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Newmont Corporation, the world's largest gold miner, fell 7.1% when it reported Q3 results on October 22 and has shed another 3.6% over the past week to trade at $112.64, putting the stock 7.2% lower on the month. The…
Netflix has now fallen 9% over the past week to $62.52, a move that stands out sharply against a median peer decline of 0.6%, as the gap between where analysts say the stock is worth and where it is actually trading…
NOV has now reported Q3 results, and the question shifts from whether the print could surprise to whether management's outlook is enough to justify shorts maintaining a position of 7.6% of the free float into a stock…
HOPE reported Q3 results on October 28 with short sellers meaningfully more active than a month ago, yet the borrow market is so loose that the pressure reads as directional repositioning rather than a squeeze in the…
NBT Bancorp has just delivered its Q3 results, and the data picture surrounding the print is one of bears stepping back rather than pressing their case. Short interest came into the earnings day at 5.1% of the free…
MCO fell 2.2% on Tuesday to close at $474, giving back most of the post-earnings bounce and widening its underperformance gap against a peer group that added a median 1.8% on the week. Short interest has climbed…
MCRI reported Q3 results on October 27 and the stock barely moved, closing at $115.28 with a loss of less than 1% on the day. The week's most interesting question is whether that muted reaction signals genuine…
Micron Technology gained 3.6% this week to close at $928.76, outperforming a median decline of 2.8% among its closest semiconductor peers, even as the stock remains 15% below its October 1 peak of $1,097. The recovery…
Microchip Technology is one of the least crowded names in its semiconductor peer group right now, even as the sector broadly rallies into earnings season. Short interest at just under 5.9% of free float places MCHP…
MSTR is a leveraged bitcoin vehicle that reports its October quarter results tonight, October 29, and the week has brought two notable data shifts that change the texture of the setup: short interest has continued its…
Microsoft reported its fiscal first-quarter results on the evening of October 28, closing a week in which the stock barely moved and the data around it told a story of calm confidence rather than hedged…
MRCY enters its November 3 earnings report with short interest at its highest level in over a year, yet the stock has outrun nearly every peer this week, a tension worth unpacking before the print. Short interest…
MRK closed Tuesday at $141.82, down 4.4% on the week, while its closest pharmaceutical peers gained a median 1.7% over the same period. JNJ added 3.6%, RPRX rose 4.9%, and even LLY and BMY were roughly flat. The Q3…
S&P Global is getting more credit from the Street than from the market this week, with three analyst target increases hitting the tape the morning after Q3 results while the stock drifted 0.4% lower to $448.93, a gap…
Masco Corporation reports Q3 earnings today with shorts at their most elevated level in at least a month, even as the stock has quietly recovered most of its October ground. Short interest has continued building after…
Manhattan Associates has just reported Q3 results and the market's reaction tells a more complicated story than the headline numbers suggest. The options market is still pricing caution even after the print. The…
MGM Resorts International has rarely looked this crowded on the short side, and among its closest casino peers, it now carries one of the heavier short footprints at the worst possible moment. Within the gaming sector,…
LOW has spent the past month quietly accumulating more short interest while options traders have shifted toward the most protective posture seen in months, a combination that stands out against a stock trading near…
Littelfuse heads into the week after its quarterly print with a mixed picture: a 5.2% single-day rebound on October 27 has masked a month of steady short-side accumulation and a stock that remains down 10.8% over the…
Lincoln Electric Holdings closed Tuesday at $282.37, up 9.2% on the day and 8.6% on the week. Its closest peer, ESAB, gained 6.3% over the same stretch. Every other name in the correlated group, IDEX, Donaldson,…
