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AVNW Craters 33% as Earnings Miss Triggers Law Firm Scrutiny

Aviat Networks just delivered one of its worst trading sessions in memory — a 33% collapse on May 5 after a Q3 2026 earnings print that missed EPS estimates by $0.36. The stock closed at $15.09, having shed roughly 30%…

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MaxLinear's Earnings Explosion Leaves Analysts Scrambling

MXL has just delivered one of the most violent post-earnings re-ratings in recent semiconductor memory — a 78% single-day move last week that has left the stock trading well above where even its most bullish analyst…

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Addus bears ease back, but Street targets keep sliding

ADUS heads into the week after its May 4 earnings print with short sellers pulling back and options traders showing little alarm — yet analyst target cuts keep arriving, keeping the stock well below where most of the…

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Ballard Power Rockets to 52-Week High on Earnings Beat

BLDP just delivered one of the most dramatic weeks in the hydrogen sector, surging 38% in five sessions after a better-than-expected earnings report sent the stock to a fresh 52-week high. The catalyst was an earnings…

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Crude Oil Bears Regroup as Borrow Costs Collapse

SCO, the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF, has had a turbulent fortnight — and the data tells the story of a crowded bet that is rapidly unwinding. The fund's price captures the arc perfectly. SCO closed at…

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PRIM rockets into earnings — then the results land

Primoris Services Corporation spent the past month rewriting expectations. The stock gained 37% over 30 days, closed at $202.92 on May 5, and jumped another 9.4% that session — only for Q1 2026 results, released after…

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Dine Brands Beats Q1 Estimates — Shorts Still Adding

DIN reported Q1 2026 results this morning, and for the first time in a while the news was unambiguously better than the Street had prepared for. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.07, beating the $1.01 consensus. Revenue of…

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GLD Shorts Rebuild as Borrow Tightens on Gold's Retreat

GLD enters this week with an interesting divergence: the price of gold has slipped, but short sellers are moving in the opposite direction — quietly rebuilding positions abandoned during April's gold rally. Short…

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BMNR Shorts Retreat as Ethereum Bets Stack Up

Bitmine Immersion Technologies is at the centre of one of the more unusual stories in US equities right now — a company that has effectively become a leveraged Ethereum treasury play, and one where short sellers are…

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Visa Surges on Earnings Beat as Street Lifts Targets

Visa Inc. enters the first week of May riding its strongest one-week gain in months, with the Street firmly behind it after a blowout earnings print — but options traders have already rotated back toward calls, and the…

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BWEN pivots to pure-play precision manufacturing

Broadwind, Inc. just made its biggest strategic move in years — and it came without a safety net. Last Tuesday, the company announced the sale of its Abilene, Texas wind tower manufacturing facility to an IES Holdings…

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EchoStar Heads Into Earnings With Short Sellers Piling In

SATS enters its May 8 Q1 earnings call as one of the most shorted large-cap names in the satellite and cable sector — and shorts have been accelerating their bets all month. Short interest has climbed sharply, and the…

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QQQ Options Traders Hedge Into the Rally

QQQ has had a strong week on the surface. The Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF gained 3.7% over five sessions, closing at $681.61 on Tuesday, and is up 16.5% over the past month as tech rebounded sharply. But under the hood,…

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IEP's leadership shuffle lands on a messy quarter

Icahn Enterprises L.P. posted Q1 2026 results today with a double miss on earnings and revenue, then simultaneously announced a top-level management reshuffle — a combination that rarely makes the afternoon a quiet…

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TDC Beats Q1 but Shorts Keep Building

TDC just posted its strongest weekly move in months — up 17% — yet short sellers are adding, not retreating. The stock closed at $30.08 on Tuesday, gaining 2.6% on the day and nearly 17% across the week after…

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