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AMC Entertainment has given back more than half of Monday's post-earnings surge in a single session, yet the Street spent Tuesday and Wednesday raising price targets — a tension that frames this week's note neatly. The…
Gaming and Leisure Properties enters its July 30 Q2 print with a striking new wrinkle: options traders have swung sharply to the bullish side even as the broader analyst community quietly trims its targets. The…
VOLAR A reported second-quarter results today — and the setup heading into the print was already telling a distinct story from the rest of the sector. The peer divergence is the clearest frame for this week. Volaris…
Sprouts Farmers Market heads into its July 28 earnings report with shorts quietly adding positions and the Street divided on whether a 7% monthly pullback has created a buying opportunity. Short interest is the most…
T-Mobile US walks into its Q2 earnings release on July 23 with the stock down 2.5% on the day to $190.77, shorts at a multi-week low, and a Street that has spent the past two weeks cutting price targets while keeping…
Mama's Creations enters the back half of July with a fresh analyst vote of confidence landing just as the stock absorbs a rough week — a tension worth unpacking. Benchmark initiated coverage on MAMA this morning with a…
Voya Financial enters its July 28 Q2 earnings print riding a wave of analyst upgrades — but its closest peers are outpacing it on the week, and options positioning has quietly shifted more defensive. The most striking…
Zoetis heads into its August 5 earnings report with options traders growing more defensive, short sellers rebuilding positions, and Morgan Stanley trimming its target — all on the same day. The sharpest new development…
ABBV has added another $1.60 since Sunday's recovery note and now trades at $256.10 — six days from a Q2 earnings print that has become the most anticipated catalyst on the pharma calendar this month. The analyst…
ServiceNow hits its Q2 earnings release tonight with a familiar tension intact: the stock is softer on the day, the sector is broadly lower, yet short sellers are still reducing positions rather than adding pressure…
Schneider National heads into its July 30 earnings report with analysts raising price targets, options positioning at its most bullish in months, and short sellers quietly rebuilding positions after a sharp mid-month…
Diamondback Energy heads into its August 3 results with the Street broadly constructive but quietly recalibrating, even as the stock adds nearly 5% on the week. The most striking dynamic this week is the pattern in…
BEP.UN enters its July 31 earnings print with the lending market looser than it has been all year and short sellers trimming exposure — a backdrop that contrasts with the stock's 8% slide over the past month. The…
Phillips 66 has climbed 27.8% over the past month to $212.27, and the Street is still scrambling to reprice — a dynamic that sets up an interesting test heading into Q2 results on July 30. The analyst story is the…
SMH has bounced 4.5% in a single session to $584.08, yet the stock is still down nearly 3% on the week and more than 11% over the past month — a relief rally inside a deeper drawdown, with shorts trimming but far from…
Enphase Energy enters its Q2 earnings print — due July 28 — with short sellers adding to positions, the stock down sharply on the month, and TD Cowen slashing its target just days before the release. The short interest…
Allison Transmission reports Q2 results on Thursday with shorts having lightened into the print and the Street clustered at neutral — leaving the earnings release itself as the clearest near-term catalyst. The short…
MPC heads into its July 28 earnings report with shorts cutting exposure, analysts lifting targets, and the stock up 32% in a month — the question now is whether the fundamental print can validate a run that has already…
Nebius Group erupted 19% on Tuesday to close at $216.92, driving what is already the most heavily shorted stock in this coverage universe into an acute pain trade — with 28.6% of the free float short and borrow…
HDV, the iShares Core High Dividend ETF, has had an unremarkable week on the surface — up 1.9% to $28.17 — but the lending market tells a more interesting story underneath. Borrow availability has tightened sharply…
