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A packed schedule greets markets this week. Today brings several confirmed earnings releases and calls. Ciena kicks things off this morning with its earnings call at 8:30am ET. The networking technology firm carries a…
Securitize Corp. heads into tomorrow's earnings report with options traders strikingly bullish, even as the analyst community has been cutting targets and the borrow market stays structurally tight. The options signal…
Victoria's Secret & Co. reports today with a positioning setup that has shifted meaningfully bullish overnight — and the print arrives at exactly the moment that tests whether that optimism is warranted. The…
UiPath has reported — and the stock now trades at $17.99, down fractionally on the day but still up 41% over the past month, leaving the fundamental debate wide open. The most striking feature of the current setup is…
PHR is heading into a second earnings event on September 4 with the Q2 print already absorbed and investors now focused on whether management's forward guidance can close the gap between the stock and analyst…
DELL grabbed the biggest target price move of the day. Truist Securities analyst Matthew Niknam raised his target from $360 to $505. That is a 40% jump. Evercore ISI also lifted its target, moving from $550 to $575.…
Broadcom heads into its September 3 earnings release at $367.24 — up 3.3% on the week, a meaningful change from the three consecutive weeks of underperformance documented in prior notes. That bounce has not closed the…
Bill Gates has spent over $807 million buying RSG shares. That's the standout insider story of the week. Filings show Gates made 57 separate purchases in Republic Services between August 10 and August 31. The trades…
Zscaler reports its next earnings print today, September 3, with the stock having already absorbed a sharp post-earnings drop from September 1 and now trading at $172.73 — up 14% over the past month but down 3.2% in…
Ambarella reports fiscal Q2 results today against a backdrop of rising short interest, the most defensive options posture of the past year, and a stock that has shed 22% across the past month. The positioning story has…
Titan Machinery heads into today's fiscal Q2 print on a remarkable run, with the stock up 38% over the past month and 24% in just the last week — a move that stands apart from nearly all of its closest peers. The rally…
Argan, Inc. arrives at its September 3 earnings release with a striking reversal in options sentiment — even as the stock bounces slightly after a brutal month-long selloff. The options market has flipped in a way that…
PVH Corp. walks into today's earnings report at $72.29 — down 17% over the past month — with short sellers having rebuilt positions after a heavy covering run, and the analyst community deeply split on whether the…
MEI reports today with short sellers sitting on their largest position in six weeks — yet the lending market continues to offer no resistance whatsoever. Short interest has reached 8.9% of the free float, a level…
Short sellers are making fresh moves as markets return from the Labor Day break. The data tells a clear story: some names are drawing heavy new bets, while others are quietly being covered. Tenable Holdings TENB leads…
G-III Apparel Group hits earnings day after a punishing month — down 22% over 30 days and 15% in the past week alone, closing at $28.47 — with options traders piling into puts at a pace that remains historically…
FuelCell Energy enters Thursday's earnings release down a third over the past month, with short sellers at their most aggressive positioning in the 30-day window and a cohort of new institutional buyers sitting on…
Markets reopen after the Labor Day break with semiconductors, short sellers, and a billionaire buying spree all fighting for attention. AVGO (Broadcom) reported Q3 AI revenue up 221%. Shares fell on soft guidance…
DELL grabbed the spotlight today. Truist Securities raised its price target from $360 to $505 — a 40% jump — while keeping a Hold rating. Evercore ISI followed with its own increase, moving from $550 to $575, and…
Short sellers made their boldest moves of late August in healthcare and semiconductors. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the sharpest weekly rise among mid-cap US stocks. Short Interest % of Free Float jumped to 28.4% from…
