrade and a stock that has quietly reclaimed 14% in a month, even as short sellers add modestly to positions. The most notable development is…

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ZEPP Craters 46% in a Week With Q1 Earnings Days Away

ZEPP heads into its May 20 Q1 2026 earnings release having lost nearly half its market value in a single week — a collapse that makes the upcoming print the only thing traders are watching. The price move dominates…

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SLDB Shorts Cover Ahead of Earnings — But Not All the Way

Solid Biosciences heads into its May 19 quarterly report with shorts retreating from a recent peak yet the stock still carrying one of the more elevated short positions in the gene therapy space. Short sellers have…

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SLS: Earnings beat meets a heavily-shorted borrow market

SELLAS Life Sciences Group just beat Q1 estimates and is weeks from a pivotal trial readout — and more than 30% of its free float is still held short. That tension is the whole story this week. SLS reported Q1 EPS of…

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CAAP posts a revenue beat — but the market stays cautious

CAAP reported Q1 2026 results on the same day this note publishes, and the numbers were better than most expected. Revenue came in at $537.6M, well ahead of the $470.7M consensus estimate. EPS landed at $0.47, inline…

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Raymond James upgrades IFRX ahead of Thursday print

InflaRx N.V. heads into its May 15 earnings call with three fresh analyst target raises, a $150 million equity raise, and a stock that has tripled in a month — a setup that rarely travels without tension. The catalyst…

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