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CECO surges 21% on earnings as shorts hold their ground

CECO Environmental Corp. just had one of its best weeks in recent memory — up 21% over five days and 14% in Tuesday's session alone following its April 28 results. With the stock at $74.29 and analysts still trailing…

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C-Com CEO Keeps Buying Near C$1

C-Com Satellite Systems drifted back to C$0.99 last week — the same price level where Founder and CEO Leslie Klein has been persistently adding to his position, creating the clearest signal of conviction on this thinly…

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CCFN Stock Split Drives a Breakout Week

Muncy Columbia Financial Corporation heads into its April 30 earnings announcement on the back of a corporate action that has fundamentally changed the stock's story this week: a declared three-for-one stock split. The…

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CAE Holds Steady as Shorts Build Into May Earnings

CAE enters the final stretch before its May 29 quarterly report with a quiet price chart masking a sharp acceleration in short interest — while the borrow market itself tells a very different story about…

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CFFI bounces after strong earnings — shorts retreat

C&F Financial Corporation enters the final week of April on the front foot, having delivered a blowout Q1 print that sent the stock higher — while short sellers quietly trimmed their exposure throughout the month. The…

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Butler National insiders buy as shorts rebuild

BUKS enters May with an unusual combination: a persistent stream of insider purchases at prices well below the current level, a near-doubling of short interest over the past month, and a Seeking Alpha upgrade published…

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FRTN: A Micro-Cap With Little to Say Right Now

FRTN is a sub-penny OTC stock trading at $0.09, up roughly 6% on the week but still 10% below where it was a month ago. The honest story here is one of thin data and dormant activity. Nearly every meaningful dataset in…

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Burcon Bounces on Record Output as Shorts Retreat

Burcon NutraScience Corporation heads into the final week of April with two stories running at once — a sharp squeeze in short positioning and an operating inflection that is starting to attract real buying…

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Borrow Costs Halve as Bunzl Backs Its 2026 Outlook

BZLF.Y is heading into May with a tidy tailwind — up 14% over the past month and 3% on the week to $16.37 — but the more interesting story sits in the lending market, where the cost of betting against Bunzl has…

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MTRN Beats Estimates, But Shorts Already Knew

Materion Corporation heading into Tuesday's Q1 print was a story of rapid short covering — and the numbers that arrived confirmed why. Short sellers had already made their move before earnings day. Over the four weeks…

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Brunswick enters earnings day with shorts rebuilding

Brunswick Corporation heads into its Q1 2026 results — due before the open today — with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions while options traders have turned less defensive than usual. Short interest has climbed…

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Arianne Phosphate surges 58% in a month as earnings loom

DAN — Arianne Phosphate — heads into its April 30 earnings release carrying a 58% one-month price gain and an insider who just switched from buying to selling at the top. The insider angle is the most telling story…

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BRKR Shorts Rebuild Ahead of Q1 Earnings

BRKR heads into its May 4 earnings call with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace and the Street uniformly trimming targets — a setup that leaves the stock exposed into the print. Short interest has climbed…

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ThreeD Capital: Insiders Buy as the Stock Drifts Lower

ThreeD Capital Inc. heads into its May 5 earnings event with a quiet but consistent insider buying pattern running counter to a sliding share price — the clearest tension on this micro-cap venture fund right now. The…

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BF.B Deal Falls Apart — and JP Morgan Piles On

Brown-Forman heads into the back half of the week with two blows landing simultaneously: the collapse of merger talks with Pernod Ricard, and a same-day downgrade from JP Morgan. The news broke on the morning of April…

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