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First Busey Corporation heads into its July 21 earnings release with the Street turning more constructive and the stock quietly putting together one of its better months of the year. The analyst story is the clearest…
First BanCorp. heads into July with a notable divergence: short sellers are quietly unwinding while the one analyst who moved this week turned decisively more bullish. The standout this week is analyst action. Raymond…
FedEx enters July with shorts quietly adding exposure after last week's earnings miss — and the stock now down nearly 24% over the past month, the Street's remaining bulls are sitting on targets that look increasingly…
FactSet Research Systems has cleared its July 1 earnings hurdle, but the bear camp is unwinding only slowly — leaving the stock in an awkward middle ground where short pressure remains high yet defensive options…
FMC Corporation enters the final days of Q2 with its most aggressive short positioning in years — and the borrow market tightening at a pace that makes the setup genuinely interesting ahead of late-July earnings. The…
Enterprise Products Partners heads into its July 28 quarterly report with options traders at their most bullish in at least a year, even as the stock drifts modestly lower on the week. The clearest signal in this note…
Enterprise Financial Services Corp heads into its July 20 earnings date with analyst sentiment firming and the stock up nearly 9% over the past month to $65.88. The most meaningful development this week was on the…
Entegris heads into its July 30 earnings window with short interest climbing sharply even as the stock races higher — a rare divergence that makes this one of the more interesting setups in semiconductor equipment…
EastGroup Properties heads into its July 22 earnings print with short interest climbing, analysts nudging targets higher, and options traders sitting comfortably on the defensive side — a setup that is more cautious…
EOG Resources heads into Q3 with a split story: short sellers unwinding positions even as the stock slides, while options traders have turned notably more constructive than they've been all year. The most striking…
Ducommun Incorporated has had a remarkable week — up 14% to $185.21 — and the Street is scrambling to catch up. The catalyst is clear. On Tuesday, Citigroup's John Godyn raised his price target from $167 to $216,…
Curtiss-Wright heads into the second half of 2026 with options traders hedging more than usual, insiders selling at the top, and the next earnings print eight weeks out — a combination worth watching closely. The…
Cummins heads into the second half of 2026 with the Street firmly in its corner — yet beneath the analyst enthusiasm, short sellers have been quietly adding exposure for a month straight. The analyst re-rating story…
Cullen/Frost Bankers heads into Q2 earnings season with a striking tension at its core: the stock is up 14% in a month, yet short sellers are piling in at the fastest pace in years while analysts are cutting their…
CXW heads into the second half of 2026 with one of the more dramatic one-month price moves in its sector — a 44% rally to $30.38 — and the bear camp is clearly in retreat. The positioning story reflects that shift…
Corning enters July with the Street scrambling to reprice a stock that has outrun its targets by a wide margin — and a cluster of insider sales signalling that those closest to the business are using the strength to…
Constellation Brands enters its rescheduled July 22 earnings window with the Street freshly split and the stock still trading well below where most analysts think it belongs. The analyst picture is the standout story…
Comfort Systems USA has reversed last week's sell-off sharply, closing at $1,981.95 — up 3.9% on the week — with short sellers pulling back meaningfully as the July 23 earnings date draws closer. The most notable data…
ConnectOne Bancorp heads into the first week of July with a fresh analyst downgrade landing just as the stock trades within striking distance of the Street's consensus target. The downgrade is the most interesting…
Caterpillar has done what last week's note said it might: after the June 26 spike-and-reversal briefly pushed it back below $1,000, the stock has stormed through that level again, closing June 30 at $1,064.90 — an 8.2%…
