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Short sellers targeted HPK and CAPR hard this week. HighPeak Energy's SI jumped 8.4 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 43% of free float. Capricor Therapeutics hit 45.2% — up 8.2 points over the same…
The past week's ETF flows told a clear story. The US attracted $22.5B in net inflows, making it the dominant geography by far. Japan added $5.2B. Meanwhile, China bled $5.9B — the sharpest single-country outflow of the…
Bank of America didn't just downgrade PCG. It slashed its price target by 46% — from $24 to $13 — in a single move. That is the standout event of the past 72 hours for PG&E Corporation, and it didn't happen in…
September 2 is an active earnings day. Medtronic reported before the bell. Dell Technologies follows after market close, with AI server demand the key question for analysts. Short interest in Dell stands at just 4.7%…
Three stocks heading into earnings are generating sharp options signals on September 2, with short sellers and put buyers lining up ahead of key prints. C3.ai carries the most extreme positioning. Short interest sits…
Analyst target prices moved higher on Tuesday across several sectors. Three names stand out. TRGP drew the sharpest attention. Targa Resources' average target price rose to $310.10 from $308.10. The midstream gas giant…
Bending Spoons heads into its September 4 earnings report with short sellers building positions at an accelerating pace — and the lending market confirming the demand is real. The most striking setup feature is the…
WOOF heads into its September 2 earnings release having shed 7.5% over the past month, with short sellers adding pressure and options traders leaning emphatically toward the upside — a split that frames the day's print…
C3.ai reports fiscal Q1 results on September 2 against one of the most hostile short-selling setups in the software sector — with more than a third of the free float bet against the stock. Short interest is the…
YEXT arrives at its September 4 earnings report with the options market still tilted bullish, though the extreme call skew that defined positioning heading into the September 1 print has eased meaningfully since…
Casey's General Stores reports fiscal Q1 results today against a backdrop of meaningful price weakness and a notable shift in options sentiment — a combination that makes the market's reaction to the print especially…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Several mid-cap names saw short interest jump by 5+ percentage points in just seven days. KVYO led the pack among liquid names. Its SI % of free float jumped to 20%, up from…
NIO reports again on September 4 — three days after a September 1 release that the data now suggests has already passed — with the stock down 17% on the month and the short side remaining structurally dug in. The…
HPE reports its Q3 results today with the Street firmly in the bulls' corner — but the stock's two-day stumble into the print is putting that conviction to the test. The analyst backdrop is unusually constructive…
September opens with chips in focus and options markets split. NVDA sits at the top of both bullish and bearish options rankings — a rare two-way standoff. Meanwhile, MU and SNDK are drawing bullish bets after…
Analysts at Truist Securities raised their price target on CRWD to $300 from $245 on Tuesday. That is a $55 jump — a 22% increase in one move. Truist kept its Buy rating. The cybersecurity giant carries a $236 billion…
Insider filings from September 1 reveal a striking mix of conviction buying and executive exits across global markets. The biggest buy story belongs to Kenneth Dart, major shareholder of Evolution AB. He filed two…
Short sellers made bold new bets last week. Klaviyo saw the sharpest move among mid-caps. Its SI % FF jumped nearly 7 points in a week to 20%. Bears appear to be questioning the email-marketing platform's growth…
The biggest story this week is unambiguous. U.S.-focused ETFs pulled in a net $22.5B over the past seven days. That is the dominant geography flow by a wide margin. Japan added another $5.2B. Both regions are seeing…
Dell Technologies is the standout story today. The company's earnings call is live, and the COO's comments are moving markets. Dell says demand is broadening across neoclouds, sovereigns, and enterprise customers. Its…
