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QXO heads into its May 5 earnings call with short sellers building positions at the fastest pace in months — and the options market growing noticeably more defensive. Short interest has become the dominant story here.…
Verastem heads into its May 7 Q1 earnings print with a heavily-shorted register, a freshly-launched commercial campaign, and options traders swinging from bullish to cautious — all in the same month. Short interest is…
Xcel Brands heads into its May 12 earnings date with shorts rebuilding sharply, a fresh asset sale adding corporate complexity, and a CEO whose recent trading tells a nuanced story. The clearest shift this week is in…
SXC reported Q1 2026 results this morning and the split verdict defines the week's story: revenue of $455.1M beat the $418.1M estimate by a wide margin, yet EPS came in at a loss of $0.05 against a consensus of $0.07…
CHEF headed into Tuesday's Q1 print with shorts nursing a rising position — and walked out up 18% in a single session, leaving those same bears deep underwater. The earnings beat was unambiguous. Chefs' Warehouse…
NGL Energy Partners has had a remarkable month — up 35% in 30 days and 12% in the past week alone, closing Wednesday at $16.27. The rally's engine is clear. In early April, NGL announced a $100 million unit repurchase…
Summit Hotel Properties heads into its Q1 2026 results — due after today's close — with the most interesting story not in the short book, but in the dramatic reversal of bearish positioning over the past month, while…
META reported Q1 results on April 29 to a Wall Street reception that split neatly in two — strong enough to keep bulls in place, but not strong enough to hold prior-year targets. The clearest post-earnings signal came…
Pacira BioSciences heads into its Q1 2026 earnings release — due after the close today — with two colliding stories: a meaningful short-covering wave over the past week, and an active proxy battle with a dissident…
ELD, the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund, presents an unusual split this week: shorts have rapidly unwound while the cost of borrowing the fund remains stubbornly high — a mismatch that defines the current…
TSLA heads into the final session of April with short sellers quietly adding positions even as the stock attempts to stabilise — a divergence from the post-earnings relief the bulls were hoping for. The most striking…
A. O. Smith enters the back half of the week having just handed short sellers their most compelling data point of the year. This morning's Q1 print was a clean miss across the board. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.85…
SPS Commerce heads into its Q1 2026 earnings release today with short sellers adding positions for the fourth week running and a string of painful post-earnings drops sitting fresh in the record. The short-side rebuild…
General Motors heads into the week after its Q1 earnings print with analysts actively debating how much tariff-related drag the company can absorb — and the options market flashing its most bullish signal of the past…
Piedmont Realty Trust reports Q1 2026 results after the close today, arriving with a split picture: the stock has surged nearly 29% over the past month, yet short sellers have rebuilt positions at the fastest pace…
H heads into its Q1 2026 earnings release — due today, April 30 — with short sellers having quietly rebuilt positions through April while the stock drifted 4% lower on the week. The positioning shift is the week's…
Select Medical Holdings enters its Q1 2026 earnings print — due today after market close — carrying two overlapping storylines: a buyout deal that just cleared a major regulatory hurdle, and a stock still trading near…
LPL Financial Holdings heads into its Q1 2026 earnings print — scheduled for after the close today — with short sellers having significantly pared back their bets over the past week, even as options traders remain more…
Vivakor heads into tomorrow's earnings release with its lending market in genuine distress — cost to borrow has gone near-vertical this week, and availability is tighter than at any other point in the past year. The…
Invesco Mortgage Capital enters its Q1 earnings call — due today after market close — with short sellers retreating at speed and borrow conditions easing markedly, creating an unusual backdrop ahead of a print that has…
