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Today kicks off a busy reporting stretch. KR — The Kroger Co. — releases results this morning, with the call at 8:00 am ET. The $34.6bn grocer carries a modest 4.3% short interest as % of free float. Bears are not…
Scotiabank made the boldest move of the day. The bank slashed its target on WMB from $86 to $85. It simultaneously raised its target on TRGP from $257 to $314 — a 22% jump in one shot. Both stocks are US midstream…
Analysts made several notable moves on Thursday. William Blair cut COO (The Cooper Companies) to Hold from Buy. The contact-lens maker carries a $12.4 billion market cap. Short interest sits at a modest 3.9% of free…
VFS reports today with the stock trading at $3.01 — roughly half the level analysts target — and a borrow market that remains expensive enough to signal genuine short-side conviction heading into the print. The borrow…
GME short interest collapsed this week. SI % of Free Float fell from 15.7% to just 2.7% in seven days — a dramatic 13-point unwind. Bears appear to have cut losses fast. Cost to borrow sits at just 0.53%, signalling…
DRVN walks into its September 11 earnings report having shed nearly 10% in a week, with short sellers quietly adding to positions even as the borrow market stays loose. Short interest has climbed to 5.3% of the free…
Cullinan Therapeutics heads into its September 14 earnings report with short sellers firmly in place and options traders tilting defensive — despite a stock that has recovered sharply over the past month. Short…
Frequency Electronics reports after the close today with an activist investor on its 13D register, short interest climbing through 10% of the float, and the stock down 15% over the past month — a setup that makes the…
Deckers Outdoor arrives at its September 14 print having shed 18% over the past month, with short sellers adding conviction and at least one new analyst calling for further downside. Short interest has climbed sharply…
Treasury yields are the dominant story today. Ten-year borrowing costs have hit their highest level in nearly three years. Treasury Secretary Bessent's $6 billion buyback plan fell short of investor expectations. That…
Options markets flashed bearish signals across several sectors this week. Chip stocks and beaten-down consumer names drew the heaviest negative bets. Micron Technology and NVIDIA led the negative options flow in the…
Scotiabank handed Targa Resources the boldest target price upgrade of the session. The bank lifted its price target from $257 to $314. That is a 22% jump in expected upside. The analyst maintained a Buy rating on the…
Fresh filings this week reveal a split in insider conviction — one founder selling aggressively while two executives at major Asian firms snap up shares. Wong Thean Soon, Founder and CEO of ZETRIX (Zetrix AI Berhad),…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week, with several mid-cap names seeing sharp jumps in bearish positioning. Data from ORTEX as of September 9 shows the moves are real and accelerating. WIX led the charge. Short…
Fixed income is the clearest winner this week. Bond ETFs pulled in $11B net over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 70.7 — firmly in buying-pressure territory. That stands out sharply against equities, which saw a…
Oracle and Adobe both report after today's bell. Expectations run high for Oracle on AI-driven cloud growth. Adobe investors want details on AI product monetisation. Meanwhile, RH just reported Q2 results after hours.…
Three separate brokers downgraded COO on the same day, making The Cooper Companies the standout loser in today's analyst activity. B of A Securities and Baird both cut to Hold from Buy. Needham kept its Buy but slashed…
Three major names report after the close today. Oracle leads the charge with Q1 FY2027 results. Cloud and AI expectations run high. Adobe follows with Q3 2026 figures. Investors want AI monetisation proof. Copart also…
Citigroup slashed its target on LULU to $117 from $130. Analyst Paul Lejuez kept a Hold rating. The consensus target also fell to $106.39 from $107.43. Short interest sits at 12.3% of free float — a notable bearish…
Morgan Stanley upgraded MTB to Overweight on September 8, lifting its price target 20% to $304. The stock trades at $238. That implied upside of 27% from the analyst's desk — and the lending data increasingly supports…
