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DUK has added 11.5% over the past month to close at $127.39, a run that has carried the stock above several analyst price targets and leaves it trading at a forward P/E near 18x. That premium is the central tension…
Live Nation Entertainment enters its November 5 results with short sellers more active than at any point in recent months, even as a majority of analysts maintain targets well above the current price. Short interest…
SUZ is the most shorted name in its immediate peer group right now. Short interest has risen to roughly 12.9 million shares, up 24% over the past week and 14% over the past month, the highest level recorded in at least…
SGI short interest has climbed to 10% of free float, its highest level in at least 30 days of tracked history, even as the stock's closest correlated peers have moved sharply in the other direction. The median peer…
Toyota Motor reports quarterly results on Thursday with its lending pool effectively exhausted, availability has dropped to 2.7%, the lowest reading in at least a year, meaning only one share remains available to…
SO has gained 12% over the past month to $93.71, yet lagged its closest peer group into the November 5 results, rising just 0.9% on the week against a peer median of roughly 2%. DUK added 1.9% on the week, EXC rose…
SPG heads into its November 5 earnings report with short sellers holding a modest but quietly growing position, while the stock itself has outpaced its retail REIT peers over the past week. Short interest in Simon…
Rockwell Automation reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on November 5 with positioning that has shifted noticeably more constructive over the past two weeks. Options traders have moved to the bullish end of the…
RB Global, the industrial auction and salvage marketplace operator formed from the 2023 combination of Ritchie Bros. and IAA, reports Q3 results on November 5 with short sellers adding to positions at the fastest pace…
Quanta Services added 13.6% last week, roughly double the median 7.2% gain across its closest peer group, after its October 29 Q3 print triggered an immediate wave of analyst target increases. Closest peer EMCOR Group…
Options traders are more cautious than usual ahead of Thursday's print, with the put/call ratio reaching 1.20, roughly 1.3 standard deviations above its 20-day average of 1.11. That is the most defensive read on RL…
ConocoPhillips gained 2.7% on Friday to close at $154.03, erasing the dip that had prompted a sharp options hedge earlier in the week and leaving positioning in a more ambiguous state than it was 72 hours ago. The…
Parker-Hannifin gained 2.2% over the past week to $899.82, slightly behind the median 2.8% advance for its closest industrial peers, with Thursday's fiscal first-quarter report now three days away. The options picture…
Nucor reports Q4 results on November 5, riding a 16% share price gain over the past month to $273.87, with Wall Street's price targets still playing catch-up to a stock that has outpaced most of its peers. The analyst…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed a $4.1 million open-market purchase of Uber shares on September 8, covering 54,325 shares at roughly $75.65 each. This is a discretionary buy with no 10b5-1 plan attached,…
National Grid climbs into its November 5 half-year results on a strong month, up 12% over October to close at $83.95, with options traders doing little to challenge that momentum. The clearest positioning signal is in…
Mettler-Toledo International enters its November 5 print as one of the quieter short positions in its peer group, but options traders have been building defensive cover at a rate that stands out against its own recent…
MasTec is an infrastructure contractor specializing in energy, communications, and pipeline work. It reports Q3 results on November 5, three trading days after closing at $186.06, up 8.8% on the week, broadly in line…
Iron Mountain enters its November 5 earnings date with options traders holding a more defensive position than they have for most of the past year, even as the stock has added 6% over the past week to close at…
Options traders turned decisively more defensive into HSY's November 5 report, even as the stock recovered 3.3% on October 30 to close at $165.61. The put/call ratio reached 0.84, more than 2.4 standard deviations…
