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Pinnacle West Capital is the most defensively positioned stock in its utility peer group right now, with short interest at 11% of the free float and a put/call ratio at its 52-week peak. Among its closest peers, the…
RVTY is covering faster than usual into Wednesday's print, now sitting at its lowest short interest level in at least a year. Short sellers have continued to retreat since the previous preview was published on October…
Omega Healthcare Investors gained 3.0% over the past week to $47.53, while the median move across its closest healthcare REIT peers was just 0.1%. SBRA slipped 0.3%, CTRE fell 2.3%, and VTR dropped 0.8%. NHI and HR…
LTM reported Q3 results on November 4 with short positioning still materially elevated, even after a sharp one-session unwind that meaningfully changed the picture from just days ago. The borrow market remains the…
IFF fell 2.6% on Tuesday to $92.18, underperforming close peers like SHW and PPG, which each dropped 3% but had gained 5% to 7% over the prior week. IFF's one-week decline of 1.1% compares poorly against a median gain…
OVV reports Q3 results today with short interest at 5.0% of the free float, up 24% over the past week to 12.7 million shares, the highest level in the ORTEX data window and a continuation of the rebuild that began in…
DVN dropped 7% over the past week to close at $47.62, a steeper slide than most of its closest peers and a continuation of the underperformance that has defined the stock's recent trading. The peer gap is striking. OXY…
Bio-Rad Laboratories carries less short-selling pressure into its November 4 results than any closely correlated name in the life science tools sector. Among peers, Agilent Technologies and Repligen have both sustained…
ITUB arrives at today's earnings release as one of the more actively shorted large-cap bank ADRs in its peer group, though the absolute level of borrowing remains modest relative to its enormous free float. Among…
Short sellers have added meaningfully to their Ball Corporation position since early October, pushing short interest to its highest level in at least a year. The build now stands at 3.5% of free float, with roughly 9.5…
American International Group fell 2.3% to $80.53 on Tuesday, the day of its Q3 earnings release, giving back part of a 7.5% gain over the prior month as options positioning turned notably less bullish than it was just…
American Financial Group reports Q3 2026 results today with the stock sitting at $153, almost exactly at the analyst consensus price target of $154.50, leaving virtually no implied upside in the median…
Among its closest transportation peers, UHAL's short interest position is the standout on the crowded end. Peers like MRTN and HTLD carry modest short interest, while SNDR faces some freight-sector pressure. UHAL's…
Air Products and Chemicals reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on Thursday with short sellers continuing to reduce exposure, even as the stock has outpaced its nearest peer over the past week. Short interest has…
Short sellers have been active this week, with Wolfspeed topping the most-shorted list among sizeable names. Its SI % of FF hit 86.5%, up from 80.6% a month ago. The SiC chipmaker has struggled with weak demand and…
QUALCOMM posts Q4 results after Wednesday's close. The stock is down 5% year-to-date with an RSI of 37, close to oversold territory. Options traders have spread bets across eight expiry dates. McDonald's holds its…
A packed earnings calendar is driving options activity this Wednesday. QUALCOMM reports Q4 results this week. Traders have positioned across eight expiry dates, with the nearest Friday (6 November) the most active. The…
Wednesday brings a string of S&P 500 results. QUALCOMM posts its Q4 figures after the close today, alongside McDonald's earnings call at 8:30 a.m. eastern. CVS Health also reports this morning. Motorola Solutions,…
Japan's domestic machine tool orders jumped 46% year-on-year in September to JPY 63,929 million, up from JPY 43,645 million a year earlier. The Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association data marks a sharp acceleration…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals drew two bullish calls on Wednesday. UBS analyst Michael Yee lifted his target to $640. TD Cowen's Phil Nadeau followed at $575, up from $550. Both rate the stock Buy. The consensus target now…
