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Earnings PreviewSOLV

Solventum Shorts Ease but Stock Slides Ahead of Q3 Print

SOLVENTUM enters its November 5 earnings release with the stock down nearly 9% over the past month, yet short sellers have quietly been pulling back rather than pressing the trade. Short interest has dipped to 2.7% of…

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Earnings PreviewAHR

AHR Short Interest Hits One-Year High Before Q3 Print

Short interest in AHR has climbed to 19.2% of free float, the highest level recorded in at least a year, rising 56% over the past month and nearly 10% in the past week alone. That pace of accumulation is the standout…

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Market Commentary

Reddit Cut, Regeneron Raised in Busy Analyst Session

JP Morgan delivered the sharpest move of the day, slashing its target on RDDT from $185 to $150 while keeping a Hold rating. That is a 19% cut to the street price target. Reddit carries short interest of nearly 15% of…

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Earnings PreviewU

Unity Software Faces Q3 Print Down 8% on the Week

Unity Software reports third-quarter results on November 5, with the stock at $37.70 after sliding 8% over the past week, underperforming a peer group whose median weekly decline was 5.6%. The weakness in the shares…

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Earnings PreviewRKT

RKT Short Interest Stays Heavy Even as Peers Ease

Among the closest mortgage-sector peers, RKT carries the heaviest short position by a wide margin. UWMC gained 8.3% on the week and LDI fell 5.7%, a split performance across the group, but neither approaches Rocket's…

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Earnings PreviewVST

VST CEO Buys the Dip as Analysts Cut Targets Before Q3 Print

Vistra Corp. reports Q3 results on November 5, and the most striking positioning signal ahead of the print is not from short sellers or options traders: it is the CEO buying his own stock in size at prices the market…

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Earnings PreviewGDDY

GoDaddy Options Turn Cautious Even as the Stock Jumps

GoDaddy reports Q3 results on November 5, a week after the stock posted its biggest one-day gain in recent memory. The options market snapped defensive on October 30, the same session the stock closed up 10.7% to…

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Earnings PreviewNET

Cloudflare Drops 20% in a Month as Earnings Loom

NET has given back a significant portion of its 2026 gains, falling 20% over the past month to $280.70, with a bruising 14% drop in the past week alone. That move is roughly four times the median decline among its…

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Earnings PreviewVEEV

Veeva Analysts Push Higher as Shorts Keep Covering

Veeva Systems fell 3.1% over the past week to $312.96, a softer outcome than its closest health-tech peers, whose median was roughly flat. Among that group, CERT rose 6.7% and DH gained 3.7%, while DOCS dropped 2.6%…

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Earnings PreviewJHX

JHX Shorts Rise Sharply as Print Approaches

James Hardie Industries heads into its November 5 quarterly results with short sellers building positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock has rallied. The most striking feature of the current setup is…

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Earnings PreviewRGA

RGA Posts Modest Gains Ahead of Thursday's Earnings Report

Reinsurance Group of America reports Q3 results on Thursday after the close, arriving at $264.73 with a 4.7% gain over the past month but a more muted 0.3% rise over the past week, trailing the median 1.2% gain across…

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Earnings PreviewMT

ArcelorMittal's Short Interest Jumps Before Q3 Results

ArcelorMittal reports third-quarter earnings on 5 November, and the approach has been marked by a sharp repositioning in the lending market. Short interest jumped 77% over the past week to roughly 1.38 million shares,…

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