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PCTY bounces after earnings beat, but Street cuts targets

Paylocity heads into the post-earnings week with a clear split: the stock moved sharply higher after its May 7 print, while analysts responded by trimming price targets across the board. The earnings reaction was the…

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MTNB Posts Q1 Numbers as Shorts Quietly Retreat

MTNB filed its Q1 2026 results on May 8 — and the most interesting part of the setup isn't the loss, it's the sharp unwind of short positioning that preceded it. Short interest peaked mid-week and then came off hard.…

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PTCT Pops on Earnings Beat as Street Gets More Constructive

PTC Therapeutics kicked off the week with a double-digit rally, driven by a Q1 earnings beat that cleared the bar by $0.42 EPS and pulled analysts back into the upgrade camp — a sharp reversal from the bearish drift…

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HASI bulls lift targets after earnings dip

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital posted a rough session on May 7. The stock fell 5.2% after its Q1 earnings release, then gave back another 3.3% the following day to close at $41.05. That two-day unwind came…

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Zoetis Craters 27% as Earnings Shock Resets the Stock

ZTS enters the week after the most bruising single session it has seen in years. The stock closed at $82.83 on May 8, down 27% on the week and 29% over the past month — a collapse that followed Q1 results reported on…

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Sunoco Analysts Lift Targets as Shorts Ease

Sunoco LP heads into the back half of May with the Street firmly onside — every analyst action this week was a target raise — while a modest short interest position edges quietly higher against the backdrop of a…

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Street Cuts Targets as FBIN Shorts Build Post-Earnings

Fortune Brands Innovations heads into the week after its Q1 report with analysts trimming numbers in unison and short sellers sitting at their most committed level in months. The most striking development this week…

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AMCX shorts hold firm as stock rebounds 16% in a month

AMCX is in an unusual position heading into its June 16 earnings call: the stock has recovered sharply but the bears have not flinched. Short sellers have dug in rather than retreated during the rebound. Short interest…

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GM Options Traders Turn Bullish as Short Sellers Retreat

General Motors enters the week to June 2nd earnings with an unusual combination: short sellers quietly unwinding positions and options traders tilting more bullish than they have been all year. The clearest signal this…

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CELZ shorts retreat as borrow costs ease from peak

Creative Medical Technology Holdings heads into the week with short sellers in clear retreat — and the borrow market quietly loosening to match. Short interest has collapsed over the past month. At 4.1% of the free…

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TOMZ shorts spike 650% in a month ahead of earnings

TOMI Environmental Solutions heads into its May 12 earnings event with one of the most dramatic short-interest buildups of any micro-cap this year — a stock up 44% in a month while short sellers have been piling in at…

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KNDI Faces Nasdaq Delisting Clock as Fundamentals Deteriorate

Kandi Technologies Group enters the week trading at $0.70 — but the real story is a compliance clock now ticking loudly in the background. On May 5, the company received a Nasdaq minimum bid price deficiency notice. At…

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MELI Drops 12% on Earnings — The Street Still Sees Upside

MercadoLibre just had its worst single session in months. Shares fell 11.3% on May 7 after the Q1 earnings release, extending a slide that left the stock down nearly 12% for the week at $1,632.52 — even as the broader…

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EIG Shorts Retreat as Earnings Drag Fades

Employers Holdings heads into mid-May with short sellers quietly unwinding after a post-earnings spike — and the stock bouncing hard enough to raise questions about whether the bear case has run its course. The week…

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Expedia falls 9% post-earnings while shorts ease off

Expedia enters the week after Q1 results with an awkward gap between what the market did and what short sellers did — the stock dropped nearly 9% on Thursday, but the bears had already started covering. Short interest…

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CKX Lands Files Q1 Results as Short Interest Ticks Higher

CKX Lands filed its Q1 10-Q on May 8, delivering a notably softer quarter — EPS came in at $0.03, half the $0.06 earned in Q1 2025, on revenue of $170,660, down sharply from $348,184 a year earlier. The stock fell 5.3%…

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TXRH Surges 12% on Strong Earnings Beat

Texas Roadhouse delivered one of its best single-session moves in years this week. The stock jumped 11.1% on May 7 following its Q1 earnings release, and carried that momentum into Friday to close at $177.38 — up 12%…

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SGI Heads Into Q1 Earnings With Shorts at a 65% Monthly High

SGI heads into its Q1 2026 earnings call on May 13 with a sharp disconnect at the heart of its setup: short sellers have piled in aggressively over the past month, yet options traders have pivoted to one of the most…

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