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Earnings PreviewEXTR

EXTR Short Interest Hits Yearly Low Before Tuesday's Print

Short interest in Extreme Networks has dropped to its lowest level in at least a year, with shorts covering at a pace running 1.6 standard deviations below the company's typical weekly move. That is the single most…

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Market Commentary

Auto Sector Faces the Hardest Week

The week ahead is heavy with earnings, and the automotive industry sits at its centre. Ferrari reports tomorrow, Tuesday 3 November, with Austrian car registration data pointing sharply lower. That leading indicator…

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Earnings PreviewIREN

IREN Short Interest Dominates Peer Group Into Earnings

IREN carries more short conviction than any of its closest peers, with 34.3% of free float borrowed against the stock, while WULF, CORZ, and RIOT each trade with significantly lighter short loads heading into…

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Earnings PreviewHOOD

HOOD's Peers Are All Falling, But Robinhood Falls Furthest

The digital-finance sector is having a rough week, and Robinhood Markets is taking a harder knock than most of its neighbours. COIN dropped 10.6% on the day and 12.7% on the week. GEMI fell 6.8% on the day. IBKR shed…

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Earnings PreviewAPP

AppLovin Drops 12% as Analysts Cut Targets Across the Board

AppLovin fell 12.2% over the past week, a move that stands well outside its peer group: the median weekly change across its closest correlated names ran at roughly minus 2.3%, with NXST and SIRI actually closing…

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Earnings PreviewFOXA

Fox Short Interest Climbs to a One-Year High Before Earnings

Short sellers have built their largest position in FOXA in at least a year, with 24.2% of the free float now sold short. That figure has risen roughly 10% over the past month, driven by a step-change in borrowed shares…

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Earnings PreviewMRNA

Moderna Shorts Retreat as MSCI Addition Looms

MRNA has pulled back 11% over the past month among its closest biotech peers on short positioning, while the stock itself climbed 11% over the past week. Closest peer BNTX was flat on the week, NVAX gained roughly 4%,…

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Earnings PreviewROKU

Roku Shorts Build as Fox Deal Looms Over the Print

ROKU held up better than most of its closest peers in the past week, slipping 2.2% to $155.12 while the median decline across correlated names ran to 3.3%. DIS was roughly flat on the week, LYV added 2.6%, and CNVS…

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Earnings PreviewKRYS

Krystal Biotech Reports Today as Shorts Retreat

KRYS enters its Q3 print with short sellers materially less committed than they were a month ago. Short interest has dropped 18% over the past 30 days to 9.9% of the free float, a decline that ORTEX measures as 3.2…

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