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Kish Bancorp shorts surge as stock breaks higher

KISB heads into its May 1 earnings event in an unusual position: the stock is up 16% over the past month, yet short interest has exploded at the same time. The short interest story here is striking, even though the…

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Kirin shorts double as borrow costs ease

KNBW.Y — Kirin Holdings' OTC American depositary receipt — heads into its May 14 earnings date with short interest on the rise and cost to borrow moving in the opposite direction, creating an unusual split in the…

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KEX Shorts Step Back as Q1 Earnings Arrive

Kirby Corporation heads into its Q1 2026 earnings call — scheduled for today, April 30 — with short sellers retreating sharply and options markets leaning decidedly bullish. The clearest signal this week is the abrupt…

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KRFG Jumps 21% on Collectibles Revenue News

KRFG (King Resources, Inc.) enters the final day of April with its sharpest weekly move in months — up 17% over the week and 21% on Wednesday alone, closing at $0.70. The immediate catalyst is operational. KRFG's…

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KSBI jumps 5% after strong Q1 earnings beat

KS Bancorp ends April with its sharpest weekly gain in months, driven by a 25% year-over-year rise in net income reported on April 24. The earnings result is the clearest driver of this week's move. The stock closed at…

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JUVF short position halves after Q1 beat

Juniata Valley Financial Corp. enters the final days of April with an unusual short-interest pattern — a dramatic unwinding of bearish positions that coincided almost exactly with the bank's Q1 earnings release. Short…

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JBTC borrow eases as shorts retreat ahead of May earnings

JBT Bancorp heads into its May 7 earnings release with short sellers cutting positions and the borrow market loosening after weeks of extreme tightness — a notable shift for a micro-cap regional bank that spent most of…

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JCTC: Borrow Costs Collapse as Shorts Quietly Unwind

Jewett-Cameron Trading Company, the tiny Nasdaq-listed building products firm, enters the final stretch of April with a striking divergence: the stock has put in its best month in recent memory, yet short sellers…

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JFBC shorts double in a month ahead of May earnings

Jeffersonville Bancorp heads into its May 8 Q1 2026 results with short interest running at a two-month high — a notable shift for a community bank that rarely attracts this level of speculative attention. The most…

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Jacobs heads into earnings with shorts rebuilding

Jacobs Solutions enters its Q2 FY2026 earnings — due May 5 — carrying its highest short interest in a month and a board-level governance change, against a backdrop of options markets that are actually turning less…

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JACK Shorts Dig In Ahead of May Earnings

Jack in the Box heads into its May 13 earnings report with short sellers at their most aggressive in years, a stock down 12% on the week, and every analyst on the Street cutting targets rather than upgrading. The short…

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JPMorgan Insiders Cash Out After a Strong Month

JPMorgan Chase & Co. enters May carrying a rare internal signal: eight senior executives, including CEO Jamie Dimon, all sold shares on the same day. The stock closed the week at $309.25, down just over 1% on the week…

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JTNB Bancorp: A Quiet OTC Bank With Little to Watch

JTNB Bancorp is a small community bank holding company trading on the OTC Pink market, and the data available this week tells a limited story. The most recent reliable price is $19.90, recorded on March 31 — nearly a…

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XIU shorts rebuild but the lending pool stays wide open

XIU, Canada's flagship large-cap index ETF, enters the final day of April with shorts at an elevated level but the borrow market sending an entirely different signal — one that suggests caution rather than conviction…

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XBB Borrow Costs Triple as Bond Market Volatility Bites

XBB, the iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF, is sitting at a rare crossroads: borrowing costs have surged to a multi-month high just as the number of shares sold short has collapsed, producing an unusual…

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XSB: Short Interest Collapses After April Spike

XSB, the iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF, enters the final days of April with a dramatic re-set in short positioning — the most notable development on the tape in weeks. The standout story here is the…

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ITRI drops 8% after Q1 miss; analysts trim targets

Itron, Inc. enters the post-earnings window with the stock pricing in disappointment after a weaker-than-expected Q1 print and a fresh round of analyst target cuts. Q1 2026 results landed on April 28 and the market's…

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ITEX Quietly Grinds Higher With Thin Data Coverage

ITEX Corporation has posted four straight weeks of modest gains, closing at $2.99 on April 29 — up roughly 5% on the week and around 5% over the past month. For a micro-cap OTC name with no analyst coverage and no…

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IRIX: CFO Buys Quietly as Shorts Complete a Wild Round-Trip

IRIDEX Corporation enters its May 12 earnings window sitting at $1.03 — down 2% on the week — after one of the more dramatic short-selling episodes in its recent history. The most telling detail this month is not where…

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