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HOV shorts rebuild as homebuilders sell off into May earnings

Hovnanian Enterprises heads into its May 20 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding positions, the stock down sharply on the week, and the Street's only recent analyst call firmly bearish. Short interest has…

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Frontier Lithium shorts spike on bought deal dilution hedge

Frontier Lithium is navigating a sharp reset: a C$15 million bought deal priced in early April has triggered a near-vertical climb in short positions, even as the stock slides toward C$0.62 — a 19% drop over the past…

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Analysts Lift Targets as HST Heads Into Q1 Results

Host Hotels & Resorts enters its May 6 Q1 earnings call with something it hasn't had in a while: a tailwind from the Street. In the past two weeks alone, multiple analysts raised their price targets on the stock.…

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SVC Shorts Double as Insiders Buy the Dip

Service Properties Trust heads into its May 6 earnings with short sellers dramatically rebuilding positions even as insiders made one of the largest coordinated insider purchases in the REIT's recent history. The…

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HMN's CEO Sells Into the Rally

Horace Mann Educators heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings call with a stock that has climbed 8.5% over the past month — and a CEO who just pocketed $346,000 at the top of that move. The most pointed signal this week is…

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HOFT Slides After Earnings Blow — Next Print Is June 4

Hooker Furnishings delivered its Q4 FY2026 results on April 16 and the market was unforgiving. The stock fell 11.4% on the day and extended those losses to nearly 12% over the following week, dropping to $12.15. The…

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HON shorts rebuild as options traders eye May earnings

Honeywell International heads into the final week of April with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace and options traders the most defensively positioned they have been in months — all against a price that has…

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Honda Shorts Build as Earnings and Tariff Overhang Converge

Honda Motor Co. heads into its May 14 earnings report with bearish positioning accelerating on multiple fronts — shorts rebuilding, options traders at their most defensive in a year, and borrow costs doubling in a…

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HONT Posts Strong Q1 Earnings

Honat Bancorp enters May on the front foot after a clean Q1 beat, with the stock up 3.3% on the week to close at $133.25 — its best weekly performance in recent months. The earnings release delivered a convincing set…

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HBSI Drifts Lower With Thin Data Coverage

Highlands Bankshares, Inc. enters the final days of April on a quiet downward drift, with limited fresh data to anchor a strong conviction view in either direction. The price tells the clearest story available this…

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Welltower Rallies Into Q1 Earnings With Light Short Interest

WELL heads into its May 21 Q1 results on the front foot — up 6.2% on the week and 8.3% over the past month — while options traders are quietly turning more bullish than they've been in weeks. The options market is the…

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PUMA CEO keeps buying as shorts retreat

Puma Exploration's most notable story this week isn't the stock's modest rebound — it's that the CEO hasn't stopped buying. Marcel Robillard, president and CEO, made another round of open-market purchases on April 24…

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HAWK Heads Into May Event With CEO as Sole Active Trader

HAWK enters the week of May 7 in an unusual position for a micro-cap miner: the CEO is effectively the only participant in his own stock. Hawkeye Gold & Diamond Inc. closed at CAD $0.04 on April 28, down 11% on the day…

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HE Shorts Surge 20% as Maui Payouts Loom

Hawaiian Electric Industries heads into its May 8 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding positions fast — while options traders have swung sharply in the opposite direction. The most striking development this…

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Havertys Enters Q1 Print Scarred by February's Rout

HVT.A heads into its May 5 Q1 2026 earnings release with a bruising recent history and a stock that slipped 3.6% on Monday alone to close at $23.06. The February print is the backdrop that matters. After Havertys…

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